| stab | (noun) a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument | Synonyms: knife thrust, thrust |
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| (noun) informal words for any attempt or effort | Synonyms: shot |
| (noun) a sudden sharp feeling | Synonyms: pang, twinge |
| (verb) stab or pierce | Synonyms: jab |
| (verb) poke or thrust abruptly | Synonyms: dig, jab, poke, prod |
| (verb) use a knife on | Synonyms: knife |
| stabber | (noun) someone who stabs another person | - |
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| stabbing | (adjective) causing physical or especially psychological injury | Synonyms: wounding |
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| (adjective) painful as if caused by a sharp instrument | Synonyms: cutting, keen, knifelike, lancinate, lancinating, piercing |
| stabile | (adjective) not able or intended to be moved | Synonyms: immovable, immoveable, unmovable |
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| (adjective) (chemistry, physics, biology) resistant to change | - |
| (noun) a sculpture having fixed units (usually constructed of sheet metal) and attached to a fixed support | - |
| stabilisation | (noun) the act of stabilizing something or making it more stable | Synonyms: stabilization |
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| (noun) the act of making something (as a vessel or aircraft) less likely to overturn | Synonyms: stabilization |
| stabilise | (verb) become stable or more stable | Synonyms: stabilize |
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| (verb) make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium | Synonyms: stabilize |
| (verb) support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace | Synonyms: brace, stabilize, steady |
| stabilised | (adjective) made stable or firm | Synonyms: stabilized |
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| stabiliser | (noun) a device for making something stable | Synonyms: stabilizer |
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| stabilising | (adjective) causing to become stable | Synonyms: stabilizing |
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| stabilitron | (noun) a semiconductor diode that exhibits a sharp increase in reverse current at a well-defined reverse voltage: used as a voltage regulator | Synonyms: zenerdiode |
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| stability | (noun) the quality or attribute of being firm and steadfast | Synonyms: stableness |
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| (noun) the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation | Synonyms: constancy |
| (noun) a stable order (especially of society) | - |
| stabilization | (noun) the act of stabilizing something or making it more stable | Synonyms: stabilisation |
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| (noun) the act of making something (as a vessel or aircraft) less likely to overturn | Synonyms: stabilisation |
| stabilize | (verb) become stable or more stable | Synonyms: stabilise |
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| (verb) make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium | Synonyms: stabilise |
| (verb) support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace | Synonyms: brace, stabilise, steady |
| stabilized | (adjective) made stable or firm | Synonyms: stabilised |
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| stabilizer | (noun) a device for making something stable | Synonyms: stabiliser |
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| (noun) airfoil consisting of a device for stabilizing an aircraft | - |
| (noun) a chemical that is added to a solution or mixture or suspension to maintain it in a stable or unchanging state | - |
| stabilizing | (adjective) causing to become stable | Synonyms: stabilising |
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| stable | (adjective) resistant to change of position or condition | - |
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| (adjective) maintaining equilibrium | - |
| (adjective) firm and dependable; subject to little fluctuation | - |
| (adjective) showing little if any change | Synonyms: static, unchanging |
| (adjective) not taking part readily in chemical change | - |
| (noun) a farm building for housing horses or other livestock | Synonyms: horse barn, stalls |
| (verb) shelter in a stable | - |
| stableboy | (noun) someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses | Synonyms: groom, hostler, ostler, stableman |
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| stableman | (noun) someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses | Synonyms: groom, hostler, ostler, stableboy |
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| stablemate | (noun) a horse stabled with another or one of several horses owned by the same person | Synonyms: stable companion |
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| stableness | (noun) the quality or attribute of being firm and steadfast | Synonyms: stability |
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| stabling | (noun) accommodation for animals (especially for horses) | - |
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| stably | (adverb) in a stable unchanging manner | - |
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| (adverb) in a stable solid fixed manner | - |