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Spinelle
- - A mineral occuring in octahedrons of great hardness and various colors, as red, green, blue, brown, and black, the red variety being the gem spinel ruby. It consist essentially of alumina and magnesia, but commonly contains iron and sometimes also chromium.
Spinette
- unknown - small harpsichord also spinet
Spiniest
- 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"
Spinifex
- - A genus of chiefly Australian grasses, the seeds of which bear an elastic spine. Spinifex hirsutus (black grass) and Spinifex longifolius are useful as sand binders. Spinifex paradoxusis a valuable perennial fodder plant. Also, a plant of this genus.
Spinnbar
- adjective - capable of being spun into fibres
Spinners
- 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)
Spinneys
- noun - a copse that shelters game
Spinning
- verb - cause to spin; "spin a coin"
- creating thread
- form a web by making a thread; "spiders spin a fine web"
- make up a story; "spin a yarn"
- prolong or extend; "spin out a visit"
- revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
- stream in jets, of liquids; "The creek spun its course through the woods"
- twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation; "The President's spokesmen had to spin the story to make it less embarrassing"
- work natural fibers into a thread; "spin silk"
Spinster
- noun - an elderly unmarried woman
- someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads)