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Sprue
- noun - a chronic disorder that occurs in tropical and non-tropical forms and in both children and adults; nutrients are not absorbed; symptoms include foul-smelling diarrhea and emaciation
Spume
- noun - foam or froth on the sea
- make froth or foam and become bubbly; "The river foamed"
Spute
- - To dispute; to discuss.
Spyne
- - See Pinnace, n., 1 (a).
Stage
- noun - a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns; "we went out of town together by stage about ten or twelve miles"
- a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience; "he clambered up onto the stage and got the actors to help him into the box"
- a section or portion of a journey or course; "then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise"
- a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?"
- any distinct time period in a sequence of events; "we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected"
- any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something; "All the world's a stage"--Shakespeare; "it set the stage for peacef
Stake
- noun - (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something; "they have interests all over the world"; "a stake in the company's future"
- a division of the Mormon Church
- a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track); "a pair of posts marked the goal"; "the corner of the lot was indicated by a stake"
- a strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end so it can be driven into the ground
- instrument of execution consisting of a vertical post that a victim is tied to for burning
- kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole; "the enemies were impaled and left to die"
- mark with a stake; "stake out the path"
- place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse"
- put at risk; "I will stake my good reputation for this"
- Territorial division of the Mormon Church
- the money risked on a gamble
- tie or fasten to a stake
Stale
- adjective - lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age; "stale bread"; "the beer was stale"
- lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new;
- urinate, of cattle and horses