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~3.~ Success, prosperity, good fortune, good luck, favorable issue.

~Speedy~, _a._ Swift, rapid, quick, fleet, hasty, prompt, expeditious, hurried, flying.

~Spell~, _n._ ~1.~ Charm, incantation, exorcism.

~2.~ Turn (_at work_).

~3.~ Season, term, period, interval, fit.

~Spell~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Represent by letters.

~2.~ Relieve (_by taking a turn at work_), help, aid, assist.

~Spell-bound~, _a._ Enchanted, under a spell, under magic influence.

~Speller~, _n._ [_U. S._] Spelling-book.

~Spell out~, Interpret, decipher, unfold, read, unriddle, unravel, find out, make out.

~Spelling~, _n._ Orthography.

~Spelling-book~, _n._ SPELLER.

~Spelter~, _n._ Zinc.

~Spend~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Expend, disburse, lay out.

~2.~ Waste, consume, exhaust, squander, dissipate, lavish, use up.

~3.~ Employ, devote, bestow, apply.

~4.~ Pass, lead.

~Spend~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Lay out money, incur expense.

~2.~ Vanish, be lost, be consumed.

~Spendthrift~, _n._ Prodigal, squanderer, waster, UNTHRIFT.

~Sperm~, _n._ Semen, seed.

~Spermaceti-whale~, _n._ Cachelot, sperm-whale (_Physeter macrocephalus_).

~Spermatic~, _a._ Seminal.

~Sperm-whale~, _n._ SPERMACETI-WHALE.

~Spew~, _v. a._ Vomit, puke, cast up, throw up.

~Spew~, _v. n._ Vomit, puke.

~Sphacelate~, _v. n._ Mortify.

~Sphacelation~, _n._ (_Med._) Mortification.

~Sphacelus~, _n._ (_Med._) Gangrene, mortification.

~Sphenoid~, _a._ (_Anat._) Wedge-shaped, sphenoidal.

~Sphenoidal~, _a._ SPHENOID.

~Sphere~, _n._ ~1.~ Globe, ball, orb.

~2.~ Circuit, circle, compass, province, department, walk, beat, function, vocation, post, office, employment, capacity.

~3.~ Rank, standing, order.

~4.~ Region, realm, domain, quarter, country.

~Spherical~, _a._ Globular, orbicular, globated, globous, globose, rotund, round.

~Sphericity~, _n._ Rotundity, roundness, globosity.

~Spice~, _n._ ~1.~ Flavoring, flavor, relish, taste, savor, tincture, dash, infusion, admixture, sprinkling.

~2.~ Grain, particle, small quantity.

~Spice-bush~, _n._ SPICE-WOOD.

~Spice-wood~, _n._ Spice-bush, Benjamin tree, wild allspice (_Benzoin odoriferum_ or _Laurus benzoin_).

~Spick-and-span new~, Quite new, fire-new, brand-new.

~Spicy~, _a._ ~1.~ Aromatic, fragrant.

~2.~ Pungent, sharp, piquant, pointed.

~Spider's web~, Cobweb.

~Spigot~, _n._ Spile, stopper, stopple.

~Spike~, _n._ ~1.~ Ear (_of grain_), head.

~2.~ Large nail.

~Spile~, _n._ ~1.~ SPIGOT.

~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Pile.

~Spill~, _v. a._ Shed, effuse, pour out.

~Spin~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Twist (_into thread_).

~2.~ Twirl, whirl.

~Spin a long yarn~, Tell a long story.

~Spindle~, _n._ (_Mech._) Axis, shaft, arbor.

~Spindle-shaped~, _a._ Fusiform.

~Spine~, _n._ ~1.~ Thorn.

~2.~ Backbone, spinal column, vertebral column.

~3.~ Shin, forepart of the leg.

~Spinney~, _n._ [Written also _Spinny_.] Thicket, grove.

~Spinose~, _a._ Thorny, spiny, spinous, briery.

~Spinous~, _a._ SPINOSE.

~Spin out~, Prolong, lengthen, protract, draw out.

~Spinster~, _n._ Single woman, maiden lady.

~Spiny~, _a._ Thorny, spinose, spinous, briery.

~Spiracle~, _n._ Aperture (_especially in animal and vegetable bodies_), blowhole, vent, orifice, pore.

~Spiral~, _a._ Winding (_like the thread of a screw_), cochleary, cochleated, spiry, helical, screw-shaped.

~Spiral~, _n._ Helix, worm.

~Spire~, _n._ ~1.~ Steeple.

~2.~ Shoot, spear.

~Spirit~, _n._ ~1.~ Vital essence (_apart from matter_), immaterial substance.

~2.~ Soul, pure intelligence, inner man.

~3.~ Apparition, ghost, spectre, shade, phantom, phantasm, sprite, fairy, elf, demon, genius.

~4.~ Disposition, temper, humor, mood, spirits, frame of mind, turn of mind.

~5.~ Courage, ardor, fire, energy, force, vigor, mettle, earnestness, enthusiasm, zeal, resolution, pluck, elevation of soul.

~6.~ Liveliness, animation, piquancy, warmth, glow.

~7.~ Person (_as distinguished by peculiar qualities_), individual.

~8.~ Meaning, significance, purport, intent, drift, gist, tenor, sense.

~9.~ Nature, character, complexion, characteristic quality.

~10.~ Alcohol, distilled liquor.

~11.~ [With _The_ prefixed.] Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit, Paraclete, Comforter, The Spirit of God.

~Spirit away~, Kidnap, carry off (_secretly_).

~Spirited~, _a._ Animated, lively, vivacious, sprightly, ardent, earnest, active, alert, high-mettled, high-spirited, full of spirit, full of life.

~Spiritist~, _n._ Spiritualist.

~Spiritless~, _a._ ~1.~ Lifeless, breathless, extinct, dead.

~2.~ Dejected, depressed, discouraged, dispirited, low-spirited, in low spirits.

~3.~ Dull, torpid, sluggish, cold, apathetic, phlegmatic, languid, soulless, feeble, unenterprising.

~4.~ Heavy, stupid, dull, frigid, tame, prosaic, prosy, insipid, uninteresting.

~Spirit of Myrcia~, BAY-RUM.

~Spirit of Truth~, Paraclete, Comforter, The Dove, The Holy Ghost.

~Spirit-stirring~, _a._ Inspiring, animating, enlivening, cheering, exhilarating.

~Spirits~, _n. pl._ ~1.~ Disposition, temper, mood, humor, spirit, frame of mind, turn of mind.

~2.~ Distilled liquors, ardent spirits.

~Spiritual~, _a._ ~1.~ Immaterial, incorporeal, ethereal, ghostly.

~2.~ Mental, intellectual, ideal, abstract.

~3.~ Holy, divine, pure.

~4.~ Ecclesiastical, not lay, not secular.

~5.~ Internal, not literal.

~Spirituality~, _n._ ~1.~ Immateriality.

~2.~ Religious function (_as of the church_).

~3.~ Spiritual-mindedness.

~Spiritualize~, _v. a._ Purify, elevate, refine, make spiritual.

~Spiritual-mindedness~, _n._ Spirituality.

~Spirituous~, _a._ Alcoholic, ardent.

~Spirt~, _v. n._ Gush, jet, spout.

~Spirt~, _v. a._ Spout, throw out.

~Spiry~, _a._ ~1.~ Winding, wreathed, curled, spiral, helical, cochleary, cochleated, screw-shaped.

~2.~ Pyramidal, tapering.

~Spit~, _v. n._ Spawl, sputter.

~Spit~, _n._ Spittle, saliva, spawl.

~Spit-box~, _n._ Spittoon.

~Spite~, _n._ ~1.~ Malice, malevolence, rancor, venom, gall, malignity, maliciousness, hate, grudge, pique, ill-nature.

~2.~ Defiance, opposition, despite, contempt.

~Spiteful~, _a._ Malicious, malignant, malevolent, malign, ill- disposed, evil-minded, ill-natured.

~Spittoon~, _n._ Spit-box.

~Splash~, _v. n._ Plash, dabble in water.

~Splash~, _v. a._ Dash, spatter, plash.

~Splay~, _v. a._ (_Arch._) Slope (_as the side of a window_), slant.

~Spleen~, _n._ ~1.~ (_Anat._) Milt.

~2.~ Anger, spite, animosity, gall, rancor, pique, malevolence, malignity, grudge, hatred, malice, ill humor, ill blood, bad blood.

~3.~ Melancholy, despondency, hypochondria, dejection, depression, dumps, megrims, the dismals, the blues, blue devils.

~Spleeny~, _a._ Angry, fretful, SPLENETIC.

~Splendid~, _a._ ~1.~ Shining, glowing, resplendent, effulgent, refulgent, bright, lustrous, radiant, beaming, brilliant.

~2.~ Showy, magnificent, gorgeous, sumptuous, pompous, superb, kingly.

~3.~ Illustrious, conspicuous, eminent, distinguished, pre-eminent, remarkable, famous, celebrated, glorious.

~4.~ Grand, heroic, sublime, lofty, noble.

~Splendor~, _n._ ~1.~ Lustre, brilliance, brilliancy, brightness, polish.

~2.~ Magnificence, pomp, stateliness, show, gorgeousness, pompousness, display, parade, ÉCLAT, striking effect.

~3.~ Eminence, celebrity, fame, glory.

~4.~ Grandeur, sublimity.

~Splenetic~, _a._ ~1.~ Irascible, irritable, fretful, peevish, touchy, testy, pettish, waspish, petulant, choleric, snappish, cross.

~2.~ Morose, sullen, sulky, churlish, sour, crabbed.

~3.~ Melancholy, despondent, moping, gloomy, melancholic, hypochondriacal, jaundiced.

~Splice~, _v. a._ Braid together (_as the ends of ropes_), join together.

~Splinter~, _v. a._ Split (_into thin pieces_), shiver.

~Splinter~, _v. n._ Be split (_into thin pieces_), be shivered.

~Splinters~, _n. pl._ Flinders, fragments.

~Split~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Cleave, rive, rend, burst, SPLINTER, tear asunder.

~2.~ Divide, sunder, separate, part.

~Split~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Burst, be riven, be rent, SPLINTER, be split.

~2.~ Be broken, be dashed to pieces.

~Split~, _n._ Crack, fissure, rent.

~Split hairs~, Refine, be over-nice, affect nicety, make useless distinctions.

~Splurge~, _n._ [_Colloquial, U. S._] Blustering effort.

~Splutter~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Bustle, stir.

~Splutter~, _v. n._ [_Colloquial._] Stammer (_through haste_).

~Splutterer~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Stammerer.

~Spoil~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Plunder, rob, despoil, fleece, strip, ravage, waste.

~2.~ Injure, harm, disfigure, mar.

~Spoil~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Steal, pilfer, engage in robbery.

~2.~ Decay, be corrupted.

~Spoil~, _n._ BOOTY, pillage, plunder, prey, rapine.

