Stell (v. t.) To place or fix firmly or permanently.
Stell (v. t.) A prop; a support, as for the feet in standing or cilmbing.
Stell (v. t.) A partial inclosure made by a wall or trees, to serve as a shelter for sheep or cattle.
Stellar (a.) Alt. of Stellary
Stellary (a.) Of or pertaining to stars; astral; as, a stellar figure; stellary orbs.
Stellary (a.) Full of stars; starry; as, stellar regions.
Stellate (a.) Alt. of Stellated
Stellated (a.) Resembling a star; pointed or radiated, like the emblem of a star.
Stellated (a.) Starlike; having similar parts radiating from a common center; as, stellate flowers.
Stellation (n.) Radiation of light.
Stelled (a.) Firmly placed or fixed.
Steller (n.) The rytina; -- called also stellerine.
Stellerid (n.) A starfish.
Stellerida (n. pl.) An extensive group of echinoderms, comprising the starfishes and ophiurans.
Stelleridan (n.) Alt. of Stelleridean
Stelleridean (n.) A starfish, or brittle star.
Stelliferous (a.) Having, or abounding with, stars.
Stelliform (a.) Like a star; star-shaped; radiated.
Stellify (v. t.) To turn into a star; to cause to appear like a star; to place among the stars, or in heaven.
Stellion (n.) A lizard (Stellio vulgaris), common about the Eastern Mediterranean among ruins. In color it is olive-green, shaded with black, with small stellate spots. Called also hardim, and star lizard.
Stellionate (n.) Any fraud not distinguished by a more special name; -- chiefly applied to sales of the same property to two different persons, or selling that for one's own which belongs to another, etc.
Stellular (a.) Having the shape or appearance of little stars; radiated.
Stellular (a.) Marked with starlike spots of color.
Stellulate (a.) Minutely stellate.
Stelmatopoda (n. pl.) Same as Gymnolaemata.
Stelography (n.) The art of writing or inscribing characters on pillars.
Stem (v. i.) Alt. of Steem
Steem (v. i.) To gleam.
Stem (n.) Alt. of Steem
Steem (n.) A gleam of light; flame.
Stem (n.) The principal body of a tree, shrub, or plant, of any kind; the main stock; the part which supports the branches or the head or top.
Stem (n.) A little branch which connects a fruit, flower, or leaf with a main branch; a peduncle, pedicel, or petiole; as, the stem of an apple or a cherry.
Stem (n.) The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.
Stem (n.) A branch of a family.
Stem (n.) A curved piece of timber to which the two sides of a ship are united at the fore end. The lower end of it is scarfed to the keel, and the bowsprit rests upon its upper end. Hence, the forward part of a vessel; the bow.
Stem (n.) Fig.: An advanced or leading position; the lookout.
Stem (n.) Anything resembling a stem or stalk; as, the stem of a tobacco pipe; the stem of a watch case, or that part to which the ring, by which it is suspended, is attached.
Stem (n.) That part of a plant which bears leaves, or rudiments of leaves, whether rising above ground or wholly subterranean.
Stem (n.) The entire central axis of a feather.
Stem (n.) The basal portion of the body of one of the Pennatulacea, or of a gorgonian.
Stem (n.) The short perpendicular line added to the body of a note; the tail of a crotchet, quaver, semiquaver, etc.
Stem (n.) The part of an inflected word which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) throughout a given inflection; theme; base.
Stem (v. t.) To remove the stem or stems from; as, to stem cherries; to remove the stem and its appendages (ribs and veins) from; as, to stem tobacco leaves.
Stem (v. t.) To ram, as clay, into a blasting hole.
Stemmed (imp. & p. p.) of Stem
Stemming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stem
Stem (v. t.) To oppose or cut with, or as with, the stem of a vessel; to resist, or make progress against; to stop or check the flow of, as a current.
Stem (v. i.) To move forward against an obstacle, as a vessel against a current.
Stem-clasping (a.) Embracing the stem with its base; amplexicaul; as a leaf or petiole.
