| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| stabbed | imp. & past participle | of Stab |
| stabber | noun | One who, or that which, stabs; a privy murderer., A small marline spike; a pricker. |
| stabled | imp. & past participle | of Stable |
| stabler | noun | A stable keeper. |
| stacked | imp. & past participle | of Stack |
| stacket | noun | A stockade. |
| staddle | verb i. | Anything which serves for support; a staff; a prop; a crutch; a cane., The frame of a stack of hay or grain., A row of dried or drying hay, etc., A small tree of any kind, especially a forest tree., To leave the staddles, or saplings, of, as a wood when it is cut., To form into staddles, as hay. |
| stadium | noun | A Greek measure of length, being the chief one used for itinerary distances, also adopted by the Romans for nautical and astronomical measurements. It was equal to 600 Greek or 625 Roman feet, or 125 Roman paces, or to 606 feet 9 inches English. This was also called the Olympic stadium, as being the exact length of the foot-race course at Olympia., Hence, a race course; especially, the Olympic course for foot races., A kind of telemeter for measuring the distance of an object of known dimensions, by observing the angle it subtends; especially (Surveying), a graduated rod used to measure the distance of the place where it stands from an instrument having a telescope, by observing the number of the graduations of the rod that are seen between certain parallel wires (stadia wires) in the field of view of the telescope; — also called stadia, and stadia rod. |
| stagely | adjective | Pertaining to a stage; becoming the theater; theatrical. |
| stagery | noun | Exhibition on the stage. |
| stagger | noun | To move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking; not to stand or walk with steadiness; to sway; to reel or totter., To cease to stand firm; to begin to give way; to fail., To begin to doubt and waver in purposes; to become less confident or determined; to hesitate., To cause to reel or totter., To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to make less steady or confident; to shock., To arrange (a series of parts) on each side of a median line alternately, as the spokes of a wheel or the rivets of a boiler seam., An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing, as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion; vertigo; — often in the plural; as, the stagger of a drunken man., A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling; as, parasitic staggers; appopletic or sleepy staggers., Bewilderment; perplexity. |
| staging | noun | A structure of posts and boards for supporting workmen, etc., as in building., The business of running stagecoaches; also, the act of journeying in stagecoaches. |
| staidly | adverb | In a staid manner, sedately. |
| stained | imp. & past participle | of Stain |
| stainer | noun | One who stains or tarnishes., A workman who stains; as, a stainer of wood. |
| staking | present participle & vb. noun | of Stake |
| stalder | noun | A wooden frame to set casks on. |
| staling | present participle & vb. noun | of Stale |
| stalely | adverb | In a state stale manner., Of old; long since. |
| stalked | imp. & past participle | of Stalk, Having a stalk or stem; borne upon a stem. |
| stalker | noun | One who stalks., A kind of fishing net. |
| stalled | imp. & past participle | of Stall, Put or kept in a stall; hence, fatted. |
| staller | noun | A standard bearer. obtaining |
| stallon | noun | A slip from a plant; a scion; a cutting. |
| stamens | plural | of Stamen |
| stamina | plural | of Stamen, See Stamen., The fixed, firm part of a body, which supports it or gives it strength and solidity; as, the bones are the stamina of animal bodies; the ligneous parts of trees are the stamina which constitute their strength., Whatever constitutes the principal strength or support of anything; power of endurance; backbone; vigor; as, the stamina of a constitution or of life; the stamina of a State. |
| stammel | noun | A large, clumsy horse., A kind of woolen cloth formerly in use. It seems to have been often of a red color., A red dye, used in England in the 15th and 16th centuries., Of the color of stammel; having a red color, thought inferior to scarlet. |
| stammer | verb i. | To make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; to hesitate or falter in speaking; to speak with stops and diffivulty; to stutter., To utter or pronounce with hesitation or imperfectly; — sometimes with out., Defective utterance, or involuntary interruption of utterance; a stutter. |
| stamped | imp. & past participle | of Stamp |
| stamper | noun | One who stamps., An instrument for pounding or stamping. |
