| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| stable | verb i. | Firmly established; not easily moved, shaken, or overthrown; fixed; as, a stable government., Steady in purpose; constant; firm in resolution; not easily diverted from a purpose; not fickle or wavering; as, a man of stable character., Durable; not subject to overthrow or change; firm; as, a stable foundation; a stable position., To fix; to establish., A house, shed, or building, for beasts to lodge and feed in; esp., a building or apartment with stalls, for horses; as, a horse stable; a cow stable., To put or keep in a stable., To dwell or lodge in a stable; to dwell in an inclosed place; to kennel. |
| stably | adverb | In a stable manner; firmly; fixedly; steadily; as, a government stably settled. |
| stacte | noun | One of the sweet spices used by the ancient Jews in the preparation of incense. It was perhaps an oil or other form of myrrh or cinnamon, or a kind of storax. |
| stadia | plural | of Stadium |
| staves | plural | of Staff, pl. of Staff., pl. of Stave. |
| staffs | plural | of Staff, of Staff |
| stager | noun | A player., One who has long acted on the stage of life; a practitioner; a person of experience, or of skill derived from long experience., A horse used in drawing a stage. |
| staith | noun | A landing place; an elevated staging upon a wharf for discharging coal, etc., as from railway cars, into vessels. |
| staked | imp. & past participle | of Stake |
| staled | imp. & past participle | of Stale |
| stalky | adjective | Hard as a stalk; resembling a stalk. |
| stamen | noun | A thread; especially, a warp thread., The male organ of flowers for secreting and furnishing the pollen or fecundating dust. It consists of the anther and filament. |
| stamin | noun | A kind of woolen cloth. |
| stance | noun | A stanza., A station; a position; a site. |
| stanch | verb t. | To stop the flowing of, as blood; to check; also, to stop the flowing of blood from; as, to stanch a wound., To extinguish; to quench, as fire or thirst., To cease, as the flowing of blood., That which stanches or checks., A flood gate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release., Strong and tight; sound; firm; as, a stanch ship., Firm in principle; constant and zealous; loyal; hearty; steady; steadfast; as, a stanch churchman; a stanch friend or adherent., Close; secret; private., To prop; to make stanch, or strong. |
| stanza | noun | A number of lines or verses forming a division of a song or poem, and agreeing in meter, rhyme, number of lines, etc., with other divisions; a part of a poem, ordinarily containing every variation of measure in that poem; a combination or arrangement of lines usually recurring; whether like or unlike, in measure., An apartment or division in a building; a room or chamber. |
| stapes | noun | The innermost of the ossicles of the ear; the stirrup, or stirrup bone; — so called from its form. See Illust. of Ear. |
| staple | noun | A settled mart; an emporium; a city or town to which merchants brought commodities for sale or exportation in bulk; a place for wholesale traffic., Hence: Place of supply; source; fountain head., The principal commodity of traffic in a market; a principal commodity or production of a country or district; as, wheat, maize, and cotton are great staples of the United States., The principal constituent in anything; chief item., Unmanufactured material; raw material., The fiber of wool, cotton, flax, or the like; as, a coarse staple; a fine staple; a long or short staple., A loop of iron, or a bar or wire, bent and formed with two points to be driven into wood, to hold a hook, pin, or the like., A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels., A small pit., A district granted to an abbey., Pertaining to, or being market of staple for, commodities; as, a staple town., Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled; as, a staple trade., Fit to be sold; marketable., Regularly produced or manufactured in large quantities; belonging to wholesale traffic; principal; chief., To sort according to its staple; as, to staple cotton. |
| starch | adjective | Stiff; precise; rigid., A widely diffused vegetable substance found especially in seeds, bulbs, and tubers, and extracted (as from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) as a white, glistening, granular or powdery substance, without taste or smell, and giving a very peculiar creaking sound when rubbed between the fingers. It is used as a food, in the production of commercial grape sugar, for stiffening linen in laundries, in making paste, etc., Fig.: A stiff, formal manner; formality., To stiffen with starch. |
| stared | imp. & past participle | of Stare |
| starer | noun | One who stares, or gazes. |
| starry | adjective | Abounding with stars; adorned with stars., Consisting of, or proceeding from, the stars; stellar; stellary; as, starry light; starry flame., Shining like stars; sparkling; as, starry eyes., Arranged in rays like those of a star; stellate. |
| starve | verb i. | To die; to perish., To perish with hunger; to suffer extreme hunger or want; to be very indigent., To perish or die with cold., To destroy with cold., To kill with hunger; as, maliciously to starve a man is, in law, murder., To distress or subdue by famine; as, to starvea garrison into a surrender., To destroy by want of any kind; as, to starve plans by depriving them of proper light and air., To deprive of force or vigor; to disable. |
| stasis | noun | A slackening or arrest of the blood current in the vessels, due not to a lessening of the heart’s beat, but presumably to some abnormal resistance of the capillary walls. It is one of the phenomena observed in the capillaries in inflammation. |
| statal | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or existing with reference to, a State of the American Union, as distinguished from the general government. |
| stated | imp. & past participle | of State, Settled; established; fixed., Recurring at regular time; not occasional; as, stated preaching; stated business hours. |
| stater | noun | One who states., The principal gold coin of ancient Grece. It varied much in value, the stater best known at Athens being worth about £1 2s., or about $5.35. The Attic silver tetradrachm was in later times called stater. |
| static | adjective | Alt. of Statical |
| statua | noun | A statue. |
| statue | noun | The likeness of a living being sculptured or modeled in some solid substance, as marble, bronze, or wax; an image; as, a statue of Hercules, or of a lion., A portrait., To place, as a statue; to form a statue of; to make into a statue. |
| status | noun | State; condition; position of affairs. |
| staved | imp. & past participle | of Stave |
| stayed | imp. & past participle | of Stay, Staid; fixed; settled; sober; — now written staid. See Staid. |
| stayer | noun | One who upholds or supports that which props; one who, or that which, stays, stops, or restrains; also, colloquially, a horse, man, etc., that has endurance, an a race. |