Index of English words, starting with "st"

(1) - Studious (a.) Favorable to study; suitable for thought and contemplation; as, the studious shade.
(2) - Studious (a.) Planned with study; deliberate; studied.
(3) - Studious (a.) Earnest in endeavors; aiming sedulously; attentive; observant; diligent; -- usually followed by an infinitive or by of; as, be studious to please; studious to find new friends and allies.
(4) - Studious (a.) Given to thought, or to the examination of subjects by contemplation; contemplative.
(5) - Studious (a.) Given to study; devoted to the acquisition of knowledge from books; as, a studious scholar.

(1) - Study (v. t.) To make an object of study; to aim at sedulously; to devote one's thoughts to; as, to study the welfare of others; to study variety in composition.
(2) - Study (v. t.) To form or arrange by previous thought; to con over, as in committing to memory; as, to study a speech.
(3) - Study (v. t.) To consider attentively; to examine closely; as, to study the work of nature.
(4) - Study (v. t.) To apply the mind to; to read and examine for the purpose of learning and understanding; as, to study law or theology; to study languages.
(5) - Study (n.) To endeavor diligently; to be zealous.
(6) - Study (n.) To apply the mind to books or learning.
(7) - Study (n.) To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder.
(8) - Study (v. i.) A piece for special practice. See Etude.
(9) - Study (v. i.) A representation or rendering of any object or scene intended, not for exhibition as an original work of art, but for the information, instruction, or assistance of the maker; as, a study of heads or of hands for a figure picture.
(10) - Study (v. i.) A building or apartment devoted to study or to literary work.
(11) - Study (v. i.) Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration.
(12) - Study (v. i.) Mental occupation; absorbed or thoughtful attention; meditation; contemplation.
(13) - Study (v. i.) A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquiring knowledge.

(1) - Stuff (n.) To thrust or crowd; to press; to pack.
(2) - Stuff (v. t.) The fundamental material of which anything is made up; elemental part; essence.
(3) - Stuff (v. t.) Woven material not made into garments; fabric of any kind; specifically, any one of various fabrics of wool or worsted; sometimes, worsted fiber.
(4) - Stuff (v. t.) Furniture; goods; domestic vessels or utensils.
(5) - Stuff (v. t.) A medicine or mixture; a potion.
(6) - Stuff (v. t.) Refuse or worthless matter; hence, also, foolish or irrational language; nonsense; trash.
(7) - Stuff (v. t.) A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication.
(8) - Stuff (v. t.) Material which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture.
(9) - Stuff (n.) To fill by crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess; as, to stuff a bedtick.
(10) - Stuff (v. i.) To feed gluttonously; to cram.
(11) - Stuff (n.) To fill by being pressed or packed into.
(12) - Stuff (n.) To fill with a seasoning composition of bread, meat, condiments, etc.; as, to stuff a turkey.
(13) - Stuff (n.) To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration.
(14) - Stuff (n.) To fill the skin of, for the purpose of preserving as a specimen; -- said of birds or other animals.
(15) - Stuff (n.) To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material.
(16) - Stuff (n.) To crowd with facts; to cram the mind of; sometimes, to crowd or fill with false or idle tales or fancies.
(17) - Stuff (n.) To put fraudulent votes into (a ballot box).
(18) - Stuff (v. t.) Paper stock ground ready for use.