SPECK Synonyms

• a slight but appreciable amount

• any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods

• (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything

• a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions

• a function word that can be used in English to form phrasal verbs

• a very small quantity of something

• a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible

• small piece of e.g. bread or cake

• coat with bread crumbs

• break into crumbs

• remove crumbs from

• the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966

• a very small circular shape

• the shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code

• street name for lysergic acid diethylamide

• scatter or intersperse like dots or studs

• distribute loosely

• make a dot or dots

• mark with a dot

• a small fragment of something broken off from the whole

• a small contrasting part of something

• make a spot or mark onto

• a piece broken off or cut off of something else

• a broken piece of a brittle artifact

• an incomplete piece

• break or cause to break into pieces

• a relatively small granular particle of a substance

• foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses

• the side of leather from which the hair has been removed

• a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat

• 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams

• 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams

• dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn

• a cereal grass

• the smallest possible unit of anything

• the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric

• the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance)

• thoroughly work in

• paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood

• form into grains

• become granular

• a tiny or scarcely detectable amount

• the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet

• a small fragment of something broken off from the whole

• worthless material that is to be disposed of

• a small piece of something that is left over after the rest has been used

• the act of fighting; any contest or struggle

• dispose of (something useless or old)

• have a disagreement over something

• make into scrap or refuse

• a tiny or scarcely detectable amount

• a small piece of cloth

• tear into shreds

• a small contrasting part of something

• produce a mottled effect

• mark with small spots

• (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything

• either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets

• an indirect suggestion

• a slight indication

• a slight but appreciable amount

• a just detectable amount

• an indication of potential opportunity

• drop a hint; intimate by a hint

• a brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note

• a slight but appreciable amount

• write briefly or hurriedly; write a short note of

• (physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound

• (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything

• (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything

• a painful or straitened circumstance

• an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed

• a slight but appreciable amount

• a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action

• a small sharp bite or snip

• a squeeze with the fingers

• the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)

• squeeze tightly between the fingers

• make ridges into by pinching together

• make off with belongings of others

• cut the top off

• irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear

• a very brief moment

• a very small spot

• the sharp point of a pin

• locate exactly

• a slight but appreciable amount