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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
Springinessnounthe elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original lengthverified
Springtailnounany of numerous minute wingless primitive insects possessing a special abdominal appendage that allows the characteristic nearly perpetual springing patternverified
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
Spruenouna chronic disorder that occurs in tropical and non-tropical forms and in both children and adultsverified
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
SpywarenounSoftware that is secretly or surreptitiously installed into an information system to gather information on individuals or organizations without their knowledge; a type of malicious code.Threat
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)Threat
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.Threat
Squad RoomnounMWEa room in a police station where members of the force assemble for roll call and duty assignmentsverified
Squadronnouna cavalry unit consisting of two or more troops and headquarters and supporting armsverified
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