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Stillness
- noun - (poetic) tranquil silence; "the still of the night"
- a state of no motion or movement; "the utter motionlessness of a marble statue"
- calmness without winds
- motionless
Stillroom
- noun - a pantry or storeroom connected with the kitchen (especially in a large house) for preparing tea and beverages and for storing liquors and preserves and tea etc
Stiltbird
- noun - long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons
Stiltedly
- adverb - in a stilted manner; "she answered him stiltedly"
Stimulant
- adjective - a drug that temporarily quickens some vital process
- any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action
- that stimulates; "stimulant phenomena"
Stimulate
- verb - act as a stimulant; "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates"
- cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"
- cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner;
- cause to occur rapidly; "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions"
- provide the needed stimulus for
- stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions"
- stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"
Stimulism
- - The theory of medical practice which regarded life as dependent upon stimulation, or excitation, and disease as caused by excess or deficiency in the amount of stimulation. (b) The practice of treating disease by alcoholic stimulants.
Stingaree
- - Any sting ray. See under 6th Ray.
Stingbull
- - The European greater weever fish (Trachinus draco), which is capable of inflicting severe wounds with the spinous rays of its dorsal fin. See Weever.