| starving | (adjective) suffering from lack of food | Synonyms: starved |
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| (noun) the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine | Synonyms: starvation |
| 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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| (verb) save up as for future use | Synonyms: cache, hive up, hoard, lay away, squirrel away |
| 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 | - |
| statant | (adjective) standing on four feet | - |
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| 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 |
| (verb) express in words | Synonyms: say, tell |
| (verb) put before | Synonyms: posit, put forward, submit |
| (verb) indicate through a symbol, formula, etc. | Synonyms: express |
| statecraft | (noun) wisdom in the management of public affairs | Synonyms: diplomacy, statesmanship |
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| stated | (adjective) declared as fact; explicitly stated | Synonyms: declared |
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| stateless | (adjective) without nationality or citizenship | Synonyms: homeless |
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| stateliness | (noun) an elaborate manner of doing something | - |
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| (noun) impressiveness in scale or proportion | Synonyms: loftiness, majesty |
| stately | (adjective) refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court | Synonyms: courtly, formal |
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| (adjective) impressive in size, manner, or appearance | Synonyms: baronial, imposing, noble |
| (adjective) of size and dignity suggestive of a statue | Synonyms: statuesque |
| statement | (noun) a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc | - |
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| (noun) a document showing credits and debits | Synonyms: financial statement |
| (noun) a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true | Synonyms: argument |
| (noun) (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program | Synonyms: command, instruction, program line |
| (noun) (music) the presentation of a musical theme | - |
| (noun) a nonverbal message | - |
| (noun) the act of affirming or asserting or stating something | Synonyms: affirmation, assertion |
| stater | (noun) a resident of a particular state or group of states | - |
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| (noun) any of the various silver or gold coins of ancient Greece | - |
| stateroom | (noun) a guest cabin | - |
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| statesman | (noun) a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs | - |
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| statesmanlike | (adjective) marked by the qualities of or befitting a statesman | Synonyms: statesmanly |
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| statesmanly | (adjective) marked by the qualities of or befitting a statesman | Synonyms: statesmanlike |
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| statesmanship | (noun) wisdom in the management of public affairs | Synonyms: diplomacy, statecraft |
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| stateswoman | (noun) a woman statesman | - |
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| statewide | (adjective) occurring or extending throughout a state | - |
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| static | (adjective) concerned with or producing or caused by static electricity | Synonyms: electrostatic |
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| (adjective) not in physical motion | Synonyms: inactive, motionless, still |
| (adjective) showing little if any change | Synonyms: stable, unchanging |
| (noun) angry criticism | - |
| (noun) a crackling or hissing noise caused by electrical interference | Synonyms: atmospheric static, atmospherics |
| statice | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Limonium of temperate salt marshes having spikes of white or mauve flowers | Synonyms: marsh rosemary, sea lavender |
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| statics | (noun) the branch of mechanics concerned with forces in equilibrium | - |
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| statin | (noun) a medicine that lowers blood cholesterol levels by inhibiting HMG-CoA reductase | Synonyms: lipid-lowering medication, lipid-lowering medicine, statin drug |
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| station | (noun) a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose | - |
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| (noun) the frequency assigned to a broadcasting station | - |
| (noun) the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand | Synonyms: post |
| (noun) (nautical) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty | - |
| (noun) proper or designated social situation | Synonyms: place |
| (verb) assign to a station | Synonyms: place, post, send |
| stationariness | (noun) remaining in place | Synonyms: fixedness, immobility |
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| stationary | (adjective) not capable of being moved | - |
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| (adjective) standing still | - |
| stationer | (noun) a merchant who sells writing materials and office supplies | Synonyms: stationery seller |
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| stationery | (noun) paper cut to an appropriate size for writing letters; usually with matching envelopes | Synonyms: letter paper |
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| stationmaster | (noun) the person in charge of a railway station | Synonyms: station agent |
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| statistic | (noun) a datum that can be represented numerically | - |
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| statistical | (adjective) of or relating to statistics | - |
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| statistically | (adverb) with respect to statistics | - |
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| statistician | (noun) someone versed in the collection and interpretation of numerical data (especially someone who uses statistics to calculate insurance premiums) | Synonyms: actuary |
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| (noun) a mathematician who specializes in statistics | Synonyms: mathematical statistician |
| statistics | (noun) a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters | - |
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| stative | (adjective) (used of verbs (e.g. `be' or `own') and most participial adjectives) expressing existence or a state rather than an action | - |
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| stator | (noun) mechanical device consisting of the stationary part of a motor or generator in or around which the rotor revolves | Synonyms: stator coil |
