Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A trademark for a powder to be mixed with water or a ready-to-use plastic paste designed to fill cracks and holes in plaster before painting or papering.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun trademark a
powder (containinggypsum plaster andglue ) that when mixed with water forms aplastic paste used to fillcracks andholes in plaster
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun powder (containing gypsum plaster and glue) that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste used to fill cracks and holes in plaster
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Website "Spackle" has a tutorial on using Microsoft OneNote with Windows Home Server.
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Website "Spackle" has a tutorial on using Microsoft OneNote with Windows Home Server.
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We are back on New World, an Earth-like planet colonized in parts by humans but still populated elsewhere by intelligent, chalky-skinned, telepathic creatures known as Spackle.
Tales for Teens (and Others) Meghan Cox Gurdon 2010
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On the planet New World, a Spackle army prepares to march on the uneasy alliance of rebel troops and President Prentiss's forces.
Tales for Teens (and Others) Meghan Cox Gurdon 2010
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As the final heart-pounding installment begins, New World is on the brink of conflagration as a Spackle army prepares to march on the uneasy alliance of President Prentiss's army and the predominately female troops mustered by the rebel leader Mistress Coyle.
Tales for Teens (and Others) Meghan Cox Gurdon 2010
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Spackle for nail-printed walls and Hockney paintings
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But when they reached the New World, they encountered an alien race known as the Spackle.
Archive 2009-10-01 Stephanie 2009
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But when they reached the New World, they encountered an alien race known as the Spackle.
The Knife of Never Letting Go - Is it as Good as the Hype?? Stephanie 2009
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Howard and the writing crew did their best to back fill, Spackle or otherwise patch the basic flaws of the D.B. original and managed to resurrect a generic scavenger hunt flick with the most faint sizzle literally.
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It needed some renovation, but Bruce was handy with a Spackle knife and the family moved in on March 1, 1990.
Lead And Your Kids 2008
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