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Solitary
- adjective - alone
- being the only one; single and isolated from others; "the lone doctor in the entire county"; "a lonesome pine"; "an only child"; "the sole heir"; "the sole example"; "a solitary instance of cowardice"; "a solitary speck in the sky"
- characterized by or preferring solitude; "a lone wolf"; "a lonely existence"; "a man of a solitary disposition"; "a solitary walk"
- confinement of a prisoner in isolation from other prisoners; "he was held in solitary"
- devoid of creatures; "a lonely crossroads"; "a solitary retreat"; "a trail leading to an unfrequented lake"
- lacking companions or companionship; "he was alone when we met him"; "she is alone much of the time"; "the lone skier on the mountain"; "a lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of gravel"; "a lonely soul"; "a solitary traveler"
- of plants and animals; not growing or living in groups or colonies; "solitary bees"
- one who lives in solitude
Spatters
- noun - dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water"
- rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"
- spot, splash, or soil; "The baby spattered the bib with food"
- the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface
- the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire"
Specters
- noun - a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"
- a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"
Spelters
- noun - impure zinc containing about three percent lead and other impurities (especially in the form of ingots)
Spitters
- noun - a person who spits (ejects saliva or phlegm from the mouth)
- an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it
Spotters
- noun - a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
- a worker employed at a dry-cleaning establishment to remove spots
- a worker employed to apply spots (as markers or identifiers)
- someone who is the first to observe something
Spouters
- noun - a spouting whale
- an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker
- an oil well that is spouting
Sputters
- noun - an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)
- cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed; "The solar wind protons must sputter away the surface atoms of the dust"
- climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
- make an explosive sound; "sputtering engines"
- spit up in an explosive manner
- the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire"
- utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage
Starters
- noun - a contestant in a team sport who is in the game at the beginning
- a culture containing yeast or bacteria that is used to start the process of fermentation or souring in making butter or cheese or dough; "to make sourdough you need a starter"
- a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle
- an electric motor for starting an engine
- any new participant in some activity
- food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course)
- the official who signals the beginning of a race or competition
Stentors
- noun - a speaker with an unusually loud voice
- any of several trumpet-shaped ciliate protozoans that are members of the genus Stentor
- the mythical Greek warrior with an unusually loud voice who died after losing a shouting contest with Hermes