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spits substantief | cusp [cusps](sharp point or pointed end) |
spits bijvoeglijk naamwoord | nimble(quick-witted and alert) |
spits substantief {c} | apex [apices](highest or greatest part) |
spits substantief {f} | summit [summits](peak, top of mountain) |
spits substantief {m} {f} | centre forward(most central of the strikers) rush hour(times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) spire [spires](tapering architectural structure) |
spits substantief {m} | pinnacle [pinnacles](highest point) prong [prongs](thin, pointed, projecting part) |
Spitsbergen eigennam {n} | Spitsbergen(island) Svalbard(islands north east of Greenland) |
Spitsbergen en Jan Mayen eigennam | Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands(two distinct dependencies of Norway) |
spitsmuis substantief {f} | shrew [shrews](mouselike animal) |
spitsroede substantief | switch [switches](thin rod used as a whip) |
spitsroeden substantief {Pl} | gauntlet [gauntlets](two parallel rows of attackers who strike at a criminal) |
spitsroeden lopen substantief {n} | running the gauntlet(physical punishment by which a person is compelled to run through a double line of soldiers who attempt to strike him as they pass) |
spitssnuitdolfijn substantief {m} | beaked whale(whales in the family Ziphiidae) |
spitstechnologie substantief {f} | high technology(specialized technological application) |
spitsuur substantief {n} | rush hour(times of day when traffic jams are commonplace, principally due to commuting) |
spitsvondig bijvoeglijk naamwoord | perspicacious(showing keen insight) |
aanspitsen werkwoord | whittle [whittled, whittling, whittles](cut or shape wood with a knife) |
bosspitsmuis substantief {f} | common shrew(Sorex araneus) |
gevelspits substantief | gable [gables](triangular area of wall) |
springspitsmuis substantief {f} | elephant shrew(Any member of the order Macroscelidea) |
toespitsen werkwoord | taper [tapered, tapering, tapers](to make thinner or narrower at one end) |
torenspits substantief {m} {f} | spire [spires](tapering architectural structure) |