spike (n.)
- ament
- auger
- auricle
- baffle
- balk
- bayonet
- bite
- blast
- block
- bore
- bramble
- brave
- brier
- bristle
- broach
- bugger
- bung
- burr
- cactus
- cancel
- capitulum
- catchweed
- catkin
- challenge
- check
- checkmate
- cleavers
- cob
- cock
- cone
- cork
- corncob
- corymb
- counter
- countermand
- countersink
- cripple
- cross
- cut
- cyme
- dagger
- dash
- defeat
- dirk
- dish
- doctor
- drain
- drill
- drug
- ear
- elude
- equipage
- faucet
- fix
- foil
- four-in-hand
- gore
- gouge
- hamstring
- head
- hole
- honeycomb
- knife
- lace
- lame
- lance
- lid
- mealie
- nail
- needle
- nettle
- pair
- panicle
- peg
- picket
- pierce
- pike
- pin
- pink
- plug
- poison
- poniard
- prick
- prickle
- prong
- punch
- puncture
- put
- queer
- quill
- raceme
- ream
- riddle
- rig
- ruin
- saber
- sabotage
- scotch
- skewer
- spadix
- span
- spear
- spicule
- spiculum
- spigot
- spikelet
- spile
- spill
- spine
- spit
- spoil
- stab
- stake
- stick
- sticker
- stiletto
- stop
- stopgap
- stopper
- stopple
- strobile
- stump
- sword
- tandem
- tap
- team
- thistle
- thorn
- thwart
- thyrse
- treenail
- trepan
- trephine
- turnout
- umbel
- unicorn
- upset
- valve
- void
- water
- wing
- wreck
- yucca
spike (v.)
- adulterate
- ament
- annul
- baffle
- balk
- bastardize
- bayonet
- bite
- blast
- block
- bore
- brave
- bristle
- broach
- bugger
- bung
- burr
- cancel
- challenge
- check
- checkmate
- circumvent
- cock
- cone
- confound
- confront
- contaminate
- contravene
- cork
- corrupt
- counter
- counteract
- countermand
- countersink
- cripple
- cross
- cut
- dash
- de-energize
- debase
- debilitate
- defeat
- defy
- denaturalize
- denature
- destroy
- dilute
- disable
- disarm
- discomfit
- disconcert
- discountenance
- disenable
- dish
- disrupt
- doctor
- drain
- drill
- drug
- ear
- elude
- enfeeble
- fix
- flummox
- foil
- fortify
- frustrate
- gore
- gouge
- hamstring
- head
- hole
- honeycomb
- impale
- inactivate
- incapacitate
- kibosh
- knife
- lace
- lame
- lance
- lid
- maim
- nail
- needle
- nettle
- nonplus
- nullify
- pair
- peg
- penetrate
- perforate
- perplex
- picket
- pierce
- pike
- pin
- pink
- plug
- poison
- pollute
- poniard
- prick
- prickle
- punch
- puncture
- put
- queer
- ream
- riddle
- rig
- ruin
- saber
- sabotage
- scotch
- skewer
- span
- spear
- spill
- spit
- spoil
- stab
- stake
- stick
- stonewall
- stop
- stopper
- stopple
- strengthen
- stump
- tap
- team
- thwart
- transfix
- trepan
- trephine
- unfit
- upset
- void
- water
- weaken
- wing
- wreck
