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Stagirus
- noun - an ancient town of Greece where Aristotle was born
Stagnant
- adjective - not circulating or flowing; "dead air"; "dead water"; "stagnant water"
- not growing or changing; without force or vitality
Stagnate
- verb - be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"
- cause to stagnate; "There are marshes that stagnate the waters"
- cease to flow; stand without moving; "Stagnating waters"; "blood stagnates in the capillaries"
- stand still; "Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy"
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