These are the meanings of the letters SPEAR when you unscramble them.
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Asper (a.)
Rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce.
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Asper (n.)
The rough breathing; a mark (/) placed over an initial vowel sound or over / to show that it is aspirated, that is, pronounced with h before it; thus \"ws, pronounced h/s, \"rh`twr, pronounced hra\"t/r.
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Asper (n.)
A Turkish money of account (formerly a coin), of little value; the 120th part of a piaster.
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Parse (n.)
To resolve into its elements, as a sentence, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by government or agreement; to analyze and describe grammatically.
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Prase (n.)
A variety of cryptocrystalline of a leek-green color.
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Spare (a.)
To use frugally or stintingly, as that which is scarce or valuable; to retain or keep unused; to save.
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Spare (a.)
To keep to one's self; to forbear to impart or give.
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Spare (a.)
To preserve from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm; to show mercy to.
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Spare (a.)
To save or gain, as by frugality; to reserve, as from some occupation, use, or duty.
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Spare (a.)
To deprive one's self of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with.
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Spare (v. i.)
To be frugal; not to be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious.
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Spare (v. i.)
To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance.
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Spare (v. i.)
To desist; to stop; to refrain.
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Spare (v. t.)
Scanty; not abundant or plentiful; as, a spare diet.
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Spare (v. t.)
Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; chary.
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Spare (v. t.)
Being over and above what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous; as, I have no spare time.
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Spare (v. t.)
Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency; as, a spare anchor; a spare bed or room.
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Spare (v. t.)
Lean; wanting flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.
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Spare (v. t.)
Slow.
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Spare (n.)
The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.
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Spare (n.)
Parsimony; frugal use.
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Spare (n.)
An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.
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Spare (n.)
That which has not been used or expended.
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Spare (n.)
The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a single spare.
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Spear (n.)
A long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by thrusting or throwing; a weapon with a long shaft and a sharp head or blade; a lance.
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Spear (n.)
Fig.: A spearman.
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Spear (n.)
A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals.
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Spear (n.)
A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
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Spear (n.)
The feather of a horse. See Feather, n., 4.
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Spear (n.)
The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.
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Spear (v. t.)
To pierce with a spear; to kill with a spear; as, to spear a fish.
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Spear (v. i.)
To shoot into a long stem, as some plants. See Spire.