splin·ter 
(splĭntər)
(splĭntər)n.
1. A sharp, slender piece, as of wood, bone, glass, or metal, split or broken off from a main body.
2. A splinter group.
v. splin·tered, splin·ter·ing, splin·ters
v.intr.
To split or break into sharp, slender pieces; form splinters.
v.tr.
To cause to splinter. See Synonyms at break.
[Middle English, from Middle Dutch.]
splinter·y adj.
- Appalachia
- Appalachian
- Appalachian dulcimer
- Appalachian Mountains
- Appalachian Trail
- appall
- appalling
- appallingly
- Appaloosa
- appanage
- apparat
- apparatchik
- apparatus
- apparel
- apparent
- apparent horizon
- apparently
- apparent magnitude
- apparentness
- apparent temperature
- apparition
- apparitional
- apparitor
- appeal
- appealability