STIFFNESS
STIFFNESS, noun1. Rigidness; want of pliableness or flexibility; the firm texture or state of a substance which renders it difficult to bend it; as the stiffness or iron or wood...
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STIFLE
STIFLE, verb transitive [Latin, stiff and stop. Gr.]1. To suffocate; to stop the breath or action of the lungs by crowding something into the windpipe, or by infusing a substanc...
STIGMA
STIGMA, noun [Latin, Gr., to prick or stick.]1. A brand; a mark made with a burning iron.2. Any mark of infamy; any reproachful conduct which stains the purity or darkens the lu...
STIGMATA
STIGMATA, nounplural The apertures in the bodies of insects, communicating with the trachea or air-vessels.
STIGMATIC
STIGMATIC, STIGMATICAL, a.1. Marked with a stigma, or with something reproachful to character.2. Impressing with infamy or reproach.
STIGMATICAL
STIGMATIC, STIGMATICAL adjective1. Marked with a stigma, or with something reproachful to character.2. Impressing with infamy or reproach.STIGMATIC, noun1. A notorious profligat...
STIGMATICALLY
STIGMATICALLY, adverb With a mark of infamy or deformity.
STIGMATIZE
STIGMATIZE, verb transitive1. To mark with a brand; in a literal sense; as, the ancients stigmatized their slaves and soldiers.2. To set a mark of disgrace on; to disgrace with ...
STIGMATIZED
STIGMATIZED, participle passive Marked with disgrace.
STIGMATIZING
STIGMATIZING, participle present tense Branding with infamy.
STILAR
STILAR, adjective [from stile.] Pertaining to the stile of a dial.Draw a line for the stiler line.
STILBITE
STILBITE, noun [Gr., to shine.] A mineral of a shining pearly luster, of a white color, or white shaded with gray, yellow or red. It has been associated with zeolite, and called...
STILE
STILE, noun [This is another spelling of style. See Style and Still.] A pin set on the face of a dial to form a shadow.Erect the stile perpendicularly over the substilar line, s...
STILETTO
STILETTO, noun [See Style.] A small dagger with a round pointed blade.
STILL
STILL, verb transitive [G., to put, set, place, Gr., to send, and with style, stool, stall.]1. To stop, as motion or agitation; to check or restrain; to make quiet; as, to still...
STILL-BORN
STILL-BORN, adjective [still and born.]1. Dead at the birth; as a still-born child.2. Abortive; as a still-born poem.
STILL-BURN
STILL-BURN, verb transitive [still and burn.] To burn in the process of distillation; as, to still-burn brandy.
STILL-LIFE
STILL-LIFE, noun [still and life.]1. Things that have only vegetable life.2. Dead animals, or paintings representing the dead.
STILL-STAND
STILL-STAND, noun Absence of motion. [Little used.]
STILLATITIOUS
STILLATITIOUS, adjective [Latin] Falling in drops; drawn by a still.
STILLATORY
STILLATORY, noun1. An alembic; a vessel for distillation. [Little used or not at all.]2. A laboratory; a place or room in which distillation is performed. [Little used.]
STILLED
STILLED, participle passive [See Still, the verb.] Calmed; appeased; quieted; silenced.
STILLER
STILLER, noun One who stills or quiets.
STILLICIDE
STILLICIDE, noun [Latin, a drop, to fall.] A continual falling or succession of drops. [Not much used.]
STILLICIDIOUS
STILLICIDIOUS, adjective Falling in drops.
STILLING
STILLING, participle present tense Calming; silencing; quieting.STILLING, noun1. The act of calming, silencing or quieting.2. A stand for casks. [Not used in America.]
STILLNESS
STILLNESS, noun1. Freedom from noise or motion; calmness; quiet; silence; as the stillness of the night, the air or the sea.2. Freedom from agitation or excitement; as the still...