Stockwork (n.) A metalliferous deposit characterized by the impregnation of the mass of rock with many small veins or nests irregularly grouped. This kind of deposit is especially common with tin ore. Such deposits are worked in floors or stories.
Stocky (a.) Short and thick; thick rather than tall or corpulent.
Stocky (a.) Headstrong.
Stodgy (a.) Wet.
Stoechiology (n.) Alt. of Stoechiometry
Stoechiometry (n.) See Stoichiology, Stoichiometry, etc.
Stoic (n.) A disciple of the philosopher Zeno; one of a Greek sect which held that men should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and should submit without complaint to unavoidable necessity, by which all things are governed.
Stoic (n.) Hence, a person not easily excited; an apathetic person; one who is apparently or professedly indifferent to pleasure or pain.
Stoic (n.) Alt. of Stoical
Stoical (n.) Of or pertaining to the Stoics; resembling the Stoics or their doctrines.
Stoical (n.) Not affected by passion; manifesting indifference to pleasure or pain.
Stoichiological (a.) Of or pertaining to stoichiology.
Stoichiology (n.) That part of the science of physiology which treats of the elements, or principles, composing animal tissues.
Stoichiology (n.) The doctrine of the elementary requisites of mere thought.
Stoichiology (n.) The statement or discussion of the first principles of any science or art.
Stoichiometric (a.) Alt. of Stoichiometrical
Stoichiometrical (a.) Of or pertaining to stoichiometry; employed in, or obtained by, stoichiometry.
Stoichiometry (n.) The art or process of calculating the atomic proportions, combining weights, and other numerical relations of chemical elements and their compounds.
Stoicism (n.) The opinions and maxims of the Stoics.
Stoicism (n.) A real or pretended indifference to pleasure or pain; insensibility; impassiveness.
Stoicity (n.) Stoicism.
Stoke (v. t.) To stick; to thrust; to stab.
Stoke (v. t.) To poke or stir up, as a fire; hence, to tend, as the fire of a furnace, boiler, etc.
Stoke (v. i.) To poke or stir up a fire; hence, to tend the fires of furnaces, steamers, etc.
Stokehole (n.) The mouth to the grate of a furnace; also, the space in front of the furnace, where the stokers stand.
Stoker (v. t.) One who is employed to tend a furnace and supply it with fuel, especially the furnace of a locomotive or of a marine steam boiler; also, a machine for feeding fuel to a fire.
Stoker (v. t.) A fire poker.
Stokey (a.) Close; sultry.
Stolae (pl. ) of Stola
Stola (n.) A long garment, descending to the ankles, worn by Roman women.
Stole () imp. of Steal.
Stole (n.) A stolon.
Stole (n.) A long, loose garment reaching to the feet.
Stole (n.) A narrow band of silk or stuff, sometimes enriched with embroidery and jewels, worn on the left shoulder of deacons, and across both shoulders of bishops and priests, pendent on each side nearly to the ground. At Mass, it is worn crossed on the breast by priests. It is used in various sacred functions.
Stoled (a.) Having or wearing a stole.
Stolen () p. p. of Steal.
Stolid (a.) Hopelessly insensible or stupid; not easily aroused or excited; dull; impassive; foolish.
Stolidity (n.) The state or quality of being stolid; dullness of intellect; obtuseness; stupidity.
Stolidness (n.) Same as Stolidity.
Stolon (n.) A trailing branch which is disposed to take root at the end or at the joints; a stole.
Stolon (n.) An extension of the integument of the body, or of the body wall, from which buds are developed, giving rise to new zooids, and thus forming a compound animal in which the zooids usually remain united by the stolons. Such stolons are often present in Anthozoa, Hydroidea, Bryozoa, and social ascidians. See Illust. under Scyphistoma.
Stoloniferous (a.) Producing stolons; putting forth suckers.
Stomata (pl. ) of Stoma
Stoma (n.) One of the minute apertures between the cells in many serous membranes.
Stoma (n.) The minute breathing pores of leaves or other organs opening into the intercellular spaces, and usually bordered by two contractile cells.
