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Spad
- - A nail one or two inches long, of iron, brass, tin, or tinner iron, with a hole through the flattened head, used to mark stations in underground surveying.
- A temporary civil servant working for a minister in the UK is known as a "SpAd" or more frequently "spad", a compound abbreviation formed from the initial letters of their official designation as a "special adviser".
Spae
- - To foretell; to divine.
Spam
- noun - a canned meat made largely from pork
- send unwanted or junk e-mail
- unwanted e-mail (usually of a commercial nature sent out in bulk)
Span
- noun - a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.
- a unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches)
- the act of sitting or standing astride
- the complete duration of something; "the job was finished in the span of an hour"
- the distance or interval between two points
- to cover or extend over an area or time period; "Rivers traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres"; "The novel spans three centuries"
- two items of the same kind
Spar
- noun - a stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging
- any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable
- box lightly
- fight verbally; "They were sparring all night"
- fight with spurs; "the gamecocks were sparring"
- furnish with spars
- making the motions of attack and defense with the fists and arms; a part of training for a boxer
Spas
- noun - a fashionable hotel usually in a resort area
- a health resort near a spring or at the seaside
- a place of business with equipment and facilities for exercising and improving physical fitness
Spat
- noun - a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles
- a quarrel about petty points
- a young oyster or other bivalve
- become permanently attached; "mollusks or oysters spat"
- clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval
- clap one's hands together; "The children were clapping to the music"
- come down like raindrops; "Bullets were spatting down on us"
- drive a skewer through; "skewer the meat for the BBQ"
- engage in a brief and petty quarrel
- expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth; "The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer"
- rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"
- spawn; "oysters spat"
- strike with a sound like that of falling rain; "Bullets were spatting the leaves"
- utter with anger or contempt
Spay
- verb - remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"
Spec
- noun - a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work
- Short for speculation but used as a word in its own right. Example.....the builder built the house on spec, meaning that he built it without a committed buyer in the hope of selling it at a profit once it was completed.