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