stannofluorides
plural of stannofluoride

stannolane
A saturated heterocycle that has four carbon atoms and a tin atom

stannolanes
plural of stannolane

stannyl
Any organotin radical or ion.

stannylene
stannylidene

stannylenes
plural of stannylene

stannyls
plural of stannyl

staphylobactin
A siderophore obtained from the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus.

staphylocoagulase
An enzyme, secreted by the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus, that causes clotting of the blood

staphylococcin
Any bacteriocin produced by Staphylococcus

staphylococcins
plural of staphylococcin

staphylopine
An opine metallophore present in Staphylococcus aureus

staphyloplasties
plural of staphyloplasty

staphyloplasty
Plastic surgery to replace or repair the uvula and the soft palate.

staphylotoxin
Any of various toxins produced by Staphylococcus bacteria.

staphylotoxins
plural of staphylotoxin

starch
A widely diffused vegetable substance, found in seeds, bulbs and tubers, as extracted (e.g. from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) in the form of a white, glistening, granular or powdery substance, without taste or smell, and giving a very peculiar creaking sound when rubbed between the fingers. It is used as a food, in the production of commercial grape sugar, for stiffening linen in laundries, in making paste, etc.
Carbohydrates, as with grain and potato based foods.
A stiff, formal manner; formality.
Fortitude.
Any of various starch-like substances used as a laundry stiffener.

starches
plural of starch

stardust
Small fragments of dustlike material found in space; specifically, a type of cosmic dust that formed from cooling gases ejected from presolar stars, which was then incorporated into the cloud from which the Solar System condensed.
A distant cluster of stars resembling a cloud of dust, especially if the individual stars of which cannot be resolved with a telescope.
Small fragments in the Earth's atmosphere or on its surface originating from meteorites; meteor dust.
Something imaginary or lacking substance.
An imaginary magic dust or powder that, when in one's eyes, supposedly causes one to view a person or thing favourably, even though this might not actually be warranted.
An imaginary magic dust or powder supposedly able to give one charisma or other positive qualities; hence, charisma or glamour, especially that possessed by a celebrity.

stardusts
plural of stardust

starmatter
The material or matter from which stars are made or of which they consist; starstuff.

starosporine
Misspelling of staurosporine.

starshine
starlight

starstuff
The material composition of stars; matter originated from stars; starmatter.

startline
A line marking the start of something, such as a race.
A deadline by which a project, etc. must be started.

startlines
plural of startline

staruosporine
Misspelling of staurosporine.

statherin
A protein that prevents the precipitation of calcium phosphate in saliva, leaving it available for remineralisation of tooth enamel

stathmin
A protein that regulates microtubule activity

stathmins
plural of stathmin

statline
The statistics of a given player, as recorded in a line in a table

statlines
plural of statline

statocone
Alternative form of statoconium.

statocones
plural of statocone

statoconia
plural of statoconium

statoconium
Synonym of otolith.

statolith
Synonym of otolith.
A specialized form of amyloplast involved in graviperception by plant roots and most invertebrates.

statoliths
plural of statolith

statosis
Misspelling of steatosis.

staurosporin
Alternative form of staurosporine.

staurosporine
An alkaloid derived from the bacterium Streptomyces staurosporeus that has antifungal and antihypertensive properties

staurosporines
plural of staurosporine

steamfunk
A subgenre of science fiction that combines elements of steampunk with a focus on Black culture and Afrofuturism.

steapsin
A lipase that is secreted from the pancreas to hydrolyse triglycerides to liberate the fatty acids and glycerol.

steapsins
plural of steapsin

steatogenesis
The accumulation of lipids in the testes of nonmammalian vertebrates following spermatogenesis

steatoses
plural of steatosis

steatosis
The abnormal retention of lipids by a cell or organ.

stefin
Any of a group of recombinant cysteine protease inhibitors

stefins
plural of stefin

stellite
Any of a range of alloys of cobalt and chromium.

stellites
plural of stellite

stenodactylin
A highly toxic ribosome-inactivating protein found in the passionflower Adenia stenodactyla

stephacidin
Any of a group of antitumor alkaloids isolated from the fungus Aspergillus ochraceus.

stepholidine
A chemical compound with antipsychotic activity, found in the herb Stephania intermedia.

steponey
Obsolete form of stepony.

stepony
A cooling drink made with raisins and sugar.

steppogenin
An organic compound found in the tree Artocarpus dadah.

steptavidin
A protein, having a structure containing four cavities, that has a high affinity for biotin

stercolith
fecolith

stercomata
plural of stercome

stercome
An extracellular pellet of waste material produced by some groups of foraminiferans.

stercomes
plural of stercome

stereocenter
Alternative spelling of stereocentre.

stereocenters
plural of stereocenter

stereocentre
Any atom in a molecule such that the interchange of two of its substituent groups leads to the formation of a stereoisomer.

stereocentres
plural of stereocentre

stereochemistries
plural of stereochemistry

stereochemistry
the branch of chemistry that involves the spatial arrangement of the atoms of molecules, and studies how this affects the physical and chemical properties of such species
the effect of such spatial arrangement on the chemistry of a particular compound

stereochromy
The painting of murals using pigments mixed with water glass

stereocilin
A protein associated with the stereocilia of the inner ear.

stereocontrol
control of the stereochemistry of a reaction

stereoconvergence
In a chemical reaction, The predominant formation of the same stereoisomer (or enantiomer) of a reaction product when two different stereoisomers of the reactant are used in the same reaction.

stereoconvergences
plural of stereoconvergence

stereodefect
A heterotactic part of an otherwise isotactic polymer molecule

stereodefects
plural of stereodefect

stereodeterminant
Any group whose presence or position determines the stereochemistry of a molecule

stereodeterminants
plural of stereodeterminant

stereoelectronics
The study of the relationship between the electronic structure of molecules and their geometry

stereoelement
A stereogenic grouping within a molecule; a stereogen.

stereoelements
plural of stereoelement

stereogen
A stereogenic grouping within a molecule; a stereoelement.

stereogens
plural of stereogen

stereogeometries
plural of stereogeometry

stereogeometry
The geometry of atoms within molecules.

stereoinduction
The stereocontrol of a reaction as a result of a chiral feature present in the substrate, reagent, catalyst or environment.

stereoinductions
plural of stereoinduction

stereoisoform
Synonym of stereoisomer.

stereoisoforms
plural of stereoisoform

stereoisomer
One of a set of the isomers of a compound that exhibits stereoisomerism.

stereoisomerism
A form of isomerism in which atoms are arranged differently about a chiral centre (or centre of asymmetry). They exhibit optical activity, and in a molecule with a single chiral centre the two isomers (enantiomers) are mirror images of each other whereas in a molecule with multiple chiral centres the isomers (diastereoisomers) are not normally mirror images.

stereoisomerisms
plural of stereoisomerism

stereoisomers
plural of stereoisomer

stereom
A calcium carbonate material which makes up the internal skeletons of echinoderms.

stereometamaterial
Any metamaterial whose properties depend on its three-dimensional structure; especially any chiral metamaterial

stereometamaterials
plural of stereometamaterial