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Steel TrapnounMWEa trap made of steel with a strong spring and sharp toothlike projections to hold the preyverified
Steel-Wool PadnounMWEabrader consisting of a pad of steel wool used for polishing or smoothingverified
Steeplenouna tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the topverified
Steeplechasenouna footrace of usually 3000 meters over a closed track with hurdles and a water jumpverified
Steering CommitteenounMWEa committee to arrange the order of business for some larger (legislative) bodyverified
Steering GearnounMWEa gear that couples the steering wheel to the steering linkage of a motor vehicleverified
Steering LinkagenounMWEmechanism consisting of a system of rods and levers connected to the front wheels of a motor vehicleverified
Steering MechanismnounMWEa mechanism by which something is steered, especially a motor vehicleverified
Steering SystemnounMWEa mechanism by which something is steered (especially a motor vehicle)verified
SteganalysisnounSteganalysis is the process of detecting and defeating the use of steganography.Capability
SteganographynounThe art and science of communicating in a way that hides the existence of the communication. For example, a child pornography image can be hidden inside another graphic image file, audio file, or other file format.Threat
Stegosaurnounherbivorous ornithischian dinosaur with a row of bony plates along its back and a spiked tail probably used as a weaponverified
Stegosaurusnounherbivorous ornithischian dinosaur with a row of bony plates along its back and a spiked tail probably used as a weaponverified
Stelisnounany of various small tropical American orchids of the genus Stelis having long slender racemes of numerous small to minute flowersverified
Stem CellnounMWEan undifferentiated cell whose daughter cells may differentiate into other cell types (such as blood cells)verified
Stemless Carline ThistlenounMWEstemless perennial having large flowers with white or purple-brown florets nestled in a rosette of long spiny leaves hairy beneathverified
Stemless DaisynounMWEdwarf tufted nearly stemless herb having a rosette of woolly leaves and large white-rayed flower heads and bristly achenesverified
Stemless Golden WeednounMWEdark green erect herb of northwestern United States and southwestern Canada having stiff leaves in dense tufts and yellow flower headsverified
Stemless HymenoxysnounMWEperennial having tufted basal leaves and short leafless stalks each bearing a solitary yellow flower headverified
Stemmanouna tree diagram showing a reconstruction of the transmission of manuscripts of a literary workverified
Stemmaticsnounthe humanistic discipline that attempts to reconstruct the transmission of a text (especially a text in manuscript form) on the basis of relations between the various surviving manuscripts (sometimes using cladistic analysis)verified
Stemmatologynounthe humanistic discipline that attempts to reconstruct the transmission of a text (especially a text in manuscript form) on the basis of relations between the various surviving manuscripts (sometimes using cladistic analysis)verified
Stemmernounan algorithm for removing inflectional and derivational endings in order to reduce word forms to a common stemverified
Stemming AlgorithmnounMWEan algorithm for removing inflectional and derivational endings in order to reduce word forms to a common stemverified
Stentnouna slender tube inserted inside a tubular body part (as a blood vessel) to provide support during and after surgical anastomosisverified
Stentornounany of several trumpet-shaped ciliate protozoans that are members of the genus Stentorverified
stepnounA measure or action, especially one of a series taken in order to deal with or achieve a particular thing.Process
Step RocketnounMWEa rocket having two or more rocket engines (each with its own fuel) that are fired in succession and jettisoned when the fuel is exhaustedverified
Stephanotisnounany of various evergreen climbing shrubs of the genus Stephanotis having fragrant waxy flowersverified
Stepheadnouna headline with the top line flush left and succeeding lines indented to the rightverified
Stepped LinenounMWEa headline with the top line flush left and succeeding lines indented to the rightverified
Steppernouna motor (especially an electric motor) that moves or rotates in small discrete stepsverified
Stepping MotornounMWEa motor (especially an electric motor) that moves or rotates in small discrete stepsverified