| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| stabiliment | adjective | The act of making firm; firm support; establishment. |
| stabilitate | verb t. | To make stable; to establish. |
| stabulation | noun | The act of stabling or housing beasts., A place for lodging beasts; a stable. |
| stack-guard | noun | A covering or protection, as a canvas, for a stack. |
| stadtholder | noun | Formerly, the chief magistrate of the United Provinces of Holland; also, the governor or lieutenant governor of a province. |
| stageplayer | noun | An actor on the stage; one whose occupation is to represent characters on the stage; as, Garrick was a celebrated stageplayer. |
| staggerbush | noun | An American shrub (Andromeda Mariana) having clusters of nodding white flowers. It grows in low, sandy places, and is said to poison lambs and calves. |
| staggerwort | noun | A kind of ragwort (Senecio Jacobaea). |
| stag-horned | adjective | Having the mandibles large and palmate, or branched somewhat like the antlers of a stag; — said of certain beetles. |
| stahlianism | noun | The Stahlian theoru, that every vital action is function or operation of the soul. |
| stainlessly | adverb | In a stainless manner. |
| stakeholder | noun | The holder of a stake; one with whom the bets are deposited when a wager is laid. |
| staktometer | noun | A drop measurer; a glass tube tapering to a small orifice at the point, and having a bulb in the middle, used for finding the number of drops in equal quantities of different liquids. See Pipette. |
| stalactical | adjective | Stalactic. |
| stalactites | plural | of Stalactite, A stalactite. |
| stalactitic | adjective | Alt. of Stalactitical |
| stalagmitic | adjective | Alt. of Stalagmitical |
| staminodium | noun | An abortive stamen, or any organ modified from an abortive stamen. |
| standardize | verb t. | To reduce to a normal standard; to calculate or adjust the strength of, by means of, and for uses in, analysis. |
| staphylinid | noun | Any rove beetle. |
| startlingly | adverb | In a startling manner. |
| statarianly | adverb | Fixedly; steadly. |
| stateliness | noun | The quality or state of being stately. |
| statemonger | noun | One versed in politics, or one who dabbles in state affairs. |
| stateprison | See under State, n. | |
| statesmanly | adjective | Becoming a statesman. |
| stateswomen | plural | of Stateswoman |
| stateswoman | noun | A woman concerned in public affairs. |
| statistical | adjective | Of or pertaining to statistics; as, statistical knowledge, statistical tabulation. |
| statuminate | verb t. | To prop or support. |
| staunchness | See Stanch, Stanchly, etc. | |
| staurolitic | adjective | Of or pertaining to staurolite; resembling or containing staurolite. |
| stauroscope | noun | An optical instrument used in determining the position of the planes of light-vibration in sections of crystals. |
| steadfastly | adverb | In a steadfast manner; firmly. |
| stealthlike | adjective | Stealthy; sly. |
| stearoptene | noun | The more solid ingredient of certain volatile oils; — contrasted with elaeoptene. |
| steerageway | noun | A rate of motion through the water sufficient to render a vessel governable by the helm. |
| stegosauria | noun pl. | An extinct order of herbivorous dinosaurs, including the genera Stegosaurus, Omosaurus, and their allies. |
| stegosaurus | noun | A genus of large Jurassic dinosaurs remarkable for a powerful dermal armature of plates and spines. |
| stelleridan | noun | Alt. of Stelleridean |
| stellionate | noun | Any fraud not distinguished by a more special name; — chiefly applied to sales of the same property to two different persons, or selling that for one’s own which belongs to another, etc. |
| stelography | noun | The art of writing or inscribing characters on pillars. |
| stem-winder | noun | A stem-winding watch. |
| stencilling | of Stencil | |
| stenography | noun | The art of writing in shorthand, by using abbreviations or characters for whole words; shorthand. |
| stentorious | adjective | Stentorian. |
| stentoronic | adjective | Stentorian. |
| stepbrother | noun | A brother by the marriage of one’s father with the mother of another, or of one’s mother with the father of another. |
| stephanotis | noun | A genus of climbing asclepiadaceous shrubs, of Madagascar, Malaya, etc. They have fleshy or coriaceous opposite leaves, and large white waxy flowers in cymes., A perfume said to be prepared from the flowers of Stephanotis floribunda. |
| stercobilin | noun | A coloring matter found in the faeces, a product of the alteration of the bile pigments in the intestinal canal, — identical with hydrobilirubin. |
