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Stridulation
- noun - a shrill grating or chirping noise made by some insects by rubbing body parts together
Strobilation
- - The act or phenomenon of spontaneously dividing transversely, as do certain species of annelids and helminths; transverse fission. See Illust. under Syllidian.
Strongylodon
- noun - genus of Polynesian or southeastern Asian shrubs or vines
Stuffing Box
- noun - a small chamber in which packing is compressed around a reciprocating shaft or piston to form a seal
Stupefaction
- noun - a feeling of stupefied astonishment
- marginal consciousness; "his grogginess was caused as much by exhaustion as by the blows"; "someone stole his wallet while he was in a drunken stupor"
- the action of stupefying; making dull or lethargic; "the professor was noted for his stupefaction of the students"
Subagitation
- - Unlawful sexual intercourse.
Suberization
- - Conversion of the cell walls into cork tissue by development of suberin; -- commonly taking place in exposed tissues, as when a callus forms over a wound. Suberized cell walls are impervious to water.
Subhastation
- - A public sale or auction.
Sublineation
- - A mark of a line or lines under a word in a sentence, or under another line; underlining.