| anastalsis | (noun) muscular action of the alimentary tract in a direction opposite to peristalsis | - |
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| beanstalk | (noun) stem of a bean plant | - |
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| bookstall | (noun) a shop where books are sold | Synonyms: bookshop, bookstore |
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| borstal | (noun) formerly a British reform school for youths considered too young to send to prison | - |
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| cornstalk | (noun) the stalk of a corn plant | Synonyms: corn stalk |
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| costalgia | (noun) pain in the chest caused by inflammation of the muscles between the ribs | Synonyms: pleuralgia, pleurodynia |
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| cristal | (noun) street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine | Synonyms: Adam, disco biscuit, ecstasy, go, hug drug, X, XTC |
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| crosstalk | (noun) the presence of an unwanted signal via an accidental coupling | Synonyms: XT |
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| crystal | (noun) a protective cover that protects the face of a watch | Synonyms: watch crystal, watch glass |
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| (noun) glassware made of quartz | - |
| (noun) a crystalline element used as a component in various electronic devices | - |
| (noun) a rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces | Synonyms: crystallization |
| (noun) a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure | - |
| (noun) colorless glass made of almost pure silica | Synonyms: lechatelierite, quartz, quartz glass, vitreous silica |
| crystallinity | (noun) (chemistry) The degree of structural order in a solid. | - |
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| crystallisation | (noun) the formation of crystals | Synonyms: crystallization, crystallizing |
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| crystallite | (noun) any of numerous minute rudimentary crystalline bodies of unknown composition found in glassy igneous rock | - |
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| crystallization | (noun) a mental synthesis that becomes fixed or concrete by a process resembling crystal formation | - |
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| (noun) a rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces | Synonyms: crystal |
| (noun) the formation of crystals | Synonyms: crystallisation, crystallizing |
| crystallizing | (noun) the formation of crystals | Synonyms: crystallisation, crystallization |
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| crystallogen | (noun) any chemical element that belongs to the carbon group. | Synonyms: carbon group element, Group 14 element, tetragen, tetrel |
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| crystallographer | (noun) a specialist in crystallography | - |
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| crystallography | (noun) the branch of science that studies the formation and structure of crystals | - |
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| deerstalker | (noun) a tight-fitting hat with visors front and back; formerly worn by hunters | - |
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| deerstalking | (noun) stalking deer | - |
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| destalinisation | (noun) social process of neutralizing the influence of Joseph Stalin by revising his policies and removing monuments dedicated to him and renaming places named in his honor | Synonyms: de-Stalinisation, de-Stalinization, destalinization |
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| destalinization | (noun) social process of neutralizing the influence of Joseph Stalin by revising his policies and removing monuments dedicated to him and renaming places named in his honor | Synonyms: de-Stalinisation, de-Stalinization, destalinisation |
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| fingerstall | (noun) a sheath worn to protect a finger | Synonyms: cot |
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| footstall | (noun) an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue) | Synonyms: pedestal, plinth |
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| forestalling | (noun) the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively | Synonyms: obviation, preclusion |
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| frontstall | (noun) medieval plate armor to protect a horse's head | Synonyms: chamfron, chanfron, front-stall, testiere |
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| gestalt | (noun) a configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that it cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts | - |
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| headstall | (noun) the band that is the part of a bridle that fits around a horse's head | Synonyms: headpiece |
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| instalike | (noun) something that is so good that it deserves to be instantly voted for on social media | - |
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| installation | (noun) the act of installing something (as equipment) | Synonyms: installing, installment, instalment |
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| (noun) a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry | Synonyms: facility |
| (noun) a formal entry into an organization or position or office | Synonyms: induction, initiation |
| installing | (noun) the act of installing something (as equipment) | Synonyms: installation, installment, instalment |
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| installment | (noun) the act of installing something (as equipment) | Synonyms: installation, installing, instalment |
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| (noun) a part of a broadcast serial | Synonyms: episode, instalment |
| (noun) a part of a published serial | Synonyms: instalment |
| (noun) a payment of part of a debt; usually paid at regular intervals | - |
| instalment | (noun) the act of installing something (as equipment) | Synonyms: installation, installing, installment |
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| (noun) a part of a broadcast serial | Synonyms: episode, installment |
| (noun) a part of a published serial | Synonyms: installment |
| intercostal | (noun) muscles between the ribs; they contract during inspiration | Synonyms: intercostal muscle, musculus intercostalis |
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| leafstalk | (noun) the slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf | Synonyms: petiole |
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| mastalgia | (noun) pain in the breast | - |
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| microcrystal | (noun) any crystal of microscopic size. | - |
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| nostalgia | (noun) longing for something past | - |
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| pedestal | (noun) a support or foundation | Synonyms: base, stand |
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| (noun) an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue) | Synonyms: footstall, plinth |
| (noun) a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority) | - |
| pentecostalism | (noun) the principles and practices of Pentecostal religious groups; characterized by religious excitement and talking in tongues | - |
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| peristalsis | (noun) the process of wavelike muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along | Synonyms: vermiculation |
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| postalveolar | (noun) (phonetics) Any sound articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge. | Synonyms: post-alveolar, post-alveolar consonant, postalveolar consonant |
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| rootstalk | (noun) a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure | Synonyms: rhizome, rootstock |
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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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| thumbstall | (noun) protective covering for an injured thumb | - |
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| vestal | (noun) a chaste woman | - |
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