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Steel Trap
- noun - a trap made of steel with a strong spring and sharp toothlike projections to hold the prey
- an acute intelligence (an analogy based on the well known sharpness of steel traps); "he''s as sharp as a steel trap"; "a mind like a steel trap"
- an acute intelligence (an analogy based on the well-known sharpness of steel traps); "he's as sharp as a steel trap"; "a mind like a steel trap"
Stemmatics
- noun - the humanistic discipline that attempts to reconstruct the transmission of a text (especially a text in manuscript form) on the basis of relations between the various surviving manuscripts (sometimes using cladistic analysis); "stemmatology also plays an important role in musicology"; "transcription errors are of decisive importance in stemmatics"
Stenostome
- - Having a small or narrow mouth; -- said of certain small ground snakes (Opoterodonta), which are unable to dilate their jaws.
Step Stool
- noun - a stool that has one or two steps that fold under the seat
Stepfather
- noun - the husband of your mother by a subsequent marriage
Stepmother
- noun - the wife of your father by a subsequent marriage
Stereotomy
- - The science or art of cutting solids into certain figures or sections, as arches, and the like; especially, the art of stonecutting.
Stereotype
- noun - a conventional or formulaic conception or image; "regional stereotypes have been part of America since its founding"
- treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European"