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| statoscope | (noun) An instrument that indicates small changes in an aircraft's altitude by recording small variations in atmospheric pressure. | - |
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| statuary | (adjective) of or relating to or suitable for statues | - |
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| (noun) statues collectively | - |
| statue | (noun) a sculpture representing a human or animal | - |
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| statuesque | (adjective) suggestive of a statue | Synonyms: Junoesque |
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| (adjective) of size and dignity suggestive of a statue | Synonyms: stately |
| statuette | (noun) a small carved or molded figure | Synonyms: figurine |
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| stature | (noun) (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot | Synonyms: height |
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| (noun) high level of respect gained by impressive development or achievement | - |
| status | (noun) the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society | Synonyms: position |
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| (noun) a state at a particular time | Synonyms: condition |
| statute | (adjective) enacted by a legislative body | Synonyms: codified |
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| (noun) an act passed by a legislative body | Synonyms: legislative act |
| statutorily | (adverb) according to statute | - |
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| statutory | (adjective) relating to or created by statutes | - |
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| (adjective) prescribed or authorized by or punishable under a statute | - |
| staunch | (adjective) firm and dependable especially in loyalty | Synonyms: steadfast, unswerving |
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| (verb) stop the flow of a liquid | Synonyms: halt, stanch, stem |
| staunchly | (adverb) in a staunch manner | Synonyms: stanchly |
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| staunchness | (noun) loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty | Synonyms: steadfastness |
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| staurikosaur | (noun) primitive dinosaur found in Brazil | Synonyms: staurikosaurus |
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| staurikosaurus | (noun) primitive dinosaur found in Brazil | Synonyms: staurikosaur |
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| stave | (noun) one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket | Synonyms: lag |
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| (noun) a crosspiece between the legs of a chair | Synonyms: round, rung |
| (noun) (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written | Synonyms: staff |
| (verb) burst or force (a hole) into something | Synonyms: stave in |
| (verb) furnish with staves | - |
| stay | (noun) continuing or remaining in a place or state | - |
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| (noun) (nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar | - |
| (noun) a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset) | - |
| (noun) a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted | - |
| (noun) the state of inactivity following an interruption | Synonyms: arrest, check, halt, hitch, stop, stoppage |
| (verb) stay the same; remain in a certain state | Synonyms: remain, rest |
| (verb) stop or halt | Synonyms: delay, detain |
| (verb) overcome or allay | Synonyms: appease, quell |
| (verb) fasten with stays | - |
| (verb) be in a certain place and not leave | Synonyms: persist, remain, stay put, stick, stick around |
| (verb) stop a judicial process | - |
| (verb) dwell | Synonyms: abide, bide |
| (verb) continue in a place, position, or situation | Synonyms: continue, remain, stay on |
| (verb) hang on during a trial of endurance | Synonyms: last out, outride, ride out |
| stayer | (noun) a person or other animal having powers of endurance or perseverance | - |
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| stays | (noun) a woman's close-fitting foundation garment | Synonyms: corset, girdle |
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| staysail | (noun) a fore-and-aft sail set on a stay (as between two masts) | - |
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| stead | (noun) the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another | Synonyms: lieu, place, position |
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| steadfast | (adjective) firm and dependable especially in loyalty | Synonyms: staunch, unswerving |
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| (adjective) marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable | Synonyms: firm, steady, stiff, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering |
| steadfastly | (adverb) with resolute determination | Synonyms: firm, firmly, unwaveringly |
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| steadfastness | (noun) loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty | Synonyms: staunchness |
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| (noun) steadfast resolution | - |
| steadied | (adjective) made steady or constant | - |
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| steadily | (adverb) in a steady manner | Synonyms: steady |
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| (adverb) at a steady rate or pace | - |
| steadiness | (noun) the quality of being steady or securely and immovably fixed in place | Synonyms: firmness |
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| (noun) the quality of being steady--regular and unvarying | - |
| (noun) freedom from wavering or indecision; constancy of resolve or conduct | - |
| steady | (adjective) not subject to change or variation especially in behavior | - |
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| (adjective) relating to a person who does something regularly | Synonyms: regular |
| (adjective) marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable | Synonyms: firm, steadfast, stiff, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering |
| (adjective) securely in position; not shaky | - |
| (adjective) not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall | Synonyms: firm, unfluctuating |
| (adjective) not easily excited or upset | - |
| (noun) a person loved by another person | Synonyms: sweetheart, sweetie, truelove |
| (adverb) in a steady manner | Synonyms: steadily |
| (verb) make steady | Synonyms: becalm, calm |
| (verb) support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace | Synonyms: brace, stabilise, stabilize |
| steadying | (adjective) causing to become steady | - |
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| steak | (noun) a slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish | - |
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| steakhouse | (noun) a restaurant that specializes in steaks | Synonyms: chophouse |
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| steal | (noun) a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch) | - |
