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Stiffens
- verb - become stiff or stiffer; "He stiffened when he saw his boss enter the room"
- make stiff or stiffer; "Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine"
- restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations"
Stifling
- verb - be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow"
- characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; "the summer was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling atmosphere"; "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm"
- conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
- forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"
- impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
- smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity"
Stilbene
- - A hydrocarbon, C14H12, produced artificially in large, fine crystals; -- called also diphenyl ethylene, toluylene, etc.
Stilling
- verb - 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
Stinging
- verb - (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character; "cutting remarks"; "edged satire"; "a stinging comment"
- a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung; "the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of nettles"
- 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"
- saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill"
Stinking
- verb - be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance; "This term paper stinks!"
- offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky"
- smell badly and offensively; "The building reeks of smoke"
- very bad; "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world"
Stinting
- verb - avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally"
- subsist on a meager allowance; "scratch and scrimp"
- supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with the allowance"
Stirling
- unknown - City in Scotland
Stirring
- verb - affect emotionally; "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy"
- agitating a liquid with an implement; "constant stirring prevents it from burning on the bottom of the pan"
- arousing to a particular emotion or action
- capable of arousing enthusiasm or excitement; "a rousing sermon"; "stirring events such as wars and rescues"
- exciting strong but not unpleasant emotions; "a stirring speech"
- mix or add by stirring; "Stir nuts into the dough"
- move an implement through; "stir the soup"; "stir my drink"; "stir the soil"
- move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat"
- stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions"
- stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"
- summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wil
Suilline
- - Of or pertaining to a hog or the Hog family (Suidae).