| spud | (noun) a sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds | Synonyms: stump spud |
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| (noun) an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland | Synonyms: Irish potato, murphy, potato, tater, white potato |
| spume | (noun) foam or froth on the sea | - |
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| spunk | (noun) the courage to carry on | Synonyms: heart, mettle, nerve |
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| (noun) material for starting a fire | Synonyms: kindling, punk, tinder, touchwood |
| spur | (noun) a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward | Synonyms: gad |
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| (noun) a railway line connected to a trunk line | Synonyms: branch line, spur track |
| (noun) a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something | Synonyms: goad, goading, prod, prodding, spurring, urging |
| (noun) tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers | - |
| (noun) any sharply pointed projection | Synonyms: acantha, spine |
| spurge | (noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice | - |
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| spuriousness | (noun) state of lacking genuineness | - |
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| spurner | (noun) a person who rejects (someone or something) with contempt | - |
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| spurring | (noun) a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something | Synonyms: goad, goading, prod, prodding, spur, urging |
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| spurt | (noun) the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid) | Synonyms: jet, spirt, squirt |
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| sputnik | (noun) a Russian artificial satellite | - |
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| sputter | (noun) an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage) | Synonyms: splutter |
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| (noun) the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively | Synonyms: spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering, splutter, sputtering |
| sputtering | (noun) the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively | Synonyms: spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering, splutter, sputter |
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| sputum | (noun) expectorated matter; saliva mixed with discharges from the respiratory passages; in ancient and medieval physiology it was believed to cause sluggishness | Synonyms: phlegm |
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