| spodumene | (noun) a pyroxene mineral consisting of lithium aluminum silicate; a source of lithium | - |
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| spoil | (noun) the act of stripping and taking by force | Synonyms: despoilation, despoilment, despoliation, spoilation, spoliation |
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| (noun) the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it | Synonyms: spoilage, spoiling |
| (noun) (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war) | - |
| spoilable | (noun) food that will decay rapidly if not refrigerated | Synonyms: perishable |
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| spoilage | (noun) the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it | Synonyms: spoil, spoiling |
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| (noun) the process of becoming spoiled | Synonyms: spoiling |
| (noun) the amount that has spoiled | - |
| spoilation | (noun) the act of stripping and taking by force | Synonyms: despoilation, despoilment, despoliation, spoil, spoliation |
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| spoiler | (noun) a hinged airfoil on the upper surface of an aircraft wing that is raised to reduce lift and increase drag | - |
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| (noun) an airfoil mounted on the rear of a car to reduce lift at high speeds | - |
| (noun) someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) | Synonyms: despoiler, freebooter, looter, pillager, plunderer, raider |
| (noun) a candidate with no chance of winning but who may draw enough votes to prevent one of the leading candidates from winning | - |
| (noun) someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence | Synonyms: coddler, mollycoddler, pamperer |
| spoiling | (noun) the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it | Synonyms: spoil, spoilage |
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| (noun) the process of becoming spoiled | Synonyms: spoilage |
| spoilsport | (noun) someone who spoils the pleasure of others | Synonyms: killjoy, party pooper, wet blanket |
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| spoke | (noun) support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim | Synonyms: radius, wheel spoke |
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| (noun) one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder | Synonyms: rundle, rung |
| spokeshave | (noun) a small plane that has a handle on each side of its blade; used for shaping or smoothing cylindrical wooden surfaces (originally wheel spokes) | - |
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| spokesman | (noun) a male spokesperson | - |
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| spokesperson | (noun) an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose | Synonyms: interpreter, representative, voice |
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| spokeswoman | (noun) a female spokesperson | - |
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| spoliation | (noun) the act of stripping and taking by force | Synonyms: despoilation, despoilment, despoliation, spoil, spoilation |
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| (noun) (law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence | - |
| spondee | (noun) a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables | - |
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| spondylarthritis | (noun) arthritis that affects one or more of the intervertebral joints in the spine | - |
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| spondylitis | (noun) inflammation of a spinal joint; characterized by pain and stiffness | - |
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| spondylolisthesis | (noun) a forward dislocation of one vertebra over the one beneath it producing pressure on spinal nerves | - |
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| sponge | (noun) primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies | Synonyms: parazoan, poriferan |
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| (noun) a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage | Synonyms: leech, parasite, sponger |
| (noun) someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily | Synonyms: quick study |
| (noun) a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used | - |
| spongefly | (noun) hairy-bodied insect whose larvae feed on freshwater sponges | Synonyms: spongillafly |
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| sponger | (noun) a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage | Synonyms: leech, parasite, sponge |
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| (noun) a workman employed to collect sponges | - |
| spongillafly | (noun) hairy-bodied insect whose larvae feed on freshwater sponges | Synonyms: spongefly |
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| sponginess | (noun) the porosity of a sponge | - |
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| (noun) the property of being able to occupy less space | Synonyms: compressibility, squeezability |
| spongioblast | (noun) any of various columnar epithelial cells in the central nervous system that develop into neuroglia | - |
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| spongioblastoma | (noun) a fast-growing malignant brain tumor composed of spongioblasts; nearly always fatal | Synonyms: glioblastoma |
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| sponsor | (noun) someone who supports or champions something | Synonyms: patron, supporter |
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| (noun) an advocate who presents a person (as for an award or a degree or an introduction etc.) | Synonyms: presenter |
| sponsorship | (noun) the act of sponsoring (either officially or financially) | - |
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| spontaneity | (noun) the quality of being spontaneous and coming from natural feelings without constraint | Synonyms: spontaneousness |
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| spontaneousness | (noun) the quality of being spontaneous and coming from natural feelings without constraint | Synonyms: spontaneity |
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| spoof | (noun) a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way | Synonyms: burlesque, lampoon, mockery, parody, pasquinade, put-on, send-up, sendup, takeoff, travesty |
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| spook | (noun) a mental representation of some haunting experience | Synonyms: ghost, shade, specter, spectre, wraith |
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| (noun) someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric | Synonyms: creep, weirdie, weirdo, weirdy |
| spool | (noun) a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound | Synonyms: bobbin, reel |
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| spoon | (noun) a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food | - |
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| (noun) formerly a golfing wood with an elevated face | - |
| (noun) as much as a spoon will hold | Synonyms: spoonful |
| spoonbill | (noun) wading birds having a long flat bill with a tip like a spoon | - |
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| spoondrift | (noun) spray blown up from the surface of the sea | Synonyms: spindrift |
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| spoonerism | (noun) transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words | - |
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| spoonfeeding | (noun) feeding someone (as a baby) from a spoon | - |
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| (noun) teaching in an overly simplified way that discourages independent thought | - |
| spoonflower | (noun) tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes | Synonyms: malanga, tannia, Xanthosoma atrovirens, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, yautia |
