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Spinach
- noun - dark green leaves; eaten cooked or raw in salads
- southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves
Spinage
- - A common pot herb (Spinacia oleracea) belonging to the Goosefoot family.
Spinals
- noun - anesthesia of the lower half of the body; caused by injury to the spinal cord or by injecting an anesthetic beneath the arachnoid membrane that surrounds the spinal cord
Spinate
- - Bearing a spine; spiniform.
Spindle
- noun - (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle; "chromosomes are distributed by spindles in mitosis and meiosis"
- a piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe; used as a baluster, chair leg, etc.
- a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning
- any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object; "the spike pierced the receipts and held them in order"
- any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts
Spindly
- adjective - long and lean
- more spindly
Spinels
- noun - a hard glassy mineral consisting of an oxide of magnesium and aluminum; occurs in various colors that are used as gemstones
Spinets
- noun - a small and compactly built upright piano
- early model harpsichord with only one string per note
Spinier
- adjective - having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers"
- having spines; "the dorsal fin is spinous"
Spinner
- noun - board game equipment that consists of a dial and an arrow that is spun to determine the next move in the game
- fisherman's lure; revolves when drawn through the water
- someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads)