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Spock
- noun - United States pediatrician whose many books on child care influenced the upbringing of children around the world (1903-1998)
Spode
- noun - a brand of fine English porcelain
- English potter who started a pottery famous for its bone china (1754-1827)
Spoil
- noun - (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war); "to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy"
- alter from the original
- become unfit for consumption or use; "the meat must be eaten before it spoils"
- destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"
- have a strong desire or urge to do something; "She is itching to start the project"; "He is spoiling for a fight"
- hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
- make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
- make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty"
- Ruin
- the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it; "her spoiling my dress was deliberate"
- the act of stripping and taking by force
Spoke
- verb - exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words"
- express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
- give a speech to; "The chairman addressed the board of trustees"
- make a characteristic or natural sound; "The drums spoke"
- one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder
- support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
- use language; "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect"
Spong
- - An irregular, narrow, projecting part of a field.
Spoof
- noun - a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
- make a parody of; "The students spoofed the teachers"
Spook
- noun - a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"
- frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action; "The noise spooked the horse"
- someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
- Term for an undercover agent
Spool
- noun - a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound
- transfer data intended for a peripheral device (usually a printer) into temporary storage
- wind onto a spool or a reel
Spoom
- - To be driven steadily and swiftly, as before a strong wind; to be driven before the wind without any sail, or with only a part of the sails spread; to scud under bare poles.