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Stagworm
- - The larva of any species of botfly which is parasitic upon the stag, such as Oestrus actaeon, or Hypoderma actaeon, which burrows beneath the skin, and Cephalomyia auribarbis, which lives in the nostrils.
Stahlian
- - Pertaining to, or taught by, Stahl, a German physician and chemist of the 17th century; as, the Stahlian theory of phlogiston.
Stainers
- noun - a worker who stains (wood or fabric)
Staining
- verb - (histology) the use of a dye to color specimens for microscopic study
- 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 act of spotting or staining something
Stairway
- noun - a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps
Stakeout
- noun - surveillance of some place or some person by the police (as in anticipation of a crime)
Stalkers
- noun - someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions
- someone who stalks game
- someone who walks with long stiff strides
Stalking
- verb - a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush
- 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"
- the act of following prey stealthily
- walk stiffly
Stallage
- - The right of erecting a stall or stalls in fairs; rent paid for a stall.
Stalling
- verb - 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"