| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |