Index of English words, starting with "st"

(1) - Stance (n.) A station; a position; a site.
(2) - Stance (n.) A stanza.

(1) - Stanch (v. t.) To prop; to make stanch, or strong.
(2) - Stanch (v. t.) Close; secret; private.
(3) - Stanch (v. t.) Firm in principle; constant and zealous; loyal; hearty; steady; steadfast; as, a stanch churchman; a stanch friend or adherent.
(4) - Stanch (v. t.) Strong and tight; sound; firm; as, a stanch ship.
(5) - Stanch (n.) A flood gate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release.
(6) - Stanch (n.) That which stanches or checks.
(7) - Stanch (v. i.) To cease, as the flowing of blood.
(8) - Stanch (v. t.) To extinguish; to quench, as fire or thirst.
(9) - Stanch (v. t.) To stop the flowing of, as blood; to check; also, to stop the flowing of blood from; as, to stanch a wound.

(1) - Stancher (n.) One who, or that which, stanches, or stops, the flowing, as of blood.

(1) - Stanchion (n.) A vertical bar for confining cattle in a stall.
(2) - Stanchion (n.) Any upright post or beam used as a support, as for the deck, the quarter rails, awnings, etc.
(3) - Stanchion (n.) A prop or support; a piece of timber in the form of a stake or post, used for a support or stay.