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Stelis
- noun - any of various small tropical American orchids of the genus Stelis having long slender racemes of numerous small to minute flowers
Stents
- noun - a slender tube inserted inside a tubular body part (as a blood vessel) to provide support during and after surgical anastomosis
Sterns
- noun - the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
- the rear part of a ship
- United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)
Sticks
- noun - a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane
- a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball
- a long thin implement resembling a length of wood; "cinnamon sticks"; "a stick of dynamite"
- a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine
- a small thin branch of a tree
- an implement consisting of a length of wood; "he collected dry sticks for a campfire"; "the kid had a candied apple on a stick"
- be a devoted follower or supporter; "The residents of this village adhered to Catholicism"; "She sticks to her principles"
- be a mystery or bewildering to;
- be loyal to; "She stood by her husband in times of trouble"; "The friends stuck together through the war"
- be or become fixed; "The door sticks--we will have to plane it"
- come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "Th
Stiffs
- noun - an ordinary man; "a lucky stiff"; "a working stiff"
- the dead body of a human being; "the cadaver was intended for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay"
Stiles
- noun - a set of steps in a fence or a wall
- an upright that is a member in a door or window frame
Stills
- noun - (poetic) tranquil silence; "the still of the night"
- a plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation
- a static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes); "he wanted some stills for a magazine ad"
- an apparatus used for the distillation of liquids; consists of a vessel in which a substance is vaporized by heat and a condenser where the vapor is condensed
- cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!"
- lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my conscience"; "still the fears"
- make calm or still;
- make motionless
Stilts
- noun - a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
- long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons
- long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia
- one of two stout poles with foot rests in the middle; used for walking high above the ground; "he was so tall I thought he was on stilts"
Stings
- noun - a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung; "the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of nettles"
- a mental pain or distress; "a pang of conscience"
- a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
- a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
- cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face"
- cause a stinging pain; "The needle pricked his skin"
- cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging; "His remark stung her"
- deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday"
- Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, musician, born 2 October 1951.
- saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill"
Stinks
- noun - a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
- be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance; "This term paper stinks!"
- smell badly and offensively; "The building reeks of smoke"