| stainability | (noun) (cytology) the capacity of cells or cell parts to stain specifically with certain dyes | - |
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| stainer | (noun) a worker who stains (wood or fabric) | - |
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| staining | (noun) (histology) the use of a dye to color specimens for microscopic study | - |
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| (noun) the act of spotting or staining something | Synonyms: maculation, spotting |
| stainless | (noun) steel containing chromium that makes it resistant to corrosion | Synonyms: chromium steel, stainless steel |
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| stair | (noun) support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway | Synonyms: step |
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| staircase | (noun) a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps | Synonyms: stairway |
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| stairhead | (noun) platform at the top of a staircase | - |
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| stairs | (noun) a flight of stairs or a flight of steps | Synonyms: steps |
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| stairway | (noun) a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps | Synonyms: staircase |
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| stairwell | (noun) a vertical well around which there is a stairway | - |
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| stake | (noun) a strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end so it can be driven into the ground | - |
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| (noun) instrument of execution consisting of a vertical post that a victim is tied to for burning | - |
| (noun) a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track) | Synonyms: post |
| (noun) the money risked on a gamble | Synonyms: bet, stakes, wager |
| (noun) (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something | Synonyms: interest |
| stakeholder | (noun) someone entrusted to hold the stakes for two or more persons betting against one another; must deliver the stakes to the winner | - |
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| stakeout | (noun) surveillance of some place or some person by the police (as in anticipation of a crime) | - |
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| stakes | (noun) the money risked on a gamble | Synonyms: bet, stake, wager |
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| stalactite | (noun) a cylinder of calcium carbonate hanging from the roof of a limestone cave | - |
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| stalagmite | (noun) a cylinder of calcium carbonate projecting upward from the floor of a limestone cave | - |
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| stalagmometer | (noun) a device for investigating surface tension using the stalagmometric method. | Synonyms: stactometer, stalogometer |
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| stalemate | (noun) drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check | - |
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| (noun) a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible | Synonyms: dead end, deadlock, impasse, standstill |
| staleness | (noun) having lost purity and freshness as a consequence of aging | - |
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| (noun) unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed | Synonyms: triteness |
| stalk | (noun) a stiff or threatening gait | Synonyms: angry walk |
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| (noun) the act of following prey stealthily | Synonyms: stalking |
| (noun) a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush | Synonyms: stalking, still hunt |
| (noun) a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ | Synonyms: stem |
| (noun) material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds | Synonyms: chaff, husk, shuck, straw, stubble |
| stalker | (noun) someone who stalks game | - |
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| (noun) someone who walks with long stiff strides | - |
| (noun) someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions | Synonyms: prowler, sneak |
| stalking | (noun) the act of following prey stealthily | Synonyms: stalk |
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| (noun) a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush | Synonyms: stalk, still hunt |
| stall | (noun) a tactic used to mislead or delay | Synonyms: stalling |
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| (noun) small area set off by walls for special use | Synonyms: booth, cubicle, kiosk |
| (noun) a booth where articles are displayed for sale | Synonyms: sales booth, stand |
| (noun) small individual study area in a library | Synonyms: carrel, carrell, cubicle |
| (noun) a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed | - |
| (noun) seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater | - |
| (noun) a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge | - |
| stalling | (noun) a tactic used to mislead or delay | Synonyms: stall |
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| stallion | (noun) uncastrated adult male horse | Synonyms: entire |
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| stalls | (noun) a farm building for housing horses or other livestock | Synonyms: horse barn, stable |
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| stalogometer | (noun) a device for investigating surface tension using the stalagmometric method. | Synonyms: stactometer, stalagmometer |
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| stalwart | (noun) a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt) | Synonyms: loyalist |
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| stalwartness | (noun) the property of being strong and resolute | Synonyms: stoutness |
