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Stetting
- verb - printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion
- printing: direct that a matter marked for omission or correction is to be retained (used in the imperative)
Stewpans
- noun - a saucepan used for stewing
Sticking
- verb - 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; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"
- cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface; "stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it"
- endure; "The label stuck to her for the rest of her life"
- extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary; "the jutting limb of a tree"; "massive projected buttresses"; "his protruding ribs"; "a pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck"
- fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something;
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"