~Spoiler~, _n._ ~1.~ Plunderer, robber, pillager.

~2.~ Destroyer, corrupter.

~Spoken~, _a._ Oral, parole, nuncupative, not written.

~Spokesman~, _n._ Speaker, prolocutor.

~Spoliate~, _v. a._ Rob, plunder, spoil.

~Spoliation~, _n._ Robbery, pillage, plundering, rapine, devastation, destruction.

~Sponge~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Wipe (_with a sponge_), cleanse.

~2.~ Dampen, wet.

~Sponger~, _n._ Parasite, hanger-on.

~Spongy~, _a._ Bibulous, porous.

~Sponsor~, _n._ ~1.~ Surety.

~2.~ Godfather or godmother.

~Spontaneity~, _n._ Spontaneousness.

~Spontaneous~, _a._ Voluntary, instinctive, uncompelled, unbidden, unconstrained, willing, gratuitous, free, of one's own accord.

~Spontaneousness~, _n._ Spontaneity.

~Spooney~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] DUNCE, blockhead.

~Sporadic~, _a._ Scattered, occurring here and there.

~Sport~, _n._ ~1.~ Play, diversion, amusement, pastime, game, fun, frolic, gambol, prank, jest, recreation, hilarity, entertainment, merriment, mirth, jollity, joviality, pleasantry, merry-making.

~2.~ Mockery, derision, mock, ridicule, contemptuous mirth.

~Sport~, _v. n._ Play, frolic, disport, wanton, skip, frisk, romp, caper, make fun, make merry.

~Sport~, _v. a._ [_Colloquial._] Exhibit, display, make a show of.

~Sportive~, _a._ Jocose, jocular, waggish, frolicsome, playful, gamesome, DAFT, facetious, funny, merry, gay, debonair, vivacious, lively, sprightly, jocund, wanton, buxom, prankish, full of play, full of fun.

~Spot~, _n._ ~1.~ Speck, blot.

~2.~ Blemish, stain, taint, flaw.

~3.~ Place, locality.

~Spot~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Make spots on, dapple, variegate.

~2.~ Stain, sully, soil, tarnish, blemish.

~3.~ [_Cant term_,] Mark, take special note of.

~Spotless~, _a._ ~1.~ Unspotted, undefaced, perfect.

~2.~ Immaculate, unstained, untainted, unblemished, untarnished, blameless, stainless, innocent, pure.

~Spotted~, _a._ Speckled, bespeckled, bespotted, dotted, freckled, spotty.

~Spotty~, _a._ SPOTTED.

~Spousal~, _a._ Matrimonial, conjugal, connubial, hymeneal, bridal, marital.

~Spousals~, _n. pl._ Nuptials, espousals, marriage.

~Spouse~, _n._ Husband or wife, married person, consort.

~Spouseless~, _a._ Unmarried.

~Spout~, _n._ ~1.~ AJUTAGE, pipe.

~2.~ Nozzle, nose.

~Spout~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Spirt, pour out (_through a narrow orifice_).

~2.~ Utter (_pompously_), mouth, declaim, speak.

~Spout~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Gush, issue.

~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Declaim, rant, make a speech, hold forth.

~Spouter~, _n._ Declaimer.

~Sprain~, _v. a._ Strain (_as a joint_), twist, wrench.

~Spray~, _n._ ~1.~ Twig, shoot, sprig.

~2.~ Foam, froth, spume.

~Spread~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Extend, expand, mantle, stretch, dilate.

~2.~ Disperse, scatter, distribute, diffuse.

~3.~ Publish, divulge, propagate, disseminate, circulate, promulgate, make known, make public, spread abroad.

~4.~ Unfold, unfurl, open.

~5.~ Cover, overspread.

~Spread~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Extend, be expanded.

~2.~ Be dispersed, be scattered.

~3.~ Circulate, be circulated, be spread abroad.

~Spread~, _n._ ~1.~ Extent, reach, compass.

~2.~ Dissemination, circulation, propagation.

~Spread-eagle~, _a._ [_Colloquial, U. S._] Bombastic, pompous, inflated, turgid, tumid, swelling, stilted, grandiloquent, pretentious, sophomorical, HIGHFALUTIN, high-flowing, high-sounding.

~Spread over~, [_Active and Neuter_.] Overrun, run over.

~Spree~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] ~1.~ Carousal, revel, revelry, revelling, jollification, bacchanals, saturnalia, debauch, compotation, wassail, orgies, carouse, cups, drinking bout.

~2.~ Row, riot, disturbance, SHINDY.

~Sprig~, _n._ Twig, shoot, spray.

~Sprightliness~, _n._ Liveliness, briskness, vivacity, animation, alertness, cheerfulness, gayety, frolicsomeness.

~Sprightly~, _a._ Lively, mercurial, animated, vigorous, vivacious, buoyant, brisk, active, alert, agile, blithe, blithesome, gay, airy, cheerful, joyous, frolicsome, buxom, debonair, pleasant.

~Spring~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Leap, bound, jump, vault, hop, CAPER.

~2.~ Rise, start, come forth.

~3.~ Arise, proceed, issue, put forth, shoot forth, make its appearance.

~4.~ Originate, emanate, flow, take its rise, have its origin.

~5.~ Rebound, fly back.

~6.~ Warp, bend.

~Spring~, _n._ ~1.~ Leap, bound, jump.

~2.~ Elasticity, resiliency, springiness, elastic force.

~3.~ Fountain, well, FOUNT, fountain-head.

~4.~ Source, original, origin, principle, cause.

~5.~ Vernal season.

~Spring a leak~, Begin to leak.

~Springe~, _n._ Snare, gin, noose, net, toil, trap.

~Spring-halt~, _n._ String-halt.

~Springiness~, _n._ Elasticity, resilience, spring.

~Springy~, _a._ Elastic, resilient, rebounding.

~Sprinkle~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Scatter, strew.

~2.~ Bedew, besprinkle.

~Sprinkle~, _v. n._ Rain (_moderately_).

~Sprinkler~, _n._ Watering pot.

~Sprinkling~, _n._ Affusion.

~Sprite~, _n._ Fairy, elf, spirit, ghost, spectre, apparition, shade, phantom, phantasm, goblin, hobgoblin.

~Sprout~, _v. n._ Shoot, germinate, vegetate, push, grow, pullulate, put forth, shoot forth, burst forth.

~Sprout~, _n._ ~1.~ Acrospire, plumule.

~2.~ Shoot, ratoon, young branch.

~Spruce~, _a._ Neat (_without elegance_), trim, nice, trig, line, finical, smart, jaunty, natty, foppish, dandyish.

~Spruce~, _v. n._ Prink, dress finically.

~Spruce~, _v. a._ Trim, deck, dress.

~Spry~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] Active, lively, brisk, nimble, supple, agile, sprightly, quick, smart, prompt, alert, stirring, ready, dapper.

~Spume~, _n._ Foam, froth, spray.

~Spumous~, _a._ SPUMY.

~Spumy~, _a._ Foamy, frothy, spumous.

~Spunk~, _n._ ~1.~ Touchwood.

~2.~ Punk, amadou, agaric, German tinder.

~3.~ [_Colloquial._] Spirit, pluck, mettle, energy, force, courage.

~Spur~, _n._ ~1.~ Goad, prick, point, rowel.

~2.~ Incitement, stimulus, incentive, impulse, inducement, instigation, provocation, motive.

~3.~ Snag, point, knot, gnarl, knob, projection.

~4.~ Ergot, horn-seed, spurred rye.

~Spur~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Prick (_with the spur_).

~2.~ Stimulate, incite, rouse, arouse, goad, induce, instigate, impel, urge forward, drive.

~Spur~, _v. n._ Prick, gallop, hasten, press forward, press on.

~Spurious~, _a._ ~1.~ Illegitimate, bastard.

~2.~ Counterfeit, supposititious, meretricious, deceitful, sham, false, mock, pretended, feigned, clap-trap, fictitious, unauthentic, make-believe, not genuine.

~Spurn~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Kick.

~2.~ CONTEMN, scorn, scout, despise, disdain, make light of, look down upon, hold in contempt.

~Spurred-rye~, Ergot, spur.

~Sputter~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Spit, spawl.

~2.~ Splutter, stammer.

~Sputterer~, _a._ Stammerer, splutterer.

~Spy~, _n._ Scout, emissary (_in disguise_), secret agent.

~Spy~, _v. a._ See, behold, discern, espy.

~Squab~, _a._ ~1.~ Fat, plump, stout, portly, dumpy, squabbish, squabby.

~2.~ Unfledged, unfeathered.

~Squab~, _n._ Young pigeon.

~Squabbish~, _a._ Squabby, SQUAB.

~Squabble~, _v. n._ Quarrel, wrangle, dispute, contend, fight, jangle, TIFF.

~Squabble~, _n._ Brawl, wrangle, dispute, petty quarrel.

~Squabby~, _a._ Squabbish, SQUAB.

~Squad~, _n._ Gang, band, crew, set, knot, bevy, lot, small company.

~Squalid~, _a._ Filthy, nasty, dirty, foul, unclean.

~Squalidity~, _n._ Foulness, SQUALIDNESS.

~Squalidness~, _n._ Foulness, filthiness, squalidity, squalor.

~Squall~, _v. n._ Cry (_as an infant_), bawl, yell, scream, cry out.

~Squall~, _n._ ~1.~ Cry, bawl, yell, scream, outcry.

~2.~ Storm (_sudden and brief_), blast, gust, sudden breeze.

~Squally~, _a._ Gusty, blustering, stormy, tempestuous.

~Squalor~, _n._ [L.] Foulness, SQUALIDNESS.

~Squamate~, _a._ Scaly, SQUAMOSE.

~Squamated~, _a._ Scaly, SQUAMOSE.

~Squamose~, _a._ (_Bot._) Scaly, squamate, squamated, squamous.

~Squamous~, _a._ Scaly, SQUAMOSE.

~Squander~, _v. a._ Spend (_profusely_), lavish, expend, waste, lose, dissipate, run out, throw away, muddle away.

~Squanderer~, _n._ Spendthrift, prodigal, waster.

~Square~, _a._ ~1.~ Quadrilateral and equi-angular.

~2.~ Perpendicular, making a right angle.

~3.~ Just, honest, fair, equitable, upright, exact, equal.

~4.~ Adjusted, balanced, settled, even.

~Square~, _n._ ~1.~ Four-sided figure (_with equal sides and angles_), quadrate.

~2.~ Square number.

~3.~ Open area (_in a city or town_).

~4.~ (_Arch._) One hundred superficial feet.

~Square~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Make square.

~2.~ Regulate, adapt, fit, suit, accommodate.

~3.~ Adjust, settle, close, balance.

~4.~ (_Arith._) Multiply into itself.

~Square~, _v. n._ Suit, fit, accord, harmonize, quadrate, comport, cohere, chime in, fall in.

