| stonecutter | (noun) someone who cuts or carves stone | Synonyms: cutter |
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| stoneface | (noun) any plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones | Synonyms: flowering stone, lithops, living stone, stone-face, stone life face, stone plant |
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| stonefish | (noun) venomous tropical marine fish resembling a piece of rock | Synonyms: Synanceja verrucosa |
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| stonefly | (noun) primitive winged insect with a flattened body; used as bait by fishermen; aquatic gilled larvae are carnivorous and live beneath stones | Synonyms: plecopteran, stone fly |
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| stonemason | (noun) a craftsman who works with stone or brick | Synonyms: mason |
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| stoner | (noun) an attacker who pelts the victim with stones (especially with intent to kill) | Synonyms: lapidator |
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| stoneroot | (noun) erect perennial strong-scented with serrate pointed leaves and a loose panicle of yellowish flowers; the eastern United States | Synonyms: Collinsonia canadensis, horse balm, horseweed, richweed, stone-root, stone root |
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| stonewaller | (noun) one who stonewalls or refuses to answer or cooperate; someone who delays by lengthy speeches etc. | - |
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| stonewalling | (noun) stalling or delaying especially by refusing to answer questions or cooperate | - |
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| stoneware | (noun) ceramic ware that is fired in high heat and vitrified and nonporous | - |
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| stonework | (noun) masonry done with stone | - |
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| stonewort | (noun) any of various submerged aquatic algae of the genus Chara having nodes with whorled filamentlike branches; usually encrusted with calcium carbonate deposits | - |
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| stoning | (noun) the act of pelting with stones; punishment inflicted by throwing stones at the victim (even unto death) | Synonyms: lapidation |
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| stooge | (noun) a person of unquestioning obedience | Synonyms: flunkey, flunky, yes-man |
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| (noun) a victim of ridicule or pranks | Synonyms: butt, goat, laughingstock |
| stool | (noun) a simple seat without a back or arms | - |
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| (noun) a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination | Synonyms: can, commode, crapper, pot, potty, throne, toilet |
| (noun) (forestry) the stump of a tree that has been felled or headed for the production of saplings | - |
| (noun) solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels | Synonyms: BM, dejection, faecal matter, faeces, fecal matter, feces, ordure |
| stoolie | (noun) someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police | Synonyms: canary, fink, sneak, sneaker, snitch, snitcher, stool pigeon, stoolpigeon |
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| stoolpigeon | (noun) someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police | Synonyms: canary, fink, sneak, sneaker, snitch, snitcher, stool pigeon, stoolie |
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| stoop | (noun) an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward | - |
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| (noun) small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house | Synonyms: stoep |
| (noun) basin for holy water | Synonyms: stoup |
| stooper | (noun) a person who carries himself or herself with the head and shoulders habitually bent forward | - |
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| (noun) a person at a racetrack who searches for winning parimutuel tickets that have been carelessly discarded by others | - |
| stop | (noun) the act of stopping something | Synonyms: stoppage |
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| (noun) a brief stay in the course of a journey | Synonyms: layover, stopover |
| (noun) a restraint that checks the motion of something | Synonyms: catch |
| (noun) an obstruction in a pipe or tube | Synonyms: block, blockage, closure, occlusion, stoppage |
| (noun) a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens | Synonyms: diaphragm |
| (noun) (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes | - |
| (noun) a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it | Synonyms: occlusive, plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, stop consonant |
| (noun) a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations | Synonyms: full point, full stop, period, point |
| (noun) the event of something ending | Synonyms: halt |
| (noun) a spot where something halts or pauses | - |
| (noun) the state of inactivity following an interruption | Synonyms: arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stoppage |
| stopcock | (noun) faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid | Synonyms: cock, turncock |
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| stopgap | (noun) something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency | Synonyms: make-do, makeshift |
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| stoplight | (noun) a visual signal to control the flow of traffic at intersections | Synonyms: traffic light, traffic signal |
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| (noun) a red light on the rear of a motor vehicle that signals when the brakes are applied to slow or stop | Synonyms: brake light |
| stopover | (noun) a brief stay in the course of a journey | Synonyms: layover, stop |
