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Staffa
- noun - an island in western Scotland in the Inner Hebrides to the west of Mull; site of Fingal's Cave
Staffs
- noun - (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
- a rod carried as a symbol
- a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose; "he walked with the help of a wooden staff"
- building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration
- personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task; "the hospital has an excellent nursing staff"; "the general relied on his staff to make routine decisions"
- provide with staff; "This position is not always staffed"
- serve on the staff of; "The two men staff the reception desk"
- the body of teachers and administrators at a school; "the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university"
Staged
- verb - deliberately arranged for effect; "one of those artfully staged photographs"
- perform (a play), especially on a stage; "we are going to stage `Othello'"
- plan, organize, and carry out (an event); "the neighboring tribe staged an invasion"
- written for or performed on the stage; "a staged version of the novel"
Stager
- noun - an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service
- someone who supervises the physical aspects in the production of a show and who is in charge of the stage when the show is being performed
Stages
- noun - a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns; "we went out of town together by stage about ten or twelve miles"
- a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience; "he clambered up onto the stage and got the actors to help him into the box"
- a section or portion of a journey or course; "then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise"
- a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?"
- any distinct time period in a sequence of events; "we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected"
- any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something; "All the world's a stage"--Shakespeare; "it set the stage for peacef
Stagey
- adjective - having characteristics of the stage especially an artificial and mannered quality; "stagy heroics"
Stains
- noun - (microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible
- a soiled or discolored appearance; "the wine left a dark stain"
- a symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"--Genesis
- an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook"
- color for microscopic study; "The laboratory worker dyed the specimen"
- color with a liquid dye or tint; "Stain this table a beautiful walnut color"; "people knew how to stain glass a beautiful blue in the middle ages"
- make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"
- produce or leave stains; "Red wine stains the table cloth"
- the state of being covered with unclean things
Stairs
- noun - a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
- support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway; "he paused on the bottom step"
Staith
- - A landing place; an elevated staging upon a wharf for discharging coal, etc., as from railway cars, into vessels.
Staked
- verb - kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole; "the enemies were impaled and left to die"
- mark with a stake; "stake out the path"
- place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse"
- put at risk; "I will stake my good reputation for this"
- tie or fasten to a stake; "stake your goat"