Definition of spare

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Spare (n.) The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a single spare..

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Devitrify :: Devitrify (v. t.) To deprive of glasslike character; to take away vitreous luster and transparency from.
Halones :: Halones (n. pl.) Alternating transparent and opaque white rings which are seen outside the blastoderm, on the surface of the developing egg of the hen and other birds..
Opaque :: Opaque (a.) Impervious to the rays of light; not transparent; as, an opaque substance..
Crystalline :: Crystalline (a.) Fig.: Resembling crystal; pure; transparent; pellucid.
Slender :: Slender (superl.) Spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet..
Hydrophane :: Hydrophane (n.) A semitranslucent variety of opal that becomes translucent or transparent on immersion in water.
Nitre :: Nitre (n.) A white crystalline semitransparent salt; potassium nitrate; saltpeter. See Saltpeter.
Lucid :: Lucid (n.) Clear; transparent.
Transparency :: Transparency (n.) That which is transparent; especially, a picture painted on thin cloth or glass, or impressed on porcelain, or the like, to be viewed by natural or artificial light, which shines through it..
Colorless :: Colorless (a.) Without color; not distinguished by any hue; transparent; as, colorless water..
Bombycinous :: Bombycinous (a.) Being of the color of the silkworm; transparent with a yellow tint.
Demantoid :: Demantoid (n.) A yellow-green, transparent variety of garnet found in the Urals. It is valued as a gem because of its brilliancy of luster, whence the name..
Philatory :: Philatory (n.) A kind of transparent reliquary with an ornamental top.
Semi- :: Semi- () A prefix signifying half, and sometimes partly or imperfectly; as, semiannual, half yearly; semitransparent, imperfectly transparent..
Clearwing :: Clearwing (n.) A lepidopterous insect with partially transparent wings, of the family Aegeriadae, of which the currant and peach-tree borers are examples..
Semitransparency :: Semitransparency (n.) Imperfect or partial transparency.
Mercy :: Mercy (n.) Disposition to exercise compassion or favor; pity; compassion; willingness to spare or to help.
Rhaphides :: Rhaphides (n. pl.) Minute transparent, often needle-shaped, crystals found in the tissues of plants..
Sarcolemma :: Sarcolemma (n.) The very thin transparent and apparently homogeneous sheath which incloses a striated muscular fiber; the myolemma.
Hyaloid :: Hyaloid (a.) Resembling glass; vitriform; transparent; hyaline; as, the hyaloid membrane, a very delicate membrane inclosing the vitreous humor of the eye..
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