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| (noun) a stopping place on a journey | Synonyms: way station |
| stoppage | (noun) the act of stopping something | Synonyms: stop |
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| (noun) an obstruction in a pipe or tube | Synonyms: block, blockage, closure, occlusion, stop |
| (noun) the state of inactivity following an interruption | Synonyms: arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop |
| stopper | (noun) blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly | Synonyms: plug, stopple |
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| (noun) (bridge) a playing card with a value sufficiently high to insure taking a trick in a particular suit | - |
| (noun) an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down | Synonyms: show-stopper, showstopper |
| (noun) a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply | Synonyms: conversation stopper |
| stopping | (noun) the kind of playing that involves pressing the fingers on the strings of a stringed instrument to control the pitch | - |
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| (noun) fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members | Synonyms: fillet |
| stopple | (noun) blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly | Synonyms: plug, stopper |
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| stops | (noun) a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card | Synonyms: boodle, Chicago, Michigan, Newmarket |
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| stopwatch | (noun) a timepiece that can be started or stopped for exact timing (as of a race) | Synonyms: stop watch |
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| storage | (noun) the commercial enterprise of storing goods and materials | - |
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| (noun) the act of storing something | - |
| (noun) depositing in a warehouse | Synonyms: repositing, reposition, warehousing |
| (noun) a depository for goods | Synonyms: depot, entrepot, store, storehouse |
| (noun) an electronic memory device | Synonyms: computer memory, computer storage, memory, memory board, store |
| (noun) (computer science) the process of storing information in a computer memory or on a magnetic tape or disk | - |
| storax | (noun) a vanilla-scented resin from various trees of the genus Styrax | - |
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| store | (noun) a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services | Synonyms: shop |
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| (noun) a depository for goods | Synonyms: depot, entrepot, storage, storehouse |
| (noun) an electronic memory device | Synonyms: computer memory, computer storage, memory, memory board, storage |
| (noun) a supply of something available for future use | Synonyms: fund, stock |
| storefront | (noun) the front side of a store facing the street; usually contains display windows | Synonyms: shopfront |
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| storehouse | (noun) a depository for goods | Synonyms: depot, entrepot, storage, store |
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| storekeeper | (noun) a merchant who owns or manages a shop | Synonyms: market keeper, shopkeeper, tradesman |
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| storeroom | (noun) a room in which things are stored | Synonyms: storage room, stowage |
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| storey | (noun) a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale | Synonyms: floor, level, story |
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| stork | (noun) large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage | - |
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| storksbill | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Erodium | Synonyms: heron's bill |
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| storm | (noun) a direct and violent assault on a stronghold | - |
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| (noun) a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning | Synonyms: violent storm |
| (noun) a violent commotion or disturbance | Synonyms: tempest |
| storminess | (noun) violent passion in speech or action | - |
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| (noun) the state of being stormy | - |
| story | (noun) a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale | Synonyms: floor, level, storey |
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| (noun) a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events | - |
| (noun) a short account of the news | Synonyms: account, news report, report, write up |
| (noun) a trivial lie | Synonyms: fib, tale, taradiddle, tarradiddle |
| (noun) a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program | Synonyms: narration, narrative, tale |
| (noun) a record or narrative description of past events | Synonyms: account, chronicle, history |
| storybook | (noun) a book containing a collection of stories (usually for children) | - |
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| storyline | (noun) the plot of a book or play or film | Synonyms: plot line |
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| storyteller | (noun) someone who tells a story | Synonyms: narrator, teller |
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| (noun) someone who tells lies | Synonyms: fabricator, fibber |
| stotinka | (noun) 100 stotinka equal 1 lev in Bulgaria | - |
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| stoup | (noun) basin for holy water | Synonyms: stoop |
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| (noun) an archaic drinking vessel | - |
| stout | (noun) a garment size for a large or heavy person | - |
