6-letter words starting with st
- stater — statistic.
- states — the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes: a state of health.
- statia — St. Eustatius.
- static — pertaining to or characterized by a fixed or stationary condition.
- statim — in an immediate manner, right away
- statin — any of a class of drugs that reduce the levels of lipids in the blood by altering the enzyme activity in the liver that produces lipids: used in the prevention and treatment of heart disease.
- stato- — static; standing; fixed
- stator — Electricity, Machinery. a portion of a machine that remains fixed with respect to rotating parts, especially the collection of stationary parts in the magnetic circuits of a machine. Compare rotor (def 1).
- statto — a person who is preoccupied with the facts and figures of a particular subject, esp a sport
- statue — a three-dimensional work of art, as a representational or abstract form, carved in stone or wood, molded in a plastic material, cast in bronze, or the like.
- status — the position of an individual in relation to another or others, especially in regard to social or professional standing.
- staves — a composition of plaster and fibrous material used for a temporary finish and in ornamental work, as on exposition buildings.
- stayed — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
- stayer — a person or thing that stays
- std 13 — (networking, standard) One of the STDs defining the Domain Name System.
- std 15 — The STD defining Simple Network Management Protocol.
- stdwin — A windowing interface from CWI with windows, menus, modal dialogs, mouse and keyboard input, scroll bars, drawing primitives, etc that is portable between platforms. STDWIN is available for Macintosh and the X Window System.
- steady — firmly placed or fixed; stable in position or equilibrium: a steady ladder.
- steale — a handle
- steamy — consisting of or resembling steam.
- steele — Sir Richard, 1672–1729, English essayist, journalist, dramatist, and political leader; born in Ireland.
- steels — any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- steely — consisting or made of steel.
- steery — a commotion or disturbance
- steeve — to set (a spar) at an upward inclination.
- stelae — stele (defs 1–3).
- stelai — an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- stelar — an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- stella — Frank (Phillip) born 1936, U.S. painter.
- stemma — ocellus (def 1).
- stemmy — (of wine) having a bitter taste due to being fermented in contact with grape stems
- stench — an offensive smell or odor; stink.
- steno- — indicating narrowness or contraction
- steppe — an extensive plain, especially one without trees.
- stereo — stereoscopic photography.
- steric — of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- sterna — sternum
- sterne — Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- sterno — inflammable hydrocarbon jelly in a small can, used for cooking
- sterol — any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- steven — a male given name.
- stevia — a South American perennial shrub, Stevia rebaudiana, having small, white flowers and sweet-tasting leaves.
- stevin — Simon [see-mawn] /ˈsi mɔn/ (Show IPA), 1548–1620, Dutch mathematician and physicist.
- stewed — cooked by simmering or slow boiling, as food.
- stewer — a person who worries, ponders, or thinks about something a great deal
- stheno — one of the three Gorgons
- sticks — a thrust with a pointed instrument; stab.
- sticky — having the property of adhering, as glue; adhesive.
- stiffy — an erection of the penis
- stifle — to quell, crush, or end by force: to stifle a revolt; to stifle free expression.