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Speyside single malt
Speyside single malt: Single Malt Scotch Whisky from the River Spey region of north-east Scotland, legally defined under the Scotch Whisky Regulations 2009. Home to over half of Scotland's distilleries; light, fruity, floral, mostly unpeated style with sherry cask tradition.
Spice mix
Spice mix, also called spice blend or seasoning blend: a mixture of spices and herbs in set proportions, e.g. curry powder, garam masala, ras el hanout, berbere; covers composition, shelf life, labeling, and safety.
Spindle (textiles)
Spindle (textiles): a shaft with a whorl for hand-spinning fiber into yarn; drop and supported types; used since the Neolithic, replaced by the spinning wheel in the late Middle Ages.
Spindrift Beverage Co.
Spindrift Beverage Co. is an American beverage company in Newton, Massachusetts, founded by Bill Creelman in 2010, known for sparkling water made with real squeezed fruit.
Spinning jenny
The spinning jenny is a hand-powered multi-spindle spinning machine invented in the 1760s by the Lancashire weaver James Hargreaves, letting one operator spin eight threads at once.
Spinning wheel
A spinning wheel is a device that turns drafted fibers into yarn faster and more consistently than a drop spindle, using a drive wheel turned by hand or foot.
Spinster
Spinster: originally a 14th-century occupational term for a woman who spins yarn, later the legal title for an unmarried woman in English records until the 20th century, now pejorative but reclaimed by contemporary textile artists.
Spitalfields silk
Spitalfields silk is the silk woven from the late 17th to the 19th century in Spitalfields, northeast of the City of London, largely by French Huguenot refugee weavers.
Splenda
Splenda is an American brand of low- and zero-calorie sweeteners, launched in 1991 and owned by Heartland Food Products Group, whose original sucralose-based product is about 600 times sweeter than sugar.
Sponge cake
Sponge cake (bizcocho, bizcochuelo) is a foam-type cake of flour, eggs, and sugar, leavened mainly by air whipped into eggs with 0.1–10% fat, distinct from angel food cake (whites only) and chiffon (oil).
Spoon
Spoon: a shallow bowl on a handle for scooping, stirring, serving, and measuring food. Also called cochleare in Latin. Earliest forms were shells and gourds; today made mainly of 18/10 stainless steel.
Spork
Spork: hybrid eating utensil, also called runcible spoon, combining a spoon bowl with short fork tines. Patented by Samuel W. Francis in 1874; word dates to 1909; trademarked by Van Brode Milling (1970). Distinct from the SPORK Java merge tool and FPGA scheduler.
Sporran
Sporran (Gaelic sporan, purse): pouch worn in front of the kilt in Scottish Highland dress, replacing the kilt's absent pockets. Types are day (leather), semi-dress, and dress (fur, metal cantle); horsehair forms are military.
Sports drink
Sports drink: also called carbohydrate-electrolyte or isotonic drinks. Beverages replacing fluid, electrolytes, and carbohydrate during exercise; invented as Gatorade at the University of Florida in 1965, most useful beyond about an hour of continuous exertion.
Sportswear
Sportswear: clothing engineered for sports and exercise using specialized fibres, knit structures, and finishes for moisture and heat management; also covers athleisure. Key facts: polyester dominance, USD 500 billion market by 2030, DIN SPEC 4868 compression standard.
Spotted dick
Spotted dick, also known as spotted Richard or railway cake, is a British steamed suet pudding studded with currants or raisins and served hot with custard.
Spray drying
Spray drying, patented by Samuel Percy in 1872, converts liquid feeds into dry powder by atomizing droplets into hot gas within seconds; dominant in food (dairy), pharmaceuticals (ASDs, inhalables), and chemicals.
Spring roll
Spring roll (春卷, chunjuan; Japanese harumaki, Vietnamese nem/goi cuon): a Chinese rolled food of thin wheat wrapper around vegetable, meat, or sweet filling, usually deep fried, eaten at lichun and New Year, with fresh rice-paper variants in Vietnam.
Sprinkles
Sprinkles, also called jimmies, nonpareils, or hundreds and thousands, are small sugar-based confectionery decorations for cakes, cookies, and ice cream; made of sugar, starch, oil, dyes, and shellac glaze, with nonpareils dating to 17th-century France.
Sprite (drink)
Sprite: caffeine-free lemon-lime carbonated soft drink of The Coca-Cola Company, developed late 1950s, launched US February 1, 1961; competes with 7 Up and PepsiCo's Starry; variants include Sprite Zero Sugar.
Spritz (cocktail)
Spritz: Italian aperitif cocktail from Veneto, born when Austrian soldiers diluted wine (spritzen). Prosecco, bitter liqueur (Aperol, Select, Campari), soda over ice; IBA official since 2011.
Sprouted bread
Sprouted bread is bread made from whole grains allowed to germinate before milling, as in Ezekiel 4:9 and Essene bread. Sprouting raises phytase activity, reduces phytate, and may lower glycemic response, though evidence is mixed.
Sprouts Farmers Market
Sprouts Farmers Market (Nasdaq: SFM) is a Phoenix-headquartered specialty grocer of fresh, natural, and organic food, founded in 2002 in Chandler, Arizona by the Boney family, with 490 stores in 25 states as of mid-2026.
Spuds MacKenzie
Spuds MacKenzie, the "Original Party Animal," was a fictional bull terrier mascot for Bud Light, created by DDB Needham around 1982, debuted on TV in Super Bowl XXI 1987, played by female dog Honey Tree Evil Eye, retired 1989.
Squash (drink)
Squash, also known as cordial or diluting juice, is a concentrated fruit drink diluted with water before drinking, and a staple household beverage in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Commonwealth countries.
Sri Lankan cuisine
Sri Lankan cuisine is the rice-and-curry food tradition of Sri Lanka, built on coconut, spices, and native Ceylon cinnamon, shaped by Sinhalese, Tamil, Muslim, and Burgher communities plus Portuguese, Dutch, and British influences.
Sriracha (ศรีราชา)
Sriracha (ศรีราชา) is a Thai chili sauce from Si Racha, Chonburi, first made by Thanom Chakkaphak's family (Sriraja Panich, 1935); American-style sriracha is Huy Fong Foods' thicker jalapeño version created by David Tran in 1980.
St. Martin's Day
St. Martin's Day (Martinmas, Martinstag, Sint-Maarten), November 11 feast of Saint Martin of Tours (c. 316-397), marked by goose dinners, children's lantern processions in Central Europe, medieval harvest thanksgiving customs, and public holiday status in Saint Martin.
Stacy London
Stacy London, American fashion stylist and TV personality, co-host of TLC's What Not to Wear for 10 years, senior fashion editor at Mademoiselle, author of The Truth About Style, and founder of State of Menopause.
Stage costume designer
A stage costume designer creates the clothing, accessories, wigs, and make-up worn in live theater, opera, and dance, designing garments that endure repeated performances and quick changes.