| stereograph | noun | Any picture, or pair of pictures, prepared for exhibition in the stereoscope. Stereographs are now commonly made by means of photography. |
| stereometer | noun | An instrument for measuring the solid contents of a body, or the capacity of a vessel; a volumenometer., An instrument for determining the specific gravity of liquid bodies, porous bodies, and powders, as well as solids. |
| stereometry | noun | The art of measuring and computing the cubical contents of bodies and figures; — distinguished from planimetry. |
| stereoplasm | noun | The solid or insoluble portion of the cell protoplasm. See Hygroplasm. |
| stereoscope | noun | An optical instrument for giving to pictures the appearance of solid forms, as seen in nature. It combines in one, through a bending of the rays of light, two pictures, taken for the purpose from points of view a little way apart. It is furnished with two eyeglasses, and by refraction or reflection the pictures are superimposed, so as to appear as one to the observer. |
| stereoscopy | noun | The art or science of using the stereoscope, or of constructing the instrument or the views used with it. |
| stereotomic | adjective | Alt. of Stereotomical |
| stereotyped | imp. & past participle | of Stereotype, Formed into, or printed from, stereotype plates., Fig.: Formed in a fixed, unchangeable manner; as, stereotyped opinions. |
| stereotyper | noun | One who stereotypes; one who makes stereotype plates, or works in a stereotype foundry. |
| stereotypic | adjective | Of or pertaining to stereotype, or stereotype plates. |
| sterilizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Sterilize |
| sternohyoid | adjective | Of or pertaining to the sternum and the hyoid bone or cartilage. |
| stern-wheel | adjective | Having a paddle wheel at the stern; as, a stern-wheel steamer. |
| sterrometal | noun | Any alloy of copper, zinc, tin, and iron, of which cannon are sometimes made. |
| stertorious | adjective | Stertorous. |
| stethograph | noun | See Pneumatograph. |
| stethometer | noun | An apparatus for measuring the external movements of a given point of the chest wall, during respiration; — also called thoracometer. |
| stethoscope | noun | An instrument used in auscultation for examining the organs of the chest, as the heart and lungs, by conveying to the ear of the examiner the sounds produced in the thorax., To auscultate, or examine, with a stethoscope. |
| stethoscopy | noun | The art or process of examination by the stethoscope. |
| stewardship | noun | The office of a steward. |
| stibiconite | noun | A native oxide of antimony occurring in masses of a yellow color. |
| stichomancy | noun | Divination by lines, or passages of books, taken at hazard. |
| stichometry | noun | Measurement of books by the number of lines which they contain., Division of the text of a book into lines; especially, the division of the text of books into lines accommodated to the sense, — a method of writing manuscripts used before punctuation was adopted. |
| stickleback | verb t. | Any one of numerous species of small fishes of the genus Gasterosteus and allied genera. The back is armed with two or more sharp spines. They inhabit both salt and brackish water, and construct curious nests. Called also sticklebag, sharpling, and prickleback. |
| stick-tight | noun | Beggar’s ticks. |
| stigmatical | adjective | Marked with a stigma, or with something reproachful to character., Impressing with infamy or reproach., Of or pertaining to a stigma or stigmata. |
| stigmatized | imp. & past participle | of Stigmatize |
| stilettoing | present participle & vb. noun | of Stiletto |
| stimulating | present participle & vb. noun | of Stimulate |
| stimulation | noun | The act of stimulating, or the state of being stimulated., The irritating action of various agents (stimuli) on muscles, nerves, or a sensory end organ, by which activity is evoked; especially, the nervous impulse produced by various agents on nerves, or a sensory end organ, by which the part connected with the nerve is thrown into a state of activity; irritation. |
| stimulative | adjective | Having the quality of stimulating., That which stimulates. |
| stintedness | noun | The state of being stinted. |
| stipendiary | adjective | Receiving wages, or salary; performing services for a stated price or compensation., One who receives a stipend. |
| stipendiate | verb t. | To provide with a stipend, or salary; to support; to pay. |
| stipendless | adjective | Having no stipend. |
| stipitiform | adjective | Having the shape of a stalk; stalklike. |
| stipulating | present participle & vb. noun | of Stipulate |