~Squash~, _v. a._ Crush.

~Squat~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Crouch, cower, sit close to the ground.

~2.~ [_Modern_.] Settle (_without title to the land_), plant one's self, take up one's quarters, pitch one's tent.

~Squat~, _a._ ~1.~ Crouching, cowering.

~2.~ Dumpy, STUMPY, stubby, short and thick.

~Squaw-vine~, _n._ Checkerberry, partridge-berry, winter-clover (_Mitchella repens_).

~Squeal~, _v. n._ Cry (_as a pig_), yell.

~Squeamish~, a. Fastidious, dainty, difficult, scrupulous, over-nice, hard to please.

~Squeeze~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Compress, gripe, pinch, nip, press closely.

~2.~ Force (_between close bodies_), drive.

~Squeeze~, _v. n._ Press, crowd, force a way, urge one's way.

~Squeeze out~, Press out, force out.

~Squeteague~, _n._ Weak-fish (_Labrus squeteague_ or _Onolithus regalis_).

~Squib~, _n._ ~1.~ Cracker.

~2.~ Lampoon, pasquinade, satire.

~Squib~, v_. n._ [_Colloquial._] Make lampoons, throw squibs, make sarcastic remarks.

~Squid~, _n._ Cuttle-fish.

~Squint~, _v. n._ Look askant, look askance, look obliquely.

~Squint-eyed~, _a._ Cock-eyed.

~Squire~, _n._ Esquire.

~Squireen~, _n._ [_Modern, Eng._] Country-squire, petty squire.

~Squirm~, _v. n._ Writhe, wriggle.

~Squirt~, _v. a._ Eject (_through a syringe_).

~Squirt~, _n._ Syringe.

~Stab~, _n._ Thrust, stick.

~Stab~, _v. a._ Pierce, transfix, gore, spear.

~Stability~, _n._ ~1.~ Fixedness, durability, permanence, stableness.

~2.~ Constancy, steadiness, firmness.

~Stable~, _a._ ~1.~ Fixed, established, durable, enduring, permanent, immovable, immutable, unalterable, indestructible, unchangeable, invariable.

~2.~ Constant, steady, firm, steadfast, stanch, not fickle, not wavering.

~Stableness~, _n._ STABILITY.

~Stables~, _n. pl._ Mews.

~Stable-servant~, _n._ Groom, hostler.

~Staff~, _n._ ~1.~ Cane, stick, pole, rod, partisan, truncheon.

~2.~ Support, prop, stay.

~3.~ ÉTAT MAJOR, staff, staff-officers, commissioned officers.

~4.~ Stanza, verse, stave.

~Stag~, _n._ Hart, male red deer (_Cervus elaphus_).

~Stage~, _n._ ~1.~ Platform, scaffold, STAGING.

~2.~ Theatre, play-house.

~3.~ Step, degree.

~Stage-like~, _a._ Ranting, declamatory, STAGEY.

~Stagey~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] Ranting, declamatory, bombastic, theatrical, stage-like.

~Stage-player~, _n._ Actor, performer, player, comedian, tragedian.

~Stagger~, _v. n._ Reel, totter, vacillate.

~Stagger~, _v. a._ Shock, astonish, astound, amaze, confound, dumfounder, pose, surprise, nonplus, strike with wonder, take by surprise.

~Staging~, _n._ [_U. S._] Platform, scaffold.

~Stagnant~, _a._ ~1.~ Motionless, standing, close.

~2.~ Sluggish, inactive, inert, torpid, dull, heavy.

~Stagnate~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Be stagnant, stand still.

~2.~ Be dull, be inactive.

~Staid~, _a._ Sober, grave, steady, serious, sedate.

~Stain~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Soil, sully, contaminate, tarnish, spot, blot, blemish, discolor.

~2.~ Dye, tinge, color.

~3.~ Disgrace, pollute, corrupt, defile, dishonor, debase, deprave, contaminate, taint.

~Stain~, _n._ ~1.~ Blemish, tarnish, spot, blot, imperfection.

~2.~ Disgrace, dishonor, contamination, taint.

~Stainless~, _a._ ~1.~ Spotless, untarnished, unspotted.

~2.~ Unsullied, faultless, innocent, uncorrupted, guiltless, pure.

~Stair~, _n._ ~1.~ STAIRS, flight of steps.

~2.~ Step (_of a flight of stairs_).

~Stairs~, _n. pl._ STAIR-CASE, flight of steps, flight of stairs, pair of stairs, set of steps.

~Stair-case~, _n._ Stairs (_with casing, &c._), flight of stairs.

~Stake~, _n._ ~1.~ Stick (_pointed for driving into the ground_), picket, pale.

~2.~ Wager, bet, pledge.

~3.~ Risk, hazard, venture, adventure.

~Stake~, _v. a._ Risk, venture, hazard, peril, imperil, jeopardize, wager, pledge, put at stake, put at hazard.

~Stale~, _a._ ~1.~ Vapid, tasteless, insipid, mawkish, flat, flashy, musty, fusty, sour, not fresh.

~2.~ Old, decayed, faded, effete, time-worn, worn out, not new.

~3.~ Trite, common, hackneyed, commonplace, threadbare, not novel.

~Stalk~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Walk (_stealthily_).

~2.~ Stride, strut.

~Stalk~, _n._ Stem, petiole, pedicel, CULM, peduncle.

~Stalking-horse~, _n._ Mask, cover, pretence.

~Stall~, _n._ ~1.~ Stable.

~2.~ Compartment (_as in a stable_), cell, recess.

~3.~ Stand (_where things are sold_), shop, booth.

~4.~ Seat (_for a dignitary in the choir of a church_).

~Stall~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Put in a stable, keep in a stable.

~2.~ Set fast (_as in mire_), fix in a slough.

~Stallion~, _n._ Stud-horse, breeding-horse.

~Stalwart~, _a._ ~1.~ Strong, stout, sinewy, brawny, muscular, athletic, lusty, robust, sturdy, strapping, vigorous, powerful, puissant, able-bodied, Herculean, gigantic, stalworth.

~2.~ Brave, bold, manly, valiant, valorous, gallant, intrepid, daring, resolute, firm, indomitable, redoubtable.

~Stalworth~, _a._ STALWART.

~Stamina~, _n. pl._ ~1.~ Firm parts (_that give strength_), principal elements.

~2.~ Strength, vigor, force, stoutness, sturdiness, lustiness.

~Stammel~, _a._ Reddish (_paler than scarlet_).

~Stammer~, _v. n._ Stutter, hesitate (_in speaking_), falter, haw, hum and haw.

~Stammer~, _n._ Stutter, hesitate, falter.

~Stammerer~, _n._ Stutterer.

~Stammering~, _n._ Stuttering, faltering, difficulty of utterance.

~Stamp~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Beat (_with the foot or a pestle_).

~2.~ Impress, imprint, print, mark, brand, put a stamp on.

~Stamp~, _n._ ~1.~ Mark, impress, print, impression, brand.

~2.~ Make, cast, mould, form, fashion, cut, character, complexion.

~Stampede~, _n._ Sudden flight (_as of horses from fright_).

~Stanch~, _v. a._ Stop the flow of, stop from running.

~Stanch~, _a._ ~1.~ Strong, sound, stout.

~2.~ Steady, firm, constant, steadfast, resolute, stable, unwavering.

~Stanchion~, _n._ Prop, support.

~Stand~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Be upon the feet, rest on the feet.

~2.~ Be erect, continue erect, remain upright.

~3.~ Be placed, be situated.

~4.~ Remain, continue, abide, be fixed.

~5.~ Stop, halt, pause.

~6.~ Stay, be firm, be resolute, keep one's position, maintain one's ground, stand one's ground.

~7.~ Rank, have rank, hold a place.

~8.~ Be (_emphatically_).

~9.~ Be valid, have force, have validity.

~10.~ Be a candidate.

~11.~ (_Naut._) Steer, hold a course.

~Stand~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Endure, sustain, bear, weather, bear up against.

~2.~ Resist (_without flinching_), oppose, withstand, stand against.

~3.~ Abide, await, submit to.

~4.~ Put, place, set upright.

~Stand~, _n._ ~1.~ Stop, halt, stay.

~2.~ Post, position, place.

~3.~ Interruption, cessation, standstill.

~4.~ Small table.

~5.~ Stall, booth, shop.

~Standard~, _n._ ~1.~ Ensign, flag, banner, streamer, pennons, colors.

~2.~ Criterion, rule, test, touchstone.

~3.~ Model, gauge.

~4.~ Upright, support.

~5.~ (_Bot._) Vexillum.

~Stand of arms~, Complete set of arms.

~Stand against~, Oppose, resist, withstand.

~Standard-bearer~, n. Ensign (_of infantry_), cornet (_of cavalry_), color-sergeant.

~Stand by~, ~1.~ Stand near, be near.

~2.~ Support, assist, aid, help, defend, side with, stand for, not desert.

~3.~ Defend, maintain, vindicate, make good, justify.

~Stand for~, ~1.~ Signify, mean, represent.

~2.~ Defend, support, aid, help, side with, stand by, not desert.

~Stand in hand~, Behoove, interest, concern, be important for, be advantageous for, be for one's interest.

~Stand in one's own light~, Act against one's own interest, not know on which side one's bread is buttered, quarrel with one's bread and butter, kill the goose which lays golden eggs, throw a stone in one's own garden.

~Stand in stead~, Benefit, profit, be of use, be of service, be advantageous.

~Stand off~, Keep off, keep at a distance.

~Stand one in~, Cost.

~Stand one's ground~, Stand, stay, be firm, be resolute, keep one's position, maintain one's ground.

~Stand out~, ~1.~ Project, jut, protrude, be prominent, jut out.

~2.~ Persist (_in resistance_), not yield, not comply.

~Stand-still~, _n._ Interruption, cessation, stop, stand.

~Stand to~, ~1.~ Abide by, adhere to.

~2.~ Be consistent with.

~3.~ (_Naut._) Ply, urge, use vigorously.

~Stand to it~, Persist in the opinion, stick to it.

~Stand to reason~, Seem reasonable, appear consistent.

~Stand up for~, Defend, justify, uphold, support, sustain.

~Stand upon~, ~1.~ Insist upon.

~2.~ Value, pride one's self on, think much of.

~Stannel~, _n._ Kestrel, castrel, windhover (_Falco tinnunculus_).

~Stanza~, _n._ Verse, stave, staff.

~Staple~, _n._ ~1.~ Chief commodity (_of a country or a district_), principal production.

~2.~ Fibre (_of cotton, wool, &c._), pile, filament.

~3.~ Raw material.

~4.~ Bulk, mass, body, substance, principal part, greater part.

~Staple~, _a._ Chief, principal.

~Star~, _n._ ~1.~ Heavenly body.

~2.~ Asterisk, figure of a star.

~3.~ Fate, fortune, destiny, lot, doom.

