• any meaning of "spirit
  Spirit
  The English word spirit has many differing meanings and connotations, most of them relating to a non-corporeal substance contrasted with the material body.The spirit of a living thing usually refers to or explains its consciousness.The notions of a person's "spirit" and "soul" often also overlap,...
  
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  • a ghost
    Ghost
    In traditional belief and fiction, a ghost is the soul or spirit of a deceased person or animal that can appear, in visible form or other manifestation, to the living. Descriptions of the apparition of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes, to...
    
    , the soul or spirit of a deceased person or animal that can appear, in visible form or other manifestation, to the living
  • Sprite (creature)
    Sprite (creature)
    The term sprite is a broad term referring to a number of preternatural legendary creatures. The term is generally used in reference to elf-like creatures, including fairies, and similar beings , but can also signify various spiritual beings, including ghosts. In Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl books,...
    
    , legendary creatures such as elves, fairies and pixies
  • Neck (water spirit), a name of a water sprite

Biology

• a spayed female ferret
  Ferret
  The ferret is a domesticated mammal of the type Mustela putorius furo. Ferrets are sexually dimorphic predators with males being substantially larger than females. They typically have brown, black, white, or mixed fur...
  
  
• Sprite butterflies, certain skipper butterfly genera in subfamily Pyrginae, tribe Celaenorrhini:
  • Celaenorrhinus
    Celaenorrhinus
    Celaenorrhinus is a genus of skipper butterflies which are commonly termed sprites. An alternate name is "flats", for their habit of holding their wings flat when resting, but this is also used for related genera...
    
    (typical sprites)
  • Katreus
    Katreus
    Katreus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.-References:*...
    
    (Giant Scarce Sprite)
  • Loxolexis
    Loxolexis
    Loxolexis is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.-References:*...
    
    (scarce sprites)
• Sprite melon
  Sprite melon
  The Sprite melon is a kind of melon, similar to honeydew, which originates from Japan. Since the late 1990s, it has been cultivated in North Carolina as a specialty crop and has increased in popularity in recent years....
  
  , a type of sweet melon cultivated in North Carolina
• Water Sprite, the freshwater fern Ceratopteris thalictroides
  Ceratopteris thalictroides
  The species Ceratopteris thalictroides is a fern species belonging to the genus Ceratopteris, one of only two genera of the Ceratopteridaceae family. The species represents a special living form of ferns, and is thus of great botanical interest...
  
  
• Sedge Sprite
  Sedge Sprite
  Nehalennia irene is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. This species is commonly known as the sedge sprite.- Identification :...
  
  , a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae

Computing

• Sprite (computer graphics)
  Sprite (computer graphics)
  In computer graphics, a sprite is a two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene...
  
  , a two-dimensional pre-rendered figure
• Sprite operating system
  Sprite operating system
  Sprite was an experimental Unix-like distributed operating system developed at the University of California, Berkeley by John Ousterhout's research group between 1984 and 1992. Its notable features included support for single system image on computer clusters and for the introduction of the...
  
  , an operating system developed at the University of California, Berkeley

Beverages

• Sprite (soft drink)
  Sprite (soft drink)
  Sprite is a transparent, lemon-lime flavored , caffeine free soft drink, produced by the Coca-Cola Company. It was introduced in the United States in 1961. This was Coke's response to the popularity of 7 Up, which had begun as "Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda" in 1929...
  
  , the brand name of a lemon-lime beverage produced by The Coca-Cola Company

Vehicles

• Austin-Healey Sprite
  Austin-Healey Sprite
  The Austin-Healey Sprite is a small open sports car which was announced to the press in Monte Carlo by the British Motor Corporation on 20 May 1958, just before that year's Monaco Grand Prix. It was intended to be a low-cost model that "a chap could keep in his bike shed", yet be the successor to...
  
  , a British car
• Practavia Sprite, a British two-seat homebuilt training or touring aircraft
• Schweizer SGS 1-36 Sprite
  Schweizer SGS 1-36 Sprite
  The Schweizer SGS 1-36 Sprite is a United States, single-seat, mid-wing glider built by Schweizer Aircraft of Elmira, New York.The 1-36 was first flown in 1979 and a total of 43 were built by the time production was completed in 1982...
  
  , a US sailplane
• Sprite (motorcycle)
  Sprite (motorcycle)
  Sprite is a historical British make of motorcycle, built by Hipkin & Evans, Sprite Motor Cycles, Oldbury, and later by Sprite Developments Ltd., Halesowen, Worcester ....
  
  , a historical British make of motorcycle
• De Havilland Sprite
  De Havilland Sprite
  The Sprite was a British rocket engine built by de Havilland for use in RATO applications. For RATO use only a short burn time is required, with simplicity and light weight as major virtues...
  
  , a British rocket engine
• Sprite class tanker
  Sprite class tanker
  The Sprite class were a class of spirit tankers that served with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, supporting the Royal Navy during the Second World War. They went on to support British and allied fleet units during the Cold War.-Class overview:...
  
  , a class of spirit tankers of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary

Popular culture

• Sprite, an early alias of X-Men member Kitty Pryde
  Kitty Pryde
  Katherine Anne "Kitty" Pryde is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #129 and was created by writer-artist John Byrne....
  
  
• Sprites in the Rainbow Brite
  Rainbow Brite
  Rainbow Brite was a character franchise introduced by Hallmark Cards in 1983, with the animated television series starting the following year....
  
  television series
• Sprite (Eternal)
  Sprite (Eternal)
  Sprite is a fictional character appearing in the comic books published by Marvel Comics. Although physically a child, Sprite is an Eternal, a member of an ancient and extremely powerful race. He was created by Jack Kirby and first appeared in The Eternals vol. 1 #9.-Fictional character...
  
  , a fictional member of the race of Eternals in the Marvel Comics Universe
• Sprites (band)
  Sprites (band)
  Sprites are an independent new wave/indie pop music group from Maryland, USA. Their lineup is ever-changing, with only the founding members staying constant...
  
  , an independent music group from USA
• Shine Sprite
  Super Mario Sunshine
  is a platforming video game developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo GameCube. It was released in Japan in July 2002, in North America in August 2002, and in Europe and Australia in October 2002...
  
  s, fictional objects from the video game Super Mario Sunshine
• Sprite (Artemis Fowl)
• Sprite (comics)
  Sprite (comics)
  Sprite, in comics, may refer to;* Kitty Pryde a member of the X-Men who sometimes used the code-name Sprite.* Sprite , the Eternal...
  
  

Abbreviations

• SPRITE (IR detector), a specialist detector device using a process known as Signal PRocessing In The Element
• SPRITE-S2, Support and Guidance to the PRocurement of Information and TElecommunication Systems and Service, a European Commission project

Other uses

• Sprite (lightning)
  Sprite (lightning)
  Sprites are large-scale electrical discharges that occur high above thunderstorm clouds, or cumulonimbus, giving rise to a quite varied range of visual shapes flickering in the night sky. They are triggered by the discharges of positive lightning between an underlying thundercloud and the...
  
  , an upper-atmospheric electrical discharge that occurs above the cumulonimbus cloud of an active thunderstorm