Webster's Dictionary 1913

10828

Stylohyal

Sty′lo‐hy″al (?), n. [Stylo- + the Gr. letter �.] (Anat.) A segment in the hyoidean arch between the epihyal and tympanohyal.

10829

Stylohyoid

Sty′lo‐hy″oid (?), a.(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the styloid process and the hyoid bone.

10830

Styloid

Sty″loid (?), a. [Style + -oid: cf. F. styloïde, Gr. �.] 1. Styliform; as, the styloid process.2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the styloid process.Styloid process(Anat.), a long ...

10831

Stylomastoid

Sty′lo‐mas″toid (?), a.(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the styloid and mastoid processes of the temporal bone.

10832

Stylomaxillary

Sty′lo‐max″il‐la‐ry (?), a.(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the styloid process and the maxilla.

10833

Stylometer

Sty‐lom″e‐ter (?), n. [Gr. � column + -meter.] An instrument for measuring columns.

10834

Stylommata

‖Sty‐lom″ma‐ta (?), n. pl. Same as Stylommatophora.

10835

Stylommatophora

‖Sty‐lom′ma‐toph″o‐ra (?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) A division of Pulmonata in which the eyes are situated at the tips of the tentacles. It includes the common land snails and slugs. See I...

10836

Stylommatophorous

Sty‐lom′ma‐toph″o‐rous (?), a.(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to Stylommatophora.

10837

Stylopodium

‖Sty′lo‐po″di‐um (?), n.; pl.Stylopodia (#). [NL. See Style, and Podium.] (Bot.) An expansion at the base of the style, as in umbelliferous plants.

10838

Stylops

‖Sty″lops (?), n.(Zoöl.) A genus of minute insects parasitic, in their larval state, on bees and wasps. It is the typical genus of the group Strepsiptera, formerly considered a ...

10839

Stylus

‖Sty″lus (?), n. [L. stylus, or better stilus.] An instrument for writing. See Style, n., 1.

10840

Stylus (2)

‖Sty″lus, n. In a photograph, a pointed piece which is moved by the vibrations given to the diaphragm by a sound, and produces the indented record; also, a pointed piece which f...

10841

Stymie

{ Sty″mie (?), n. Also Sti″my }. (Golf) The position of two balls on the putting green such that, being more than six inches apart, one ball lies directly between the other and ...

10842

Stymie (2)

{ Sty″mie, v. t. Also Sti″my }. (Golf) To bring into the position of, or impede by, a stymie.

10843

Styphnate

Styph″nate (?), n.(Chem.) A salt of styphnic acid.

10844

Styphnic

Styph″nic (?), a. [Gr. (spurious) στύφειν to contract.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a yellow crystalline astringent acid, (NO2)3.C6H.(OH)2, obtained by the action of ...

10845

Styptic

Styp″tic (?), a. [L. stypticus, Gr. �, fr. � to contract.] Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding pa...

10846

Styptic (2)

Styp″tic, n.(Med.) A styptic medicine.

10847

Styptical

Styp″tic‐al (?), a. Styptic; astringent.

10848

Stypticity

Styp‐tic″i‐ty (?), n. [Cf. F. stypticité.] The quality or state of being styptic; astringency.

10849

Styracin

Styr″a‐cin (?), n. [See Styrax.] (Chem.) A white crystalline tasteless substance extracted from gum storax, and consisting of a salt of cinnamic acid with cinnamic alcohol.

10850

Styrax

Sty″rax (?), n. [L. styrax, storax, Gr. �. See Storax.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of shrubs and trees, mostly American or Asiatic, abounding in resinous and aromatic substances. Styrax ...

10851

Styrol

Sty″rol (?), n. [Styrax + L. oleum oil.] (Chem.) See Styrolene.

10852

Styrolene

Sty″ro‐lene (?), n.(Chem.) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C8H8, obtained by the distillation of storax, by the decomposition of cinnamic acid, and by the condensation of acetylene,...

10853

Styrone

Sty″rone (?), n.(Chem.) A white crystalline substance having a sweet taste and a hyacinthlike odor, obtained by the decomposition of styracin; — properly called cinnamic, or sty...

10854

Styryl

Sty″ryl (?), n. [Styrax + -yl.] (Chem.) A hypothetical radical found in certain derivatives of styrolene and cinnamic acid; — called also cinnyl, or cinnamyl.