State (n.) In the United States, one of the commonwealth, or bodies politic, the people of which make up the body of the nation, and which, under the national constitution, stands in certain specified relations with the national government, and are invested, as commonwealth, with full power in their several spheres over all matters not expressly inhibited.
State (n.) Highest and stationary condition, as that of maturity between growth and decline, or as that of crisis between the increase and the abating of a disease; height; acme.
State (a.) Stately.
State (a.) Belonging to the state, or body politic; public.
Stated (imp. & p. p.) of State
Stating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of State
State (v. t.) To set; to settle; to establish.
State (v. t.) To express the particulars of; to set down in detail or in gross; to represent fully in words; to narrate; to recite; as, to state the facts of a case, one's opinion, etc.
State (n.) A statement; also, a document containing a statement.
Statecraft (n.) The art of conducting state affairs; state management; statesmanship.
Stated (a.) Settled; established; fixed.
Stated (a.) Recurring at regular time; not occasional; as, stated preaching; stated business hours.
Statedly (adv.) At stated times; regularly.
Stateful (a.) Full of state; stately.
Statehood (n.) The condition of being a State; as, a territory seeking Statehood.
Statehouse (n.) The building in which a State legislature holds its sessions; a State capitol.
Stateless (a.) Without state or pomp.
Statelily (adv.) In a stately manner.
Stateliness (n.) The quality or state of being stately.
Stately (superl.) Evincing state or dignity; lofty; majestic; grand; as, statelymanners; a stately gait.
Stately (adv.) Majestically; loftily.
Statement (n.) The act of stating, reciting, or presenting, orally or in paper; as, to interrupt a speaker in the statement of his case.
Statement (n.) That which is stated; a formal embodiment in language of facts or opinions; a narrative; a recital.
Statemonger (n.) One versed in politics, or one who dabbles in state affairs.
Stateprison () See under State, n.
Stater (n.) One who states.
Stater (n.) The principal gold coin of ancient Grece. It varied much in value, the stater best known at Athens being worth about £1 2s., or about $5.35. The Attic silver tetradrachm was in later times called stater.
Stateroom (n.) A magnificent room in a place or great house.
Stateroom (n.) A small apartment for lodging or sleeping in the cabin, or on the deck, of a vessel; also, a somewhat similar apartment in a railway sleeping car.
States-general (n.) In France, before the Revolution, the assembly of the three orders of the kingdom, namely, the clergy, the nobility, and the third estate, or commonalty.
States-general (n.) In the Netherlands, the legislative body, composed of two chambers.
Statesmen (pl. ) of Statesman
Statesman (n.) A man versed in public affairs and in the principles and art of government; especially, one eminent for political abilities.
Statesman (n.) One occupied with the affairs of government, and influental in shaping its policy.
Statesman (n.) A small landholder.
Statesmanlike (a.) Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman.
Statesmanly (a.) Becoming a statesman.
Statesmanship (n.) The qualifications, duties, or employments of a statesman.
Stateswomen (pl. ) of Stateswoman
Stateswoman (n.) A woman concerned in public affairs.
Stathmograph (n.) A contrivance for recording the speed of a railway train.
Static (a.) Alt. of Statical
Statical (a.) Resting; acting by mere weight without motion; as, statical pressure; static objects.
Statical (a.) Pertaining to bodies at rest or in equilibrium.
Statically (adv.) In a statical manner.
Statics (n.) That branch of mechanics which treats of the equilibrium of forces, or relates to bodies as held at rest by the forces acting on them; -- distinguished from dynamics.
Stating (n.) The act of one who states anything; statement; as, the statingof one's opinions.
Station (n.) The act of standing; also, attitude or pose in standing; posture.
Station (n.) A state of standing or rest; equilibrium.
Station (n.) The spot or place where anything stands, especially where a person or thing habitually stands, or is appointed to remain for a time; as, the station of a sentinel.
Station (n.) A regular stopping place in a stage road or route; a place where railroad trains regularly come to a stand, for the convenience of passengers, taking in fuel, moving freight, etc.
Station (n.) The headquarters of the police force of any precinct.
Station (n.) The place at which an instrument is planted, or observations are made, as in surveying.
