| 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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| stale | (adjective) lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age | - |
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| (adjective) lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new | Synonyms: cold, dusty, moth-eaten |
| (verb) urinate, of cattle and horses | - |
| 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 |
| (verb) subject to a stalemate | - |
| stalemated | (adjective) at a complete standstill because of opposition of two unrelenting forces or factions | Synonyms: deadlocked |
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| 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 |
| stalinise | (verb) transform in accordance with Stalin's policies | Synonyms: stalinize |
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| stalinize | (verb) transform in accordance with Stalin's policies | Synonyms: stalinise |
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| 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 |
| (verb) walk stiffly | - |
| (verb) follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to | Synonyms: haunt |
| (verb) go through (an area) in search of prey | - |
| stalked | (adjective) having or growing on or from a peduncle or stalk | Synonyms: pedunculate |
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| 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 |
| stalkless | (adjective) attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk | Synonyms: sessile |
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| 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 | - |
| (verb) deliberately delay an event or action | - |
| (verb) come to a stop | Synonyms: conk |
| (verb) cause an engine to stop | - |
| (verb) cause an airplane to go into a stall | - |
| (verb) experience a stall in flight, of airplanes | - |
| (verb) put into, or keep in, a stall | - |
| (verb) postpone doing what one should be doing | Synonyms: dilly-dally, dillydally, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, procrastinate, shillyshally |
| 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 | (adjective) used especially of persons | Synonyms: stouthearted |
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| (adjective) dependable | Synonyms: stout |
| (adjective) having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships | Synonyms: hardy, stout, sturdy |
| (noun) a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt) | Synonyms: loyalist |
| stalwartness | (noun) the property of being strong and resolute | Synonyms: stoutness |
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