| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| stibiated | adjective | Combined or impregnated with antimony (stibium). |
| stibonium | noun | The hypothetical radical SbH4, analogous to ammonium; — called also antimonium. |
| stichwort | noun | A kind of chickweed (Stellaria Holostea). |
| stickfuls | plural | of Stickful |
| stick-lac | noun | See the Note under Lac. |
| stickling | present participle & vb. noun | of Stickle |
| sticktail | noun | The ruddy duck. |
| stiffened | imp. & past participle | of Stiffen |
| stiffener | noun | One who, or that which, stiffens anything, as a piece of stiff cloth in a cravat. |
| stiffness | noun | The quality or state of being stiff; as, the stiffness of cloth or of paste; stiffness of manner; stiffness of character. |
| stifftail | noun | The ruddy duck. |
| stigmaria | noun | The fossil root stem of a coal plant of the genus Sigillaria. |
| stigmatic | noun | A notorious profligate or criminal who has been branded; one who bears the marks of infamy or punishment., A person who is marked or deformed by nature., A person bearing the wounds on the hands and feet resembling those of Jesus Christ caused by His crucifixion; — for true stigmantics the wounds are supposed to have been caused miraculously, as a sign of great holiness., Alt. of Stigmatical |
| stilettos | plural | of Stiletto |
| stillborn | adjective | Dead at the birth; as, a stillborn child., Fig.: Abortive; as, a stillborn poem. |
| stillness | noun | The quality or state of being still; quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity., Habitual silence or quiet; taciturnity. |
| stillroom | noun | A room for distilling., An apartment in a house where liquors, preserves, and the like, are kept. |
| stiltbird | noun | See Stilt, n., 3. |
| stimulant | adjective | Serving to stimulate., Produced increased vital action in the organism, or in any of its parts., That which stimulates, provokes, or excites., An agent which produces a temporary increase of vital activity in the organism, or in any of its parts; — sometimes used without qualification to signify an alcoholic beverage used as a stimulant. |
| stimulate | verb t. | To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimulate one by the hope of reward, or by the prospect of glory., To excite; to irritate; especially, to excite the activity of (a nerve or an irritable muscle), as by electricity. |
| stimulism | noun | The theory of medical practice which regarded life as dependent upon stimulation, or excitation, and disease as caused by excess or deficiency in the amount of stimulation., The practice of treating disease by alcoholic stimulants. |
| stingaree | noun | Any sting ray. See under 6th Ray. |
| stingbull | noun | The European greater weever fish (Trachinus draco), which is capable of inflicting severe wounds with the spinous rays of its dorsal fin. See Weever. |
| stingfish | noun | The weever. |
| stingless | adjective | Having no sting. |
| stingtail | noun | A sting ray. |
| stinkball | noun | A composition of substances which in combustion emit a suffocating odor; — used formerly in naval warfare. |
| stinkhorn | noun | A kind of fungus of the genus Phallus, which emits a fetid odor. |
| stinkweed | noun | Stramonium. See Jamestown weed, and Datura. |
| stinkwood | noun | A name given to several kinds of wood with an unpleasant smell, as that of the Foetidia Mauritiana of the Mauritius, and that of the South African Ocotea bullata. |
| stintance | noun | Restraint; stoppage. |
| stintless | adjective | Without stint or restraint. |
| stipitate | adjective | Supported by a stipe; elevated on a stipe, as the fronds of most ferns, or the pod of certain cruciferous plants. |
| stippling | present participle & vb. noun | of Stipple, A mode of execution which produces the effect by dots or small points instead of lines., A mode of execution in which a flat or even tint is produced by many small touches. |
| stipulary | adjective | Of or pertaining to stipules; stipular. |
| stipulate | adjective | Furnished with stipules; as, a stipulate leaf., To make an agreement or covenant with any person or company to do or forbear anything; to bargain; to contract; to settle terms; as, certain princes stipulated to assist each other in resisting the armies of France. |
| stirabout | noun | A dish formed of oatmeal boiled in water to a certain consistency and frequently stirred, or of oatmeal and dripping mixed together and stirred about in a pan; a hasty pudding. |
| stiriated | adjective | Adorned with pendants like icicles. |
| stitching | present participle & vb. noun | of Stitch, The act of one who stitches., Work done by sewing, esp. when a continuous line of stitches is shown on the surface; stitches, collectively. |
| stitchery | noun | Needlework; — in contempt. |