spike·let 
(spīklĭt)
(spīklĭt)n.
A small or secondary spike, characteristic of grasses and sedges, bearing one or more florets and usually subtended by one or two bracts.
- parajournalist
- parajournalistic
- parakeet
- paralanguage
- paraldehyde
- paralegal
- paralinguistic
- paralinguistically
- paralinguistics
- parallactic
- parallax
- parallel
- parallel bars
- parallel computing
- parallel cousin
- parallelepiped
- parallelism
- parallelogram
- parallel processing
- parallel universe
- paralog
- paralogism
- paralogist
- paralogistic
- paralogous