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Stain
- noun - (microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible
- a soiled or discolored appearance; "the wine left a dark stain"
- a symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"--Genesis
- an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook"
- 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 state of being covered with unclean things
Stair
- noun - support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway; "he paused on the bottom step"
Steik
- - To pierce with a sharp instrument; hence, to stitch; to sew; also, to fix; to fasten.
Stein
- noun - a mug intended for serving beer
- experimental expatriate United States writer (1874-1946)
Stoic
- adjective - a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno; "a Stoic achieves happiness by submission to destiny"
- pertaining to Stoicism or its followers
- seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive; "stoic courage"; "stoic patience"; "a stoical sufferer"
- someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions
Stria
- noun - a stripe or stripes of contrasting color; "chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands"; "the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps"
- any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by a glacier on rocks or the streaks or ridges in muscle tissue
Strid
- - A narrow passage between precipitous rocks or banks, which looks as if it might be crossed at a stride.
STRIM
- unknown - To cut grass or weeds with a strimmer.
Strip
- noun - a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music; "she did a strip right in front of everyone"
- a relatively long narrow piece of something; "he felt a flat strip of muscle"
- a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book
- an airfield without normal airport facilities
- artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
- draw the last milk (of cows)
- get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living"
- lay bare; "denude a forest"
- remove (someone's or one's own) clothes; "The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim"; "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes"; "He disinvested himself of his garments"
- remove a constituent from a liquid
- remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely; "The boys cleaned the sandwich platters"; "The trees were cleaned of appl
Strix
- noun - owls lacking ear tufts