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- - sparse
  - Spartacist
  - spartan
  - Spartan
  - spartina
  - spasm
  - spasmodic
  - spastic
  - spat
  - spatchcock
  - spate
  - spathe
  - spathulate
  - spatial
  - spatio-temporal
  - Spätlese
  - spatter
  - spatterdash
  - spatterdock
  - spatula
  - spatulate
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spate

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
spate/speɪt/

▶noun

1 a large number of similar things or events coming in quick succession.

2 chiefly Brit. a sudden flood in a river.

– phrases
in (full) spate (of a river) overflowing due to a sudden flood.

– origin ME (orig. dial.): of unknown origin.

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