Phrase Hound found 54 phrases and 62 compound words that contain spike. The most common are listed below. Open spike in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 54
- spike stripA device consisting of a portable bed of nails used by police and armed forces to puncture car tires.
- spike heelA very tall, narrow heel on a shoe.
- spike mossAny of various simple vascular plants, of the family Selaginellaceae, that resemble mosses and produce spores.
- rail spikeA type of large nail with an offset head used to fasten a rail or base plate to a wooden railroad tie/sleeper.
- hand-spikeAlternative form of handspike: A bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a windlass or capstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified forms, for various purposes.
- spike upto cause to become spiky
- golden spikeA geologic marker created by a global event that leads to long lasting global changes recorded in the geologic record that can be used to indicate a change in a geologic time division such as an epoch, age, era.
- spike proteinA protein used to bind or connect membranes together, such as a transmembrane link between a virus and a cell.
- spike fiddleAny of a number of stringed instruments in which the handle passes diametrically through the resonator and which are played with a bow.
- marlin spikeAlternative spelling of marlinspike: A tool, consisting of a pointed metal spike, used to manipulate the strands of rope or cable when knotting and splicing.
- spike lavenderA strongly aromatic species of lavender, Lavandula latifolia, native to the Mediterranean.
- liberty spikeA stiff spike formed of many strands of hair (while still attached to the head).
- railroad spikeA type of large nail that fixes a railway line to a sleeper.
- spike campA remote fire camp with limited facilities.
- spike heathA small shrub of southeastern Europe, Erica spiculifolia.
- spike stripsplural of spike strip: A device consisting of a portable bed of nails used by police and armed forces to puncture car tires.
- spike trainA binary waveform representation of neuronal activity, where an action potential is represented as a single 1 separated from others by a stream of zeros.
- spike-capAny of the genus Gomphidius of mushrooms.
- spike-capsplural of spike-cap: Any of the genus Gomphidius of mushrooms.
- spike-insplural of spike-in: A short RNA transcript, of known sequence, used to calibrate sequencing
- voltage spikeA fast, short duration surge (overvoltage) in the electric potential of a circuit; a power surge.
- spike additionA calibration technique for quantification that involves adding known amounts of a substance to an aliquot of an analyte.
- oil of spikeAn aromatic oil extracted from the European broad-leaved lavender, or aspic (Lavandula latifolia), used in varnish and in veterinary medicine.
- spike-primroseAny of certain plants in the genus Epilobium.
- spike luteAny of various musical instruments comprising a resonator and string bearer that are physically united, with strings parallel to the sound table and a handle which is also the string bearer and which passes diametrically through the …
Compound words 62
- spikyOf a plant: producing spikes (“ears (as of corn); inflorescences in which sessile flowers are arranged on unbranched elongated axes”).
- spikenardA perfumed ointment, extracted from the plant Nardostachys jatamansi that belongs to the Valerian family and grows in the Himalayas.
- spignelMeum athamanticum, an ornamental plant in the Apiaceae family found in mountain areas in Central and Western Europe, with roots and feathery leaves used as food and for medicinal purposes.
- unspikeTo remove a spike from.
- spikelessWithout a spike or spikes.
- handspikeA bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a windlass or capstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified forms, for various purposes.
- marlinspikeA tool, consisting of a pointed metal spike, used to manipulate the strands of rope or cable when knotting and splicing.
- spiketailA pintail duck (Anas spp.).
- SpanderThe ship of characters Spike and Xander Harris from the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
- SpikeophileA fan of the character Spike from the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.