12-letter words starting with sta
- 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.