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Stiflers
- noun - a person who stifles or smothers or suppresses; "he is a real conversation stifler"; "I see from all the yawn smotherers that it is time to stop"
Stifling
- verb - be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow"
- characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; "the summer was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling atmosphere"; "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm"
- conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
- forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"
- impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
- smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity"
Stigmata
- noun - a skin lesion that is a diagnostic sign of some disease
- a symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"--Genesis
- an external tracheal aperture in a terrestrial arthropod
- marks resembling the wounds on the crucified body of Christ
- the apical end of the style where deposited pollen enters the pistil
Stilbene
- - A hydrocarbon, C14H12, produced artificially in large, fine crystals; -- called also diphenyl ethylene, toluylene, etc.
Stilbite
- - A common mineral of the zeolite family, a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime, usually occurring in sheaflike aggregations of crystals, also in radiated masses. It is of a white or yellowish color, with pearly luster on the cleavage surface. Called also desmine.
Stiletto
- noun - a small dagger with a tapered blade
- Heel type for ladies shoe
- Implement for making EYELETS.
Stillage
- - A low stool to keep the goods from touching the floor.
Stillest
- unknown - superlative form of still. The stillest day of the summer.
Stilling
- verb - cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!"
- lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my conscience"; "still the fears"
- make calm or still;
- make motionless