| standel | noun | A young tree, especially one reserved when others are cut. |
| stander | noun | One who stands., Same as Standel. |
| staniel | noun | See Stannel. |
| stannel | noun | The kestrel; — called also standgale, standgall, stanchel, stand hawk, stannel hawk, steingale, stonegall. |
| stannic | adjective | Of or pertaining to tin; derived from or containing tin; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with stannous compounds. |
| stanno- | A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting relation to, or connection with, tin, or including tin as an ingredient. | |
| stannum | noun | The technical name of tin. See Tin. |
| stanyel | noun | See Stannel. |
| stanzas | plural | of Stanza |
| stapled | imp. & past participle | of Staple |
| stapler | noun | A dealer in staple goods., One employed to assort wool according to its staple. |
| starred | imp. & past participle | of Star, Adorned or studded with stars; bespangled., Influenced in fortune by the stars. |
| starchy | adjective | Consisting of starch; resembling starch; stiff; precise. |
| staring | present participle & vb. noun | of Stare |
| starkly | adverb | In a stark manner; stiffly; strongly. |
| starlit | adjective | Lighted by the stars; starlight. |
| starost | noun | A nobleman who possessed a starosty. |
| started | imp. & past participle | of Start |
| starter | noun | One who, or that which, starts; as, a starter on a journey; the starter of a race., A dog that rouses game. |
| startle | verb t. | To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start., To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise., To deter; to cause to deviate., A sudden motion or shock caused by an unexpected alarm, surprise, or apprehension of danger. |
| starved | imp. & past participle | of Starve |
| stasmia | plural | of Stasimon |
| statant | adjective | In a standing position; as, a lion statant. |
| statary | adjective | Fixed; settled. |
| stating | present participle & vb. noun | of State, The act of one who states anything; statement; as, the statingof one’s opinions. |
| stately | superl. | Evincing state or dignity; lofty; majestic; grand; as, statelymanners; a stately gait., Majestically; loftily. |
| statics | noun | That branch of mechanics which treats of the equilibrium of forces, or relates to bodies as held at rest by the forces acting on them; — distinguished from dynamics. |
| station | noun | The act of standing; also, attitude or pose in standing; posture., A state of standing or rest; equilibrium., The spot or place where anything stands, especially where a person or thing habitually stands, or is appointed to remain for a time; as, the station of a sentinel., A regular stopping place in a stage road or route; a place where railroad trains regularly come to a stand, for the convenience of passengers, taking in fuel, moving freight, etc., The headquarters of the police force of any precinct., The place at which an instrument is planted, or observations are made, as in surveying., The particular place, or kind of situation, in which a species naturally occurs; a habitat., A place to which ships may resort, and where they may anchor safely., A place or region to which a government ship or fleet is assigned for duty., A place calculated for the rendezvous of troops, or for the distribution of them; also, a spot well adapted for offensive measures. Wilhelm (Mil. Dict.)., An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accomodation of a pump, tank, etc., Post assigned; office; the part or department of public duty which a person is appointed to perform; sphere of duty or occupation; employment., Situation; position; location., State; rank; condition of life; social status., The fast of the fourth and sixth days of the week, Wednesday and Friday, in memory of the council which condemned Christ, and of his passion., A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers., One of the places at which ecclesiastical processions pause for the performance of an act of devotion; formerly, the tomb of a martyr, or some similarly consecrated spot; now, especially, one of those representations of the successive stages of our Lord’s passion which are often placed round the naves of large churches and by the side of the way leading to sacred edifices or shrines, and which are visited in rotation, stated services being performed at each; — called also Station of the cross., To place; to set; to appoint or assign to the occupation of a post, place, or office; as, to station troops on the right of an army; to station a sentinel on a rampart; to station ships on the coasts of Africa. |
| statism | noun | The art of governing a state; statecraft; policy. |
| statist | noun | A statesman; a politician; one skilled in government., A statistician. |
