| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| stockaded | imp. & past participle | of Stockade |
| stockdove | noun | A common European wild pigeon (Columba aenas), so called because at one time believed to be the stock of the domestic pigeon, or, according to some, from its breeding in the stocks, or trunks, of trees. |
| stockfish | noun | Salted and dried fish, especially codfish, hake, ling, and torsk; also, codfish dried without being salted., Young fresh cod. |
| stockinet | noun | An elastic textile fabric imitating knitting, of which stockings, under-garments, etc., are made. |
| stockwork | noun | A system of working in ore, etc., when it lies not in strata or veins, but in solid masses, so as to be worked in chambers or stories., A metalliferous deposit characterized by the impregnation of the mass of rock with many small veins or nests irregularly grouped. This kind of deposit is especially common with tin ore. Such deposits are worked in floors or stories. |
| stokehole | noun | The mouth to the grate of a furnace; also, the space in front of the furnace, where the stokers stand. |
| stolidity | noun | The state or quality of being stolid; dullness of intellect; obtuseness; stupidity. |
| stomached | imp. & past participle | of Stomach |
| stomachal | adjective | Of or pertaining to the stomach; gastric., Helping the stomach; stomachic; cordial., A stomachic. |
| stomacher | noun | One who stomachs., An ornamental covering for the breast, worn originally both by men and women. Those worn by women were often richly decorated. |
| stomachic | adjective | Alt. of Stomachical, A medicine that strengthens the stomach and excites its action. |
| stomapoda | noun pl. | An order of Crustacea including the squillas. The maxillipeds are leglike in form, and the large claws are comblike. They have a large and elongated abdomen, which contains a part of the stomach and heart; the abdominal appendages are large, and bear the gills. Called also Gastrula, Stomatopoda, and Squilloidea. |
| stomatoda | noun pl. | A division of Protozoa in which a mouthlike opening exists. |
| stomatode | adjective | Having a mouth; — applied to certain Protozoa., One of the Stomatoda. |
| stomatous | adjective | Having a stoma. |
| stonebird | noun | The yellowlegs; — called also stone snipe. See Tattler, 2. |
| stonebuck | noun | See Steinbock. |
| stonechat | noun | A small, active, and very common European singing bird (Pratincola rubicola); — called also chickstone, stonechacker, stonechatter, stoneclink, stonesmith., The wheatear., The blue titmouse. |
| stonecray | noun | A distemper in hawks. |
| stonecrop | noun | A sort of tree., Any low succulent plant of the genus Sedum, esp. Sedum acre, which is common on bare rocks in Europe, and is spreading in parts of America. See Orpine. |
| stonegall | noun | See Stannel. |
| stoneroot | noun | A North American plant (Collinsonia Canadensis) having a very hard root; horse balm. See Horse balm, under Horse. |
| stoneware | noun | A species of coarse potter’s ware, glazed and baked. |
| stoneweed | noun | Any plant of the genus Lithospermum, herbs having a fruit composed of four stony nutlets. |
| stonework | noun | Work or wall consisting of stone; mason’s work of stone. |
| stonewort | noun | Any plant of the genus Chara; — so called because they are often incrusted with carbonate of lime. See Chara. |
| stoniness | noun | The quality or state of being stony. |
| stoolball | noun | A kind of game with balls, formerly common in England, esp. with young women. |
| stop-over | adjective | Permitting one to stop over; as, a stop-over check or ticket. See To stop over, under Stop, v. i. |
| stoppered | imp. & past participle | of Stopper |
| stoppling | present participle & vb. noun | of Stopple |
| storeroom | noun | Room in a storehouse or repository; a room in which articles are stored. |
| storeship | noun | A vessel used to carry naval stores for a fleet, garrison, or the like. |
| stormcock | noun | The missel thrush., The fieldfare., The green woodpecker. |
| stormless | adjective | Without storms. |
| stormwind | noun | A heavy wind; a wind that brings a storm; the blast of a storm. |
| storthing | noun | The Parliament of Norway, chosen by indirect election once in three years, but holding annual sessions. |
| storybook | noun | A book containing stories, or short narratives, either true or false. |
| stoutness | noun | The state or quality of being stout. |
| stovepipe | noun | Pipe made of sheet iron in length and angular or curved pieces fitting together, — used to connect a portable stove with a chimney flue. |
| stowboard | noun | A place into which rubbish is put. |