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Spider MonkeynounMWEarboreal monkey of tropical America with long slender legs and long prehensile tailverified
Spider NevusnounMWEa dilation of superficial capillaries with a central red dot from which blood vessels radiateverified
Spider OrchidnounMWECentral American orchid having spiderlike flowers with prominent green wartsverified
Spiderflowernounany of various often strong-smelling plants of the genus Cleome having showy spider-shaped flowersverified
Spiderwort FamilynounMWElarge widely distributed family of chiefly perennial herbs or climbers: spiderwortsverified
Spike ArresternounMWEelectrical device inserted in a power line to protect equipment from sudden fluctuations in currentverified
Spike LavendernounMWEMediterranean plant with pale purple flowers that yields spike lavender oilverified
Spike SuppressornounMWEelectrical device inserted in a power line to protect equipment from sudden fluctuations in currentverified
Spilenouna column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structureverified
SpillagenounSecurity incident that results in the transfer of classified or CUI information onto an information system not accredited (i.e., authorized) for the appropriate security level.Event
Spillernouna long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys)verified
Spillikinsnouna game in which players try to pick each jackstraw (or spillikin) off of a pile without moving any of the othersverified
Spin DoctornounMWEa public relations person who tries to forestall negative publicity by publicizing a favorable interpretation of the words or actions of a company or political party or famous personverified
Spin DriernounMWEa clothes dryer that uses centrifugal motion to dry the clothes that are put into itverified
Spin DryernounMWEa clothes dryer that uses centrifugal motion to dry the clothes that are put into itverified
Spin the BottlenounMWEa game in which a player spins a bottle and kisses the person that it points to when it stops spinningverified
Spin the PlatenounMWEa game in which something round (as a plate) is spun on edge and the name of a player is calledverified
Spin the PlatternounMWEa game in which something round (as a plate) is spun on edge and the name of a player is calledverified
Spinachnounsouthwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leavesverified
Spinach MustardnounMWEAsiatic plant cultivated for its swollen root crown and edible foliageverified
Spinach PlantnounMWEsouthwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leavesverified
Spinal AccessorynounMWEarises from two sets of roots (cranial and spinal) that unite to form the nerveverified
Spinal ColumnnounMWEthe series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cordverified
Spinal CordnounMWEa major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brainverified
Spinal FusionnounMWEcorrection of an unstable part of the spine by joining two or more vertebraeverified
Spinal NervenounMWEany of the 31 pairs of nerves emerging from each side of the spinal cord (each attached to the cord by two roots: ventral and dorsal)verified
Spinal PuncturenounMWEremoval by centesis of fluid from the subarachnoid space of the lumbar region of the spinal cord for diagnostic or therapeutic purposesverified
Spinal TapnounMWEremoval by centesis of fluid from the subarachnoid space of the lumbar region of the spinal cord for diagnostic or therapeutic purposesverified
Spindle HornnounMWEcow-like creature with the glossy coat of a horse and the agility of a goat and the long horns of an antelopeverified
Spindle TreenounMWEany shrubby trees or woody vines of the genus Euonymus having showy usually reddish berriesverified
Spindle-Tree FamilynounMWEtrees and shrubs and woody vines usually having bright-colored fruitsverified
Spindleberrynounany shrubby trees or woody vines of the genus Euonymus having showy usually reddish berriesverified
Spindleberry TreenounMWEany shrubby trees or woody vines of the genus Euonymus having showy usually reddish berriesverified
Spinenounthe part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelvedverified
Spinmeisternouna public relations person who tries to forestall negative publicity by publicizing a favorable interpretation of the words or actions of a company or political party or famous personverified
Spinnbarkeitnounthe capacity of a viscous liquid (especially the cervical mucus) to be drawn out into a strand or blown up into a bubbleverified
Spinnernounboard game equipment that consists of a dial and an arrow that is spun to determine the next move in the gameverified
Spinning TopnounMWEa conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spinverified
Spinning WheelnounMWEa small domestic spinning machine with a single spindle that is driven by hand or footverified
Spinocerebellar DisordernounMWEany of several congenital disorders marked by degeneration of the cerebellum and spinal cord resulting in spasticity and ataxiaverified
Spiny AnteaternounMWEa burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termitesverified
Spiny LobsternounMWElarge edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobstersverified
Spiny TalinumnounMWElow cushion-forming plant with rose to crimson-magenta flowers and leaf midribs that persist as spines when the leaves dieverified
Spiny-Finned FishnounMWEa teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible raysverified
Spiny-Headed WormnounMWEany of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spinesverified