| stative | adjective | Of or pertaining to a fixed camp, or military posts or quarters. |
| statued | imp. & past participle | of Statue, Adorned with statues. |
| stature | noun | The natural height of an animal body; — generally used of the human body. |
| statute | noun | An act of the legislature of a state or country, declaring, commanding, or prohibiting something; a positive law; the written will of the legislature expressed with all the requisite forms of legislation; — used in distinction fraom common law. See Common law, under Common, a., An act of a corporation or of its founder, intended as a permanent rule or law; as, the statutes of a university., An assemblage of farming servants (held possibly by statute) for the purpose of being hired; — called also statute fair. |
| staunch | Alt. of Staunchness | |
| staving | present participle & vb. noun | of Stave, A cassing or lining of staves; especially, one encircling a water wheel. |
| staying | present participle & vb. noun | of Stay |
| staynil | noun | The European starling. |
| stealer | noun | One who steals; a thief., The endmost plank of a strake which stops short of the stem or stern. |
| stealth | verb t. | The act of stealing; theft., The thing stolen; stolen property., The bringing to pass anything in a secret or concealed manner; a secret procedure; a clandestine practice or action; — in either a good or a bad sense. |
| steamed | imp. & past participle | of Steam |
| steamer | noun | A vessel propelled by steam; a steamship or steamboat., A steam fire engine. See under Steam., A road locomotive for use on common roads, as in agricultural operations., A vessel in which articles are subjected to the action of steam, as in washing, in cookery, and in various processes of manufacture., The steamer duck. |
| stearic | adjective | Pertaining to, or obtained from, stearin or tallow; resembling tallow. |
| stearin | noun | One of the constituents of animal fats and also of some vegetable fats, as the butter of cacao. It is especially characterized by its solidity, so that when present in considerable quantity it materially increases the hardness, or raises the melting point, of the fat, as in mutton tallow. Chemically, it is a compound of glyceryl with three molecules of stearic acid, and hence is technically called tristearin, or glyceryl tristearate. |
| stearyl | noun | The hypothetical radical characteristic of stearic acid. |
| steeled | imp. & past participle | of Steel |
| steeler | noun | One who points, edges, or covers with steel., Same as Stealer. |
| steeped | imp. & past participle | of Steep |
| steepen | verb i. | To become steep or steeper. |
| steeper | noun | A vessel, vat, or cistern, in which things are steeped. |
| steeple | noun | A spire; also, the tower and spire taken together; the whole of a structure if the roof is of spire form. See Spire. |
| steeply | adverb | In a steep manner; with steepness; with precipitous declivity. |
| steered | imp. & past participle | of Steer |
| steerer | noun | One who steers; as, a boat steerer. |
| steeved | imp. & past participle | of Steeve |
| stelene | adjective | Resembling, or used as, a stela; columnar. |
| stellar | adjective | Alt. of Stellary |
| stelled | adjective | Firmly placed or fixed. |
| steller | noun | The rytina; — called also stellerine. |
| stemmed | imp. & past participle | of Stem |
| stemlet | noun | A small or young stem. |
| stemmer | noun | One who, or that which, stems (in any of the senses of the verbs). |
| stemple | noun | A crossbar of wood in a shaft, serving as a step. |
| stemson | noun | A piece of curved timber bolted to the stem, keelson, and apron in a ship’s frame near the bow. |
| stenchy | adjective | Having a stench. |
| stencil | noun | A thin plate of metal, leather, or other material, used in painting, marking, etc. The pattern is cut out of the plate, which is then laid flat on the surface to be marked, and the color brushed over it. Called also stencil plate., To mark, paint, or color in figures with stencils; to form or print by means of a stencil. |
| stentor | noun | A herald, in the Iliad, who had a very loud voice; hence, any person having a powerful voice., Any species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to the genus Stentor and allied genera, common in fresh water. The stentors have a bell-shaped, or cornucopia-like, body with a circle of cilia around the spiral terminal disk. See Illust. under Heterotricha., A howling monkey, or howler. |
| stepped | imp. & past participle | of Step, Provided with a step or steps; having a series of offsets or parts resembling the steps of stairs; as, a stepped key. |
| stepper | noun | One who, or that which, steps; as, a quick stepper. |
