| backstage | (noun) a stage area out of sight of the audience | Synonyms: offstage, wing |
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| downstage | (noun) the front half of the stage (as seen from the audience) | - |
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| forestage | (noun) the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain) | Synonyms: apron, proscenium |
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| hostage | (noun) a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms | Synonyms: surety |
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| instagay | (noun) A photo on the Instagram website, which is related to homosexuality | - |
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| multistage | (noun) occurring in more than one stage | - |
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| nystagmus | (noun) involuntary movements of the eyeballs; its presence or absence is used to diagnose a variety of neurological and visual disorders | - |
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| offstage | (noun) a stage area out of sight of the audience | Synonyms: backstage, wing |
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| postage | (noun) a small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that postal fees have been paid | Synonyms: postage stamp, stamp |
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| (noun) the charge for mailing something | - |
| prostaglandin | (noun) a potent substance that acts like a hormone and is found in many bodily tissues (and especially in semen); produced in response to trauma and may affect blood pressure and metabolism and smooth muscle activity | - |
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| stag | (noun) adult male deer | - |
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| (noun) a male deer, especially an adult male red deer | Synonyms: hart |
| stage | (noun) a section or portion of a journey or course | Synonyms: leg |
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| (noun) a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience | - |
| (noun) a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns | Synonyms: stagecoach |
| (noun) a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination | Synonyms: microscope stage |
| (noun) the theater as a profession (usually `the stage') | - |
| (noun) any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something | - |
| (noun) a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process | Synonyms: degree, level, point |
| (noun) any distinct time period in a sequence of events | Synonyms: phase |
| stagecoach | (noun) a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns | Synonyms: stage |
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| stagecraft | (noun) skill in writing or staging plays | - |
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| stagehand | (noun) an employee of a theater who performs work involved in putting on a theatrical production | Synonyms: stage technician |
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| stager | (noun) someone who supervises the physical aspects in the production of a show and who is in charge of the stage when the show is being performed | Synonyms: stage manager |
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| (noun) an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service | Synonyms: old-timer, old hand, old stager, oldtimer, veteran, warhorse |
| stagflation | (noun) a period of slow economic growth and high unemployment (stagnation) while prices rise (inflation) | - |
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| stagger | (noun) an unsteady uneven gait | Synonyms: lurch, stumble |
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| staggerbush | (noun) deciduous shrub of coastal plain of the eastern United States having nodding pinkish-white flowers; poisonous to stock | Synonyms: Lyonia mariana, stagger bush |
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| staggerer | (noun) someone who walks unsteadily as if about to fall | Synonyms: reeler, totterer |
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| staggers | (noun) a disease of the central nervous system affecting especially horses and cattle; characterized by an unsteady swaying gait and frequent falling | Synonyms: blind staggers |
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| staghead | (noun) an abnormal tufted growth of small branches on a tree or shrub caused by fungi or insects or other physiological disturbance | Synonyms: hexenbesen, witch broom, witches' broom |
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| staghound | (noun) a large heavy hound formerly used in hunting stags and other large game; similar to but larger than a foxhound | - |
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| staginess | (noun) an artificial and mannered quality | Synonyms: theatricality |
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| staging | (noun) travel by stagecoach | - |
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| (noun) getting rid of a stage of a multistage rocket | - |
| (noun) a system of scaffolds | Synonyms: scaffolding |
| (noun) the production of a drama on the stage | Synonyms: theatrical production |
| stagnancy | (noun) a state of inactivity (in business or art etc) | Synonyms: doldrums, stagnation |
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| (noun) inactivity of liquids; being stagnant; standing still; without current or circulation | Synonyms: stagnation |
| stagnation | (noun) a state of inactivity (in business or art etc) | Synonyms: doldrums, stagnancy |
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| (noun) inactivity of liquids; being stagnant; standing still; without current or circulation | Synonyms: stagnancy |
| upstage | (noun) the rear part of the stage | - |
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| upstager | (noun) a selfish actor who upstages the other actors | - |
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| wastage | (noun) anything lost by wear or waste | - |
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| (noun) the process of wasting | - |