~4.~ Eminent person (_particularly an eminent actor_).

~Starboard~, _n._ (_Naut._) Right hand side (_of a vessel, to a person looking forward_).

~Starboard~, _a._ (_Naut._) Right.

~Starch~, _a._ Stiff, STARCHED.

~Starched~, _a._ Stiff, precise, formal, prim, rigid, punctilious, ceremonious, starchy, affectedly exact.

~Starch-sugar~, _n._ Glucose, grape sugar.

~Stare~, _v. n._ Gaze, gloat, look intently, gaze earnestly.

~Star-finch~, _n._ Redstart (_Phœnicura ruticilla_).

~Star-fish~, _n._ Sea-star, five-finger.

~Star-flower~, _n._ ~1.~ Star-of-Bethlehem (_Ornithogalum umbellatum_).

~2.~ Chickweed, star-wort.

~Stark~, _a._ Mere, simple, sheer, bare, downright, gross, unmistakable.

~Stark~, _ad._ Wholly, entirely, completely, fully.

~Star-like~, _a._ ~1.~ Bright, lustrous, twinkling.

~2.~ Radiated, stellate, stellated, stellular.

~Start~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Shrink, flinch, wince, startle.

~2.~ Depart, set out, set off.

~Start~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Rouse, alarm, startle.

~2.~ Evoke, raise, call forth.

~3.~ Begin, initiate, institute, set on foot.

~4.~ Move (_suddenly_).

~Start~, _n._ ~1.~ Startle, sudden motion.

~2.~ Fit, spasmodic effort.

~3.~ Beginning, outset.

~Starting-point~, _n._ Point of departure.

~Startle~, _v. n._ Shrink, wince, flinch, start.

~Startle~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Frighten, flight, affright, alarm, shock.

~2.~ Strike with wonder, surprise, astonish, astound, amaze.

~Startle~, _n._ Shock, START.

~Starvation~, _n._ Famishment.

~Starve~, _v. n._ Perish (_especially with hunger_).

~Starve~, _v. a._ Kill with hunger, starve to death.

~Starveling~, _a._ Lean, meagre, lank, emaciated, gaunt, skinny, scraggy, raw-boned.

~Starveling~, _n._ Pauper, mendicant, beggar.

~Starwort~, _n._ STAR-FLOWER, chickweed.

~State~, _n._ ~1.~ Condition, situation, position, plight, predicament, pass, case, category.

~2.~ Commonwealth, civil community, body politic.

~3.~ Pomp, parade, dignity, grandeur, magnificence, glory.

~State~, _v. a._ Express (_with particularity_), explain, specify, set forth.

~State~, _a._ National, public.

~State-chamber~, _n._ Divan, audience-chamber, council-chamber.

~Stately~, _a._ ~1.~ Lofty, dignified, majestic, imperial, magnificent, grand, noble, princely, royal, palatial, elevated, august.

~2.~ Pompous, ceremonious, solemn, formal.

~Stately mansion~, Palace.

~Statement~, _n._ Specification, mention, announcement, report, account, recital, relation, narration, description.

~Statesman~, _n._ Statist, politician.

~Station~, _n._ ~1.~ Place, position, post, location, situation.

~2.~ Office, function, business, employment, sphere of duty.

~3.~ Rank, standing, character, state, condition, STATUS.

~4.~ Depot (_of a railroad_), station-house.

~Station~, _v. a._ Place, locate, post, fix, establish, set.

~Stationary~, _a._ Fixed, stable, standing, still, quiescent, motionless, permanent, at rest, at a stand, standing still.

~Station-house~, _n._ Station (_of a railroad_), depot.

~Statist~, _n._ Statesman, politician.

~Statuary~, _n._ ~1.~ Sculpture, carving.

~2.~ Statues (_collectively_).

~Statue~, _n._ Image (_made of some solid substance_).

~Statuette~, _n._ Small statue, little image.

~Stature~, _n._ Height, tallness.

~Status~, _n._ [L.] Standing, rank, station, condition.

~Statute~, _n._ Law, act, enactment, ordinance.

~Staurolite~, _n._ ~1.~ STAUROTIDE.

~2.~ Harmotome.

~Staurotide~, _n._ Cross-stone, grenatite, staurolite.

~Stave~, _n._ Stanza, verse, staff.

~Stave~, _v. a._ Burst, break a hole in, stave in.

~Stave in~, Burst, STAVE.

~Stave off~, Defer, delay, postpone, adjourn, procrastinate, put off, lay over, let lie over.

~Stay~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Sojourn, tarry, abide, dwell, lodge, rest, take up one's quarters, pitch one's tent.

~2.~ Remain, continue, stop, be fixed, stand still.

~3.~ Wait, attend, delay, linger.

~Stay~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Stop, restrain, check, hold, withhold, curb, keep in, rein in.

~2.~ Delay, obstruct, hinder.

~3.~ Support, sustain, uphold, prop, hold up, shore up.

~Stay~, _n._ ~1.~ Sojourn, delay, halt, rest, repose, stop.

~2.~ Hinderance, obstruction, interruption, obstacle, impediment, check, bar, restraint, curb, stumbling block.

~3.~ Support, prop, staff, dependence, supporter, buttress.

~Stays~, _n. pl._ Corsets.

~Steadfast~, _a._ ~1.~ Fixed, fast, established.

~2.~ Resolute, firm, steady, stanch, constant, stable, pertinacious, unwavering, unhesitating, unshaken, unreserved, implicit.

~Steady~, _a._ ~1.~ Fixed, firm, not tottering.

~2.~ Regular, undeviating, unremitted, uniform.

~3.~ Constant, resolute, stanch, steadfast, stable, unwavering, persevering.

~Steal~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Purloin, pilfer, filch, CABBAGE, poach, peculate, embezzle, ROB, make off with, come unlawfully by.

~2.~ Allure, win, gain, draw over.

~Steal~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Pilfer, purloin, thieve, practise theft.

~2.~ Pass stealthily, go unperceived.

~Stealer~, _n._ Thief, robber.

~Stealing~, _n._ Theft, robbery, larceny.

~Stealthy~, _a._ Sly, secret, private, clandestine, furtive, underhand, sneaking, skulking.

~Steam~, _n._ ~1.~ Vapor (_especially of water_).

~2.~ Mist, fume, reek, smoke, exhalation, effluvium.

~Steam~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Emit vapor.

~2.~ Evaporate, pass off in vapor.

~3.~ Navigate (_by means of steam_), plough the deep, plough the waves.

~Steamboat~, _n._ Steamer.

~Steamer~, _n._ Steamboat, steamship.

~Steamer-duck~, n. Race-horse (_Micropterus brachypterus_).

~Steamship~, _n._ Steamer.

~Steatite~, _n._ Soapstone.

~Steed~, _n._ [_Poetical._] Horse (_especially a war horse_), charger.

~Steel~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Case-harden, edge or point with steel.

~2.~ Harden, strengthen, fortify, nerve, brace, make firm.

~Steep~, _a._ Precipitous, abrupt.

~Steep~, _n._ Precipice, abrupt declivity.

~Steep~, _v. a._ Soak, macerate, imbrue, drench, digest, seethe.

~Steeple~, _n._ Spire, tower, turret.

~Steeple-bush~, _n._ Hardhack (_Spiræa tomentosa_).

~Steer~, _n._ Young ox.

~Steer~, _v. a._ Direct (_as a vessel by the helm_), guide, pilot, conduct, govern, have or take the direction of.

~Steer~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Direct one's course.

~2.~ Be directed, be governed.

~Steersman~, _n._ Helmsman, pilot, guide, conductor.

~Stellar~, _a._ Astral, starry.

~Stellate~, _a._ Star-like, radiated, stellular, stellated.

~Stellated~, _a._ STELLATE.

~Stellular~, _a._ STELLATE.

~Stem~, _n._ ~1.~ Trunk (_of a tree_), main stock.

~2.~ Peduncle, pedicel, petiole, stalk.

~3.~ Branch, shoot, scion.

~4.~ (_Naut._) Forepart (_of a ship_), prow, beak, bow.

~5.~ (_Mus._) Tail (_of a note_).

~Stem~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Oppose (_as a current_), resist, breast, withstand, bear up against, make head against.

~2.~ Stop, check.

~Stench~, _n._ Stink, fetor, bad smell, offensive odor.

~Stench-trap~, _n._ Cesspool, stink-trap.

~Stenographer~, _n._ Stenographist.

~Stenographist~, _n._ Stenographer.

~Stenography~, _n._ Shorthand, tachygraphy, brachygraphy.

~Stentorian~, _a._ Stunning, deafening, very loud.

~Step~, _n._ ~1.~ Pace, tread.

~2.~ Stair.

~3.~ Degree, grade, gradation.

~4.~ Advancement, progression.

~5.~ Action, act, deed, proceeding.

~6.~ Measure, means, method, expedient.

~7.~ Round (_of a ladder_), rundle.

~8.~ Short distance, stone's throw, small space, few steps.

~Step~, _v. n._ Walk.

~Steppe~, _n._ Prairie, pampa, savanna.

~Stercoraceous~, _a._ Fecal.

~Sterile~, _a._ Barren, unfruitful, fruitless, unproductive, unprolific, infecund, addle, ACARPOUS, jejune, poor.

~Sterility~, _n._ Barrenness, unfruitfulness, fruitlessness, unproductiveness, infecundity.

~Sterling~, _a._ Genuine, pure, true, real, substantial, positive.

~Stern~, _a._ ~1.~ Forbidding, austere, severe, rigid.

~2.~ Harsh, cruel, bitter, rigorous, strict, hard, unrelenting, inflexible, uncompromising.

~Stern~, _n._ Hinder part (_of a vessel_).

~Sternness~, _n._ ~1.~ Severity, austerity, rigidity.

~2.~ Harshness, asperity, rigor, inflexibility, cruelty.

~Sternum~, _n._ (_Anat._) Breastbone.

~Sternutation~, _n._ Sneezing.

~Sternutative~, _a._ STERNUTATORY.

~Sternutatory~, _a._ Sternutative, errhine, that produces sneezing.

~Stertorous~, _a._ Snoring.

~Stew~, _v. a._ Boil (_slowly_), seethe, simmer.

~Stew~, _v. n._ Be boiled (_slowly_).

~Stew~, _n._ ~1.~ Brothel, bagnio, bawdy house, whore-house, house of prostitution, house of ill fame.

~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Confusion, difficulty, scrape, mess.

~3.~ BOUILLI, stewed meat.

~Steward~, _n._ ~1.~ Major-domo.

~2.~ Manciple.

~Stibial~, _a._ Antimonial.

~Stibium~, _n._ ~1.~ Antimony.

~2.~ STIBNITE.

~Stibnite~, _n._ Stibium, antimony glance.

~Stich~, _n._ Line, verse.

~Stick~, _n._ ~1.~ Rod, switch, birch.

