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

stock car
noun a racing car with the basic chassis of a commercially available car

stock certificate
noun a certificate documenting the shareholder`s ownership in the corporation; `the value of his stocks doubled during the past year`

stock company
noun a company whose capital is represented by stock

stock company
noun a theatrical company that performs plays from a repertoire

stock cube
noun a cube of dehydrated stock

stock dividend
noun a dividend paid in stock rather than in cash

stock exchange
stock market noun an exchange where security trading is conducted by professional stockbrokers

stock index
stock market index noun index based on a statistical compilation of the share prices of a number of representative stocks

stock issue
noun (corporation law) the authorization and delivery of shares of stock for sale to the public or the shares thus offered at a particular time

stock of record
noun stock held by stockholders of record on a given date

stock option
noun the right to buy or sell a stock at a specified price within a stated period

stock power
noun a power of attorney document to transfer ownership of a registered security from the owner to another party

stock purchase plan
noun an organized plan for employees of a company to buy shares of its stock

stock saddle
Western saddle noun an ornamented saddle used by cowboys; has a high horn to hold the lariat

stock split
split up noun an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders` equity; `they announced a two-for-one split of the common stock`

stock symbol
noun the letters used to identify listed companies on the securities exchanges where they are traded

stock trader
noun someone who buys and sells stock shares

stock warrant
noun a written certificate that gives the holder the right to purchase shares of a stock for a specified price within a specified period of time

stock-in-trade
noun any equipment constantly used as part of a profession or occupation; `friendliness is the salesman`s stock in trade`

stock-index futures
noun a futures contract based on a stock index; a bet on the future price of the indexed group of stocks

stock-still
adverb without moving or making a sound; `he sat still as a statue`; `time stood still`; `they waited stock-still outside the door`; `he couldn`t hold still any longer`

stockbroker
noun an agent in the buying and selling of stocks and bonds

stockbroker belt
noun a wealthy residential suburb

stockcar
noun boxcar with latticed sides; for transporting livestock

stocked
stocked with adjective furnished with more than enough; `rivers well stocked with fish`; `a well-stocked store`

stocker
noun a domestic animal (especially a young steer or heifer) kept as stock until fattened or matured and suitable for a breeding establishment

stockfish
noun fish cured by being split and air-dried without salt

stockholder
shareholder noun someone who holds shares of stock in a corporation

stockholder of record
noun the stockholder whose name is registered on the books of the corporation as owning the shares at a particular time

stockholders meeting
noun a meeting at which the management reports to the stockholders of a company

stockholding
noun a specific number of stocks or shares owned; `sell holdings he has in corporations`

stockholdings
noun a specific number of stocks or shares owned; `sell holdings he has in corporations`

stockily
adverb in a stocky manner; `he was stockily built`

stockinet
stockinette noun knit used especially for infants` wear and undergarments

stockinette stitch
noun knitting stitch having alternate rows of knit stitches and purl stitches, producing a fabric as for stockings

stocking
noun the activity of supplying a stock of something; `he supervised the stocking of the stream with trout`

stocking filler
stocking stuffer noun a small Christmas present included in the Christmas stocking

stockinged
adjective wearing stockings; `walks about in his stockinged feet`

stockist
noun one (as a retailer or distributor) that stocks goods

stockjobber
noun one who deals only with brokers or other jobbers

stockman
stock raiser noun farmer who breed or raises livestock

stockpile
noun a storage pile accumulated for future use

stockpiling
noun accumulating and storing a reserve supply; `the stockpiling of war materials`

stockpot
noun a pot used for preparing soup stock

stockroom
stock room noun storeroom for storing goods and supplies used in a business

stocks
noun a former instrument of punishment consisting of a heavy timber frame with holes in which the feet (and sometimes the hands) of an offender could be locked

stocktake
stock-take noun an instance of stocktaking; `the auditor did not attend the stocktake or check the valuations`

