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.

The act or practice of observing the stars with attention; contemplation of the stars as connected with astrology or astronomy.

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 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.

The act of stating, reciting, or presenting, orally or on paper; as, to interrupt a speaker in the statement of his case.

One versed in politics, or one who dabbles in state affairs.

The principal gold coin of ancient Greece. It varied much in value, the stater best known at Athens being worth about /1 2s., or about $5.35 (in 1890 value). The Attic silver tetradrachm was in later times called stater.

A magnificent room in a palace or great house.

In France, before the Revolution, the assembly of the three orders of the kingdom, namely, the clergy, the nobility, and the third estate, or commonalty.

A man versed in public affairs and in the principles and art of government; especially, one eminent for political abilities.

Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman.

Becoming a statesman.

The qualifications, duties, or employments of a statesman.

A woman concerned in public affairs.

A contrivance for recording the speed of a railway train.

Resting; acting by mere weight without motion; as, statical pressure; static objects.

In a statical manner.

That branch of mechanics which treats of the equilibrium of forces, or relates to bodies as held at rest by the forces acting on them; -- distinguished from dynamics.

The act of one who states anything; statement; as, the statingof one's opinions.

To place; to set; to appoint or assign to the occupation of a post, place, or office; as, to station troops on the right of an army; to station a sentinel on a rampart; to station ships on the coast of Africa.

Of or pertaining to a station.

The quality or state of being stationary; fixity.

One who, or that which, is stationary, as a planet when apparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion.

A bookseller or publisher; -- formerly so called from his occupying a stand, or station, in the market place or elsewhere.

Belonging to, or sold by, a stationer.

The art of governing a state; statecraft; policy.

A statesman; a politician; one skilled in government.