• Sparring
  Sparring
  Sparring is a form of training common to many martial arts. Although the precise form varies, it is essentially relatively 'free-form' fighting, with enough rules, customs, or agreements to make injuries unlikely...
  
  , or practice fighting
• Spar (aviation)
  Spar (aviation)
  In a fixed-wing aircraft, the spar is often the main structural member of the wing, running spanwise at right angles to the fuselage. The spar carries flight loads and the weight of the wings whilst on the ground...
  
  , the main structural member of the wing, running lengthways across the span of the wing
• Spar (mineralogy)
  Spar (mineralogy)
  Spar is a term that is used to refer to a category of crystals that have readily discernible faces. Crystallized, earthy, and some metallic, a spar will easily break into rhomboidal, cubical, or laminated fragments with polished surfaces, but without regard to the ingredients of which they are...
  
  , substances which easily break into rhomboidal, cubical, or laminated fragments with polished surfaces
• Spar (grape), another name for the wine grape Mourvèdre
• Spar (retailer), a chain of stores
• Spar (tree)
  Spar (tree)
  A spar tree is the tree used as the highest anchor point in a high lead cable logging setup. The spar tree was selected based on height, location and especially strength and lack of rot in order to withstand the weight and pressure required. Once a spar tree was selected a climber would remove the...
  
  , in high lead logging, used to guide logs and facilitate logging in difficult terrain
• Spar Aerospace
  Spar Aerospace
  SPAR Aerospace was a Canadian aerospace company. It produced equipment for the Canadian Space Agency to be used in cooperation with NASA's Space Shuttle program, most notably the Canadarm remote manipulator system....
  
  , the company that made the Space Shuttle Remote Manipulator
• Spar, a large cylindrical floating structure deployed in deep waters for oil or gas exploration
• Spar varnish, a varnish
  Varnish
  Varnish is a transparent, hard, protective finish or film primarily used in wood finishing but also for other materials. Varnish is traditionally a combination of a drying oil, a resin, and a thinner or solvent. Varnish finishes are usually glossy but may be designed to produce satin or semi-gloss...
  
   named for its use on ship or boat spars
• In falconry, short for sparrowhawk
  Sparrowhawk
  The Eurasian Sparrowhawk is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. Adult male Eurasian Sparrowhawks have bluish grey upperparts and orange-barred underparts; females and juveniles are brown above with brown barring below...
  
  
• Spar (short story)
  Spar (short story)
  "Spar" is a science fiction short story by Kij Johnson; it won the 2009 Nebula Award for short story, and was short-listed for the 2010 Hugo Awards.It was first published in Clarkesworld.-Synopsis:...
  
  , an award-winning story by Kij Johnson.

• Stock ticker for Spartan Motors
  Spartan Motors
  Spartan Motors, Inc. is an engineering firm and manufacturer of custom-designed motor vehicle chassis and bodies. The company is based in Charlotte, Michigan with 870 employees and a net profit margin of 2.42% . It was started in 1976 by Charles Robert McManamey and a group of individuals whose...
  
  
• SPAR (platform)
  SPAR (platform)
  A spar, named for logs used as buoys in shipping and moored in place vertically, is a type of floating oil platform typically used in very deep waters. Spar production platforms have been developed as an alternative to conventional platforms...
  
  , a type of floating oil platform
• SPARS
  SPARS
  SPARS was the United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve, created 23 November 1942 with the signing of Public Law 773 by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The name is a contraction of the Coast Guard motto: Semper Paratus and its English translation Always Ready...
  
  , the United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve
• Society of Professional Audio Recording Services
  Society of Professional Audio Recording Services
  The Society of Professional Audio Recording Services, or SPARS for short, is an organization that holds conferences and publishes papers about the professional audio community. Its members include many of the top audio engineers working in the industry today....
  
   the acronym of The Society of Professional Audio Recording Services
• SPARS Code
  SPARS Code
  SPARS is an acronym for the Society of Professional Audio Recording Services. The SPARS code is a three-letter code that appears on some Compact Disc recordings telling the consumer whether analog or digital equipment was used in producing the recording...
  
  , a three-letter code on some Compact Disc recordings, telling what type of tape recorder was used in the recording process
• Spatial Pattern Analysis and Research, a form of spatial analysis
  Spatial analysis
  Spatial analysis or spatial statistics includes any of the formal techniques which study entities using their topological, geometric, or geographic properties...
  
  
• Special Air Resources, a US military aircraft that transport civilian VIP and military senior officers
• Special Program of Assisted Reproduction
  Special Program of Assisted Reproduction
  The Special Program of Assisted Reproduction is a program offered to HIV discordant couples at the Bedford Research Foundation’s clinical laboratory...
  
  , a fertility program for HIV infected males
• System Problem and Anomaly Report, a US marine report required for corrective actions

See also

• Spa (disambiguation)
  Spa (disambiguation)
  A spa is a therapeutic water treatment, named after Spa, a municipality in BelgiumRelated terms:* A mineral spa* A destination spa or day spa* A hot tubSpa can also refer to:* A convenience store in parts of Massachusetts...
  
  
• Spark (disambiguation)
• Sparta (disambiguation)
  Sparta (disambiguation)
  Sparta was a prominent city-state in ancient Greece. Sparti is the modern city on the site of Sparta in Laconia.Sparta or Sparti may also refer to:- In mythology :...