A standing without moving forward or backward; a stop; a state of rest.

A stone.

To shoot with pain.

A light two-wheeled, or sometimes four-wheeled, carriage, without a top; -- so called from Lord Stanhope, for whom it was contrived.

See Stannel.

Hawking with staniels, or stannels, -- a base kind of falconry.

Water retained by an embankment; a pool of water.

A tin mine; tin works.

A salt of stannic acid.

The kestrel; -- called also standgale, standgall, stanchel, stand hawk, stannel hawk, steingale, stonegall.

Of or pertaining to tin; derived from or containing tin; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with stannous compounds.

Containing or affording tin.

A mineral of a steel-gray or iron-black color; tin pyrites. It is a sulphide of tin, copper, and iron.

Any one of a series of double fluorides of tin (stannum) and some other element.

A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting relation to stannous compounds, or connection with stannous compounds.

A photograph taken upon a tin plate; a tintype.

Pertaining to, or containing, tin; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with stannic compounds.

The technical name of tin. See Tin.

See Stannel.

A number of lines or verses forming a division of a song or poem, and agreeing in meter, rhyme, number of lines, etc., with other divisions; a part of a poem, ordinarily containing every variation of measure in that poem; a combination or arrangement of lines usually recurring, whether like or unlike, in measure.

Pertaining to, or consisting of, stanzas; as, a couplet in stanzaic form.

Of or pertaining to the stapes.

An extensive and curious genus of African plants of the natural order Asclepiadaceae (Milkweed family). They are succulent plants without leaves, frequently covered with dark tubercles giving them a very grotesque appearance. The odor of the blossoms is like that of carrion.

The innermost of the ossicles of the ear; the stirrup, or stirrup bone; -- so called from its form. See Illust. of Ear.

Of or pertaining to the uvula or the palate.

Any rove beetle.

A protrusion of any part of the globe of the eye; as, a staphyloma of the cornea.

Of or pertaining to staphyloma; affected with staphyloma.

The operation for restoring or replacing the soft palate when it has been lost.

The operation of uniting a cleft palate, consisting in paring and bringing together the edges of the cleft.

The operation of removing a staphyloma by cutting.

Pertaining to, or being a market or staple for, commodities; as, a staple town.

To sort according to its staple; as, to staple cotton.

A device used to drive a heavy staple{8} through multiple objects, so as to fasten them together; it has a spring mechanism which stores force as a lever is pulled by the operator's hand, and the force is released all at once to drive the staple fully into the object to be fastened.

A dealer in staple goods.

To be bright, or attract attention, as a star; to shine like a star; to be brilliant or prominent; to play a part as a theatrical star.

Half blind.

The men in the starboard watch.

An ancient high court exercising jurisdiction in certain cases, mainly criminal, which sat without the intervention of a jury. It consisted of the king's council, or of the privy council only with the addition of certain judges. It could proceed on mere rumor or examine witnesses; it could apply torture. It was abolished by the Long Parliament in 1641.

Not favored by the stars; ill-fated.

Doctrine or knowledge of the stars; star lore; astrology; astronomy.

Spangled or studded with stars.

To put to the right, or starboard, side of a vessel; as, to starboard the helm.

To stiffen with starch.

Stiffened with starch.

The quality or state of being starched or starchy{5}; stiffness in manners; formality.

One who starches.

The quality or state of being starchy; stiffness in manners; formality.

In a starched or starch manner.

The quality or state of being starched or starchy{5}; stiffness of manner; preciseness.

The cuckoopint, the tubers of which yield a fine quality of starch.

Of or pertaining to starch.

Astrology.

The act of staring; a fixed look with eyes wide open.

To look with fixed eyes wide open, as through fear, wonder, surprise, impudence, etc.; to fasten an earnest and prolonged gaze on some object.

One who stares, or gazes.

Starved.

The European redstart.

Any one of numerous species of echinoderms belonging to the class Asterioidea, in which the body is star-shaped and usually has five rays, though the number of rays varies from five to forty or more. The rays are often long, but are sometimes so short as to appear only as angles to the disklike body. Called also sea star, five-finger, and stellerid.

One who gazes at the stars; an astrologer; sometimes, in derision or contempt, an astronomer.

With a staring look.

To stiffen.

In a stark manner; stiffly; strongly.

The quality or state of being stark.

Being without stars; having no stars visible; as, a starless night.

Lighted by the stars, or by the stars only; as, a starlight night.

Resembling a star; stellated; radiated like a star; as, starlike flowers.

Any passerine bird belonging to Sturnus and allied genera. The European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) is dark brown or greenish black, with a metallic gloss, and spotted with yellowish white. It is a sociable bird, and builds about houses, old towers, etc. Called also stare, and starred. The pied starling of India is Sternopastor contra.

Lighted by the stars; starlight.

A fortune teller; an astrologer; -- used in contempt.

The European starling.

A curious American mole (Condylura cristata) having the nose expanded at the end into a stellate disk; -- called also star-nosed mole.

A nobleman who possessed a starosty.

A castle and domain conferred on a nobleman for life.

Impervious to the light of the stars; as, a starproof elm.

Adorned or studded with stars; bespangled.

The quality or state of being starry; as, the starriness of the heavens.

Abounding with stars; adorned with stars.

The light of the stars.

See Nostoc.

Asteriated sapphire.

To leap; to jump.

A tail, or anything projecting like a tail.

A Treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union which provided for stepwise reductions in the number of nuclear weapons possessed by each country.

Upstart.

One who, or that which, starts; as, a starter on a journey; the starter of a race.

Apt to start; skittish.

Aptness to start.

Any humming bird of the genus Heliomaster. The feathers of the throat have a brilliant metallic luster.

a. n. from Start, v.

By sudden fits or starts; spasmodically.

Apt to start; skittish; shy; -- said especially of a horse.

A sudden motion or shock caused by an unexpected alarm, surprise, or apprehension of danger.

In a startling manner.

Easily startled; apt to start; startish; skittish; -- said especially of a horse.

The act of starving, or the state of being starved.

To destroy with cold.

In the condition of one starved or starving; parsimoniously.

Hungry; lean; pining with want.

Any plant of the genus Aster. See Aster. A small plant of the genus Stellaria, having star-shaped flowers; star flower; chickweed.

In the Greek tragedy, a song of the chorus, continued without the interruption of dialogue or anapaestics.

A slackening or arrest of the blood current in the vessels, due not to a lessening of the heart's beat, but presumably to some abnormal resistance of the capillary walls. It is one of the phenomena observed in the capillaries in inflammation.

That can be stated; as, a statable grievance; the question at issue is statable.

Of, pertaining to, or existing with reference to, a State of the American Union, as distinguished from the general government.

In a standing position; as, a lion statant.

Fixed; settled; steady; statary.

Fixedly; steadily.

Fixed; settled.

A statement; also, a document containing a statement.

See under State, n.

The art of conducting state affairs; state management; statesmanship.

Settled; established; fixed.

At stated times; regularly.

Full of state; stately.

The condition of being a State; as, a territory seeking Statehood.

The building in which a State legislature holds its sessions; a State capitol.

Without state or pomp.

In a stately manner.

The quality or state of being stately.

Majestically; loftily.