~2.~ Club, bludgeon.

~3.~ Cane, staff.

~4.~ Piece of timber.

~5.~ Stab, thrust.

~Stick~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Pierce, penetrate, transfix, stab, spear, gore.

~2.~ Insert, thrust, infix.

~3.~ Attach, paste, glue, cement.

~4.~ Fix (_on something pointed_).

~Stick~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Adhere, cleave, cling, hold, stay fixed.

~2.~ Abide, remain, stop, stay, hold fast, be infixed.

~3.~ Hesitate, waver, doubt, scruple, stickle, be embarrassed, be puzzled.

~Stick at~, Hesitate about, doubt about, be puzzled by.

~Stick by~, Adhere to, be faithful to, be true to, stick to.

~Stickle~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Struggle (_pertinaciously and on trifling grounds_), contend, altercate.

~2.~ Hesitate, waver, doubt, scruple, stick, be puzzled.

~Stickle-back~, _n._ Prickle-back.

~Stickler~, _n._ Pertinacious person.

~Stick out~, Project, protrude, be prominent.

~Stick Sulphur~, Cane brimstone, roll sulphur.

~Stick to~, ~1.~ Adhere to, STICK BY.

~2.~ Persevere in.

~Sticky~, _a._ Adhesive, glutinous, viscous, viscid, tenacious, gluey.

~Stiff~, _a._ ~1.~ Rigid, unbending, unyielding, inflexible.

~2.~ Firm, tenacious, thick, inspissated.

~3.~ Stubborn, obstinate, pertinacious, rigorous, severe, strict, straight-laced, stringent, peremptory, absolute, positive, austere, dogmatic, uncompromising.

~4.~ Formal, constrained, ceremonious, punctilious, prim, starch, stately, chilling, frigid, in buckram.

~5.~ Inelegant, cramped, harsh, crude, graceless, abrupt.

~6.~ Strong, fresh.

~Stiff-necked~, _a._ Stubborn, obdurate, dogged, mulish, headstrong, contumacious, cross-grained, unruly, intractable.

~Stifle~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Smother, choke, suffocate.

~2.~ Suppress, repress, check, deaden, stop, destroy, extinguish, quench.

~3.~ Still, hush, silence, muffle, muzzle, gag.

~Stigma~, _n._ ~1.~ Mark (_made with a hot iron_), brand.

~2.~ Stain, blot, disgrace, reproach, dishonor.

~Stigmatize~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Brand, mark with a hot iron.

~2.~ Disgrace, reproach, dishonor, vilify, defame, discredit, brand, post.

~Stiletto~, _n._ ~1.~ Dagger, dirk, poniard.

~2.~ Bodkin.

~Still~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Silence, stifle, muffle, hush.

~2.~ Calm, compose, quiet, allay, appease, pacify, tranquillize, smooth.

~Still~, _a._ ~1.~ Silent, noiseless, hushed, mute, mum.

~2.~ Quiet, calm, tranquil, placid, serene, stilly.

~3.~ Motionless, quiescent, at rest.

~Still~, _ad._ or _conj._ ~1.~ Yet, till now, to this time.

~2.~ However, nevertheless, notwithstanding.

~3.~ Always, ever, continually, habitually.

~Stilly~, _a._ Quiet, calm, tranquil, serene, still.

~Stilt~, _n._ Stilt-bird, long-legged plover (_Himantopus melanopterus_).

~Stilt-bird~, _n._ STILT.

~Stilted~, _a._ Pompous, swelling, inflated, bombastic, turgid, pretentious, grandiloquent, high-flowing, high-sounding, _HIGH- FALUTIN_, on stilts.

~Stimulant~, _a._ Stimulating, exciting, stimulative.

~Stimulant~, _n._ ~1.~ Stimulating medicine.

~2.~ Incentive, STIMULUS.

~Stimulate~, _v. a._ Incite, excite, instigate, animate, awaken, provoke, pique, encourage, inspirit, urge, prompt, goad, rouse, arouse, whet, foment, spur, impel, inflame, fire, kindle, stir up, set on, work up.

~Stimulative~, _a._ Stimulating, STIMULANT.

~Stimulative~, _n._ STIMULUS.

~Stimulus~, _n._ Incentive, spur, goad, incitement, stimulant, provocative, provocation, motive, encouragement.

~Sting~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Prick, wound, hurt.

~2.~ Afflict, pain, cut to the quick, go to one's heart.

~Stingy~, _a._ Niggardly, penurious, parsimonious, miserly, close, mean, covetous, avaricious, sordid, close-fisted.

~Stink~, _v. n._ Smell bad, smell ill, emit a stench.

~Stink~, _n._ Stench, fetor, FUNK, offensive odor, bad smell.

~Stinkard~, _n._ Teledu (_Mydaus meliceps_).

~Stink-stone~, _n._ Swinestone.

~Stink-trap~, _n._ Cesspool, stench-trap.

~Stint~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Limit, bound, restrain, confine.

~2.~ Straiten, pinch, distress, put on short allowance.

~3.~ [_U. S._] Assign a task to.

~Stint~, _v. n._ Stop, cease, desist.

~Stint~, _n._ ~1.~ Limit, bound, restraint.

~2.~ Quantity assigned.

~3.~ Allotted task.

~Stipe~, _n._ Stalk (_of a pistil_), stem (_of a mushroom or a fern_).

~Stipend~, _n._ Salary, wages, allowance, pay, hire, compensation, remuneration.

~Stipple~, _v. a._ Engrave (_by dots, instead of lines_).

~Stipulate~, _v. n._ Bargain, agree, contract, engage, covenant, provide.

~Stipulation~, _n._ Bargain, agreement, contract, engagement, obligation, covenant, indenture, concordat, pact, convention.

~Stir~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Move.

~2.~ Agitate, disturb.

~3.~ Discuss, argue, moot.

~4.~ Instigate, incite, excite, rouse, arouse, awaken, prompt, stimulate, provoke, animate, goad, spur, stir up, set on.

~Stir~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Move, budge, go, change place, change one's position, move one's self.

~2.~ Be active, be in motion.

~3.~ Appear, happen, turn up, come into notice.

~4.~ [_Colloquial._] Rise (_from bed in the morning_), get up.

~Stir~, _n._ ~1.~ Movement, activity, bustle, FUSS, hurry, flurry, fidget, ado.

~2.~ Agitation, excitement, confusion, tumult, commotion.

~Stir one's stumps~, [_Colloquial._] Hasten, be quick, make the most of one's time, not suffer the grass to grow under one's feet.

~Stirrer up~, Inciter, instigator.

~Stirring~, _a._ Active, lively, brisk, smart, industrious, diligent.

~Stir up~, Instigate, excite, STIR.

~Stitch~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Sew, sew together.

~2.~ Make stitches in.

~Stithy~, _n._ Smithy, smithery, FORGE, smith's shop.

~Stive~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Stow, stuff close.

~2.~ Make hot, close, or sultry.

~Stoat~, _n._ Ermine (_Mustela erminea_), meniver.

~Stock~, _n._ ~1.~ Trunk (_of a tree_), stalk, stem.

~2.~ Post, pillar, block, log.

~3.~ Handle (_of an instrument_), haft.

~4.~ Cravat, neckcloth.

~5.~ Race, lineage, pedigree, parentage, ancestry, family.

~6.~ Capital, fund, invested property.

~7.~ Store, supply, accumulation, provision, hoard, reserve.

~8.~ Live-stock, domestic animals (_on a farm_).

~Stock~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Store, supply, furnish, fill.

~2.~ Reserve, save, garner, hoard, reposit, accumulate, lay in, treasure up, lay by.

~Stock-dove~, _n._ Wild pigeon (_of Europe_), wood-pigeon (_Columba ænas_).

~Stockholder~, _n._ Shareholder.

~Stockish~, _a._ Stupid, blockish, STOLID.

~Stock-jobber~, _n._ Speculator in stocks, trader in stocks.

~Stocks~, _n. pl._ ~1.~ Funds (_invested in joint-stock enterprises or in the obligations of a Government_), public funds, public securities.

~2.~ Shares (_in joint-stock companies, or in the obligations of a Government_).

~Stock-still~, _a._ Stone-still, perfectly still.

~Stocky~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] Stout, plump, chubbed, stubby, STUMPY, short and thick.

~Stoic~, _n._ Follower of Zeno, stoical philosopher.

~Stoic~, _a._ Passionless, apathetic, unimpassioned, imperturbable, philosophic, Platonic, cool, indifferent, cold, cold-blooded.

~Stoical~, _a._ Passionless, apathetic, unimpassioned, imperturbable, philosophic, Platonic, cool, indifferent, cold, cold-blooded.

~Stoicism~, _n._ ~1.~ Stoical philosophy, philosophy of Zeno.

~2.~ Apathy, insensibility, coolness, indifference, coldness, phlegm, cold blood.

~Stolen~, _a._ ~1.~ Purloined, pilfered, taken wrongfully.

~2.~ Furtive, stealthy, surreptitious, clandestine, secret, sly.

~Stolid~, _a._ Stupid, dull, heavy, doltish, slow, foolish, blockish, obtuse, stockish.

~Stolidity~, _n._ Stupidity, dullness, foolishness, doltishness, obtuseness, stolidness.

~Stolidness~, _n._ STOLIDITY.

~Stoma~, _n._ [Gr. pl. _Stomata_.] ~1.~ Pore (_in plants_).

~2.~ Breathing-hole (_in articulate animals_).

~Stomach~, _n._ ~1.~ Appetite.

~2.~ Inclination, desire, taste, liking.

~Stomach~, _v. a._ Brook, endure, bear, suffer, put up with.

~Stomachal~, _a._ STOMACHIC.

~Stomachic~, _n._ Cordial, medicine for the stomach, stomachal.

~Stomachic~, _a._ Stomachal, cordial, good for the stomach.

~Stomachical~, _a._ Stomachal, cordial, good for the stomach.

~Stone~, _n._ ~1.~ ROCK, PEBBLE.

~2.~ Gem, jewel, precious stone.

~3.~ Nut (_of a drupe_).

~4.~ Vesical calculus.

~5.~ Testicle.

~6.~ Monumental tablet.

~Stone~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Pelt with stones.

~2.~ Face with stone, line with stone.

~3.~ Free from stones.

~Stone-bed~, _n._ Quarry, stone-pit.

~Stone-blind~, _a._ Totally blind.

~Stone-coal~, _n._ Anthracite, blind-coal, glance-coal, hard-coal.

~Stone-cold~, _a._ Cold as stone.

~Stone-curlew~, _n._ Stone-plover (_Œdicnemus crepitans_).

~Stone-fruit~, _n._ Drupe.

~Stone-pit~, _n._ Quarry, stone-bed.

~Stone-plover~, _n._ STONE-CURLEW.

~Stone's cast~, _n._ STONE'S THROW.

~Stone's throw~, _n._ Stone's cast, short distance, few steps.