| stipulation | noun | The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement., That which is stipulated, or agreed upon; that which is definitely arranged or contracted; an agreement; a covenant; a contract or bargain; also, any particular article, item, or condition, in a mutual agreement; as, the stipulations of the allied powers to furnish each his contingent of troops., A material article of an agreement; an undertaking in the nature of bail taken in the admiralty courts; a bargain., The situation, arrangement, and structure of the stipules. |
| stock-blind | adjective | Blind as a stock; wholly blind. |
| stockbroker | noun | A broker who deals in stocks. |
| stockholder | noun | One who is a holder or proprietor of stock in the public funds, or in the funds of a bank or other stock company. |
| stockjobber | noun | One who speculates in stocks for gain; one whose occupation is to buy and sell stocks. In England a jobber acts as an intermediary between brokers. |
| stock-still | adjective | Still as a stock, or fixed post; perfectly still. |
| stomachical | adjective | Of or pertaining to the stomach; as, stomachic vessels., Strengthening to the stomach; exciting the action of the stomach; stomachal; cordial. |
| stomachless | adjective | Being without a stomach., Having no appetite. |
| stomatopoda | noun pl. | Same as Stomapoda. |
| stone-blind | adjective | As blind as a stone; completely blind. |
| stonecutter | noun | One whose occupation is to cut stone; also, a machine for dressing stone. |
| stone-horse | noun | Stallion. |
| stonerunner | noun | The ring plover, or the ringed dotterel., The dotterel. |
| stone-still | adjective | As still as a stone. |
| storekeeper | noun | A man in charge of stores or goods of any kind; as, a naval storekeeper., One who keeps a “store;” a shopkeeper. See 1st Store, 3. |
| straighting | present participle & vb. noun | of Straighten |
| straightway | adverb | Immediately; without loss of time; without delay. |
| straitening | present participle & vb. noun | of Straiten |
| stramineous | adjective | Strawy; consisting of straw., Chaffy; like straw; straw-colored. |
| strangeness | noun | The state or quality of being strange (in any sense of the adjective). |
| strangulate | adjective | Strangulated. |
| strappadoes | plural | of Strappado |
| strategetic | adjective | Alt. of Strategetical |
| strategical | adjective | Of or pertaining to strategy; effected by artifice. |
| stratifying | present participle & vb. noun | of Stratify |
| stratocracy | noun | A military government; government by military chiefs and an army. |
| streaminess | noun | The state of being streamy; a trailing. |
| strengthful | adjective | Abounding in strength; full of strength; strong. |
| strengthing | noun | A stronghold. |
| strengthner | noun | See Strengthener. |
| strepitores | noun pl. | A division of birds, including the clamatorial and picarian birds, which do not have well developed singing organs. |
| strepsipter | noun | Alt. of Strepsipteran |
| stridulator | noun | That which stridulates. |
| strigillose | adjective | Set with stiff, slender bristles. |
| stringboard | noun | Same as Stringpiece. |
| stringiness | noun | Quality of being stringy. |
| stringpiece | noun | A long piece of timber, forming a margin or edge of any piece of construction; esp.:, One of the longitudinal pieces, supporting the treads and rises of a flight or run of stairs. |
| stroboscope | noun | An instrument for studying or observing the successive phases of a periodic or varying motion by means of light which is periodically interrupted., An optical toy similar to the phenakistoscope. See Phenakistoscope. |
| strongyloid | adjective | Like, or pertaining to, Strongylus, a genus of parasitic nematode worms of which many species infest domestic animals. Some of the species, especially those living in the kidneys, lungs, and bronchial tubes, are often very injurious., A strongyloid worm. |
| structurist | noun | One who forms structures; a builder; a constructor. |
| struthiones | plural | of Struthio, A division, or order, of birds, including only the African ostriches., In a wider sense, an extensive group of birds including the ostriches, cassowaries, emus, moas, and allied birds incapable of flight. In this sense it is equivalent to Ratitae, or Dromaeognathae. |
| stubbedness | noun | The quality or state of being stubbed. |
| studentship | noun | The state of being a student. |
| stultifying | present participle & vb. noun | of Stultify |
| stultiloquy | noun | Foolish talk; silly discource; babbling. |
| stumblingly | adverb | In a stumbling manner. |
| styliferous | adjective | Bearing one or more styles. |
| stylography | noun | A mode of writing or tracing lines by means of a style on cards or tablets. |
| stylopodium | noun | An expansion at the base of the style, as in umbelliferous plants. |