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Stockinette StitchnounMWEknitting stitch having alternate rows of knit stitches and purl stitches, producing a fabric as for stockingsverified
Stoichiometrynoun(chemistry) the relation between the quantities of substances that take part in a reaction or form a compound (typically a ratio of whole integers)verified
Stokeholdnoun(nautical) chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of a ship are stoked or firedverified
Stokeholenoun(nautical) chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of a ship are stoked or firedverified
Stokes' AsternounMWEerect perennial of southeastern United States having large heads of usually blue flowersverified
Stolonnouna horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tipsverified
Stomanouna mouth or mouthlike opening (especially one created by surgery on the surface of the body to create an opening to an internal organ)verified
Stomach UpsetnounMWEa disorder of digestive function characterized by discomfort or heartburn or nauseaverified
Stomachernoungarment consisting of a V-shaped panel of stiff material worn over the chest and stomach in the 16th centuryverified
Stomatenouna minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can passverified
Stone BassnounMWEbrown fish of the Atlantic and Mediterranean found around rocks and shipwrecksverified
Stone CrabnounMWElarge edible crab of the southern coast of the United States (particularly Florida)verified
Stone CurlewnounMWElarge-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee jointverified
Stone Life FacenounMWEany plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stonesverified
Stone Mimicry PlantnounMWEhighly succulent stemless clump-forming plants with grey-green leaves similar in texture to lumps of graniteverified
Stone ParsleynounMWEa slender roadside herb of western Europe and Mediterranean areas that has foliage resembling parsley and has white flowers with aromatic seedsverified
Stone PlantnounMWEany plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stonesverified
Stonecropnounany of various northern temperate plants of the genus Sedum having fleshy leaves and red or yellow or white flowersverified
Stonefacenounany plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stonesverified
Stonerootnounerect perennial strong-scented with serrate pointed leaves and a loose panicle of yellowish flowersverified
Stonewallingnounstalling or delaying especially by refusing to answer questions or cooperateverified
Stonewortnounany of various submerged aquatic algae of the genus Chara having nodes with whorled filamentlike branchesverified
Stony CoralnounMWEcorals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islandsverified
Stool TestnounMWEa test performed at home in which you collect specimens of your stool that are tested for traces of bloodverified
Stoopernouna person at a racetrack who searches for winning parimutuel tickets that have been carelessly discarded by othersverified
Stop ConsonantnounMWEa consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing itverified
Stop OrdernounMWEan order to a broker to sell (buy) when the price of a security falls (rises) to a designated levelverified
Stop-Loss OrdernounMWEan order to a broker to sell (buy) when the price of a security falls (rises) to a designated levelverified
Stoplightnouna red light on the rear of a motor vehicle that signals when the brakes are applied to slow or stopverified
Stoppingnounthe kind of playing that involves pressing the fingers on the strings of a stringed instrument to control the pitchverified
Stopsnouna gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace, king, queen, and jack of separate suits taken from a separate deck; A player plays the lowest card of a suit in the hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that cardverified
Storage AllocationnounMWE(computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructionsverified