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Standing
- verb -
- (of fluids) not moving or flowing; "mosquitoes breed in standing water"
- (of persons) on the feet; having the torso in an erect position supported by straight legs; "standing room only"
- an ordered listing of scores or results showing the relative positions of competitors (individuals or teams) in a sporting event
- be available for stud services; "male domestic animals such as stallions serve selected females"
- be in effect; be or remain in force; "The law stands!"
- be in some specified state or condition; "I stand corrected"
- be standing; be upright; "We had to stand for the entire performance!"
- be tall; have a height of; copula; "She stands 6 feet tall"
- executed in or initiated from a standing position; "race from a standing start"; "a standing jump"; "a standing ovation"
- have or maintain a position or stand on an issue; "Where do you stand on the War?"
- having a supporting base; "a
Standish
- noun - English colonist in America; leader of the Pilgrims in the early days of the Plymouth Colony (1584-1656)
Stannite
- noun - a dark grey mineral with a metallic luster that is a source of tin
Stencils
- noun - a sheet of material (metal, plastic, cardboard, waxed paper, silk, etc.) that has been perforated with a pattern (printing or a design); ink or paint can pass through the perforations to create the printed pattern on the surface below
- mark or print with a stencil
Stenting
- - An opening in a wall in a coal mine.
Stingier
- adjective - deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"
- mean
- unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"
Stingily
- adverb - in a stingy manner; "their rich uncle treated them rather chintzily"
Stinging
- verb - (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character; "cutting remarks"; "edged satire"; "a stinging comment"
- a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung; "the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of nettles"
- cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face"
- cause a stinging pain; "The needle pricked his skin"
- cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging; "His remark stung her"
- deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday"
- saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill"
Stinking
- verb - be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance; "This term paper stinks!"
- offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky"
- smell badly and offensively; "The building reeks of smoke"
- very bad; "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world"
Stinting
- verb - avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally"
- subsist on a meager allowance; "scratch and scrimp"
- supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with the allowance"