| stepson | noun | A son of one’s husband or wife by a former marriage. |
| stereo- | A combining form meaning solid, hard, firm, as in stereo-chemistry, stereography. | |
| sterile | adjective | Producing little or no crop; barren; unfruitful; unproductive; not fertile; as, sterile land; a sterile desert; a sterile year., Incapable of reproduction; unfitted for reproduction of offspring; not able to germinate or bear fruit; unfruitful; as, a sterile flower, which bears only stamens., Free from reproductive spores or germs; as, a sterile fluid., Fig.: Barren of ideas; destitute of sentiment; as, a sterile production or author. |
| sterlet | noun | A small sturgeon (Acipenser ruthenus) found in the Caspian Sea and its rivers, and highly esteemed for its flavor. The finest caviare is made from its roe. |
| sternal | adjective | Of or pertaining to the sternum; in the region of the sternum. |
| sterned | adjective | Having a stern of a particular shape; — used in composition; as, square-sterned. |
| sterner | noun | A director. |
| sternly | adverb | In a stern manner. |
| sterno- | A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the sternum; as, sternocostal, sternoscapular. | |
| sternum | noun | A plate of cartilage, or a series of bony or cartilaginous plates or segments, in the median line of the pectoral skeleton of most vertebrates above fishes; the breastbone., The ventral part of any one of the somites of an arthropod. |
| stetted | imp. & past participle | of Stet |
| stethal | noun | One of the higher alcohols of the methane series, homologous with ethal, and found in small quantities as an ethereal salt of stearic acid in spermaceti. |
| stewing | present participle & vb. noun | of Stew |
| steward | noun | A man employed in a large family, or on a large estate, to manage the domestic concerns, supervise other servants, collect the rents or income, keep accounts, and the like., A person employed in a hotel, or a club, or on board a ship, to provide for the table, superintend the culinary affairs, etc. In naval vessels, the captain’s steward, wardroom steward, steerage steward, warrant officers steward, etc., are petty officers who provide for the messes under their charge., A fiscal agent of certain bodies; as, a steward in a Methodist church., In some colleges, an officer who provides food for the students and superintends the kitchen; also, an officer who attends to the accounts of the students., In Scotland, a magistrate appointed by the crown to exercise jurisdiction over royal lands., To manage as a steward. |
| stewish | adjective | Suiting a stew, or brothel. |
| stewpan | noun | A pan used for stewing. |
| stewpot | noun | A pot used for stewing. |
| sthenic | adjective | Strong; active; — said especially of morbid states attended with excessive action of the heart and blood vessels, and characterized by strength and activity of the muscular and nervous system; as, a sthenic fever. |
| stibial | adjective | Like, or having the qualities of, antimony; antimonial. |
| stibine | noun | Antimony hydride, or hydrogen antimonide, a colorless gas produced by the action of nascent hydrogen on antimony. It has a characteristic odor and burns with a characteristic greenish flame. Formerly called also antimoniureted hydrogen. |
| stibium | noun | The technical name of antimony., Stibnite. |
| stichic | adjective | Of or pertaining to stichs, or lines; consisting of stichs, or lines. |
| sticked | of Stick, Stuck. | |
| sticker | noun | One who, or that which, sticks; as, a bill sticker., That which causes one to stick; that which puzzles or poses., In the organ, a small wooden rod which connects (in part) a key and a pallet, so as to communicate motion by pushing., Same as Paster, 2. |
| stickit | adjective | Stuck; spoiled in making. |
| stickle | verb i. | To separate combatants by intervening., To contend, contest, or altercate, esp. in a pertinacious manner on insufficient grounds., To play fast and loose; to pass from one side to the other; to trim., To separate, as combatants; hence, to quiet, to appease, as disputants., To intervene in; to stop, or put an end to, by intervening; hence, to arbitrate., A shallow rapid in a river; also, the current below a waterfall. |
| stiffen | verb t. | To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch., To inspissate; to make more thick or viscous; as, to stiffen paste., To make torpid; to benumb., To become stiff or stiffer, in any sense of the adjective. |
| stiffly | adverb | In a stiff manner. |
| stifled | imp. & past participle | of Stifle, Stifling. |
| stifler | noun | One who, or that which, stifles., See Camouflet. |
| stigmas | plural | of Stigma |
| stilled | imp. & past participle | of Still |