Stoma (n.) The line of dehiscence of the sporangium of a fern. It is usually marked by two transversely elongated cells. See Illust. of Sporangium.
Stoma (n.) A stigma. See Stigma, n., 6 (a) & (b).
Stomach (n.) An enlargement, or series of enlargements, in the anterior part of the alimentary canal, in which food is digested; any cavity in which digestion takes place in an animal; a digestive cavity. See Digestion, and Gastric juice, under Gastric.
Stomach (n.) The desire for food caused by hunger; appetite; as, a good stomach for roast beef.
Stomach (n.) Hence appetite in general; inclination; desire.
Stomach (n.) Violence of temper; anger; sullenness; resentment; willful obstinacy; stubbornness.
Stomach (n.) Pride; haughtiness; arrogance.
Stomached (imp. & p. p.) of Stomach
Stomaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stomach
Stomach (v. t.) To resent; to remember with anger; to dislike.
Stomach (v. t.) To bear without repugnance; to brook.
Stomach (v. i.) To be angry.
Stomachal (a.) Of or pertaining to the stomach; gastric.
Stomachal (a.) Helping the stomach; stomachic; cordial.
Stomachal (n.) A stomachic.
Stomacher (n.) One who stomachs.
Stomacher (n.) An ornamental covering for the breast, worn originally both by men and women. Those worn by women were often richly decorated.
Stomachful (a.) Willfully obstinate; stubborn; perverse.
Stomachic (a.) Alt. of Stomachical
Stomachical (a.) Of or pertaining to the stomach; as, stomachic vessels.
Stomachical (a.) Strengthening to the stomach; exciting the action of the stomach; stomachal; cordial.
Stomachic (n.) A medicine that strengthens the stomach and excites its action.
Stomaching (n.) Resentment.
Stomachless (a.) Being without a stomach.
Stomachless (a.) Having no appetite.
Stomachous (a.) Stout; sullen; obstinate.
Stomachy (a.) Obstinate; sullen; haughty.
Stomapod (n.) One of the Stomapoda.
Stomapoda (n. pl.) An order of Crustacea including the squillas. The maxillipeds are leglike in form, and the large claws are comblike. They have a large and elongated abdomen, which contains a part of the stomach and heart; the abdominal appendages are large, and bear the gills. Called also Gastrula, Stomatopoda, and Squilloidea.
Stomate (n.) A stoma.
Stomatic (a.) Of or pertaining to a stoma; of the nature of a stoma.
Stomatic (n.) A medicine for diseases of the mouth.
Stomatiferous (a.) Having or producing stomata.
Stomatitis (n.) Inflammation of the mouth.
Stomatoda (n. pl.) A division of Protozoa in which a mouthlike opening exists.
Stomatodaeum (n.) Same as Stomodaeum.
Stomatode (a.) Having a mouth; -- applied to certain Protozoa.
Stomatode (n.) One of the Stomatoda.
Stomatogastric (a.) Of or pertaining to the mouth and the stomach; as, the stomatogastric ganglion of certain Mollusca.
Stomatoplastic (a.) Of or pertaining to the operation of forming a mouth where the aperture has been contracted, or in any way deformed.
Stomatopod (n.) One of the Stomatopoda.
Stomatopoda (n. pl.) Same as Stomapoda.
Stomatopodous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Stomatopoda.
Stomatoscope (n.) An apparatus for examining the interior of the mouth.
Stomatous (a.) Having a stoma.
Stomodaeum (n.) A part of the alimentary canal. See under Mesenteron.
Stomodaeum (n.) The primitive mouth and esophagus of the embryo of annelids and arthropods.
Stomp (v. i.) To stamp with the foot.
Stond (n.) Stop; halt; hindrance.
Stond (n.) A stand; a post; a station.
Stond (v. i.) To stand.
Stone (n.) Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones.
Stone (n.) A precious stone; a gem.
Stone (n.) Something made of stone. Specifically: -
Stone (n.) The glass of a mirror; a mirror.