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Stertorous

Characterized by a deep snoring, which accompanies inspiration in some diseases, especially apoplexy; hence, hoarsely breathing; snoring.

Sterve

To die, or cause to die; to perish. See Starve.

Stet

To cause or direct to remain after having been marked for omission; to mark with the word stet, or with a series of dots below or beside the matter; as, the proof reader stetted a deled footnote.

Stethal

One of the higher alcohols of the methane series, homologous with ethal, and found in small quantities as an ethereal salt of stearic acid in spermaceti.

Stethometer

An apparatus for measuring the external movements of a given point of the chest wall, during respiration; -- also called thoracometer.

Stethoscope

To auscultate, or examine, with a stethoscope.

Stethoscopy

The art or process of examination by the stethoscope.

Steve

To pack or stow, as cargo in a ship's hold. See Steeve.

Stevedore

One whose occupation is to load and unload vessels in port; one who stows a cargo in a hold.

Steven

Voice; speech; language.

Stew

A place of stewing or seething; a place where hot bathes are furnished; a hothouse.

Stewardess

A female steward; specifically, a woman employed in passenger vessels to attend to the wants of female passengers.

Stewardly

In a manner, or with the care, of a steward.

Sthenic

Strong; active; -- said especially of morbid states attended with excessive action of the heart and blood vessels, and characterized by strength and activity of the muscular and nervous system; as, a sthenic fever.

Stiacciato

The lowest relief, -- often used in Italian sculpture of the 15th and 16th centuries.

Stian

A sty on the eye. See Styan.

Stibial

Like, or having the qualities of, antimony; antimonial.

Stibiated

Combined or impregnated with antimony (stibium).

Stibic

Antimonic; -- used with reference to certain compounds of antimony.

Stibiconite

A native oxide of antimony occurring in masses of a yellow color.

Stibine

Antimony hydride, or hydrogen antimonide, a colorless gas produced by the action of nascent hydrogen on antimony. It has a characteristic odor and burns with a characteristic greenish flame. Formerly called also antimoniureted hydrogen.

Stibium

The technical name of antimony.

Stibnite

A mineral of a lead-gray color and brilliant metallic luster, occurring in prismatic crystals; sulphide of antimony; -- called also antimony glance, and gray antimony.

Stibonium

The hypothetical radical SbH4, analogous to ammonium; -- called also antimonium.

Sticcado

An instrument consisting of small bars of wood, flat at the bottom and rounded at the top, and resting on the edges of a kind of open box. They are unequal in size, gradually increasing from the smallest to the largest, and are tuned to the diatonic scale. The tones are produced by striking the pieces of wood with hard balls attached to flexible sticks.

Stich

A verse, of whatever measure or number of feet.

Stichic

Of or pertaining to stichs, or lines; consisting of stichs, or lines.

Stichidium

A special podlike or fusiform branch containing tetraspores. It is found in certain red algae.

Stichomancy

Divination by lines, or passages of books, taken at hazard.

Stichometrical

Of or pertaining to stichometry; characterized by stichs, or lines.

Stichometry

Measurement of books by the number of lines which they contain.

Stichwort

A kind of chickweed (Stellaria Holostea).

Stick

To adhere; as, glue sticks to the fingers; paste sticks to the wall.

Stick-seed

A plant (Echinospermum Lappula) of the Borage family, with small blue flowers and prickly nutlets.

stick-tight

any of several plants having seeds tipped with barbs that may cling to fur or clothing, especially those of the genus Bidens, also called bur marigold, beggar-ticks, and Beggar's ticks, which have prickly flattened achenes.

Sticker

One who, or that which, sticks; as, a bill sticker.

Stickful

As much set type as fills a composing stick.

Stickiness

The quality of being sticky; as, the stickiness of glue or paste.

Stickle

A shallow rapid in a river; also, the current below a waterfall.

Stickleback

Any one of numerous species of small fishes of the genus Gasterosteus and allied genera. The back is armed with two or more sharp spines. They inhabit both salt and brackish water, and construct curious nests. Called also sticklebag, sharpling, and prickleback.

Sticky

Having the quality of sticking to a surface; adhesive; gluey; viscous; viscid; glutinous; tenacious.

Stiddy

An anvil; also, a smith shop. See Stithy.

Stiff

Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff wood, paper, joints.

Stiff-necked

Stubborn; inflexibly obstinate; contumacious; as, stiff-necked pride; a stiff-necked people.

Stiff-tailed

Having the quill feathers of the tail somewhat rigid.

Stiffen

To become stiff or stiffer, in any sense of the adjective.

Stiffener

One who, or that which, stiffens anything, as a piece of stiff cloth in a cravat.

Stiffness

The quality or state of being stiff; as, the stiffness of cloth or of paste; stiffness of manner; stiffness of character.

Stifle

To die by reason of obstruction of the breath, or because some noxious substance prevents respiration.

Stifler

One who, or that which, stifles.

Stigma

A mark made with a burning iron; a brand.

Stigmaria

The fossil root stem of a coal plant of the genus Sigillaria.

Stigmatic

A notorious profligate or criminal who has been branded; one who bears the marks of infamy or punishment.

Stigmatist

One believed to be supernaturally impressed with the marks of Christ's wounds. See Stigma, 8.

Stigmatize

To mark with a stigma, or brand; as, the ancients stigmatized their slaves and soldiers.

Stilar

Of or pertaining to the style of a dial.

Stilbene

A hydrocarbon, C14H12, produced artificially in large, fine crystals; -- called also diphenyl ethylene, toluylene, etc.

Stilbite

A common mineral of the zeolite family, a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime, usually occurring in sheaflike aggregations of crystals, also in radiated masses. It is of a white or yellowish color, with pearly luster on the cleavage surface. Called also desmine.

Stile

A step, or set of steps, for ascending and descending, in passing a fence or wall.

Stiletto

To stab or kill with a stiletto.

Still

To drop, or flow in drops; to distill.

Still life

a type of painting in which inanimate objects such as flowers or fruit are represented.

Still water

a section of a stream that is flat and moves slowly.

Still wine

a table wine which is not effervescent; a non-sparkling wine.

Still-burn

To burn in the process of distillation; as, to still-burn brandy.

Still-hunt

A hunting for game in a quiet and cautious manner, or under cover; stalking; hence, colloquially, the pursuit of any object quietly and cautiously.

Stillage

A low stool to keep the goods from touching the floor.

Stillborn

Dead at the birth; as, a stillborn child.

Stillhouse

A house in which distillation is carried on; a distillery.

Stillicide

A continual falling or succession of drops; rain water falling from the eaves.

Stillion

A stand, as for casks or vats in a brewery, or for pottery while drying.

Stillness

The quality or state of being still; quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity.

Stilly

In a still manner; quietly; silently; softly.

Stilpnomelane

A black or greenish black mineral occurring in foliated flates, also in velvety bronze-colored incrustations. It is a hydrous silicate of iron and alumina.

Stilt

To raise on stilts, or as if on stilts.

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