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| stamen | (noun) the male reproductive organ of a flower | - |
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| stamina | (noun) enduring strength and energy | Synonyms: staying power, toughness |
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| stammel | (noun) a coarse woolen cloth formerly used for undergarments and usually dyed bright red | - |
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| stammer | (noun) a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds | Synonyms: stutter |
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| stammerer | (noun) someone who speaks with involuntary pauses and repetitions | Synonyms: stutterer |
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| stamp | (noun) a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents | Synonyms: seal |
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| (noun) a block or die used to imprint a mark or design | - |
| (noun) machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores | Synonyms: pestle |
| (noun) a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving | Synonyms: impression |
| (noun) a small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that postal fees have been paid | Synonyms: postage, postage stamp |
| (noun) a small piece of adhesive paper that is put on an object to show that a government tax has been paid | Synonyms: revenue stamp |
| (noun) a type or class | - |
| (noun) something that can be used as an official medium of payment | Synonyms: legal tender, tender |
| (noun) the distinctive form in which a thing is made | Synonyms: cast, mold, mould |
| stampede | (noun) a headlong rush of people on a common impulse | - |
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| (noun) a wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle) | - |
| stamper | (noun) a power tool that stamps | Synonyms: stamping machine |
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| (noun) someone who walks with a heavy noisy gait or who stamps on the ground | Synonyms: stomper, tramper, trampler |
| (noun) a workman whose job is to form or cut out by applying a mold or die (either by hand or by operating a stamping machine) | - |
| stance | (noun) standing posture | - |
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| (noun) a rationalized mental attitude | Synonyms: position, posture |
| stanchion | (noun) any vertical post or rod used as a support | - |
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| stand | (noun) a defensive effort | - |
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| (noun) a stop made by a touring musical or theatrical group to give a performance | - |
| (noun) a support or foundation | Synonyms: base, pedestal |
| (noun) tiered seats consisting of a structure (often made of wood) where people can sit to watch an event (game or parade) | - |
| (noun) a platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air | Synonyms: bandstand, outdoor stage |
| (noun) a support for displaying ot holding various articles | Synonyms: rack |
| (noun) a small table for holding articles of various kinds | - |
| (noun) a booth where articles are displayed for sale | Synonyms: sales booth, stall |
| (noun) a mental position from which things are viewed | Synonyms: point of view, standpoint, viewpoint |
| (noun) an interruption of normal activity | Synonyms: standstill, tie-up |
| (noun) a growth of similar plants (usually trees) in a particular area | - |
| (noun) the position where a thing or person stands | - |
| standard | (noun) any distinctive flag | Synonyms: banner |
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| (noun) an upright pole or beam (especially one used as a support) | - |
| (noun) the ideal in terms of which something can be judged | Synonyms: criterion |
| (noun) a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated | Synonyms: criterion, measure, touchstone |
| (noun) the value behind the money in a monetary system | Synonyms: monetary standard |
| (noun) a board measure = 1980 board feet | - |
| standardisation | (noun) the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument | Synonyms: calibration, standardization |
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| (noun) the imposition of standards or regulations | Synonyms: normalisation, normalization, standardization |
| (noun) the condition in which a standard has been successfully established | Synonyms: standardization |
| standardiser | (noun) a person who sets a standard for things to conform to | Synonyms: standardizer |
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| standardization | (noun) the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument | Synonyms: calibration, standardisation |
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| (noun) the imposition of standards or regulations | Synonyms: normalisation, normalization, standardisation |
| (noun) the condition in which a standard has been successfully established | Synonyms: standardisation |
| standardizer | (noun) a person who sets a standard for things to conform to | Synonyms: standardiser |
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| standby | (noun) something that can be relied on when needed | - |
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| (noun) an actor able to replace a regular performer when required | Synonyms: understudy |
| standdown | (noun) (military) a temporary stop of offensive military action | Synonyms: stand-down |
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| (noun) a suspension and relaxation from an alert state or a state of readiness | Synonyms: stand-down |
| standee | (noun) a lifesize cardboard cutout (usually of a celebrity) | - |
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| (noun) someone who stands in a place where one might otherwise sit (as a spectator who uses standing room in a theater or a passenger on a crowded bus or train) | - |