stocktaker
stock-taker noun an employee whose job is to take inventory; `an outside stocktaker had to be hired`

stocktaking
stock-taking noun reappraisal of a situation or position or outlook

Stockton
Frank Stockton noun United States writer (1834-1902)

stockyard
noun enclosed yard where cattle, pigs, horses, or sheep are kept temporarily

stodge
noun heavy and filling (and usually starchy) food

stodginess
stuffiness noun dull and pompous gravity

stodgy
stuffy adjective excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull; `why is the middle class so stodgy, so utterly without a sense of humor?`; `a stodgy dinner party`

stoep
noun small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house

stogy
stogie noun a cheap cigar

stoic
stoical adjective seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive; `stoic courage`; `stoic patience`; `a stoical sufferer`

stoically
adverb without emotion; in a stoic manner; `he stoically accepted all suffering`

stoichiometric
adjective of or relating to stoichiometry

stoichiometry
noun (chemistry) the relation between the quantities of substances that take part in a reaction or form a compound (typically a ratio of whole integers)

stoicism
stolidity noun an indifference to pleasure or pain

stokehold
stokehole noun (nautical) chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of a ship are stoked or fired

stoker
noun a mechanical device for stoking a furnace

Stoker
Abraham Stoker noun Irish writer of the horror novel about Dracula (1847-1912)

stokes` aster
cornflower aster noun erect perennial of southeastern United States having large heads of usually blue flowers

Stokesia
genus Stokesia noun one species: stokes` aster

stole
noun a wide scarf worn about their shoulders by women

stolen property
noun property that has been stolen

stolidly
adverb in a stolid manner; `he said `no` stolidly`

stolon
runner noun a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips

stoloniferous
adjective producing stolons

stoma
noun a mouth or mouthlike opening (especially one created by surgery on the surface of the body to create an opening to an internal organ)

stoma
pore noun a minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass

stomach
tummy noun an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion

stomach exercise
tummy crunch noun an exercise designed to strengthen the abdominal muscles

stomach pump
noun a suction pump used to remove the contents of the stomach

stomach sweetbread
noun edible pancreas of an animal

stomachache
stomach ache noun an ache localized in the stomach or abdominal region

stomacher
noun garment consisting of a V-shaped panel of stiff material worn over the chest and stomach in the 16th century

stomate
pore noun a minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass

stomatitis
noun inflammation of the mucous membrane of the mouth

stomatopod
stomatopod crustacean noun a kind of crustacean

Stomatopoda
order Stomatopoda noun mantis shrimps

stomatous
adjective having a mouth or mouthlike opening

stomp
noun a dance involving a rhythmical stamping step

stone
adjective of any of various dull tannish or grey colors

Stone
noun United States jurist who served on the United States Supreme Court as chief justice (1872-1946)

Stone Age
noun (archeology) the earliest known period of human culture, characterized by the use of stone implements

stone bass
wreckfish noun brown fish of the Atlantic and Mediterranean found around rocks and shipwrecks

stone bramble
Rubus saxatilis noun European trailing bramble with red berrylike fruits

stone breaker
noun someone who breaks up stone

stone crab
Menippe mercenaria noun large edible crab of the southern coast of the United States (particularly Florida)

stone curlew
thick-knee noun large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint

stone marten
beech marten noun Eurasian marten having a brown coat with pale breast and throat

stone parsley
noun a slender roadside herb of western Europe and Mediterranean areas that has foliage resembling parsley and has white flowers with aromatic seeds

stone pine
umbrella pine 1 European nut pine noun medium-sized two-needled pine of southern Europe having a spreading crown; widely cultivated for its sweet seeds that resemble almonds

stone wall
noun a fence built of rough stones; used to separate fields

stone`s throw
noun a short distance; `it`s only a step to the drugstore`

stone-blind
adjective completely blind

stone-cold
adjective completely cold; `by the time he got back to his coffee it was stone-cold`