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Stoking
- verb - Constance Stokes (née Parkin, 22 February 1906 – 14 July 1991) was a modernist Australian painter who worked in Victoria.
Influenced by George Bell, Stokes was part of the Melbourne Contemporary Artists, a group Bell established in 1940.
- stir up or tend; of a fire
Stolons
- noun - a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
Stoning
- verb - kill by throwing stones at; "People wanted to stone the woman who had a child out of wedlock"
- remove the pits from; "pit plums and cherries"
- the act of pelting with stones; punishment inflicted by throwing stones at the victim (even unto death)
Stoping
- - The act of excavating in the form of stopes.
Storing
- verb - find a place for and put away for storage; "where should we stow the vegetables?"; "I couldn't store all the books in the attic so I sold some"
- keep or lay aside for future use; "store grain for the winter"; "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat"
Stovine
- - A substance, C14H22O2NCl, the hydrochloride of an amino compound containing benzol, used, in solution with strychnine, as a local anaesthetic, esp. by injection into the sheath of the spinal cord, producing anaesthesia below the point of introduction. Called also amylocaine hydrochloride. Chemically it is the hydrochloride of the benzoyl ester of 1-(dimethylaminomethyl)-1-methyl propanol.
Stowing
- verb - fill by packing tightly; "stow the cart"
- Julian Randolph Stow (28 November 1935 – 29 May 2010) was an Australian-born writer, novelist and poet.
- the act of packing or storing away
Strains
- noun - A group of bacteria or viruses that are genetically distinct from other groups of the same species.
- (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups;
- (physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces
- (psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress;
- a special variety of domesticated animals within a species;
- a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence;
- alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy"
- an effortful attempt to attain a goal
- an intense or violent exertion
- become stretched or tense or taut;
- cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious;
- difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension;
- injury to a muscle (often caused by overuse); results in swelling and pain
- remove by passing through a filter;
- rub through a strainer or proce
Straint
- - Overexertion; excessive tension; strain.
Student
- noun - a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
- a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
- Pupil