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Spotted Water HemlocknounMWEtall biennial water hemlock of northeastern North America having purple-spotted stems and clusters of extremely poisonous tuberous roots resembling small sweet potatoesverified
Spousal EquivalentnounMWEa person (not necessarily a spouse) with whom you cohabit and share a long-term sexual relationshipverified
Spousal RelationshipnounMWEthe state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)verified
Spouse EquivalentnounMWEa person (not necessarily a spouse) with whom you cohabit and share a long-term sexual relationshipverified
Spray CannounMWEa dispenser that holds a substance under pressure and that can release it as a fine spray (usually by means of a propellant gas)verified
Spray GunnounMWEan applicator resembling a gun for applying liquid substances (as paint) in the form of a sprayverified
Spread EaglenounMWEan emblem (an eagle with wings and legs spread) on the obverse of the Great Seal of the United Statesverified
Spread SpectrumnounMWETelecommunications techniques in which a signal is transmitted in a bandwidth considerably greater than the frequency content of the original information. Frequency hopping, direct sequence spreading, time scrambling, and combinations of these techniques are forms of spread spectrum.verified
Spreading BellflowernounMWEEuropean perennial bellflower that grows in clumps with spreading stems and blue or white flowersverified
Spreading FactornounMWEan enzyme (trade name Hyazyme) that splits hyaluronic acid and so lowers its viscosity and increases the permeability of connective tissue and the absorption of fluidsverified
Spreading FleabanenounMWEwell-branched plant with hairy leaves and stems each with a solitary flower head with narrow white or pink or lavender raysverified
Spreading PogonianounMWEorchid of northeastern United States with magenta-pink flowers having funnel-shaped lipverified
Spring BeautynounMWEsmall slender plant having one pair of succulent leaves at the middle of the stem and a loose raceme of white or pink or rose bowl-shaped flowers and an edible cormverified
Spring FrognounMWEcommon North American green or brownish frog having white-edged dark oval spotsverified
Spring GunnounMWEa gun that is set to fire on any intruder that comes in contact with the wire that sets it offverified
Spring PeepernounMWEa small brown tree toad having a shrill call heard near wetlands of eastern United States and Canada in early springverified
Springer SpanielnounMWEa large spaniel with wavy silky coat usually black or liver and whiteverified
Spruce Bark BeetlenounMWEsmall beetle that likes to bore through the bark of spruce trees and eat the cambium which eventually kills the treeverified
Spruce BeernounMWEa brew made by fermenting molasses and other sugars with the sap of spruce trees (sometimes with malt)verified
Spruce PinenounMWEsmall spruce of boggy areas of northeastern North America having spreading branches with dense foliageverified
Spun YarnnounMWE(nautical) small stuff consisting of a lightweight rope made of several rope yarns loosely wound togetherverified
Spurge LaurelnounMWEbushy Eurasian shrub with glossy leathery oblong leaves and yellow-green flowersverified
Spurious CorrelationnounMWEa correlation between two variables (e.g., between the number of electric motors in the home and grades at school) that does not result from any direct relation between them (buying electric motors will not raise grades) but from their relation to other variablesverified
Spurred GentiannounMWEany of various plants of the genus Halenia having flowers with spurred lobesverified
Sputum SmearnounMWEany of several cytologic smears obtained from different parts of the lower respiratory tractverified
SQL injectionnounMWEResults from failure of the application to appropriately validate input. When specially crafted user-controlled input consisting of SQL syntax is used without proper validation as part of SQL queries, it is possible to glean information from the database in ways not envisaged during application design. (MITRE)verified
SQL injection attacknounMWEAn exploit of target software that constructs structure query language (SQL) statements based on user input. An attacker crafts input strings so that when the target software constructs SQL statements based on the input, the resulting SQL statement performs actions other than those the application intended. SQL injection enables an attacker to talk directly to the database, thus bypassing the application completely. Successful injection can cause information disclosure as well as ability to add or modify data in the database.verified
Squad RoomnounMWEa room in a police station where members of the force assemble for roll call and duty assignmentsverified
Squamous CellnounMWEan epithelial cell that is flat like a plate and form a single layer of epithelial tissueverified
Square BracketnounMWEeither of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual materialverified
Square KnotnounMWEa double knot made of two half hitches and used to join the ends of two cordsverified