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| STILETTO | | n. (pl. -s) 1 short dagger.
- (in full stiletto heel) a long tapering heel of a shoe. B shoe with such a heel.
- pointed instrument for making eyelets etc. [italian diminutive: related to *style] | |
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| STIMULUS | | n. (pl. -li) thing that rouses to activity. [latin, = goad] | |
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| STINGRAY | | n. Broad flat-fish with a poisonous spine at the base of its tail. | |
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| STINKING | | —adj. - that stinks.
- slang very objectionable. —adv. Slang extremely and usu. Objectionably (stinking rich). | |
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| STOCKADE | | —n. Line or enclosure of upright stakes. —v. (-ding) fortify with this. [spanish estacada] | |
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| STOCKCAR | | n. Specially strengthened car for use in racing with deliberate bumping. | |
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| STOCKING | | n. - long knitted covering for the leg and foot, of nylon, wool, silk, etc.
- differently-coloured lower leg of a horse etc. in one's stocking (or stockinged) feet without shoes. [from *stock] | |
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| STOCKIST | | n. Dealer in specified types of goods. | |
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| STOCKPOT | | n. Pot for making soup stock. | |
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| STOICISM | | n. - philosophy of the stoics.
- (stoicism) stoical attitude. | |
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