~Stone-still~, _a._ STOCK-STILL.

~Stone-weed~, _n._ Red-root (_Lithospermum arvense_).

~Stony-hearted~, _a._ Cruel, unfeeling, pitiless, remorseless, hard- hearted.

~Stook~, _n._ Shock (_of corn_), hattock.

~Stool~, _n._ ~1.~ Seat (_without a back_).

~2.~ Discharge (_from the bowels_), evacuation.

~3.~ [_Local, U. S._] Decoy-bird.

~Stool-pigeon~, _n._ ~1.~ Decoy-pigeon.

~2.~ [_U. S._] Decoy-rogue (_employed by the police_).

~Stoop~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Couch, bend forward, bend down, lean forward.

~2.~ Cower, yield, submit, succumb, surrender, knuckle, give in.

~3.~ Condescend, deign, vouchsafe.

~4.~ Swoop, descend, come down, bear down.

~5.~ Sink, fall.

~Stoop~, _v. a._ Lower, abase, bow, bend down, bend forward.

~Stoop~, _n._ ~1.~ Condescension.

~2.~ Swoop, descent.

~3.~ Flagon, bowl.

~4.~ [_U. S._] Door-steps, porch.

~Stop~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Close, close up.

~2.~ HINDER, repress, restrain, suppress, obstruct, stay, intercept, preclude, thwart, impede, interrupt, block, blockade, barricade, check, bring to a stand-still, lay an embargo on.

~3.~ Leave, cease from, desist from, refrain from, leave off, make an end of.

~4.~ Suspend, arrest, intermit, discontinue, quiet, put an end to.

~Stop~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Be at a stand-still, come to a stand, come to a stand-still, come to a dead lock, cease progress, halt, stand still, lie by, LIE TO.

~2.~ Cease, desist, forbear, leave off, break off.

~3.~ [_Colloquial, U. S._] Tarry, stay, lodge, take lodgings, have lodgings.

~Stop~, _n._ ~1.~ Pause, rest, intermission.

~2.~ Interruption, repression, obstruction, hinderance, obstacle, check, impediment.

~3.~ Point, mark of punctuation.

~Stop-cock~, _n._ Cock, tap.

~Stoppage~, _n._ Obstruction, hinderance, interruption, prevention.

~Stopper~, _n._ Stopple, plug.

~Stopple~, _n._ Stopper, plug.

~Store~, _n._ ~1.~ Stock, supply.

~2.~ Abundance, plenty, great quantity, great number.

~3.~ Warehouse, magazine, store-house, repository, depot.

~4.~ Shop.

~Store~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Garner, hoard, husband, deposit, save, reserve, treasure up, lay in, lay up, lay by, set by, store up, lay in store.

~2.~ Supply, furnish, stock, replenish, provide.

~Store-house~, _n._ Magazine, warehouse, repository, depot, store.

~Storge~, _n._ [Gr.] Parental love, instinctive affection (_for offspring_).

~Storm~, _n._ ~1.~ Tempest, gale, SQUALL, hurricane, TORNADO, violent wind (_usually accompanied with rain, hail, or snow_).

~2.~ Disturbance, agitation, commotion, tumult, turmoil, clamor, sedition, insurrection, outbreak.

~3.~ Calamity, adversity, distress.

~4.~ Attack, assault, onslaught, onset, first brunt.

~Storm~, _v. a._ Attack (_with violence, as a fortification_), assault.

~Storm~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Blow violently (_with or without rain, hail, or snow_).

~2.~ Rage, fume.

~Storminess~, _n._ Tempestuousness, inclemency, roughness.

~Stormy~, _a._ ~1.~ Tempestuous, windy, gusty, squally, boisterous, blustering.

~2.~ Violent, passionate, rough.

~Stormy petrel~, Mother Carey's chicken (_Procellaria pelagica_).

~Story~, _n._ ~1.~ History.

~2.~ Narration, narrative, recital, relation, rehearsal, account, statement, tale.

~3.~ Fiction, fable, romance, novel.

~4.~ [_Colloquial._] Falsehood, untruth, lie.

~5.~ Floor, loft.

~Stout~, _a._ ~1.~ Strong, sinewy, brawny, athletic, lusty, robust, sturdy, stalwart, vigorous, able-bodied.

~2.~ Brave, valiant, valorous, intrepid, bold, manful, manly, resolute, gallant, firm, indomitable.

~3.~ Large, corpulent, obese, strapping, bouncing, portly, chubby, jolly, burly, plump, fat, in good case.

~Stout-hearted~, _a._ Brave, valiant, valorous, courageous, resolute, gallant, intrepid, fearless, heroic, manly.

~Stove-pipe~, _n._ Funnel.

~Stow~, _v. a._ Pack, stuff, stive, wedge in, put in compactly.

~Strabism~, _n._ Squinting, STRABISMUS.

~Strabismus~, _n._ Squinting, strabism, cast of the eye, obliquity of vision.

~Straddle~, _v. a._ Bestride.

~Straggle~, _v. n._ Rove, ramble, stray, stroll, range, roam, wander, deviate, digress, gad about, go out of the way, go astray.

~Straggler~, _n._ Wanderer, rambler, rover, strayer, stroller, vagrant, vagabond, nomad, bird of passage.

~Straggling~, _a._ ~1.~ Roving, rambling, straying, strolling, wandering.

~2.~ Scattered, occurring here and there.

~3.~ Isolated, solitary.

~Strahlstein~, _n._ Actinolite, ray-stone.

~Straight~, _a._ ~1.~ Rectilinear, direct, short, near, right, undeviating, not crooked, not curved.

~2.~ Vertical, upright, erect, perpendicular.

~3.~ Just, fair, honorable, straightforward.

~Straight~, _ad._ Immediately, directly, forthwith, straightway, at once, without delay.

~Straight-edge~, _n._ Strike, strickle.

~Straighten~, _v. a._ Make straight.

~Straightforward~, _a._ ~1.~ Direct, undeviating, STRAIGHT.

~2.~ Honest, honorable, equitable, fair, just, square, even-handed.

~Straightforward~, _ad._ Directly, in a straight line, without turning to the right or to the left.

~Straightway~, _ad._ STRAIGHT, immediately.

~Strain~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Stretch, draw tightly.

~2.~ Wrench, sprain.

~3.~ Exert (_to the utmost_), put to the utmost strength.

~4.~ Pervert (_from the true intent_), push too far.

~5.~ Force, constrain, compel.

~6.~ Filter, purify (_by filtration_).

~Strain~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Try hard, make great efforts.

~2.~ Percolate, filter, be filtered, be strained.

~Strain~, _n._ ~1.~ Extreme tension.

~2.~ Over-exertion, violent effort, great exertion.

~3.~ Sprain, wrench.

~4.~ Tune, melody, movement.

~5.~ Poem, lay, song, sonnet.

~6.~ Style, manner.

~Strait~, _a._ ~1.~ Narrow, close, contracted, constricted, not broad, not wide.

~2.~ Strict, rigorous, rigid, severe.

~Strait~, n. ~1.~ Narrow pass (_especially between two seas_), gut, narrows.

~2.~ Distress, difficulty, perplexity, dilemma, embarrassment, pinch, exigency, emergency, critical situation.

~Straiten~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Confine, limit, constrict, contract.

~2.~ Stretch, straighten, make tight or tense.

~3.~ Distress, perplex, pinch, embarrass, oppress.

~Straitened~, _a._ Distressed, perplexed, embarrassed.

~Strait-jacket~, _n._ Strait-waistcoat.

~Straight-laced~, _a._ Strict, rigid, formal, stiff, stern, rigorous, austere, uncompromising.

~Strait-waistcoat~, _n._ Strait-jacket.

~Strake~, _n._ (_Ship building._) Streak, range of planks (_on the side of a vessel_).

~Stramonium~, _n._ Thorn-apple, stramony, Jamestown weed, apple Peru (_Datura stramonium_).

~Stramony~, _n._ STRAMONIUM.

~Strand~, _n._ Beach, shore, coast, seaboard, seacoast.

~Stranded~, _a._ Aground, ashore, wrecked, cast away.

~Strand~, _v. n._ Run aground, get ashore, be wrecked, be cast away.

~Strange~, _a._ ~1.~ Foreign, outlandish, exotic, alien, not native, not domestic, from abroad.

~2.~ New, novel, unusual, uncommon, unnatural, abnormal, anomalous, singular, rare, irregular, extraordinary, wonderful, inexplicable, exceptional, unique, PRETERNATURAL, unheard of, out of the way.

~3.~ Odd, eccentric, queer, peculiar, BIZARRE.

~Stranger~, _n._ ~1.~ Foreigner, alien.

~2.~ Guest, visitor.

~Stranger~, _a._ ~1.~ Foreign, alien.

~2.~ Unacquainted, unknown.

~Strangle~, _v. a._ Choke, throttle, suffocate.

~Strap~, _n._ ~1.~ Thong.

~2.~ Strop, razor-strap, razor-strop.

~3.~ Ligature, tie, band.

~Strap~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Whip (_with a strap_).

~2.~ Bind (_with a strap_), fasten.

~3.~ Strop, sharpen (_on a strap_).

~Strapper~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Large person, giant, BOUNCER.

~Strapping~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] Large, huge, vast, BOUNCING, portly, burly, stout, lusty, stalwart, gigantic, Herculean.

~Strata~, _n. pl._ [L. _sing. Stratum_.] Layers (_as of rocks_), beds.

~Stratagem~, _n._ Artifice, device, manœuvre, intrigue, wile, trick, fetch, finesse, ruse, dodge, crafty device, artful contrivance, stroke of policy.

~Strategetic~, _a._ Strategic, strategical.

~Strategetical~, _a._ Strategic, strategical.

~Strategetics~, _n. pl._ STRATEGY, generalship.

~Strategic~, _a._ Strategetic, strategetical.

~Strategical~, _a._ Strategetic, strategetical.

~Strategy~, _n._ Generalship, strategetics, tactics, military science.

~Stratified~, _a._ In strata, in layers.

~Stratum~, _n._ [L. _pl. Strata_.] Layer, bed.

~Straw~, _n._ Stalk (_of grain after being thrashed_).

~Stray~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Wander, rove, ramble, range, roam, straggle, stroll, deviate, digress, go out of the way, go astray.

~2.~ Swerve (_from rectitude_), err.

~Stray~, _n._ Estray.

~Stray~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] Straying, wandering, gone astray.

~Strayer~, _n._ Wanderer, rambler, rover, stroller, vagrant, straggler, vagabond, nomad, bird of passage.

~Streak~, _n._ ~1.~ Stripe.

~2.~ STRAKE.

~Streak~, _v. a._ Stripe.

~Streaked~, _a._ Striped, streaky.

~Streaky~, _a._ Striped, streaked.

~Stream~, _n._ ~1.~ Current, course, flow, rush, tide.

