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Spines
- noun - a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin
- a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
- any sharply pointed projection
- the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved; "the title and author were printed on the spine of the book"
- the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back"
Spinet
- noun - a small and compactly built upright piano
- early model harpsichord with only one string per note
Spinny
- - A small thicket or grove with undergrowth; a clump of trees.
Spinto
- unknown - a type of operatic soprano
Spinus
- noun - in some classifications considered a subgenus of Carduelis: siskins and New World goldfinches
Sponge
- 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
Spongy
- adjective - easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility; "spongy bread"
- like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids and yield it back when compressed
Spunks
- noun - material for starting a fire
- the courage to carry on; "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball"
Spunky
- adjective - showing courage; "the champion is faced with a feisty challenger"
- willing to face danger