12-letter words starting with st
- star cluster — a number of stars of common origin held together as a group by gravitational attraction. Compare globular cluster, open cluster, stellar association.
- star jasmine — a shrubby, evergreen vine, Trachelospermum jasminoides, of the dogbane family, native to China, having small clusters of fragrant, white flowers, often cultivated as an ornamental.
- star network — a circuit with three or more branches all of which have one common terminal.
- star thistle — any of several naturalized Eurasian plants of the genus Centaurea, especially C. calcitrapa, having purplish, spiny flower heads.
- star-crossed — thwarted or opposed by the stars; ill-fated: star-crossed lovers.
- star-studded — lighted by or full of stars; bright: a star-studded night.
- stara zagora — a city in central Bulgaria.
- starch syrup — glucose (def 2).
- starch-syrup — a sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , having several optically different forms, the common dextrorotatory form (dextroglucose, or -glucose) occurring in many fruits, animal tissues and fluids, etc., and having a sweetness about one half that of ordinary sugar, and the rare levorotatory form (levoglucose, or -glucose) not naturally occurring.
- starchedness — the condition or quality of being starched
- stark effect — Physics. (often lowercase) the splitting into two or more components of the spectral lines of atoms in an electric field.
- starry night — a painting (1889) by Vincent van Gogh.
- start a hare — to initiate a topic of conversation
- starter flat — a compact flat marketed by price and size specifications to suit the requirements of first-time home buyers
- starter home — A starter home is a small, new house or flat which is cheap enough for people who are buying their first home to afford.
- starter pack — a pack containing basic equipment or information
- state church — established church.
- state flower — a flower chosen as an official symbol of a U.S. state.
- state of war — a condition marked by armed conflict between or among states, existing whether or not war has been declared formally by any of the belligerents.
- state police — a police force under state authority rather than under the authority of a city or county in the state.
- state prison — a prison maintained by a state for the confinement of felons.
- state school — A state school is a school that is controlled and funded by the government or a local authority, and which children can attend without having to pay.
- state secret — an official secret
- stated clerk — an administrative official in the Presbyterian Church and certain other Protestant churches
- stately home — a country mansion, usually of architectural interest and often open to the public.
- statesperson — a statesman or stateswoman, a respected senior politician
- static cling — the adhering of clothing to other clothing or a person's body, caused by an accumulation of static electricity in the materials, especially those containing synthetic fibers.
- static water — water collected and stored in reservoirs, tanks, etc., as for urban use.
- station days — days on which ceremonies are held in station churches
- stationeries — writing paper.
- statistician — an expert in or compiler of statistics.
- status group — a social stratum sharing the same lifestyle or occupation and having the same level of prestige.
- statute book — a book containing the laws enacted by the legislature of a state or nation.
- statute mile — mile (def 1).
- stauffenberg — Claus (klaʊs), Graf von. 1907–44, German army officer, who tried to assassinate Hitler (1944). He and his fellow conspirators were executed
- stauropegion — (in an autocephalous church) a monastery subject directly to the primate.
- stay-at-home — not inclined to travel or seek diversions or pastimes outside one's residence, area, or country.
- ste.-therese — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- steady state — physics: condition which does not change over time
- steady-going — steadfast; faithful; unchanging: steady-going service to the cause of justice.
- stealthfully — secret, clandestine, or surreptitious procedure.
- stealthiness — done, characterized, or acting by stealth; furtive: stealthy footsteps.
- steam boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.
- steam engine — an engine worked by steam, typically one in which a sliding piston in a cylinder is moved by the expansive action of the steam generated in a boiler.
- steam fitter — a person who installs and repairs steampipes and their accessories.
- steam hammer — a hammer for forging, operated by steam.
- steam jacket — a casing, as on the cylinder of a steam engine, filled with live steam to keep the interior hot.
- steam shovel — a machine for digging or excavating, operated by its own engine and boiler.
- steam-boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.
- steam-driven — powered by steam