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Spyne
- - See Pinnace, n., 1 (a).
Stand
- noun -
- a booth where articles are displayed for sale
- a defensive effort; "the army made a final stand at the Rhone"
- a growth of similar plants (usually trees) in a particular area; "they cut down a stand of trees"
- a mental position from which things are viewed; "we should consider this problem from the viewpoint of the Russians"; "teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events"
- a platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air
- a small table for holding articles of various kinds; "a bedside stand"
- a stop made by a touring musical or theatrical group to give a performance; "a one-night stand"
- a support for displaying various articles; "the newspapers were arranged on a rack"
- an interruption of normal activity
- be available for stud services; "male domestic animals such as stallions serve selected females"
- be in effect; be or remain in force; "The law stands
Stank
- verb - be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance; "This term paper stinks!"
- smell badly and offensively; "The building reeks of smoke"
Stent
- noun - a slender tube inserted inside a tubular body part (as a blood vessel) to provide support during and after surgical anastomosis
Sting
- 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"
Stink
- 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"
Stint
- noun - an individual's prescribed share of work; "her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her"
- an unbroken period of time during which you do something; "there were stretches of boredom"; "he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary"
- smallest American sandpiper
- subsist on a meager allowance; "scratch and scrimp"
- supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with the allowance"