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

studio couch
day bed noun convertible consisting of an upholstered couch that can be converted into a double bed

studious
adjective marked by care and effort; `made a studious attempt to fix the television set`

studiously
adverb in a studious manner; `she examined the data studiously`

studiousness
noun diligent study

study
noun a room used for reading and writing and studying; `he knocked lightly on the closed door of the study`

study
noun applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading); `mastering a second language requires a lot of work`; `no schools offer graduate study in interior design`

study hall
noun a classroom reserved for study

stuff
stuff and nonsense noun senseless talk; `don`t give me that stuff`

stuff
verb obstruct; `My nose is all stuffed`; `Her arteries are blocked`

stuffed cabbage
noun parboiled head of cabbage scooped out and filled with a hash of chopped e.g. beef or ham and baked; served with tomato or cheese sauce

stuffed mushroom
noun mushrooms stuffed with any of numerous mixtures of e.g. meats or nuts or seafood or spinach

stuffed peppers
noun parboiled green peppers stuffed usually with rice and meat and baked briefly

stuffed tomato
noun tomato cases filled with various salad mixtures and served cold

stuffer
noun an advertising circular that is enclosed with other material and (usually) sent by mail

stuffily
stodgily adverb in a stuffy manner; ``Come in please,` he said stuffily`

stuffiness
noun state of obstruction or stoppage or air in the nose or throat

stuffing
noun padding put in mattresses and cushions and upholstered furniture

stuffing box
packing box noun a small chamber in which packing is compressed around a reciprocating shaft or piston to form a seal

stuffing nut
packing nut noun a nut used to tighten a stuffing box

stuffy
adjective affected with a sensation of stoppage or obstruction; `a stuffy feeling in my chest`

stultification
constipation noun the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)

stumble
bumble verb walk unsteadily; `The drunk man stumbled about`

stumblebum
noun a second-rate prize fighter

stumbler
noun a walker or runner who trips and almost falls

stumbling block
noun any obstacle or impediment

stump
noun (cricket) any of three upright wooden posts that form the wicket

stump speech
noun political oratory

stumping
noun campaigning for something by making political speeches (stump speeches)

stun
floor verb surprise greatly; knock someone`s socks off; `I was floored when I heard that I was promoted`

stun gun
stun baton noun a weapon designed to disable a victim temporarily by delivering a nonlethal high-voltage electric shock

stunner
noun an unexpected and amazing event; `the stunner was what happened on Saturday`

stunning
adjective strikingly beautiful or attractive; `quite stunning with large dark eyes and a beautiful high-bosomed figure`; `stunning photographs of Canada`s wilderness areas`

stunt
noun a difficult or unusual or dangerous feat; usually done to gain attention

stunt man
stunt woman noun a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts; `his first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clark Gable`

stupa
tope noun a dome-shaped shrine erected by Buddhists

stupefaction
noun the action of stupefying; making dull or lethargic; `the professor was noted for his stupefaction of the students`

stupefying
adjective shocking with surprise and consternation; `the stupefying impact of the tragedy`

stupendously
adverb to a stupendous degree; `stupendously ignorant people`

stupid
adjective lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity

stupidity
betise noun a stupid mistake

stupidly
doltishly adverb in a stupid manner; `he had stupidly bought a one way ticket`

sturdily
adverb in a sturdy manner; `feet sturdily apart`

sturdiness
noun the property of something that is strongly built

sturdy
tough adjective substantially made or constructed; `sturdy steel shelves`; `sturdy canvas`; `a tough all-weather fabric`; `some plastics are as tough as metal`

sturgeon
noun large primitive fishes valued for their flesh and roe; widely distributed in the North Temperate Zone

Sturnella
genus Sturnella noun a genus of passerine birds including the meadowlarks

