| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| steadfast | adjective | Firmly fixed or established; fast fixed; firm., Not fickle or wavering; constant; firm; resolute; unswerving; steady. |
| steadying | present participle & vb. noun | of Steady |
| steamboat | noun | A boat or vessel propelled by steam power; — generally used of river or coasting craft, as distinguished from ocean steamers. |
| steamship | noun | A ship or seagoing vessel propelled by the power of steam; a steamer. |
| steaningp | noun | See Steening. |
| stearolic | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the acetylene series, isologous with stearis acid, and obtained, as a white crystalline substance, from oleic acid. |
| stearrhea | noun | seborrhea. |
| steatitic | noun | Pertaining to, or of the nature of, steatite; containing or resembling steatite. |
| steedless | adjective | Having no steed; without a horse. |
| steelhead | noun | A North Pacific salmon (Salmo Gairdneri) found from Northern California to Siberia; — called also hardhead, and preesil., The ruddy duck. |
| steelyard | noun | A form of balance in which the body to be weighed is suspended from the shorter arm of a lever, which turns on a fulcrum, and a counterpoise is caused to slide upon the longer arm to produce equilibrium, its place upon this arm (which is notched or graduated) indicating the weight; a Roman balance; — very commonly used also in the plural form, steelyards. |
| steenkirk | noun | Alt. of Steinkirk |
| steinkirk | noun | A kind of neckcloth worn in a loose and disorderly fashion., Same as Steenkirk. |
| steepened | imp. & past participle | of Steepen |
| steepness | noun | Quality or state of being steep; precipitous declivity; as, the steepnessof a hill or a roof., Height; loftiness. |
| steerable | adjective | Capable of being steered; dirigible. |
| steerless | adjective | Having no rudder. |
| steerling | noun | A young small steer. |
| steersmen | plural | of Steersman |
| steersman | noun | One who steers; the helmsman of a vessel. |
| stegnosis | noun | Constipation; also, constriction of the vessels or ducts. |
| stegnotic | adjective | Tending to render costive, or to diminish excretions or discharges generally., A stegnotic medicine; an astringent. |
| steinbock | noun | The European ibex., A small South African antelope (Nanotragus tragulus) which frequents dry, rocky districts; — called also steenbok. |
| steingale | noun | The stannel. |
| stellated | adjective | Resembling a star; pointed or radiated, like the emblem of a star., Starlike; having similar parts radiating from a common center; as, stellate flowers. |
| stellerid | noun | A starfish. |
| stellular | adjective | Having the shape or appearance of little stars; radiated., Marked with starlike spots of color. |
| stenciled | imp. & past participle | of Stencil |
| stenciler | noun | One who paints or colors in figures by means of stencil. |
| stenoderm | noun | Any species of bat belonging to the genus Stenoderma, native of the West Indies and South America. These bats have a short or rudimentary tail and a peculiarly shaped nose membrane. |
| stentorin | noun | A blue coloring matter found in some stentors. See Stentor, 2. |
| stepchild | noun | A bereaved child; one who has lost father or mother., A son or daughter of one’s wife or husband by a former marriage. |
| stepstone | noun | A stone laid before a door as a stair to rise on in entering the house. |
| stercolin | noun | Same as Serolin (b). |
| stercorin | noun | Same as Serolin (b). |
| sterility | noun | The quality or condition of being sterile., Quality of being sterile; infecundity; also, the state of being free from germs or spores. |
| sterilize | verb t. | To make sterile or unproductive; to impoverish, as land; to exhaust of fertility., To deprive of the power of reproducing; to render incapable of germination or fecundation; to make sterile., To destroy all spores or germs in (an organic fluid or mixture), as by heat, so as to prevent the development of bacterial or other organisms. |
| sternebra | noun | One of the segments of the sternum. |
| sternmost | adjective | Farthest in the rear; farthest astern; as, the sternmost ship in a convoy. |
| sternness | noun | The quality or state of being stern. |
| sternpost | noun | A straight piece of timber, or an iron bar or beam, erected on the extremity of the keel to support the rudder, and receive the ends of the planks or plates of the vessel. |
| sternsman | noun | A steersman. |
| stevedore | noun | One whose occupation is to load and unload vessels in port; one who stows a cargo in a hold. |
| stewardly | adverb | In a manner, or with the care, of a steward. |
| stewartry | noun | An overseer or superintendent., The office of a steward; stewardship., In Scotland, the jurisdiction of a steward; also, the lands under such jurisdiction. |