starline
A hypothetical or theoretical line connecting a series of stars within a cluster or constellation.
A company that flies commercial starships.

starliner
A large starship capable of transporting many passengers.

starliners
plural of starliner

starlines
plural of starline

starsailing
Travel through space on a spaceship or spacecraft.

starship
A type of spacecraft capable of traveling to the solar systems of other stars.

starships
plural of starship

statecraft
Synonym of statesmanship (“the ability to guide a state well”).

statecrafts
plural of statecraft

stateroom
An apartment in a palace or great house for use on ceremonial occasions.
A superior cabin for a ship's officer or captain.
A private cabin in a ship or train.

staterooms
plural of stateroom

statescraft
Alternative form of statecraft.

statescrafts
plural of statescraft

stateships
plural of stateship

statesmanships
plural of statesmanship

statespeople
plural of statesperson

statesperson
A politician who is a leader in national or international affairs.
A political leader who promotes the public good or who is recognized for probity, leadership, or the qualities necessary to govern a state.

statespersons
plural of statesperson

stathe
A landing-place; wharf.

stathes
plural of stathe

statichute
A parachute with a static line.

statichutes
plural of statichute

stationkeeping
The maintenance of a ship's position relative to others in a fleet or convoy.
The flying of aircraft in formation.
The maintenance of a satellite in geosynchronous orbit over a desired spot.

stationmaster
The person in charge of a railroad station, usually an employee of a particular railroad by which the station is owned, but sometimes an employee of a separate corporation, such as one owning a station used by two or more railroads.

stationmasters
plural of stationmaster

stationmasterships
plural of stationmastership

stationmistress
The woman in charge of a railway station; a female stationmaster.

stationmistresses
plural of stationmistress

stationwoman
A female member of staff at a railway station.

stationwomen
Plural of stationwoman.

staunches
third-person singular simple present indicative of staunch

stayer
One who, or that which, upholds or supports; a prop.
One who, or that which, stays, stops, or restrains.
An athlete, horse, etc. with staying power.

stayers
plural of stayer

stead
The position or function (of someone or something), as taken on by a successor.
A place as it relates to a role, service, or ability; capacity.
A relational or circumstantial position; standing.
A place as it relates to situation, circumstance, or status; condition.
A place, or spot, in general; location.
A place where a person normally rests; a seat.
An inhabited place; a settlement, city, town etc.
An estate, a property with its grounds; a farm; a homestead.
The frame on which a bed is laid; a bedstead.

steade
Obsolete spelling of stead.

steads
plural of stead

stealership
A car or motorcycle dealership, seen as charging exorbitant prices and trying to rip off customers.

stealerships
plural of stealership

steamboat
A boat or vessel propelled by steam power.
Hot pot (Chinese dish).
A metal pan, sometimes divided into sections or having a central flue, for heating this kind of hot pot.

steamboaters
plural of steamboater

steamboating
steamboat traffic

steamboatings
plural of steamboating

steamboatmen
plural of steamboatman

steamboats
Drunk; intoxicated.

steamcar
Alternative form of steam car.

steamcars
plural of steamcar.

steamchest
Alternative form of steam chest.

steamchests
Plural of steamchest.

steamerful
Enough to fill a steamer (steamship).

steamerfuls
plural of steamerful

steamerload
Enough to fill a steamer (steamship).

steamerloads
plural of steamerload

steamliner
A steam-powered ocean liner.
A streamlined steam powered train locomotive.

steamliners
plural of steamliner

steampunk
A subgenre of science fiction that depicts advanced technology combined with Victorian style and aesthetics, such as steam-powered machines and vehicles, visible gears and screws and people dressed in 19th-century attires.
A writer of steampunk fiction.
A person cosplaying as a steampunk character.

steampunks
plural of steampunk

steamship
A ship or vessel propelled by steam power.

steamships
plural of steamship

stearage
Obsolete form of steerage.

stearages
plural of stearage

stedde
Obsolete form of stead.

steddes
plural of stedde

steerage
The art of steering.
The section of a passenger ship that provided inexpensive accommodation with no individual cabins.
The effect of the helm on a ship.

steerages
plural of steerage

steerageway
The minimum speed of a ship, below which it does not answer the helm and cannot be steered.

steerageways
plural of steerageway

steerboard
A kind of old-fashioned rudder for a boat.

steerboards
plural of steerboard

steermanship
Alternative form of steersmanship.

stemson
A piece of curved timber bolted to the stem, keelson, and apron in a ship's frame near the bow.

stemsons
plural of stemson

stepbrethren
plural of stepbrother

stepbro
A stepbrother.

stepbros
plural of stepbro

stepbrother
The son of one's stepparent by a previous relationship.
The stepson of one's parent who is not one's half-brother.

stepbrothers
plural of stepbrother

stepchildhood
The state or relationship of being a stepchild.

stepdad
A stepfather.

stepdads
plural of stepdad

stepdaughter
The daughter of one's spouse from a previous relationship.

stepdaughters
plural of stepdaughter

stepfamilies
plural of stepfamily

stepfamily
Any family having one or more stepchildren or stepparents.
The family of one's stepfather or stepmother; those immediate family members not related by blood.

stepfather
The husband of one's biological mother after her initial marriage to or relationship with one's biological father.
The husband of one's parent distinct from one's biological father or person with a similar relationship.

stepfatherhood
The state or relationship of being a stepfather.

stepfathers
plural of stepfather

stepparenthood
The state or relationship of being a stepparent.

steprelation
Anybody in a steprelationship: a stepparent, stepchild, stepsibling, etc.

steprelations
plural of steprelation

steprelationship
A relationship between immediate family members not related by blood, such as stepparent and stepchild.

steprelationships
plural of steprelationship

stepsib
A stepsibling.

stepsibling
The child of one's stepparent by a previous relationship.

stepsiblings
plural of stepsibling

stepsibs
plural of stepsib

stepside
With the fenders and wheel wells outside of the main body shell.

stepsides
plural of stepside.

stepsis
A stepsister.

stepsises
plural of stepsis

stepsister
The daughter of one's stepparent by a previous relationship.
The stepdaughter of one's parent which is not one's half-sister.

stepsisters
plural of stepsister

stepson
The son of one's spouse from a previous relationship.

stepsons
plural of stepson

stereotaxies
plural of stereotaxy

sternage
The stern of a vessel.

sternboard
Backward motion of a ship; loss of way in tacking.
A kind of ship's figurehead.

sternboards
plural of sternboard

sterncastle
An aftcastle.

sterncastles
plural of sterncastle

sternfast
A rope or chain for making fast a ship's stern to a wharf, etc.

sternfasts
plural of sternfast

sternothyroid
Relating to the sternum and the thyroid cartilage.
Of or pertaining to the sternothyroid muscle.

sternothyroidei
plural of sternothyroideus

sternothyroideus
Alternative form of sternothyroid muscle.

sternothyroids
plural of sternothyroid

sternpicker
A gillnet boat that deploys the net from the stern of the boat.

sternpickers
plural of sternpicker

sternport
An opening in the rear part of a vessel.

sternports
plural of sternport

sternpost
A timber or steel bar extending from the keel to the main deck at the stern of a vessel.

sternposts
plural of sternpost