11-letter words starting with st
- sticky tape — adhesive strip
- stiffnecked — having a stiff neck; having torticollis.
- stiffnesses — rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex: a stiff collar.
- stigmatical — Also, stigmatical. pertaining to a stigma, mark, spot, or the like.
- stigmatisms — Optics. the property of a lens that is stigmatic.
- stigmatized — marked out or described (as something bad)
- stilbestrol — a nonsteroidal synthetic estrogen, C 18 H 20 O 2 , used in medicine chiefly in the treatment of menopausal symptoms and in animal feeds for chemical caponization: formerly used during pregnancy for the prevention of miscarriage but discontinued owing to its association with an increased risk of vaginal and cervical cancers in women having had fetal exposure. Abbreviation: DES.
- still alarm — a burglar alarm, fire alarm, or the like, that is activated silently and transmits a warning signal, usually by telephone.
- still frame — continuous display of a single frame of a film or of a single picture from a television signal
- still lifes — paintings or drawings of inanimate objects
- still water — a part of a stream that is level or where the level of inclination is so slight that no current is visible.
- stimulating — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stimulative — serving to stimulate.
- stink stone — any of various limestones that emit an unpleasant odor when scratched or struck.
- stintedness — the state of being stinted
- stipendiary — receiving a stipend; performing services for regular pay.
- stipendiate — to pay or support with a stipend
- stipitiform — having the form of a stipe.
- stipulating — to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).
- stipulation — a condition, demand, or promise in an agreement or contract.
- stipuliform — shaped like a stipule.
- stirrup cup — farewell drink, especially one offered to a rider already mounted for departure.
- stirrup jar — pseudamphora.
- stitchcraft — needlework or embroidery
- stobie pole — a steel and concrete pole for supporting electricity wires
- stock clerk — a worker in a stockroom who is in charge of the materials and goods stored there.
- stock guard — a barrier for keeping cattle and other animals off the tracks or right of way.
- stock horse — a horse or pony used in herding cattle.
- stock level — the quantity or number of goods or raw materials kept on the premises of a shop or business
- stock order — A stock order is a request, often created automatically by retail software, for new supplies to refill the inventory and replenish shelves.
- stock power — a power of attorney permitting a person other than the owner of stock in a corporation to transfer the title of ownership to a third party.
- stock split — the act or result of splitting stock
- stock-route — a public trail having right of way across private properties and over which cattle and sheep may be herded to grazing grounds or to market.
- stock-still — completely still; motionless.
- stockbroker — a broker, especially one employed by a member firm of a stock exchange, who buys and sells stocks and other securities for customers.
- stockhausen — Karlheinz [kahrl-hahynts] /ˈkɑrlˌhaɪnts/ (Show IPA), 1928–2007, German composer.
- stockholder — Also called stockowner. a holder or owner of stock in a corporation.
- stockinette — Also, stockinet. a stretchy, machine-knitted fabric used for making undergarments, infants' wear, etc.
- stockjobber — a stock salesperson, especially one who sells or promotes worthless securities.
- stockkeeper — a person responsible for inventorying and monitoring stock levels
- stockpiling — the activity of acquiring and storing a large quantity of something
- stocktaking — the examination or counting over of materials or goods on hand, as in a stockroom or store.
- stoke poges — a village in S Buckinghamshire, in S England, W of London: the churchyard here is believed to be the setting of Gray's Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.
- stokes' law — the law that the force that retards a sphere moving through a viscous fluid is directly proportional to the velocity of the sphere, the radius of the sphere, and the viscosity of the fluid.
- stomachache — pain in the stomach or abdomen; colic.
- stomachless — lacking or not having a stomach
- stomatology — the science dealing with the mouth and its diseases.
- stomatotomy — incision of the cervix to facilitate labor.
- stone broke — having no money whatsoever.