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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)
Spooled
- verb - transfer data intended for a peripheral device (usually a printer) into temporary storage
- wind onto a spool or a reel
Spooler
- - One who, or that which, spools.
Spotlit
- verb - illuminate with a spotlight, as in the theater
- move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics"
Spuller
- - One employed to inspect yarn, to see that it is well spun, and fit for the loom.
Squalid
- adjective - foul and run-down and repulsive; "a flyblown bar on the edge of town"; "a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town"; "squalid living conditions"; "sordid shantytowns"
- morally degraded; "a seedy district"; "the seamy side of life"; "sleazy characters hanging around casinos"; "sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"- Seattle Weekly; "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"- James Joyce; "the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal"
- sordid
Squalls
- noun - blow in a squall; "When it squalls, a prudent sailor reefs his sails"
- make high-pitched, whiney noises
- sudden violent winds; often accompanied by precipitation
- utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me"
Squally
- adjective - characterized by brief periods of violent wind or rain; "a grey squally morning"
- characterized by short periods of noisy commotion; "a home life that has been extraordinarily squally"