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| (noun) a strong very dark heavy-bodied ale made from pale malt and roasted unmalted barley and (often) caramel malt with hops | - |
| stoutheartedness | (noun) the trait of having a courageous spirit | - |
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| stoutness | (noun) the property of excessive fatness | Synonyms: adiposis, corpulence, overweight |
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| (noun) the property of being strong and resolute | Synonyms: stalwartness |
| stove | (noun) any heating apparatus | - |
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| (noun) a kitchen appliance used for cooking food | Synonyms: cooking stove, kitchen range, kitchen stove, range |
| stovepipe | (noun) chimney consisting of a metal pipe of large diameter that is used to connect a stove to a flue | - |
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| (noun) a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur | Synonyms: beaver, dress hat, high hat, opera hat, silk hat, top hat, topper |
| stovepiping | (noun) retrieval of information from unconnected databases; the situation that exists when it is necessary to climb out of one database in order to climb down into another; sometimes used for protection against wandering hackers | - |
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| stover | (noun) the dried stalks and leaves of a field crop (especially corn) used as animal fodder after the grain has been harvested | - |
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| stowage | (noun) the act of packing or storing away | Synonyms: stowing |
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| (noun) a room in which things are stored | Synonyms: storage room, storeroom |
| (noun) the charge for stowing goods | - |
| stowaway | (noun) a person who hides aboard a ship or plane in the hope of getting free passage | - |
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| stowing | (noun) the act of packing or storing away | Synonyms: stowage |
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| sunstone | (noun) a translucent quartz spangled with bits of mica or other minerals | Synonyms: aventurine |
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| systole | (noun) the contraction of the chambers of the heart (especially the ventricles) to drive blood into the aorta and pulmonary artery | - |
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| tachistoscope | (noun) scientific instrument used by psychologists; presents visual stimuli for brief exposures | Synonyms: t-scope |
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| tailstock | (noun) support consisting of the movable part of a lathe that slides along the bed in alignment with the headstock and is locked into position to support the free end of the workpiece | - |
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| testosterone | (noun) a potent androgenic hormone produced chiefly by the testes; responsible for the development of male secondary sex characteristics | - |
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| thermistor | (noun) a semiconductor device made of materials whose resistance varies as a function of temperature; can be used to compensate for temperature variation in other components of a circuit | Synonyms: thermal resistor |
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| thunderstorm | (noun) a storm resulting from strong rising air currents; heavy rain or hail along with thunder and lightning | Synonyms: electric storm, electrical storm |
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| toadstool | (noun) common name for an inedible or poisonous agaric (contrasting with the edible mushroom) | - |
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| tombstone | (noun) a stone that is used to mark a grave | Synonyms: gravestone, headstone |
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| touchstone | (noun) a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated | Synonyms: criterion, measure, standard |
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| tracheostomy | (noun) a surgical operation that creates an opening into the trachea with a tube inserted to provide a passage for air; performed when the pharynx is obstructed by edema or cancer or other causes | Synonyms: tracheotomy |
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| transistor | (noun) a semiconductor device capable of amplification | Synonyms: electronic transistor, junction transistor |
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| trustor | (noun) (law) a person who creates a trust by giving real or personal property in trust to a trustee for the benefit of a beneficiary; a person who gives such property is said to settle it on the trustee | Synonyms: settlor |
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| turnstone | (noun) migratory shorebirds of the plover family that turn over stones in searching for food | - |
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| vasovasostomy | (noun) a surgical procedure that attempts to restore the function of the vas deferens after a vasectomy | - |
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| whetstone | (noun) a flat stone for sharpening edged tools or knives | - |
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| whinstone | (noun) any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt) | Synonyms: whin |
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| windstorm | (noun) a storm consisting of violent winds | - |
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| wollastonite | (noun) a white or greyish mineral typically found in metamorphic limestone; a silicate of calcium | - |
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| xerostomia | (noun) abnormal dryness of the mouth resulting from decreased secretion of saliva | Synonyms: dry mouth |
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