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| spoonful | (noun) as much as a spoon will hold | Synonyms: spoon |
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| spoonie | (noun) someone with a chronic illness | - |
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| spoor | (noun) the trail left by a person or an animal; what the hunter follows in pursuing game | - |
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| sporadicalness | (noun) The quality of being rare and scattered in occurrence. | - |
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| sporangiophore | (noun) stalk bearing one or more sporangia | - |
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| sporangium | (noun) organ containing or producing spores | Synonyms: spore case, spore sac |
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| spore | (noun) a small usually single-celled asexual reproductive body produced by many nonflowering plants and fungi and some bacteria and protozoans and that are capable of developing into a new individual without sexual fusion | - |
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| sporocarp | (noun) specialized leaf branch in certain aquatic ferns that encloses the sori or clusters of sporangia | Synonyms: spore case |
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| sporophore | (noun) a spore-bearing branch or organ: the part of the thallus of a sporophyte that develops spores; in ferns and mosses and liverworts is practically equivalent to the sporophyte | - |
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| sporophyl | (noun) leaf in ferns and mosses that bears the sporangia | Synonyms: sporophyll |
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| sporophyll | (noun) leaf in ferns and mosses that bears the sporangia | Synonyms: sporophyl |
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| sporophyte | (noun) the spore-producing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations | - |
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| sporotrichosis | (noun) a chronic fungal infection of the skin and lymph nodes | - |
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| sporozoan | (noun) parasitic spore-forming protozoan | - |
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| sporozoite | (noun) one of the minute active bodies into which sporozoans divide in one stage of their life cycle | - |
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| sporran | (noun) a fur or leather pouch worn at the front of the kilt as part of the traditional dress of Scottish Highlanders | - |
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| sport | (noun) an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition | Synonyms: athletics |
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| (noun) the occupation of athletes who compete for pay | - |
| (noun) verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously) | Synonyms: fun, play |
| (noun) someone who engages in sports | - |
| (noun) (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration | Synonyms: mutant, mutation, variation |
| (noun) a person known for the way she (or he) behaves when teased or defeated or subjected to trying circumstances | - |
| (noun) (Maine colloquial) a temporary summer resident of Maine | Synonyms: summercater |
| sportfishing | (noun) the act of someone who fishes as a diversion | Synonyms: fishing |
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| sportiness | (noun) The characteristic appearance and behavior of people who partake in sports. | - |
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| sportiveness | (noun) lively high-spirited playfulness | Synonyms: friskiness, frolicsomeness |
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| sportsball | (noun) Sports of an unspecified kind, usually condescending | - |
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| sportscast | (noun) a broadcast of sports news or commentary | - |
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| sportscaster | (noun) an announcer who reads sports news or describes sporting events | Synonyms: sports announcer, sports commentator |
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| sportsman | (noun) a male who engages in sports | - |
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| sportsmanship | (noun) fairness in following the rules of the game | - |
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| sportswear | (noun) attire worn for sport or for casual wear | Synonyms: activewear, athletic wear |
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| sportswoman | (noun) a female who engages in sports | - |
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| sportswriter | (noun) a journalist who writes about sports | Synonyms: sports writer |
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| sporulation | (noun) asexual reproduction by the production and release of spores | Synonyms: monogenesis |
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| spot | (noun) an act that brings discredit to the person who does it | Synonyms: blot, smear, smirch, stain |
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| (noun) a business establishment for entertainment | - |
| (noun) a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer | Synonyms: spotlight |
| (noun) a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value | - |
| (noun) a blemish made by dirt | Synonyms: blot, daub, slur, smear, smirch, smudge |
| (noun) a small contrasting part of something | Synonyms: dapple, fleck, maculation, patch, speckle |
| (noun) an outstanding characteristic | Synonyms: point |
| (noun) a section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance | - |
| (noun) a short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising | - |
| (noun) a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit) | Synonyms: pip |
| (noun) a point located with respect to surface features of some region | Synonyms: place, topographic point |
| (noun) a small piece or quantity of something | Synonyms: bit |
| (noun) a slight attack of illness | Synonyms: touch |
| spotlessness | (noun) the state of being spotlessly clean | Synonyms: immaculateness |
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| spotlight | (noun) a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer | Synonyms: spot |
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| (noun) a focus of public attention | Synonyms: glare, limelight, public eye |
| spots | (noun) spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens | Synonyms: floater, musca volitans, muscae volitantes |
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| spottedness | (noun) the quality or state of being marked with spots. | - |
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| spotter | (noun) someone who is the first to observe something | Synonyms: discoverer, finder |
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| (noun) a worker employed to apply spots (as markers or identifiers) | - |
| (noun) a worker employed at a dry-cleaning establishment to remove spots | - |
| (noun) a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event | Synonyms: lookout, lookout man, picket, scout, sentinel, sentry, watch |
| spotting | (noun) the act of detecting something; catching sight of something | Synonyms: catching, detection, espial, spying |
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| (noun) the act of spotting or staining something | Synonyms: maculation, staining |
| spouse | (noun) a person's partner in marriage | Synonyms: better half, married person, mate, partner |
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| spout | (noun) an opening that allows the passage of liquids or grain | - |
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| spouter | (noun) a spouting whale | - |
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| (noun) an oil well that is spouting | - |
| (noun) an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker | Synonyms: babbler, chatterbox, chatterer, magpie, prater |