| stiller | noun | One who stills, or quiets. |
| stilted | imp. & past participle | of Stilt, Elevated as if on stilts; hence, pompous; bombastic; as, a stilted style; stilted declamation. |
| stimuli | plural | of Stimulus |
| stinger | noun | One who, or that which, stings. |
| stinker | noun | One who, or that which, stinks., Any one of the several species of large antarctic petrels which feed on blubber and carrion and have an offensive odor, as the giant fulmar. |
| stinted | imp. & past participle | of Stint |
| stinter | noun | One who, or that which, stints. |
| stipend | noun | Settled pay or compensation for services, whether paid daily, monthly, or annually., To pay by settled wages. |
| stipple | verb t. | To engrave by means of dots, in distinction from engraving in lines., To paint, as in water colors, by small, short touches which together produce an even or softly graded surface., Alt. of Stippling |
| stiptic | adjective & noun | See Styptic. |
| stipula | noun | A stipule., A newly sprouted feather. |
| stipule | noun | An appendage at the base of petioles or leaves, usually somewhat resembling a small leaf in texture and appearance. |
| stirred | imp. & past participle | of Stir |
| stirpes | plural | of Stirps |
| stirrer | noun | One who, or that which, stirs something; also, one who moves about, especially after sleep; as, an early stirrer. |
| stirrup | verb i. | A kind of ring, or bent piece of metal, wood, leather, or the like, horizontal in one part for receiving the foot of a rider, and attached by a strap to the saddle, — used to assist a person in mounting a horse, and to enable him to sit steadily in riding, as well as to relieve him by supporting a part of the weight of the body., Any piece resembling in shape the stirrup of a saddle, and used as a support, clamp, etc. See Bridle iron., A rope secured to a yard, with a thimble in its lower end for supporting a footrope. |
| stiving | present participle & vb. noun | of Stive |
| stocked | imp. & past participle | of Stock |
| stocker | noun | One who makes or fits stocks, as of guns or gun carriages, etc. |
| stoical | noun | Of or pertaining to the Stoics; resembling the Stoics or their doctrines., Not affected by passion; manifesting indifference to pleasure or pain. |
| stomata | plural | of Stoma |
| stomach | noun | An enlargement, or series of enlargements, in the anterior part of the alimentary canal, in which food is digested; any cavity in which digestion takes place in an animal; a digestive cavity. See Digestion, and Gastric juice, under Gastric., The desire for food caused by hunger; appetite; as, a good stomach for roast beef., Hence appetite in general; inclination; desire., Violence of temper; anger; sullenness; resentment; willful obstinacy; stubbornness., Pride; haughtiness; arrogance., To resent; to remember with anger; to dislike., To bear without repugnance; to brook., To be angry. |
| stomate | noun | A stoma. |
| stoning | present participle & vb. noun | of Stone |
| stonily | adverb | In a stony manner. |
| stonish | adjective | Stony. |
| stooked | imp. & past participle | of Stook |
| stooped | imp. & past participle | of Stoop |
| stooper | noun | One who stoops. |
| stopped | imp. & past participle | of Stop, Made by complete closure of the mouth organs; shut; — said of certain consonants (p, b, t, d, etc.). |
| stoping | present participle & vb. noun | of Stope, The act of excavating in the form of stopes. |
| stopper | noun | One who stops, closes, shuts, or hinders; that which stops or obstructs; that which closes or fills a vent or hole in a vessel., A short piece of rope having a knot at one or both ends, with a lanyard under the knot, — used to secure something., A name to several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies; as, the red stopper. See Eugenia., To close or secure with a stopper. |
| stopple | verb t. | That which stops or closes the mouth of a vessel; a stopper; as, a glass stopple; a cork stopple., To close the mouth of anything with a stopple, or as with a stopple. |
| storage | noun | The act of depositing in a store or warehouse for safe keeping; also, the safe keeping of goods in a warehouse., Space for the safe keeping of goods., The price changed for keeping goods in a store. |
| storing | present participle & vb. noun | of Store |
| storial | adjective | Historical. |
| storied | adjective | Told in a story., Having a history; interesting from the stories which pertain to it; venerable from the associations of the past., Having (such or so many) stories; — chiefly in composition; as, a two-storied house., of Story |
| storier | noun | A relater of stories; an historian. |
| storify | verb t. | To form or tell stories of; to narrate or describe in a story. |
