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Stillroomnouna pantry or storeroom connected with the kitchen (especially in a large house) for preparing tea and beverages and for storing liquors and preserves and tea etcverified
Stiltnouna column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structureverified
Stilt PlovernounMWElong-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoonsverified
Stiltbirdnounlong-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoonsverified
Stimulus GeneralisationnounMWE(psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulusverified
Stimulus GeneralizationnounMWE(psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulusverified
Sting OperationnounMWEa complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals)verified
Stingaree-Bushnounspiny evergreen xerophytic shrub having showy rose and purple flowers and forming dense thicketsverified
Stingernouna sharp organ of offense or defense (as of a wasp or stingray or scorpion) often connected with a poison glandverified
Stinging HairnounMWEa multicellular hair in plants like the stinging nettle that expels an irritating fluidverified
Stinging NettlenounMWEperennial Eurasian nettle established in North America having broad coarsely toothed leaves with copious stinging hairsverified
Stingraynounlarge venomous ray with large barbed spines near the base of a thin whiplike tail capable of inflicting severe woundsverified
Stinkbirdnouncrested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wingsverified
Stinking Bean TrefoilnounMWEshrub with trifoliate leaves and yellow flowers followed by backward curving seed podsverified
Stinking ChamomilenounMWEwidespread rank-smelling weed having white-rayed flower heads with yellow discsverified
Stinking ClovernounMWEplant of western North America having trifoliate leaves and white or pink spider-shaped flowersverified
Stinking HelleborenounMWEdigitate-leaved hellebore with an offensive odor and irritant qualities when taken internallyverified
Stinking HorehoundnounMWEill-smelling European herb with rugose leaves and whorls of dark purple flowersverified
Stinking MayweednounMWEwidespread rank-smelling weed having white-rayed flower heads with yellow discsverified
Stinking NightshadenounMWEpoisonous fetid Old World herb having sticky hairy leaves and yellow-brown flowersverified
Stinking SmutnounMWEdisease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut sporesverified
Stinking WeednounMWEvery leafy malodorous tropical weedy shrub whose seeds have been used as an adulterant for coffeeverified
Stipenounsupporting stalk or stem-like structure especially of a pistil or fern frond or supporting a mushroom capverified
Stipendiary MagistratenounMWE(United Kingdom) a paid magistrate (appointed by the Home Secretary) dealing with police casesverified
stipulationnoun(law) an agreement or concession made by parties in a judicial proceeding (or by their attorneys) relating to the business before the court; must be in writing unless they are part of the court record.Artifact
Stipulative DefinitionnounMWEa definition that is stipulated by someone and that is not a standard usageverified
StochasticnounThe adjective “stochastic” implies the presence of a random variable; e.g. stochastic variation is variation in which at least one of the elements is a variate and a stochastic process is one wherein the system incorporates an element of randomness as opposed to a deterministic system.verified
Stochastic ProcessnounMWEa statistical process involving a number of random variables depending on a variable parameter (which is usually time)verified
Stock CertificatenounMWEa certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporationverified
Stock ExchangenounMWEan exchange where security trading is conducted by professional stockbrokersverified
Stock IndexnounMWEindex based on a statistical compilation of the share prices of a number of representative stocksverified
Stock IssuenounMWE(corporation law) the authorization and delivery of shares of stock for sale to the public or the shares thus offered at a particular timeverified
Stock MarketnounMWEan exchange where security trading is conducted by professional stockbrokersverified
Stock Market IndexnounMWEindex based on a statistical compilation of the share prices of a number of representative stocksverified
Stock OptionnounMWEa benefit given by a company to an employee in the form of an option to buy stock in the company at a discount or at a fixed priceverified
Stock PowernounMWEa power of attorney document to transfer ownership of a registered security from the owner to another partyverified
Stock Purchase PlannounMWEan organized plan for employees of a company to buy shares of its stockverified
Stock SplitnounMWEan increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equityverified
Stock SymbolnounMWEthe letters used to identify listed companies on the securities exchanges where they are tradedverified
Stock TickernounMWEa character printer that automatically prints stock quotations on ticker tapeverified
Stock WarrantnounMWEa type of security issued by a corporation (usually together with a bond or preferred stock) that gives the holder the right to purchase a certain amount of common stock at a stated priceverified
Stock-Purchase WarrantnounMWEa type of security issued by a corporation (usually together with a bond or preferred stock) that gives the holder the right to purchase a certain amount of common stock at a stated priceverified