Index of English words, starting with "st"

(1) - Stably (adv.) In a stable manner; firmly; fixedly; steadily; as, a government stably settled.

(1) - Staccato (a.) Expressed in a brief, pointed manner.
(2) - Staccato (a.) Disconnected; separated; distinct; -- a direction to perform the notes of a passage in a short, distinct, and pointed manner. It is opposed to legato, and often indicated by heavy accents written over or under the notes, or by dots when the performance is to be less distinct and emphatic.

(1) - Stack (n.) To lay in a conical or other pile; to make into a large pile; as, to stack hay, cornstalks, or grain; to stack or place wood.
(2) - Stack (a.) A data structure within random-access memory used to simulate a hardware stack; as, a push-down stack.
(3) - Stack (a.) A section of memory in a computer used for temporary storage of data, in which the last datum stored is the first retrieved.
(4) - Stack (a.) Any single insulated and prominent structure, or upright pipe, which affords a conduit for smoke; as, the brick smokestack of a factory; the smokestack of a steam vessel.
(5) - Stack (a.) A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof. Hence:
(6) - Stack (a.) A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet.
(7) - Stack (a.) A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity.
(8) - Stack (a.) A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, usually of a nearly conical form, but sometimes rectangular or oblong, contracted at the top to a point or ridge, and sometimes covered with thatch.