| stormed | imp. & past participle | of Storm |
| storven | p. p. of Starve. | |
| stories | plural | of Story |
| stoutly | adverb | In a stout manner; lustily; boldly; obstinately; as, he stoutly defended himself. |
| stoving | present participle & vb. noun | of Stove |
| stowing | present participle & vb. noun | of Stow, A method of working in which the waste is packed into the space formed by excavating the vein. |
| stowage | noun | The act or method of stowing; as, the stowage of provisions in a vessel., Room in which things may be stowed., The state of being stowed, or put away., Things stowed or packed., Money paid for stowing goods. |
| straint | noun | Overexertion; excessive tension; strain. |
| straits | plural | of Strait |
| strange | superl. | Belonging to another country; foreign., Of or pertaining to others; not one’s own; not pertaining to one’s self; not domestic., Not before known, heard, or seen; new., Not according to the common way; novel; odd; unusual; irregular; extraordinary; unnatural; queer., Reserved; distant in deportment., Backward; slow., Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced., Strangely., To alienate; to estrange., To be estranged or alienated., To wonder; to be astonished. |
| stratum | noun | A bed of earth or rock of one kind, formed by natural causes, and consisting usually of a series of layers, which form a rock as it lies between beds of other kinds. Also used figuratively., A bed or layer artificially made; a course. |
| stratus | noun | A form of clouds in which they are arranged in a horizontal band or layer. See Cloud. |
| strawed | imp. & p. p. of Straw. | |
| strayed | imp. & past participle | of Stray |
| strayer | noun | One who strays; a wanderer. |
| streaky | adjective | Same as Streaked, 1. |
| streamy | adjective | Abounding with streams, or with running water; streamful., Resembling a stream; issuing in a stream. |
| streite | adverb | Narrowly; strictly; straitly. |
| stretch | verb t. | To reach out; to extend; to put forth., To draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope., To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as, to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings., To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly., To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or muscle., To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the truth; to stretch one’s credit., To be extended; to be drawn out in length or in breadth, or both; to spread; to reach; as, the iron road stretches across the continent; the lake stretches over fifty square miles., To extend or spread one’s self, or one’s limbs; as, the lazy man yawns and stretches., To be extended, or to bear extension, without breaking, as elastic or ductile substances., To strain the truth; to exaggerate; as, a man apt to stretch in his report of facts., To sail by the wind under press of canvas; as, the ship stretched to the eastward., Act of stretching, or state of being stretched; reach; effort; struggle; strain; as, a stretch of the limbs; a stretch of the imagination., A continuous line or surface; a continuous space of time; as, grassy stretches of land., The extent to which anything may be stretched., The reach or extent of a vessel’s progress on one tack; a tack or board., Course; direction; as, the stretch of seams of coal. |
| stretto | noun | The crowding of answer upon subject near the end of a fugue., In an opera or oratorio, a coda, or winding up, in an accelerated time. |
| strewed | imp. & past participle | of Strew |
| striate | adjective | To mark with striaae., Alt. of Striated |
| stridor | noun | A harsh, shrill, or creaking noise. |
| striges | noun pl. | The tribe of birds which comprises the owls. |
| strigil | noun | An instrument of metal, ivory, etc., used for scraping the skin at the bath. |
| stroock | of Strike | |
| striker | noun | One who, or that which, strikes; specifically, a blacksmith’s helper who wields the sledge., A harpoon; also, a harpooner., A wencher; a lewd man., A workman who is on a strike., A blackmailer in politics; also, one whose political influence can be bought. |
| strikle | noun | See Strickle. |
| stringy | adjective | Consisting of strings, or small threads; fibrous; filamentous; as, a stringy root., Capable of being drawn into a string, as a glutinous substance; ropy; viscid; gluely. |
| striped | imp. & past participle | of Stripe, Having stripes of different colors; streaked. |
| striven | past participle | of Strive, p. p. of Strive. |
| strived | past participle | Striven. |
| striver | noun | One who strives. |
| stroker | noun | One who strokes; also, one who pretends to cure by stroking. |