~2.~ River, rivulet, brook, run.

~Stream~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Flow, run, glide, pour.

~2.~ Issue, radiate, go forth.

~3.~ Extend, stretch out.

~Streamer~, _n._ Pennon, banner, flag, ensign, standard, colors.

~Streamlet~, _n._ Rill, brook, rivulet, runlet, runnel, run, BURN, small stream.

~Street~, _n._ Road, highway, public way.

~Street-walker~, _n._ STRUMPET, whore.

~Strength~, _n._ ~1.~ Power, FORCE, might, potency, puissance, nerve.

~2.~ Tenacity, toughness, solidity.

~3.~ Lustiness, brawniness, robustness, stoutness.

~4.~ Fortitude, courage, spirit, animation, firmness, resolution.

~5.~ Validity, cogency, efficacy, prevalence, soundness.

~6.~ Vigor (_of style_), energy, nervous diction.

~7.~ Support, security, stay.

~Strengthen~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Fortify, brace, harden, steel, nerve, make strong, make stronger, give strength to, add strength to.

~2.~ Intensify, make more intense.

~3.~ Invigorate, animate, impart health to.

~4.~ Confirm, corroborate, establish, justify, sustain, support.

~Strengthen~, _v. n._ Grow strong.

~Strengthening~, _a._ ~1.~ Fortifying, bracing.

~2.~ Invigorating, roborant, tonic.

~Strenuous~, _a._ Zealous, ardent, earnest, active, vigorous, resolute, energetic.

~Strenuously~, _ad._ Earnestly, ardently, vigorously, zealously, resolutely, energetically, actively, with all one's might, with might and main, tooth and nail, PUGNIS ET CALCIBUS, HAMMER AND TONGS, through thick and thin, through fire and water.

~Stress~, _n._ ~1.~ Force, strain.

~2.~ Pressure, urgency.

~3.~ Importance, significance, weight.

~4.~ EMPHASIS, ACCENT.

~Stretch~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Strain, tighten, make tense.

~2.~ Extend, lengthen, elongate, draw out.

~3.~ Reach, stretch forth, hold out.

~4.~ Spread, expand, unfold, display.

~5.~ Exaggerate, extend too far.

~Stretch~, _v. n._ Extend, reach, be drawn out.

~Stretch~, _n._ ~1.~ Extent, extension, reach, compass, range.

~2.~ Effort, struggle, strain, exertion.

~Stretch forth~, Reach, hold out.

~Strew~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Scatter, spread.

~2.~ Cover, overspread.

~Stria~, _n._ [L. _pl. Striæ_.] Furrow, groove, channel.

~Striate~, _a._ Channelled, furrowed, grooved.

~Striated~, _a._ Channelled, furrowed, grooved.

~Stricken~, _a._ ~1.~ Struck, smitten, wounded, afflicted.

~2.~ Advanced (_in years_), far gone.

~Stricken hour~, Whole hour, entire hour.

~Strickle~, _n._ Strike, straight-edge.

~Strict~, _a._ ~1.~ Tight, strained.

~2.~ Exact, accurate, precise, very nice.

~3.~ Severe, rigorous, stringent, stern, austere, harsh, uncompromising, strait-laced.

~Stricture~, _n._ ~1.~ Animadversion, censure, criticism, critique, critical remark.

~2.~ (_Med._) Contraction (_of some duct, as the œsophagus_).

~Stride~, _n._ Long step.

~Stride~, _v. n._ Take long steps.

~Stride~, _v. a._ Bestride.

~Stridor~, _n._ [L.] Grating, creaking, jarring, harsh sound.

~Stridulous~, _a._ Grating, harsh, creaking.

~Strife~, _n._ Contention, contest, conflict, struggle, quarrel.

~Strike~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Smite, beat, hit, knock, slap, bump, pound, give a blow to.

~2.~ Cast, dash, hurl.

~3.~ Impress, imprint, stamp, coin, mint.

~4.~ Thrust, force, drive, impel.

~5.~ Deal, inflict, give.

~6.~ Cause (_by a sudden impulse_), produce.

~7.~ Impress (_suddenly_), affect.

~8.~ Lower (_as a sail_), take down, haul down.

~Strike~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Deal a blow.

~2.~ Hit, clash, dash, collide, touch, come in contact.

~3.~ Sound (_by percussion_).

~4.~ Dart, penetrate, pass quickly, shoot.

~5.~ Yield, surrender, strike the flag.

~6.~ [_Modern._] Rebel, mutiny, rise, quit work (_in order to extort higher wages_).

~Strike at~, Attempt to strike, aim a blow at, try to hit.

~Strike~, _n._ ~1.~ Stroke.

~2.~ Strickle, straight-edge.

~3.~ Suspension of work (_in order to extort higher wages_), turn-out.

~Strike for~, Start suddenly for, make for, move toward, go toward.

~Strike hands with~, Agree with, make a bargain with.

~Strike home~, Deal an effective blow.

~Strike in~, ~1.~ Enter suddenly.

~2.~ Interpose, interrupt.

~3.~ Disappear (_from the surface_).

~Strike in with~, Side with, take part with, conform to.

~Strike off~, ~1.~ Cut off (_by a blow_).

~2.~ Erase (_from an account_), strike out.

~3.~ Print (_as copies of a book_).

~Strike out~, [_Active._] ~1.~ Produce (_by a blow_), force out.

~2.~ Erase, efface, strike off.

~3.~ Devise, contrive, invent, plan.

~Strike out~, [_Neuter._] Rove, wander, make a sudden excursion.

~Strike the iron while it is hot~, Seize the occasion, let not the opportunity slip, make hay while the sun shines.

~Strike up~, ~1.~ Begin to beat (_as drums_).

~2.~ Begin to play or sing.

~Striking~, _a._ Affecting, impressive, surprising, astonishing, wonderful, extraordinary, STUNNING.

~String~, _n._ ~1.~ Line, cord, thread, twine, CHORD.

~2.~ Row, file, series, concatenation.

~String~, _v. a._ ~1.~ File, put on a string.

~2.~ Set in a row, put in line.

~3.~ Strengthen, fortify, make firm.

~Stringent~, _a._ ~1.~ Binding, contracting.

~2.~ STRICT, rigid, severe, rigorous.

~String-halt~, _n._ Spring-halt.

~Stringy~, _a._ ~1.~ Fibrous, filamentous.

~2.~ Ropy, viscid, viscous, glutinous, adhesive, smeary, dauby.

~Strip~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Tear off, pull off, strip off.

~2.~ Uncover, denude, peel, lay bare.

~3.~ Divest, deprive, bereave, despoil, fleece, shave, make destitute.

~4.~ Rob, plunder, pillage, spoil, sack, ransack, devastate, desolate, lay waste.

~5.~ Milk dry.

~Strip~, _v. n._ Undress, uncover, take off the clothes.

~Strip~, _n._ Piece (_long and narrow, torn off_), slip, shred.

~Stripe~, _v. a._ Streak.

~Stripe~, _n._ ~1.~ Streak.

~2.~ Stroke (_with a lash_), blow.

~3.~ Wale, mark of the lash.

~Striped~, _a._ Streaked.

~Striped alder~, Witch-hazel.

~Striped squirrel~, Hackee, chipmunk.

~Stripling~, _n._ Lad, boy, youth, youngster, school-boy, YOUNKER.

~Strippings~, _n. pl._ Strokings.

~Strip off~, Strip, tear off, pull off.

~Strive~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Labor, endeavor, toil, struggle, try, aim, exert one's self, make an effort, do one's best, lay one's self out.

~2.~ Contend, contest, fight, compete, cope, have a contest.

~3.~ [_Poetical._] Vie, compare, be comparable.

~Stroke~, _n._ ~1.~ Blow, knock, rap, pat, hit, thump.

~2.~ Attack, shock.

~3.~ Affliction, reverse, calamity, hardship, misfortune, visitation.

~4.~ Touch, dash, sudden effort, sudden effect.

~Stroke~, _v. a._ Rub gently (_with the hands, in one direction_).

~Strokings~, _n. pl._ Strippings.

~Stroll~, _v. n._ Wander, ramble, rove, roam, straggle, stray, range, wander about, stray about.

~Stroll~, _n._ Ramble, walk, promenade, excursion, trip, tour, wandering, rambling, roving.

~Stroller~, _n._ Wanderer, rambler, rover, strayer, straggler, vagrant, vagabond, nomad, bird of passage.

~Strolling~, _a._ Wandering, roving, vagrant, nomadic.

~Strong~, _a._ ~1.~ Vigorous, robust, sturdy, athletic, brawny, sinewy, muscular, stalwart, Herculean, able-bodied, hale, healthy, hardy, stout.

~2.~ Able, capable, efficient, mighty, potent, powerful, puissant.

~3.~ Firm, solid, compact, impregnable, well fortified.

~4.~ Energetic, active, vivid, intense.

~5.~ Violent, impetuous, vehement.

~6.~ Pungent, piquant, biting, sharp, racy, spicy, hot, peppery, high- seasoned, high-flavored.

~7.~ Tenacious, tough, cohesive, resisting, stubborn.

~8.~ Cogent, forcible, impressive, conclusive, persuasive.

~9.~ Ardent, eager, zealous, hearty, earnest.

~10.~ Alcoholic (_in a high degree_), intoxicating.

~Strong-box~, _n._ Coffer (_for money_), safe, money-chest.

~Stronghold~, _n._ Fort, fortress, castle, citadel, fortification, fastness, keep, bulwark, donjon, muniment, fortified place.

~Strong-scented~, _a._ STRONG-SMELLING.

~Strong-smelling~, _a._ Rank, FROWZY, fetid, strong-scented.

~Strop~, _n._ Strap, razor-strap, razor-strop.

~Strop~, _v. a._ Strap, sharpen (_on a strap_).

~Strow~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Strew, scatter, spread.

~2.~ Cover, overspread.

~Structure~, _n._ ~1.~ Construction, make, form, arrangement, conformation, configuration, contexture, texture, mode of building, manner of making.

~2.~ Edifice, fabric, building, erection, pile.

~Struggle~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Strive, labor, toil, endeavor, try, aim, exert one's self, make an effort, do one's best.

~2.~ Contend, contest, fight, have a contest.

~Struggle~, _n._ ~1.~ Labor, endeavor, effort, exertion, pains.

~2.~ Contest, contention, conflict, strife, fight.

~Strum~, _v. a._ Thrum, play, play upon.

~Struma~, _n._ ~1.~ (_Med._) Scrofula, king's evil.

~2.~ (_Bot._) Swelling, protuberance.

~Strumose~, _a._ Scrofulous.

~Strumous~, _a._ Scrofulous.

~Strumpet~, _n._ Harlot, prostitute, whore, courtesan, punk, wench, drab, Cyprian, street-walker, night-walker, woman of the town, woman of ill fame.

~Strut~, _v. n._ Walk (_pompously_), swell.

