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Spleens
- noun - a feeling of resentful anger
- latin for spleen - a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses
Splices
- verb - join by interweaving strands; "Splice the wires"
- join the ends of; "splice film"
- join together so as to form new genetic combinations; "splice genes"
- perform a marriage ceremony; "The minister married us on Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple got spliced on Hawaii"
Spliffs
- noun - marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
Splines
- noun - a flexible strip (wood or rubber) used in drawing curved lines
- a thin strip (wood or metal)
Splints
- noun - a thin sliver of wood; "he lit the fire with a burning splint"
- an orthopedic mechanical device used to immobilize and protect a part of the body (as a broken leg)
- support with a splint; "splint a broken finger"
Sponges
- noun - a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
- 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
- ask for and get free; be a parasite
- erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard
- gather sponges, in the ocean
- primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies
- soak up with a sponge
- someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily; "she soaks up foreign languages like a sponge"
- wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten
Spouses
- noun - a person's partner in marriage
- other half in marriage
Sprains
- noun -
- a painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of its ligaments
Sprawls
- noun - an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities
- an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about
- go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way; "Branches straggling out quite far"
- sit or lie with one's limbs spread out
Spreads
- noun - a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures; "gap between income and outgo"; "the spread between lending and borrowing costs"
- a haphazard distribution in all directions
- a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed; "a banquet for the graduating seniors"; "the Thanksgiving feast"; "they put out quite a spread"
- a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes
- act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time
- become distributed or widespread; "the infection spread"; "Optimism spread among the population"
- become widely known and passed on; "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office"
- cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
- cover by spreading something over; "spread the bread with cheese"
- decorative cover for a bed
- distribute or disperse widely; "The invader