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Spanks
- noun - a slap with the flat of the hand
- give a spanking to; subject to a spanking
Spares
- noun - a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls
- an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle
- an extra component of a machine or other apparatus
- give up what is not strictly needed; "he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey"
- refrain from harming
- save or relieve from an experience or action; "I'll spare you from having to apologize formally"
- use frugally or carefully
Sparks
- noun - a momentary flash of light
- a small but noticeable trace of some quality that might become stronger; "a spark of interest"; "a spark of decency"
- a small fragment of a burning substance thrown out by burning material or by friction
- electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
- emit or produce sparks; "A high tension wire, brought down by a storm, can continue to spark"
- merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance; "he had a sparkle in his eye"; "there's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes"
- put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"
- Scottish writer of satirical novels (born in 1918)
Spasms
- noun - (pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel)
- a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
Spates
- noun - (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"
- a sudden forceful flow
- the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow
Spawls
- noun - a fragment broken off from the edge or face of stone or ore and having at least one thin edge; "a truck bearing a mound of blue spalls"
Spawns
- noun - call forth
- lay spawn; "The salmon swims upstream to spawn"
- the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs
Speaks
- verb - exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words"
- express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
- give a speech to; "The chairman addressed the board of trustees"
- make a characteristic or natural sound; "The drums spoke"
- use language; "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect"
Spears
- noun - a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
- an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
- pierce with a spear; "spear fish"
- Plant, shoot or stalk, as of grass, asparagus or broccoli.
- thrust up like a spear; "The branch speared up into the air"
Specks
- noun - (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
- a slight but appreciable amount; "this dish could use a touch of garlic"
- a very small spot; "the plane was just a speck in the sky"
- Italian smoked cured ham
- produce specks in or on; "speck the cloth"