Station (n.) The particular place, or kind of situation, in which a species naturally occurs; a habitat.
Station (n.) A place to which ships may resort, and where they may anchor safely.
Station (n.) A place or region to which a government ship or fleet is assigned for duty.
Station (n.) A place calculated for the rendezvous of troops, or for the distribution of them; also, a spot well adapted for offensive measures. Wilhelm (Mil. Dict.).
Station (n.) An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accomodation of a pump, tank, etc.
Station (n.) Post assigned; office; the part or department of public duty which a person is appointed to perform; sphere of duty or occupation; employment.
Station (n.) Situation; position; location.
Station (n.) State; rank; condition of life; social status.
Station (n.) The fast of the fourth and sixth days of the week, Wednesday and Friday, in memory of the council which condemned Christ, and of his passion.
Station (n.) A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers.
Station (n.) One of the places at which ecclesiastical processions pause for the performance of an act of devotion; formerly, the tomb of a martyr, or some similarly consecrated spot; now, especially, one of those representations of the successive stages of our Lord's passion which are often placed round the naves of large churches and by the side of the way leading to sacred edifices or shrines, and which are visited in rotation, stated services being performed at each; -- called also Station of the cross.
Stationed (imp. & p. p.) of Station
Stationing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Station
Station (v. t.) To place; to set; to appoint or assign to the occupation of a post, place, or office; as, to station troops on the right of an army; to station a sentinel on a rampart; to station ships on the coasts of Africa.
Stational (a.) Of or pertaining to a station.
Stationariness (n.) The quality or state of being stationary; fixity.
Stationary (a.) Not moving; not appearing to move; stable; fixed.
Stationary (a.) Not improving or getting worse; not growing wiser, greater, better, more excellent, or the contrary.
Stationary (a.) Appearing to be at rest, because moving in the line of vision; not progressive or retrograde, as a planet.
-ries (pl. ) of Stationary
Stationary (n.) One who, or that which, is stationary, as a planet when apparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion.
Stationer (a.) A bookseller or publisher; -- formerly so called from his occupying a stand, or station, in the market place or elsewhere.
Stationer (a.) One who sells paper, pens, quills, inkstands, pencils, blank books, and other articles used in writing.
Stationery (n.) The articles usually sold by stationers, as paper, pens, ink, quills, blank books, etc.
Stationery (a.) Belonging to, or sold by, a stationer.
Statism (n.) The art of governing a state; statecraft; policy.
Statist (n.) A statesman; a politician; one skilled in government.
Statist (n.) A statistician.
Statistic (a.) Alt. of Statistical
Statistical (a.) Of or pertaining to statistics; as, statistical knowledge, statistical tabulation.
Statistically (adv.) In the way of statistics.
Statistician (n.) One versed in statistics; one who collects and classifies facts for statistics.
Statistics (n.) The science which has to do with the collection and classification of certain facts respecting the condition of the people in a state.
Statistics (n.) Classified facts respecting the condition of the people in a state, their health, their longevity, domestic economy, arts, property, and political strength, their resources, the state of the country, etc., or respecting any particular class or interest; especially, those facts which can be stated in numbers, or in tables of numbers, or in any tabular and classified arrangement.
Statistics (n.) The branch of mathematics which studies methods for the calculation of probabilities.
Statistology (n.) See Statistics, 2.
Stative (a.) Of or pertaining to a fixed camp, or military posts or quarters.
Statoblast (n.) One of a peculiar kind of internal buds, or germs, produced in the interior of certain Bryozoa and sponges, especially in the fresh-water species; -- also called winter buds.
Statocracy (n.) Government by the state, or by political power, in distinction from government by ecclesiastical power.
Statua (n.) A statue.
Statuaries (pl. ) of Statuary
Statuary (n.) One who practices the art of making statues.
Statuary (n.) The art of carving statues or images as representatives of real persons or things; a branch of sculpture.
Statuary (n.) A collection of statues; statues, collectively.
Statue (n.) The likeness of a living being sculptured or modeled in some solid substance, as marble, bronze, or wax; an image; as, a statue of Hercules, or of a lion.
Statue (n.) A portrait.
Statued (imp. & p. p.) of Statue