| strophe | noun | In Greek choruses and dances, the movement of the chorus while turning from the right to the left of the orchestra; hence, the strain, or part of the choral ode, sung during this movement. Also sometimes used of a stanza of modern verse. See the Note under Antistrophe. |
| strowed | imp. | of Strow, of Strow |
| stubbed | imp. & past participle | of Stub, Reduced to a stub; short and thick, like something truncated; blunt; obtuse., Abounding in stubs; stubby., Not nice or delicate; hardy; rugged. |
| stubble | noun | The stumps of wheat, rye, barley, oats, or buckwheat, left in the ground; the part of the stalk left by the scythe or sickle. |
| stubbly | adjective | Covered with stubble; stubbled. |
| stuccos | plural | of Stucco |
| stuckle | noun | A number of sheaves set together in the field; a stook. |
| studded | imp. & past participle | of Stud |
| student | noun | A person engaged in study; one who is devoted to learning; a learner; a pupil; a scholar; especially, one who attends a school, or who seeks knowledge from professional teachers or from books; as, the students of an academy, a college, or a university; a medical student; a hard student., One who studies or examines in any manner; an attentive and systematic observer; as, a student of human nature, or of physical nature. |
| studied | adjective | Closely examined; read with diligence and attention; made the subject of study; well considered; as, a studied lesson., Well versed in any branch of learning; qualified by study; learned; as, a man well studied in geometry., Premeditated; planned; designed; as, a studied insult., Intent; inclined., of Study |
| studier | noun | A student. |
| studios | plural | of Studio |
| studies | plural | of Study |
| stuffed | imp. & past participle | of Stuff |
| stuffer | noun | One who, or that which, stuffs. |
| stummed | imp. & past participle | of Stum |
| stumble | verb i. | To trip in walking or in moving in any way with the legs; to strike the foot so as to fall, or to endanger a fall; to stagger because of a false step., To walk in an unsteady or clumsy manner., To fall into a crime or an error; to err., To strike or happen (upon a person or thing) without design; to fall or light by chance; — with on, upon, or against., To cause to stumble or trip., Fig.: To mislead; to confound; to perplex; to cause to err or to fall., A trip in walking or running., A blunder; a failure; a fall from rectitude. |
| stumped | imp. & past participle | of Stump |
| stumper | noun | One who stumps., A boastful person., A puzzling or incredible story. |
| stunned | imp. & past participle | of Stun |
| stunner | noun | One who, or that which, stuns., Something striking or amazing in quality; something of extraordinary excellence. |
| stunted | imp. & past participle | of Stunt, Dwarfed. |
| stuping | present participle & vb. noun | of Stupe |
| stupefy | verb t. | To make stupid; to make dull; to blunt the faculty of perception or understanding in; to deprive of sensibility; to make torpid., To deprive of material mobility. |
| stupify | verb t. | See Stupefy. |
| stupose | adjective | Composed of, or having, tufted or matted filaments like tow; stupeous. |
| stuprum | noun | Stupration. |
| stutter | verb t. & i. | To hesitate or stumble in uttering words; to speak with spasmodic repetition or pauses; to stammer., The act of stuttering; a stammer. See Stammer, and Stuttering., One who stutters; a stammerer. |
| stygial | adjective | Stygian. |
| stygian | adjective | Of or pertaining to the river Styx; hence, hellish; infernal. See Styx. |
| styling | present participle & vb. noun | of Style |
| stylish | adjective | Having style or artistic quality; given to, or fond of, the display of style; highly fashionable; modish; as, a stylish dress, house, manner. |
| stylist | noun | One who is a master or a model of style, especially in writing or speaking; a critic of style. |
| stylite | noun | One of a sect of anchorites in the early church, who lived on the tops of pillars for the exercise of their patience; — called also pillarist and pillar saint. |
| styloid | adjective | Styliform; as, the styloid process., Of or pertaining to the styloid process. |
| stylops | noun | A genus of minute insects parasitic, in their larval state, on bees and wasps. It is the typical genus of the group Strepsiptera, formerly considered a distinct order, but now generally referred to the Coleoptera. See Strepsiptera. |
| styptic | adjective | Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part; astringent., A styptic medicine. |
| styrone | noun | A white crystalline substance having a sweet taste and a hyacinthlike odor, obtained by the decomposition of styracin; — properly called cinnamic, / styryl, alcohol. |