sternsheets
The stern area of an open boat; the planking that forms the floor or seating in that area

sternson
The end of a ship's keelson, to which the sternpost is bolted.

sternsons
plural of sternson

sternwalk
A gallery on the stem of a British warship for the use of officers

sternwalks
plural of sternwalk

sternway
Movement towards the stern; backwards motion of a vessel.

sternways
plural of sternway

sternwheel
A paddle wheel positioned at the stern of a vessel.

sternwheels
plural of sternwheel

stevedorage
The fee for loading or unloading a ship's cargo.

stewardships
plural of stewardship

stibanylidene
the antimony analogue of a carbene RSb

stibanylidenes
plural of stibanylidene

stickpusher
Alternative form of stick pusher.

stickpushers
plural of stickpusher

stickshaker
Alternative form of stick shaker.

stickshakers
plural of stickshaker

stickshift
A manual transmission controlled by a gear lever.
A motor vehicle with a manual transmission controlled by a gear lever.
Cars, collectively, with such a transmission.
A gear lever; especially, one that rises from the floor.

stickshifts
plural of stickshift

stiffship
Too much weight concentrated in the lower holds of a vessel, resulting in excessive stability.

stiffships
plural of stiffship

stimmies
plural of stimmy

stimmy
Engaging in, characteristic of, or related to stimming.

stinkholes
plural of stinkhole

stipendium
scholarship, stipend

stivot
A steering pivot turn, a type of rapid turn in alpine skiing. A turn that starts a as a skid, and transitions to a carve.

stivots
plural of stivot

sto
Pronunciation spelling of store.

stockcar
Alternative form of stock car.

stockcars
plural of stockcar

stockholding
An ownership interest in one or more companies' stock.

stockholdings
plural of stockholding

stockyard
An enclosed yard, with pens, sheds etc. or stables, where livestock is kept temporarily before being slaughtered, treated, sold, or shipped etc.

stockyards
plural of stockyard

stokehold
A chamber where a ship's furnaces are stoked.

stokeholds
plural of stokehold

stokehole
The aperture through which a furnace is fed or tended.
The place in a steamship in which stokers fed the boilers with coal; a stokehold.

stokeholes
plural of stokehole

stolo
A stolen car

stoneboats
plural of stoneboat

stonebreaker
A labourer who breaks stone.
A machine for crushing or hammering stone.

stonebreakers
plural of stonebreaker

stopblock
An obstruction placed at the end of a railway track to prevent rail vehicles from going any further.

stopblocks
plural of stopblock

stopboard
A toeboard.
A signboard placed where trains are required to stop.

stopboards
plural of stopboard

stoplight
A traffic control signal, traditionally consisting of three lights, colored green, yellow/amber, and red, meaning proceed, prepare to stop, and stop, respectively.
A light on the rear of a vehicle that is activated when braking; a brake light.

stoplights
plural of stoplight

stopsign
Alternative form of stop sign.

stopsigns
plural of stopsign

storecard
A membership card or a credit card, offered by a retailer, that gives discounts or benefits when shopping at the retailer's stores.

storecards
plural of storecard

storeships
plural of storeship

storey
A floor or level of a building or ship.
A vertical level in certain letters, such as a and g.
A building; an edifice.

storeys
plural of storey

stories
plural of story
plural of storey

stormtroop
Synonym of stormtrooper.

stormtrooper
A soldier trained in special infiltration tactics.
A member of the Sturmabteilung, a Nazi street militia.

stormtroops
plural of stormtroop

story
An account of real or fictional events.
A lie, fiction.
A soap opera.
History.
A sequence of events, or a situation, such as might be related in an account.
A chronological collection of pictures or short videos published by a user on an application or website that is typically only available for a short period.
Ellipsis of user story.

stoup
A bucket.
A mug or other drinking vessel.
A receptacle for holy water, especially a basin set at the entrance of a church.

stovec
A stolen car, van, lorry or other motor vehicle.

stovecs
plural of stovec

stowp
Alternative form of stoup.

stowps
plural of stowp

str
Abbreviation of string(s).
Abbreviation of steamer, a vessel propelled by steam.
Abbreviation of string (“sequence of text characters”).
Abbreviation of strain.
Abbreviation of strength.
Abbreviation of stremma(ta), a Greek unit of land area now equivalent to the decare (1000 m²).
Abbreviation of street.

strainings
plural of straining

strainlessness
Lack of strain.

strainrate
Alternative form of strain rate.

strainrates
plural of strainrate

straint
strain (tension of overexertion)

straintronics
A situation, observed in graphene and elsewhere, in which an applied strain causes electrons to behave as if they were in a magnetic field.

strakes
plural of strake

stranges
third-person singular simple present indicative of strange

strapdown
An inertial navigation system that eliminates the gimbal in favour of a lightweight digital computer having sensors that are simply strapped to the vehicle.

strapdowns
plural of strapdown

stratocladogram
A stratocladistic diagram

stratocladograms
plural of stratocladogram

streetbike
A motorbike designed to be ridden on streets rather than off-road environments.

streetbikes
plural of streetbike

streetcar
A tram or light rail vehicle, usually a single car but sometimes multiple cars attached together, operating on city streets; a trolley car.

streetcars
plural of streetcar

strene
Obsolete form of strain (“race, offspring”).

strenes
plural of strene

streptamines
plural of streptamine

streptolysin
Any of various exotoxins that destroy red blood cells by breaking their membranes, and are produced by certain strains of streptococcus

streptolysins
plural of streptolysin

strikebreaker
A non-unionized worker hired to replace a striking union worker.

strikebreakers
plural of strikebreaker

strikeforce
A group in an organization such as the police or the army that has been trained especially for dealing with serious and urgent threats.
Collectively, the strikers in a team.

strikeforces
plural of strikeforce

strokeman
The stroke; the rower closest to the stern of the boat.

strokemen
plural of strokeman

strokeside
Left-hand side of a rowing boat.

strophanthidin
A cardenolide found in species of the genus Strophanthus.

strophoid
The locus of a point that has a certain relationship with a given curve

strophoids
plural of strophoid

strs
plural of str

strueverite
Alternative form of strüverite.

struse
A Russian river craft used for transporting freight.

struses
plural of struse

stryker
Alternative spelling of Stryker (emergency stretcher).

strykers
plural of stryker

stud
A male animal, especially a stud horse (stallion), kept for breeding.
A female animal, especially a studmare (broodmare), kept for breeding.
A group of such animals, also of locomotives.
An animal (usually livestock) that has been registered and is retained for breeding.
A place, such as a ranch, where such animals are kept.
A sexually attractive, promiscuous male.
A sexually dominant lesbian, chiefly African-American.

studbook
Alternative form of stud book.

studbooks
plural of studbook

studdingsail
A sail attached to the side of another in a square-rigged ship in order to increase the speed of the vessel.

studdingsails
plural of studdingsail

studentship
The position or role of a student.
An endowment or scholarship for a student.

studentships
plural of studentship

studfarm
Alternative form of stud farm.

studfarms
plural of studfarm

studhorse
Alternative form of stud horse.

studhorses
plural of studhorse

studmare
Alternative form of stud mare.

studmares
plural of studmare

studmuffin
Alternative form of stud muffin.

studmuffins
plural of studmuffin

studs
plural of stud

stuft
simple past and past participle of stuff

stukkie
girlfriend