Stemless (a.) Having no stem; (Bot.) acaulescent.
Stemlet (n.) A small or young stem.
Stemmata (pl. ) of Stemma
Stemma (n.) One of the ocelli of an insect. See Ocellus.
Stemma (n.) One of the facets of a compound eye of any arthropod.
Stemmer (n.) One who, or that which, stems (in any of the senses of the verbs).
Stemmery (n.) A large building in which tobacco is stemmed.
Stemmy (a.) Abounding in stems, or mixed with stems; -- said of tea, dried currants, etc.
Stemple (n.) A crossbar of wood in a shaft, serving as a step.
Stemson (n.) A piece of curved timber bolted to the stem, keelson, and apron in a ship's frame near the bow.
Stem-winder (n.) A stem-winding watch.
Stem-winding (a.) Wound by mechanism connected with the stem; as, a stem-winding watch.
Stench (v. t.) To stanch.
Stench (v. i.) A smell; an odor.
Stench (v. i.) An ill smell; an offensive odor; a stink.
Stench (n.) To cause to emit a disagreeable odor; to cause to stink.
Stenchy (a.) Having a stench.
Stencil (n.) A thin plate of metal, leather, or other material, used in painting, marking, etc. The pattern is cut out of the plate, which is then laid flat on the surface to be marked, and the color brushed over it. Called also stencil plate.
Stenciled (imp. & p. p.) of Stencil
Stencilled () of Stencil
Stenciling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stencil
Stencilling () of Stencil
Stencil (v. t.) To mark, paint, or color in figures with stencils; to form or print by means of a stencil.
Stenciler (n.) One who paints or colors in figures by means of stencil.
Stenoderm (n.) Any species of bat belonging to the genus Stenoderma, native of the West Indies and South America. These bats have a short or rudimentary tail and a peculiarly shaped nose membrane.
Stenodermine (a.) Of or pertaining to the genus Stenoderma, which includes several West Indian and South American nose-leaf bats.
Stenographed (imp. & p. p.) of Stenograph
Stenographing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stenograph
Stenograph (v. t.) To write or report in stenographic characters.
Stenograph (n.) A production of stenography; anything written in shorthand.
Stenographer (n.) One who is skilled in stenography; a writer of shorthand.
Stenographic (a.) Alt. of Stenographical
Stenographical (a.) Of or pertaining to stenography.
Stenographist (n.) A stenographer.
Stenography (n.) The art of writing in shorthand, by using abbreviations or characters for whole words; shorthand.
Stenophyllous (a.) Having narrow leaves.
Stenosis (n.) A narrowing of the opening or hollow of any passage, tube, or orifice; as, stenosis of the pylorus. It differs from stricture in being applied especially to diffused rather than localized contractions, and in always indicating an origin organic and not spasmodic.
Stenostome (a.) Having a small or narrow mouth; -- said of certain small ground snakes (Opoterodonta), which are unable to dilate their jaws.
Stente (Obs. imp.) of Stent
Stent (obs. p. p.) of Stent
Stent (v. t.) To keep within limits; to restrain; to cause to stop, or cease; to stint.
Stent (v. i.) To stint; to stop; to cease.
Stent (n.) An allotted portion; a stint.
Stenting (n.) An opening in a wall in a coal mine.
Stentor (n.) A herald, in the Iliad, who had a very loud voice; hence, any person having a powerful voice.
Stentor (n.) Any species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to the genus Stentor and allied genera, common in fresh water. The stentors have a bell-shaped, or cornucopia-like, body with a circle of cilia around the spiral terminal disk. See Illust. under Heterotricha.
Stentor (n.) A howling monkey, or howler.
Stentorian (a.) Of or pertaining to a stentor; extremely loud; powerful; as, a stentorian voice; stentorian lungs.
Stentorin (n.) A blue coloring matter found in some stentors. See Stentor, 2.
Stentorious (a.) Stentorian.
Stentoronic (a.) Stentorian.