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| (noun) an advantageous purchase | Synonyms: bargain, buy |
| (verb) steal a base | - |
| (verb) move stealthily | Synonyms: slip |
| (verb) take without the owner's consent | Synonyms: rip, rip off |
| stealer | (noun) a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it | Synonyms: thief |
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| stealing | (noun) the act of taking something from someone unlawfully | Synonyms: larceny, theft, thievery, thieving |
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| (noun) avoiding detection by moving carefully | Synonyms: stealth |
| stealth | (noun) avoiding detection by moving carefully | Synonyms: stealing |
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| stealthily | (adverb) in a stealthy manner | - |
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| stealthiness | (noun) a disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously | Synonyms: furtiveness, sneakiness |
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| stealthy | (adjective) marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed | Synonyms: furtive, sneak, sneaky, surreptitious |
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| steam | (noun) water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere | - |
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| (verb) cook something by letting steam pass over it | - |
| (verb) clean by means of steaming | Synonyms: steam clean |
| (verb) get very agitated or angry | - |
| (verb) rise as vapor | - |
| (verb) travel by means of steam power | Synonyms: steamer |
| (verb) emit steam | - |
| steamboat | (noun) a boat propelled by a steam engine | - |
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| steamed | (adjective) cooked in steam | - |
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| (adjective) aroused to impatience or anger | Synonyms: annoyed, irritated, miffed, nettled, peeved, pissed, pissed off, riled, roiled, stung |
| steamer | (noun) an edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe | Synonyms: long-neck clam, Mya arenaria, soft-shell clam, steamer clam |
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| (noun) a ship powered by one or more steam engines | Synonyms: steamship |
| (noun) a cooking utensil that can be used to cook food by steaming it | - |
| (noun) a clam that is usually steamed in the shell | Synonyms: long-neck clam, soft-shell clam, steamer clam |
| (verb) travel by means of steam power | Synonyms: steam |
| steamfitter | (noun) a craftsman who installs and maintains equipment for ventilating or heating or refrigerating | - |
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| steaminess | (noun) cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor | Synonyms: haziness, mistiness, vaporousness, vapourousness |
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| steaming | (adjective) filled with steam or emitting moisture in the form of vapor or mist | Synonyms: steamy |
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| (adverb) (used of heat) extremely | Synonyms: piping |
| steampunk | (noun) A subgenre of speculative science fiction set in an anachronistic 19th century society. | - |
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| steamroll | (verb) make level or flat with a steamroller | Synonyms: steamroller |
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| (verb) overwhelm by using great force | Synonyms: steamroller |
| (verb) proceed with great force | Synonyms: steamroller |
| (verb) bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure | Synonyms: steamroller |
| steamroller | (noun) vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements | Synonyms: road roller |
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| (noun) a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way | Synonyms: juggernaut |
| (verb) make level or flat with a steamroller | Synonyms: steamroll |
| (verb) overwhelm by using great force | Synonyms: steamroll |
| (verb) crush with a steamroller as if to level | - |
| (verb) proceed with great force | Synonyms: steamroll |
| (verb) bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure | Synonyms: steamroll |
| steamship | (noun) a ship powered by one or more steam engines | Synonyms: steamer |
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| steamtightness | (noun) The property of being being sealed in such a way that steam cannot leak out. | - |
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| steamy | (adjective) feeling great sexual desire | Synonyms: aroused, horny, randy, ruttish, turned on |
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| (adjective) hot or warm and humid | Synonyms: muggy, sticky |
| (adjective) filled with steam or emitting moisture in the form of vapor or mist | Synonyms: steaming |
| stearate | (noun) an ester of stearic acid. | - |
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| (noun) a salt of stearic acid. | - |
| stearic | (adjective) of or relating to or composed of fat | - |
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| stearin | (noun) an ester of glycerol and stearic acid | - |
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| steatite | (noun) a soft heavy compact variety of talc having a soapy feel; used to make hearths and tabletops and ornaments | Synonyms: soap-rock, soaprock, soapstone |
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| steatocystoma | (noun) a common cyst of the skin; filled with fatty matter (sebum) that is secreted by a sebaceous gland that has been blocked | Synonyms: pilar cyst, sebaceous cyst, wen |
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| steatopygia | (noun) an extreme accumulation of fat on the buttocks | - |
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| steatorrhea | (noun) the presence of greater than normal amounts of fat in the feces which are frothy and foul smelling and floating; a symptom of disorders of fat metabolism and malabsorption syndrome | - |
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| steed | (noun) (literary) a spirited horse for state of war | - |
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| steel | (noun) knife sharpener consisting of a ridged steel rod | - |
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| (noun) a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard | Synonyms: blade, brand, sword |
| (noun) an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range | - |
| (verb) cover, plate, or edge with steel | - |
| (verb) get ready for something difficult or unpleasant | Synonyms: nerve |
| steelmaker | (noun) a worker engaged in making steel | Synonyms: steelman, steelworker |
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| steelman | (noun) a worker engaged in making steel | Synonyms: steelmaker, steelworker |
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| steelworker | (noun) a worker engaged in making steel | Synonyms: steelmaker, steelman |
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