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Splicer
- noun - a mechanical device for joining two pieces of paper or film or magnetic tape
- a woodworker who joins pieces of wood with a splice
- a worker who splices ropes together by interweaving strands
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"
Splines
- noun - a flexible strip (wood or rubber) used in drawing curved lines
- a thin strip (wood or metal)
Spoiled
- adjective - (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition; "bad meat"; "a refrigerator full of spoilt food"
- having the character or disposition harmed by pampering or oversolicitous attention; "a spoiled child"
Spoiler
- noun - a candidate with no chance of winning but who may draw enough votes to prevent one of the leading candidates from winning
- a hinged airfoil on the upper surface of an aircraft wing that is raised to reduce lift and increase drag
- an airfoil mounted on the rear of a car to reduce lift at high speeds
- someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence
- someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
Spondee
- noun - a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables
Sponged
- verb - ask for and get free; be a parasite
- erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard
- gather sponges, in the ocean
- soak up with a sponge
- wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten
Sponger
- noun - a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
- a workman employed to collect sponges
- Cadger
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
Spoofed
- verb - make a parody of; "The students spoofed the teachers"