Sturnidae
family Sturnidae noun Old World starlings

Sturnus
genus Sturnus noun type genus of the Sturnidae: common starlings

Stuttgart
noun a city in southwestern Germany famous for innovative architecture

Stuyvesant
Peter Stuyvesant noun the last Dutch colonial administrator of New Netherland; in 1664 he was forced to surrender the colony to England (1592-1672)

sty
pigsty noun a pen for swine

Stygian
adjective hellish; `Hence loathed Melancholy.../In Stygian cave forlorn`- Milton

style
noun a slender bristlelike or tubular process; `a cartilaginous style`

style sheet
noun a sheet summarizing the editorial conventions to be followed in preparing text for publication

styled
adjective designated by a name or title; `Edward VIII--later styled Duke of Windsor`

styleless
unstylish adjective lacking in style or elegance; `a styleless way of dressing`; `expensive but styleless country tweeds`; `wearing unstylish clothes`

stylet
noun small needlelike appendage; especially the feeding organ of a tardigrade

stylish
adjective having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress; `a little less posh but every bit as stylish as Lord Peter Wimsey`; `the stylish resort of Gstadd`

stylishly
adverb in a stylish manner; `she was dressed very stylishly`

stylist
noun an artist who is a master of a particular style

stylistic
adjective of or relating to style (especially in the use of language); `stylistic devices`

stylistically
adverb in a rhetorically stylistic manner; `stylistically complex`

stylite
noun an early Christian ascetic who lived on top of high pillars

stylization
stylisation noun the act of stylizing; causing to conform to a particular style

styloid process
noun extends from the base of the temporal bone

stylomastoid vein
vena stylomastoidea noun a vein that drains the tympanic cavity and empties into the retromandibular vein

Stylomecon
genus Stylomecon noun one species: wind poppy

Stylophorum
genus Stylophorum noun wood poppies

stylopodium
noun an enlargement at the base of the style in some Umbelliferae

stylus
style noun a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving; `he drew the design on the stencil with a steel stylus`

stymie
stymy noun a thwarting and distressing situation

Styphelia
genus Styphelia noun Australian heathlike shrubs

styptic
hemostatic adjective tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels

Styracaceae
family Styracaceae noun a widely distributed family of shrubs and trees of order Ebenales

styracosaur
styracosaurus noun an unusual ceratopsian dinosaur having many large spikes around the edge of its bony frill and a long nose horn; late Cretaceous

styrax
noun any shrub or small tree of the genus Styrax having fragrant bell-shaped flowers that hang below the dark green foliage

styrene
cinnamene noun a colorless oily liquid; the monomer for polystyrene

Styrofoam
noun a light resilient foam of polystyrene

Styx
River Styx noun (Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which Charon carried dead souls

suavely
adverb with suavity; in a suave manner; `he is suavely charming and all the ladies love him`

suavity
suaveness noun the quality of being bland and gracious or ingratiating in manner

sub
stand in verb be a substitute; `The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague`; `The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet`

sub judice
adjective before a judge or court of law; awaiting judicial determination

sub rosa
adverb in secret or covertly; `held a meeting sub rosa to avoid general criticism`

sub-assembly
noun a unit assembled separately but designed to fit with other units in a manufactured product

sub-interval
noun an interval that is included in another interval

sub-rosa
under-the-table adjective designed and carried out secretly or confidentially; `a sub-rosa report`; `has their under-the-table backing`

sub-Saharan
adjective of or relating to or situated in the region south of the Sahara Desert

Sub-Saharan Africa
Black Africa noun the region of Africa south of the Sahara Desert

sub-test
noun one of a battery of related tests

subacid
adjective slightly sour to the taste

subacute
adjective less than acute; relating to a disease present in a person with no symptoms of it

subacute bacterial endocarditis
noun a chronic bacterial infection of the endocardium and heart valves; symptoms develop slowly

subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
SSPE noun a rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults; death usually occurs within three years; characterized by primary measles infection before the age of two years

subalpine larch
Larix lyallii noun medium-sized larch of the Rocky Mountains; closely related to Larix occidentalis

subaltern
noun a British commissioned army officer below the rank of captain

subaqueous
subaquatic 2 submerged 2 submersed 2 underwater adjective growing or remaining under water; `viewing subaqueous fauna from a glass-bottomed boat`; `submerged leaves`

subarachnoid space
noun a space in the meninges beneath the arachnoid membrane and above the pia mater that contains the cerebrospinal fluid

subarctic
adjective of or relating to latitudes just south of the Arctic Circle

subartesian
adjective (of water) rising naturally in a well to a height appreciably above that of the surrounding water table but not flowing out of the well