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Stay
- noun - (nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar
- a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted; "the Supreme Court has the power to stay an injunction pending an appeal to the whole Court"
- a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset)
- continue in a place, position, or situation; "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"
- continuing or remaining in a place or state; "they had a nice stay in Paris"; "a lengthy hospital stay"; "a four-month stay in bankruptcy court"
- dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"
- fasten with stays
- hang on during a trial of endurance; "ride out the storm"
STD
- noun - a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
- a doctor's degree in theology; "STD is from the Latin Sanctae Theologiae Doctor"
Stem
- noun - (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
- a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
- a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it
- cause to point inward; "stem your skis"
- cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
- front part of a vessel or aircraft; "he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line"
- grow out of, have roots in, originate in; "The increase in the national debt stems from the last war"
- remove the stem from; "for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed"
- stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide"
- the tube of a tobacco pipe
STEN
- unknown - British light machine gun used in WW2.
Step
- noun - a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface; "the police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window"
- a musical interval of two semitones
- a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance; "he taught them the waltz step"
- a short distance; "it's only a step to the drugstore"
- a solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed
- any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal; "the situation called for strong measures"; "the police took steps to reduce crime"
- cause (a computer) to execute a single command
- furnish with steps; "The architect wants to step the terrace"
- measure (distances) by pacing; "step off ten yards"
- move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation; "She stepped into a life of luxury"; "he won't step into his father's footsteps"
- move with one's feet in a specific manner; "step lively"
- place (a s
Stet
- verb - printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion
- printing: direct that a matter marked for omission or correction is to be retained (used in the imperative)
Stew
- noun - agitation resulting from active worry; "don't get in a stew"; "he's in a sweat about exams"
- Artificial oyster bed
- be in a huff; be silent or sullen
- bear a grudge; harbor ill feelings
- cook slowly and for a long time in liquid; "Stew the vegetables in wine"
- food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with vegetables