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Squali
- - The suborder of elasmobranch fishes which comprises the sharks.
Squall
- noun - blow in a squall; "When it squalls, a prudent sailor reefs his sails"
- make high-pitched, whiney noises
- sudden violent winds; often accompanied by precipitation
- utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me"
Squill
- noun - an Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers
- bulb of the sea squill, which is sliced, dried, and used as an expectorant
- having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties
Stable
- adjective - a farm building for housing horses or other livestock
- firm and dependable; subject to little fluctuation; "the economy is stable"
- maintaining equilibrium
- not taking part readily in chemical change
- resistant to change of position or condition; "a stable ladder"; "a stable peace"; "a stable relationship"; "stable prices"
- shelter in a stable; "stable horses"
- showing little if any change; "a static population"
Stably
- adverb - in a stable solid fixed manner; "the boulder was balanced stably at the edge of the canyon"
- in a stable unchanging manner; "the death rate in Russia has been stably high"
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
Staple
- adjective - (usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant
- a natural fiber (raw cotton, wool, hemp, flax) that can be twisted to form yarn; "staple fibers vary widely in length"
- a short U-shaped wire nail for securing cables
- material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing
- necessary or important, especially regarding food or commodities; "wheat is a staple crop"
- paper fastener consisting of a short length of U-shaped wire that can fasten papers together
- secure or fasten with a staple or staples; "staple the papers together"
Steals
- noun - a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch)
- an advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price"
- move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness"
- steal a base
- take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation"
Steele
- noun - English writer (1672-1729)
Steels
- noun - a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
- an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range
- cover, plate, or edge with steel
- get ready for something difficult or unpleasant
- knife sharpener consisting of a ridged steel rod