Preposition: of

• flower: The short spikes of small pure white flowers are borne freely in late spring.

Object

• lawn: Before applying the fertilizer, spike the lawn with a fork or with a spiking machine and water the area thoroughly.

• drink: People spike drinks for a number of reasons including wanting to sexually assault, rape or rob the person whose drink they have spiked.

Adjective modifier

• centrotemporal: Abnormal neuroimaging in patients with benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes.

• flowering: Edna St. Vincent Millay This plant, with its very tall flowering spike, is commonly found along roadsides, and in fields.

• tall: In summer they produce tall dense spikes of many small pea shaped flowers.

• sharp: He is a man carrying a loaded gun with a sharp spike on the end.

• purple: In addition Liatris spicata which has purple spikes will push through the foliage.

• transient: A bypass capacitor stores an electrical charge that is released to the power line whenever a transient voltage spike occurs.

Modifies a noun

• belay: A good spike belay can be found by scrambling some 20m further up.

• tv: Also learn how little crime i'm or spike tv.

• heel: Mind you, I wasn't wearing spike heels at the time -- or have I at any time, for that matter.

• timing: Using the canonical model to explore neuronal activity: precision and spike timing.

• rush: Shallow pools have yet another sundew, along with spike rush, bog sedge, and the spectacular bogbean.

Noun used with modifier

• diffraction: Because almost all reflecting telescopes produce diffraction spikes, many people are used to seeing them and don't consider them an aberration.

• flower: Beneath the flower spikes are numerous dark green leaves, tapered at both ends.

• voltage: Protection diodes may now be included to protect the transistors from voltage spikes in this mode.

• metal: Metal spikes are not allowed on the golf course.

• iron: The gangplank was hoisted on a post and fitted with an iron spike which would embed itself in the deck of an enemy vessel.

• insulin: The fastest way to suppress cortisol is from the insulin spike cause only by a high glycemic carbohydrate.