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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

standing
adjective (of persons) on the feet; having the torso in an erect position supported by straight legs; `standing room only`

standing army
noun a permanent army of paid soldiers

standing committee
noun a permanent committee

standing operating procedure
standard operating procedure noun a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely; `rote memorization has been the educator`s standard operating procedure for centuries`

standing order
noun a rule of order permanently in force

standing press
noun a large printing press that exerts pressure vertically

standing room
noun room for passengers or spectators to stand; `there was standing room for thousands more people`

standing wave
stationary wave noun a wave (as a sound wave in a chamber or an electromagnetic wave in a transmission line) in which the ratio of its instantaneous amplitude at one point to that at any other point does not vary with time

standing(a)
adjective having a supporting base; `a standing lamp`

Standish
Miles Standish noun English colonist in America; leader of the Pilgrims in the early days of the Plymouth colony (1584-1656)

standoffishly
adverb in a standoffish manner; `standoffishly, he declined the invitation to the office party`

standpipe
noun a vertical pipe

standup comedian
noun a comedian who uses gags

Stanford University
Stanford noun a university in California

Stanford White
noun United States architect (1853-1906)

Stanford-Binet test
noun revision of the Binet-Simon Scale

stanhope
noun a light open horse-drawn carriage with two or four wheels and one seat

stanhopea
noun any of various orchids of the genus Stanhopea having a single large leaf and loose racemes of large fragrant flowers of various colors; Mexico to Brazil

Stanislavsky
Konstantin Stanislavsky noun Russian actor and theater director who trained his actors to emphasize the psychological motivation of their roles (1863-1938)

Stanley
Henry M. Stanley noun Welsh journalist and explorer who led an expedition to Africa in search of David Livingstone and found him in Tanzania in 1871; he and Livingstone together tried to find the source of the Nile River (1841-1904)

Stanley
noun United States inventor who built a steam-powered automobile (1849-1918)

Stanley Steamer
noun a steam-powered automobile

Stanleya
genus Stanleya noun prince`s plume

stannic
stannous adjective of or relating to or containing tin

stannic chloride
noun a colorless caustic liquid made by treating tin with chlorine

stannite
tin pyrites noun a dark grey mineral with a metallic luster that is a source of tin

stannous fluoride
noun a white powder that is used to fluoridate toothpaste

Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton noun United States suffragist and feminist; called for reform of the practices that perpetuated sexual inequality (1815-1902)

stanza
noun a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem

stapedectomy
noun surgical removal of the stapes of the middle ear

stapelia
carrion flower noun any of various plants of the genus Stapelia having succulent leafless toothed stems resembling cacti and large foul-smelling (often star-shaped) flowers

Stapelias asterias
noun stapelia of Cape Province having mostly dark red-brown flowers with flat starlike corollas

stapes
stirrup noun the stirrup-shaped ossicle that transmits sound from the incus to the cochlea

Staphylaceae
family Staphylaceae noun a family of dicotyledonous plants of order Sapindales found mostly in the north temperate zone

Staphylea
genus Staphylea noun a genus of small trees or shrubs of the family Staphylaceae

Staphylinidae
family Staphylinidae noun rove beetles

staphylococcal
adjective of or relating to the staphylococcus bacteria; `a staphylococcal infection`

staphylococcal enterotoxin
noun a soluble exotoxin produced by some strains of staphylococcus; a cause of food poisoning

staphylococcal enterotoxin B
SEB noun a form of staphylococcal enterotoxin that has been used as an incapacitating agent in biological warfare

staphylococcal infection
noun an infection with staphylococcus bacteria; usually marked by abscess formation

staphylococcus
staphylococci noun spherical Gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or infections

staple
adjective necessary foods or commodities; `wheat is a staple crop`

staple
staple fibre noun a natural fiber (raw cotton, wool, hemp, flax) that can be twisted to form yarn; `staple fibers vary widely in length`

staple fiber
staple fibre noun a natural fiber (raw cotton, wool, hemp, flax) that can be twisted to form yarn; `staple fibers vary widely in length`

staple gun
staplegun noun a hand-held machine for driving staples home

stapler
stapling machine noun a machine that inserts staples into sheets of paper in order to fasten them together

star
principal 1 lead noun an actor who plays a principal role

star anise
Chinese anise noun small tree of China and Vietnam bearing anise-scented star-shaped fruit used in food and medicinally as a carminative

star anise
noun small shrubby tree of Japan and Taiwan; flowers are not fragrant

star apple
caimito noun evergreen tree of West Indies and Central America having edible purple fruit star-shaped in cross section and dark green leaves with golden silky undersides

star begonia
star-leaf begonia noun rhizomatous begonia having leaves with pointed lobes suggestive of stars and pink flowers