| stander | (noun) an organism (person or animal) that stands | - |
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| standing | (noun) the act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position | - |
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| (noun) an ordered listing of scores or results showing the relative positions of competitors (individuals or teams) in a sporting event | - |
| (noun) social or financial or professional status or reputation | - |
| standoff | (noun) the act of repulsing or repelling an attack; a successful defensive stand | Synonyms: repulsion |
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| (noun) the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided | Synonyms: draw, tie |
| standoffishness | (noun) a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner | Synonyms: aloofness, remoteness, withdrawnness |
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| standpipe | (noun) a vertical pipe | - |
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| standpoint | (noun) a mental position from which things are viewed | Synonyms: point of view, stand, viewpoint |
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| standstill | (noun) an interruption of normal activity | Synonyms: stand, tie-up |
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| (noun) a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible | Synonyms: dead end, deadlock, impasse, stalemate |
| stanhope | (noun) a light open horse-drawn carriage with two or four wheels and one seat | - |
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| stanhopea | (noun) any of various orchids of the genus Stanhopea having a single large leaf and loose racemes of large fragrant flowers of various colors; Mexico to Brazil | - |
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| stank | (noun) A smell of genitals or sex | - |
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| stannite | (noun) a dark grey mineral with a metallic luster that is a source of tin | Synonyms: tin pyrites |
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| stanza | (noun) a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem | - |
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| stapedectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the stapes of the middle ear | - |
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| stapelia | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Stapelia having succulent leafless toothed stems resembling cacti and large foul-smelling (often star-shaped) flowers | Synonyms: carrion flower, starfish flower |
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| stapes | (noun) the stirrup-shaped ossicle that transmits sound from the incus to the cochlea | Synonyms: stirrup |
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| staph | (noun) spherical Gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or infections | Synonyms: staphylococci, staphylococcus |
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| staphylococci | (noun) spherical Gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or infections | Synonyms: staph, staphylococcus |
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| staphylococcus | (noun) spherical Gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or infections | Synonyms: staph, staphylococci |
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| staple | (noun) (usually in the plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant | Synonyms: basic |
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| (noun) paper fastener consisting of a short length of U-shaped wire that can fasten papers together | - |
| (noun) a short U-shaped wire nail | - |
| (noun) material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing | Synonyms: raw material |
| (noun) a natural fiber (raw cotton, wool, hemp, flax) that can be twisted to form yarn | Synonyms: staple fiber, staple fibre |
| staplegun | (noun) a hand-held machine for driving staples home | Synonyms: staple gun, tacker |
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| stapler | (noun) a machine that inserts staples into sheets of paper in order to fasten them together | Synonyms: stapling machine |
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| star | (noun) the topology of a network whose components are connected to a hub | Synonyms: star topology |
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| (noun) a star-shaped character * used in printing | Synonyms: asterisk |
| (noun) (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior | - |
| (noun) any celestial body visible (as a point of light) from the Earth at night | - |
| (noun) an actor who plays a principal role | Synonyms: lead, principal |
| (noun) someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field | Synonyms: ace, adept, champion, genius, hotshot, maven, mavin, sensation, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard |
| (noun) a performer who receives prominent billing | Synonyms: headliner |
| (noun) a plane figure with 5 or more points; often used as an emblem | - |
| starboard | (noun) the right side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose | - |
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| starch | (noun) a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles | Synonyms: amylum |
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| (noun) a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering | - |
| starches | (noun) foodstuff rich in natural starch (especially potatoes, rice, bread) | - |
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| stardom | (noun) the status of being acknowledged as a star | - |
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| stardust | (noun) a dreamy romantic or sentimental quality | - |
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| stare | (noun) a fixed look with eyes open wide | - |
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| starer | (noun) a viewer who gazes fixedly (often with hostility) | - |