~Strut~, _n._ ~1.~ Pompous walk.

~2.~ (_Arch._) Brace.

~Strychnia~, _n._ Strychnine.

~Strychnine~, _n._ Strychnia.

~Stub~, _n._ Stump.

~Stub~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Eradicate, grub up, extirpate.

~2.~ [_Colloquial, U. S._] Strike (_as the toes, against a stump, stone, &c._).

~Stubbed~, _a._ Blunt, obtuse, truncated, stubby, short and thick.

~Stubborn~, _a._ Obstinate, unyielding, inflexible, positive, contumacious, refractory, perverse, headstrong, cantankerous, wilful, dogged, mulish, unruly, unmanageable, ungovernable, intractable, indocile, heady, cross-grained, obdurate, stiff, pig-headed.

~Stubby~, _a._ Blunt, obtuse, truncated, stubbed, STUMPY, short and thick.

~Stucco~, _v. a._ Cover with stucco.

~Stucco~, _n._ Plaster (_for covering walls and ceilings_), mortar, cement.

~Stud~, _n._ ~1.~ Post, prop.

~2.~ Knob (_for ornament_), boss.

~3.~ Button (_for a shirt-bosom_).

~Student~, _n._ Scholar, pupil, learner.

~Stud-horse~, _n._ Stallion, breeding horse.

~Studio~, _n._ Workshop (_of an artist_).

~Studious~, _a._ ~1.~ Meditative, reflective, contemplative, given to study, thoughtful.

~2.~ Diligent, assiduous, eager, zealous.

~Studious of~, Careful of, attentive to, interested in.

~Study~, _n._ ~1.~ Research, inquiry, investigation, close attention.

~2.~ Meditation, thought, reflection, cogitation, studious mood, contemplation.

~3.~ Subject of attention.

~Study~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Meditate, muse, reflect, cogitate, think, ponder, apply the mind.

~2.~ Be eager, be zealous, try hard, do one's best.

~Study~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Learn, apply the mind to.

~2.~ Investigate, examine, scrutinize, contemplate, ponder, weigh, sift, search into, meditate on, think about, reflect upon, inquire into, consider attentively, revolve in the mind.

~Stuff~, _n._ ~1.~ Material, matter, substance, raw material.

~2.~ Cloth, textile fabric.

~3.~ Mixture, medicine, potion.

~4.~ Trash, nonsense, absurdity, folly, moonshine, twaddle, balderdash, fudge, inanity, platitude, flummery.

~Stuff~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Cram, stow, pack, fill full.

~2.~ Press, crowd, squeeze.

~3.~ [_Colloquial, U. S._] Flatter, cajole, wheedle, coax, coddle.

~Stuff~, _v. n._ Cram, eat greedily.

~Stuffing~, _n._ ~1.~ Filling full.

~2.~ Dressing, force-meat.

~Stuffy~, _a._ [_Scottish._] Stout, resolute.

~2.~ [_Colloquial, U. S._] Angry (_and obstinate_), sulky, moody, irate, ireful, wrathful.

~Stultify~, _v. a._ Make foolish, prove foolish, make a fool of.

~Stumble~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Trip, miss one's footing, make a false step.

~2.~ Err, do wrong.

~Stumble~, _n._ ~1.~ Trip, false step.

~2.~ Error, blunder, failure.

~Stumble on~, Fall upon (_by chance_), light upon, come upon, strike upon.

~Stumbling-block~, _n._ Hinderance, obstruction, obstacle, check, bar, barrier, difficulty, impediment, lion in the way.

~Stump~, _n._ Stub.

~Stump~, _v. a._ [_Colloquial, U. S._] Challenge, dare.

~Stump it~, [_Colloquial, U. S._] Take the stump, make electioneering speeches.

~Stumpy~, _a._ ~1.~ Full of stumps.

~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Stubby, dumpy, squat, short and thick.

~Stun~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Make senseless (_by a blow_).

~2.~ Stupefy, confound, bewilder.

~3.~ Deafen, make deaf.

~Stunning~, _a._ ~1.~ Deafening, stentorian, very loud.

~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Striking, astonishing, wonderful.

~Stunt~, _v. a._ Dwarf, stop the growth of, hinder from growth.

~Stunted~, _a._ Dwarfish, dwarfed, diminutive, small, little, tiny, Liliputian, pygmean.

~Stupe~, _n._ Fomentation, sweating bath.

~Stupe~, _v. a._ Foment, bathe with warm lotions.

~Stupefaction~, _n._ ~1.~ Lethargy, stupor, numbness.

~2.~ Insensibility, dulness, obtuseness, torpor, stupidity.

~Stupefactive~, _a._ Stupefying, narcotic.

~Stupefy~, _v. a._ Dull, blunt, benumb, muddle, hebetate, make stupid, make dull, make torpid.

~Stupefying~, _a._ Stupefactive, narcotic.

~Stupendous~, _a._ Astonishing, surprising, amazing, wonderful, wondrous, marvellous.

~Stupid~, _a._ ~1.~ Senseless, witless, dull, obtuse, foolish, DAFT, sluggish, insensible, brutish, insensate, muddy, muddy-brained, muddy- headed, slow of apprehension, void of understanding.

~2.~ Unentertaining, prosaic, pointless, prosy, flat, heavy, insipid, tame, vapid, bald, uninteresting, humdrum.

~3.~ Stupefied, drowsy, torpid, heavy, comatose, lethargic, morbidly sleepy.

~Stupidity~, _n._ ~1.~ Dulness, obtuseness, sluggishness of understanding, slowness of apprehension.

~2.~ Lifelessness, heaviness, insipidity, tameness, vapidness, want of interest.

~3.~ Stupor, lethargy, torpor, COMA, stupefaction, morbid drowsiness.

~Stupor~, _n._ Lethargy, torpor, numbness, stupefaction, COMA.

~Stupration~, _n._ [_Rare._] Ravishment, ravishing, rape, defloration, violation, constupration.

~Sturdy~, _a._ ~1.~ Bold (_from coarseness or rudeness_), obstinate, dogged, stubborn, pertinacious, firm, stiff.

~2.~ Strong, lusty, robust, stout, stalwart, athletic, brawny, muscular.

~Stutter~, _v. n._ Stammer, hesitate, falter.

~Sty~, _n._ ~1.~ Hog-sty, pig-sty.

~2.~ Tumor (_on the edge of the eyelid_).

~3.~ Place of debauchery.

~Stygian~, _a._ Hellish, infernal, diabolical.

~Style~, _n._ ~1.~ Diction, phraseology, mode of expression, mode of speech, turn of expression, manner of writing.

~2.~ Manner, method, mode, way, form, fashion, cast, pattern.

~3.~ Title, appellation, name, designation, denomination, mode of address.

~4.~ Gnomon (_of a dial_).

~Style~, _v. a._ Denominate, name, designate, call, term, dub, christen.

~Stylet~, _n._ (_Surgery._) Specillum.

~Stylish~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] Fashionable, modish, genteel, courtly, polished, in fashion, in vogue, À LA MODE, having a run, the rage.

~Styptic~, _n._ Astringent (_to stop bleeding_).

~Styptic~, _a._ Astringent, binding, contracting.

~Styptical~, _a._ Astringent, binding, contracting.

~Suant~, _a._ [_Local Eng. and U. S._ Written also _Suent_.] ~1.~ Even, smooth, uniform, regular, equable.

~2.~ Easy, quiet.

~Suasion~, _n._ PERSUASION.

~Suasory~, _a._ Persuasive.

~Suavity~, _n._ Sweetness (_of temper or of manner_), urbanity, amenity, civility, politeness, courtesy, decorum, gentleness, mildness, pleasantness, agreeableness, complaisance, affability, amiability, obliging manner, good manners, good breeding.

~Subacid~, _a._ Slightly acid, somewhat acid, somewhat sour, sourish.

~Subaltern~, _a._ Inferior, subordinate.

~Subdivision~, _n._ ~1.~ Division, dividing, ramification.

~2.~ Part, portion, piece, fraction, section.

~Subdue~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Conquer, subjugate, vanquish, beat, crush, defeat, rout, discomfit, worst, overpower, overcome, overbear, overwhelm, master, choke, foil, quell, surmount, get the better of, get the upper hand of, put down, beat down.

~2.~ Tame, HAVE ON THE HIP, subject, control, make submissive, bring under rule.

~Subduer~, _n._ ~1.~ Conqueror, vanquisher, victor.

~2.~ Tamer.

~Subject~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Subdue, control, bring under rule, make submissive, make subordinate.

~2.~ Enslave, inthrall.

~3.~ Expose, make liable.

~4.~ Submit, refer.

~Subject~, _a._ ~1.~ Subservient, subjected, in bondage, under the lash, under one's thumb, under one's command, at one's command, at one's beck or call, at one's mercy.

~2.~ Submissive, obedient.

~3.~ Exposed, liable.

~Subject~, _n._ ~1.~ Dependent, subordinate.

~2.~ Topic, theme, thesis, point, matter, subject-matter, matter in hand.

~3.~ Hero, person treated of.

~4.~ Nominative, nominative case.

~5.~ Corpse, dead body, carcass.

~Subjection~, _n._ Dependence, subordination, subserviency.

~Subjective~, _a._ Mental, spiritual, ideal, psychological, metaphysical.

~Subject-matter~, _n._ SUBJECT, topic.

~Subjoin~, _v. a._ Add (_at the end_), annex, affix, suffix, postfix.

~Sub judice~, [L.] Under consideration, not yet decided.

~Subjugate~, _v. a._ CONQUER, vanquish, subdue, overcome, beat, overpower, overbear, overthrow, master, subject.

~Subjugation~, _n._ Conquest, mastery, subjection.

~Subjugator~, _n._ Conqueror, victor, enslaver.

~Sublet~, _v. a._ Underlet.

~Sublimate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ (_Chem._) SUBLIME.

~2.~ Refine, exalt, elevate, heighten.

~Sublimation~, _n._ ~1.~ Vaporization (_of a solid, to be again condensed_).

~2.~ Refinement, exaltation, elevation.

~Sublime~, _a._ ~1.~ High, elevated.

~2.~ Exalted (_in excellence or dignity_), great, noble, grand, lofty, dignified, stately, majestic.

~Sublime~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Vaporize (_as a solid, to be again condensed_), sublimate.

~2.~ Refine, exalt, elevate, heighten.

~Sublime Porte~, Turkish court, Porte.

~Sublimity~, _n._ Grandeur, greatness, nobleness, loftiness, exaltation.

~Sublunary~, _a._ Earthly, mundane, terrestrial, of this world.

~Submerge~, _v. a._ Immerse, inundate, deluge, flood, overflow, overwhelm, drown, plunge, sink, submerse, put under water (_or other liquid_).

~Submerse~, _v. a._ SUBMERGE.

~Submission~, _n._ ~1.~ Surrender, cession, yielding.