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Stacks
- noun - (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"
- a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she amassed stacks of newspapers"
- a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated
- a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO)
- a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO)
- an orderly pile
- arrange in stacks; "heap firewood around the fireplace"; "stack your books up on the shelves"
- arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances; "stack the deck of cards"
- load or cover with stacks; "stack a truck with boxes"
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Staffs
- noun - (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
- a rod carried as a symbol
- a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose; "he walked with the help of a wooden staff"
- building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration
- personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task; "the hospital has an excellent nursing staff"; "the general relied on his staff to make routine decisions"
- provide with staff; "This position is not always staffed"
- serve on the staff of; "The two men staff the reception desk"
- the body of teachers and administrators at a school; "the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university"
Stages
- noun - a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns; "we went out of town together by stage about ten or twelve miles"
- a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience; "he clambered up onto the stage and got the actors to help him into the box"
- a section or portion of a journey or course; "then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise"
- a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?"
- any distinct time period in a sequence of events; "we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected"
- any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something; "All the world's a stage"--Shakespeare; "it set the stage for peacef
Stains
- noun - (microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible
- a soiled or discolored appearance; "the wine left a dark stain"
- a symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"--Genesis
- an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook"
- color for microscopic study; "The laboratory worker dyed the specimen"
- color with a liquid dye or tint; "Stain this table a beautiful walnut color"; "people knew how to stain glass a beautiful blue in the middle ages"
- make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"
- produce or leave stains; "Red wine stains the table cloth"
- the state of being covered with unclean things
Stairs
- noun - a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
- support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway; "he paused on the bottom step"
Stakes
- noun - (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something; "they have interests all over the world"; "a stake in the company's future"
- a division of the Mormon Church
- a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track); "a pair of posts marked the goal"; "the corner of the lot was indicated by a stake"
- a strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end so it can be driven into the ground
- instrument of execution consisting of a vertical post that a victim is tied to for burning
- kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole; "the enemies were impaled and left to die"
- mark with a stake; "stake out the path"
- place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse"
- put at risk; "I will stake my good reputation for this"
- Territorial division of the Mormon Church
- the money risked on a gamble
- tie or fasten to a stake
Stales
- verb - urinate, of cattle and horses
Stalks
- noun - a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush
- a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
- a stiff or threatening gait
- follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to; "her ex-boyfriend stalked her"; "the ghost of her mother haunted her"
- go through (an area) in search of prey; "stalk the woods for deer"
- material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
- the act of following prey stealthily
- walk stiffly
Stalls
- noun - a booth where articles are displayed for sale
- a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed
- a farm building for housing horses or other livestock
- a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge; "the plane went into a stall and I couldn't control it"
- a tactic used to mislead or delay
- cause an airplane to go into a stall
- cause an engine to stop; "The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car"
- come to a stop; "The car stalled in the driveway"
- deliberately delay an event or action; "she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling"
- experience a stall in flight, of airplanes
- postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"
- put into, or keep in, a stall; "Stall the horse"
- seating in the forward part of the main level
Stamps
- noun - a block or die used to imprint a mark or design
- a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents
- a small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that that postal fees have been paid
- a small piece of adhesive paper that is put on an object to show that a government tax has been paid
- a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving; "he put his stamp on the envelope"
- a type or class; "more men of his stamp are needed"
- affix a stamp to; "Are the letters properly stamped?"
- crush or grind with a heavy instrument; "stamp fruit extract the juice"
- destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot; "Stamp fascism into submission"; "stamp out tyranny"
- form or cut out with a mold, form, or die; "stamp needles"
- machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores
- raise in a relief; "emboss