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| starets | (noun) a religious adviser (not necessarily a priest) in the Eastern Orthodox Church | - |
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| starfish | (noun) echinoderms characterized by five arms extending from a central disk | Synonyms: sea star |
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| starflower | (noun) common Old World herb having grasslike leaves and clusters of star-shaped white flowers with green stripes; naturalized in the eastern United States | Synonyms: Ornithogalum umbellatum, sleepy dick, summer snowflake |
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| stargazer | (noun) heavy-bodied marine bottom-lurkers with eyes on flattened top of the head | - |
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| (noun) a physicist who studies astronomy | Synonyms: astronomer, uranologist |
| (noun) someone indifferent to the busy world | Synonyms: lotus-eater |
| stargazing | (noun) observation of the stars | - |
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| starkness | (noun) an extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation | Synonyms: bareness |
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| (noun) the quality of being complete or utter or extreme | Synonyms: absoluteness, utterness |
| starlessness | (noun) The state of being without visible stars. | - |
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| starlet | (noun) a small star | - |
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| (noun) a young (film) actress who is publicized as a future star | - |
| starlight | (noun) the light of the stars | - |
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| starling | (noun) gregarious birds native to the Old World | - |
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| starship | (noun) a spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space (especially in science fiction) | Synonyms: spaceship |
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| start | (noun) the act of starting something | Synonyms: beginning, commencement |
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| (noun) a sudden involuntary movement | Synonyms: jump, startle |
| (noun) a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning) | Synonyms: starting |
| (noun) the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race) | Synonyms: head start |
| (noun) a signal to begin (as in a race) | Synonyms: starting signal |
| (noun) the beginning of anything | - |
| (noun) a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game | Synonyms: scratch, scratch line, starting line |
| (noun) the time at which something is supposed to begin | Synonyms: beginning, commencement, first, get-go, kickoff, offset, outset, showtime, starting time |
| starter | (noun) a culture containing yeast or bacteria that is used to start the process of fermentation or souring in making butter or cheese or dough | - |
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| (noun) a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle | Synonyms: crank |
| (noun) an electric motor for starting an engine | Synonyms: starter motor, starting motor |
| (noun) food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course) | Synonyms: appetiser, appetizer |
| (noun) any new participant in some activity | Synonyms: entrant, fledgeling, fledgling, freshman, neophyte, newbie, newcomer |
| (noun) the official who signals the beginning of a race or competition | Synonyms: dispatcher |
| (noun) a contestant in a team sport who is in the game at the beginning | - |
| starting | (noun) a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning) | Synonyms: start |
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| startle | (noun) a sudden involuntary movement | Synonyms: jump, start |
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| startup | (noun) the act of starting a new operation or practice | Synonyms: inauguration |
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| (noun) the act of setting in operation | - |
| starvation | (noun) the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine | Synonyms: starving |
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| (noun) a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period | Synonyms: famishment |
| starveling | (noun) someone who is starving (or being starved) | - |
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| starving | (noun) the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine | Synonyms: starvation |
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| starwort | (noun) low-growing north temperate herb having small white star-shaped flowers; named for its alleged ability to ease sharp pains in the side | Synonyms: greater stitchwort, Stellaria holostea, stitchwort |
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| stash | (noun) a secret store of valuables or money | Synonyms: cache, hoard |
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| stasis | (noun) inactivity resulting from a static balance between opposing forces | - |
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| (noun) an abnormal state in which the normal flow of a liquid (such as blood) is slowed or stopped | - |
| state | (noun) the way something is with respect to its main attributes | - |
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| (noun) a politically organized body of people under a single government | Synonyms: body politic, commonwealth, country, land, nation, res publica |
| (noun) the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state | - |
| (noun) the territory occupied by a nation | Synonyms: country, land |
| (noun) the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation | Synonyms: province |
| (noun) a state of depression or agitation | - |
| (noun) (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container) | Synonyms: state of matter |