Star Chamber
noun a former English court that became notorious for its arbitrary methods and severe punishments

star chart
noun a chart showing the relative positions of the stars in a particular part of the sky

star drill
noun a steel rock drill with a star-shaped point that is used for making holes in stones or masonry; it is operated by hitting the end with a hammer while rotating it between blows

star grass
noun any plant of the genus Hypoxis having long grasslike leaves and yellow star-shaped flowers: Africa; Australia; southern Asia; North America

star jasmine
confederate jasmine noun evergreen Chinese woody climber with shiny dark green leaves and intensely fragrant white flowers

star magnolia
Magnolia stellata noun deciduous shrubby magnolia from Japan having fragrant white starlike flowers blooming before leaves unfold; grown as an ornamental in United States

Star of David
Shield of David noun a six-pointed star formed from two equilateral triangles; an emblem symbolizing Judaism

star sapphire
noun a sapphire that when cut shows a starlike figure in reflected light because of its crystalline structure

star saxifrage
starry saxifrage noun small often mat-forming alpine plant having small starlike white flowers; Europe

star shell
noun an artillery shell containing an illuminant

star topology
star noun the topology of a network whose components are connected to a hub

star tulip
elegant cat`s ears noun small plant with slender bent stems bearing branched clusters of a few white star-shaped flowers with petals shaped like cat`s ears; southeastern Washington and northeastern Oregon to Montana

star-duckweed
Lemna trisulca noun cosmopolitan in temperate regions except North America

star-of-Bethlehem
noun any of several perennial plants of the genus Ornithogalum native to the Mediterranean and having star-shaped flowers

star-thistle
caltrop 1 Centauria calcitrapa noun Mediterranean annual or biennial herb having pinkish to purple flowers surrounded by spine-tipped scales; naturalized in America

starboard
adjective located on the right side of a ship or aircraft

starch
amylum noun a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles

starchless
adjective lacking starch

starchlike
amylaceous adjective resembling starch

starchy
stiff adjective rigidly formal; `a starchy manner`; `the letter was stiff and formal`; `his prose has a buckram quality`

stardom
noun the status of being acknowledged as a star; `stardom meant nothing to her`

stardust
noun a dreamy romantic or sentimental quality

stare
noun a fixed look with eyes open wide

starer
noun a viewer who gazes fixedly (often with hostility)

starets
noun a religious adviser (not necessarily a priest) in the Eastern Orthodox Church

starfish
sea star noun echinoderms characterized by five arms extending from a central disk

starfish-like
adjective resembling a starfish

starflower
sleepy dick noun common Old World herb having grasslike leaves and clusters of star-shaped white flowers with green stripes; naturalized in the eastern United States

stargazer
noun heavy-bodied marine bottom-lurkers with eyes on flattened top of the head

stargazing
noun observation of the stars

staringly
staring adverb with a stare; ``quoi?` asked Blanchard, staring`

stark
adjective complete or extreme; `stark poverty`; `a stark contrast`

starkers
adjective (British informal) stark naked

starkly
adverb in a blunt manner; `in starkly realistic terms`

starkness
noun the quality of being complete or utter or extreme; `the starkness of his contrast between justice and fairness was open to many objections`

starless
adjective not starry; having no stars or starlike objects; `dark starless nights`

starlet
noun a small star

starlight
noun the light of the stars

starlike
adjective resembling a star; `they saw a starlike object in the sky`

starling
noun gregarious birds native to the Old World

starlit
adjective lighted only by stars; `the starlit darkness`

starnose mole
star-nosed mole noun amphibious mole of eastern North America having pink fleshy tentacles around the nose

starry
adjective abounding with or resembling stars; `a starry night`; `starry eyes`

starry-eyed
adjective unrealistically or naively optimistic; `a starry-eyed reformer`; `starry-eyed idealism`

Stars and Bars
Confederate flag noun the first flag of the Confederate States of America

starship
spaceship noun a spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space (especially in science fiction)

start
starting line noun a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game

start
noun a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning); `he got his start because one of the regular pitchers was in the hospital`; `his starting meant that the coach thought he was one of their best linemen`

start up
embark on verb get off the ground; `Who started this company?`; `We embarked on an exciting enterprise`; `I start my day with a good breakfast`; `We began the new semester`; `The afternoon session begins at 4 PM`; `The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack`