stooge
One who knowingly allows himself or herself to be used for another's profit; a dupe.
A magician's assistant who pretends to be a member of the audience.
A straight man.
A secret informant for police.
A confederate; a person who is secretly working for the researcher, unknown to the study participant.

stooges
plural of stooge

storiologist
One who studies folk tales.

storiologists
plural of storiologist

stormcock
The mistle thrush.
The green woodpecker.

stormcocks
plural of stormcock

stormfinch
The storm petrel.

stormfinches
plural of stormfinch

stormtroopers
plural of stormtrooper

stosh
fish offal
pomace

straightbill
Any of the birds in the genus Timeliopsis, found in Australia.

straightbills
plural of straightbill

strale
Beam, ray (e.g. of light)

strales
plural of strale

strandwolf
A brown hyena (Parahyaena brunnea).

strandwolves
plural of strandwolf

strawman
Alternative spelling of straw man.

strawmen
plural of strawman

strawpeople
plural of strawperson

strawperson
Synonym of strawman.

strawpersons
plural of strawperson

strawworm
The grub of the caddis fly.

strawworms
plural of strawworm

streaked weever
Any member of species Trachinus radiatus of fish found in the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic.

streaklight tubeshoulder
A dark-colored deep-water ray-finned fish, Holtbyrnia latifrons, found near the coasts of America.

streal
Beam, ray (e.g. of light).
An arrow.
Anything thrown or cast; a missile.
The pupil of the eye.

streals
plural of streal

streblid
Any member of the family Streblidae (now in Hippoboscidae) similar to botflies.

streblids
plural of streblid

strepsirhine
Alternative form of strepsirrhine.

strepsirhines
plural of strepsirhine

strepsirrhine
Any member of the clade Strepsirrhini, one of the two suborders of primates, besides haplorhines (which includes monkeys and apes).

strepsirrhines
plural of strepsirrhine

streptaster
A form of spicule, in some sponges, in which the rays radiate from an axis

streptasters
plural of streptaster

streptoneury
A plesiomorphic condition present in all gastropods in which the internal organs have undergone torsion from left to right in order to accommodate the relocation of the mantle cavity close to the animal's head.

stressee
an organism that is stressed

stressees
plural of stressee

stresser
Alternative form of stressor.

stressers
plural of stresser

stressor
An environmental condition or influence that stresses (i.e. causes stress for) an organism.

stressors
plural of stressor

strich
An owl.

striches
plural of strich

strick
A flat piece of wood used for levelling off grain in a measure; a strickle.
A bushel measure.
A bunch of hackled flax prepared for drawing into slivers.

strigid
Any member of the Strigidae (i.e. owls).

strigids
plural of strigid

strigoceratid
Any ammonite in the family Strigoceratidae.

strigoceratids
plural of strigoceratid

stringfish
Hucho perryi, a large freshwater fish of Sakhalin and Hokkaido.

stringhalt
A kind of lameness in horses, causing the animal to twitch its leg up suddenly.

stringhalts
plural of stringhalt

striped bass
A popular fish among sport fisherman along Atlantic coast north of Virginia to Canada, Morone saxatilis.

striped catfish
Plotosus lineatus, a type of eeltail catfish with a long, cylindrical body, black with horizontal white stripes and venomous spines on its dorsal and pectoral fins, found in the Indian Ocean, the western Pacific, and invasive in the Mediterranean.

striped marlin
Any of species Kajikia audax.

striped panchax
A small fish endemic to the fresh and brackish waters of India and Sri Lanka, Aplocheilus lineatus.

striped ruffe
A species of perch, Gymnocephalus schraetser

striped threadfin
A threadfin of species Polydactylus plebeius, of the Indo-Pacific.

striped whipsnake
A species of snake (Masticophis taeniatus)

stripetail darter
The fish Etheostoma kennicotti

stripeys
plural of stripey

stromatoporid
Synonym of stromatoporoid.

stromatoporids
plural of stromatoporid

stromatoporoid
Any of several fossil sponges, of the clade †Stromatoporoidea.

stromatoporoids
plural of stromatoporoid

stromb
Any marine univalve mollusk of Strombus and allied genera.

strombs
plural of stromb

stromogenesis
The growth and development of stromata.

strophogenesis
The differentiation of a single original generation into the phases regarded as alternation of generations.

strophomenoid
A brachiopod in the superfamily Strophomenoidea.

struthionid
Any member of the Struthionidae; an ostrich.

struthionids
plural of struthionid

stuffie
A stuffed clam, typically quahog.
Alternative form of stuffy (“stuffed toy”).

stumpie
A Manx cat with a short stump of a tail.
The honey fungus.

stumpknocker
A sunfish of the genus Lepomis.

stumpknockers
plural of stumpknocker.

stumpnose
Any of several sea breams of the genus Rhabdosargus.

stumpnoses
plural of stumpnose

stumptail
An Australian lizard, Tiliqua rugosa, that has a stumpy tail.

stumptails
plural of stumptail

sturgeon
Any marine or freshwater fish of the family Acipenseridae that are prized for their roe and are endemic to temperate seas and rivers of the northern hemisphere, especially central Eurasia.

sturgeons
plural of sturgeon

sturionians
plural of sturionian

sturk
Dated form of stirk.

sturks
plural of sturk

stylobata
Alternative form of stylobate.

stylodactylid
Any member of the family Stylodactylidae.

stylodactylids
plural of stylodactylid

stylommatophoran
Any land snail or slug of the clade Stylommatophora.

stylommatophorans
plural of stylommatophoran

stylonychiid
Any member of the genus Stylonychia of ciliates.

stylonychiids
plural of stylonychiid

stylonychine
Synonym of stylonychiid.

stylonychines
plural of stylonychine

styrke
Alternative form of stirk.

suahe
greasyback shrimp; sand shrimp (Metapenaeus ensis)

subcalli
plural of subcallus

subcallus
The lowest of the calli on the frons of some species of horse flies.

subchaser
A submarine chaser.

subchasers
plural of subchaser

subcontraoctave
The octave on the bass clef ranging from three octaves below the staff (C0) to two octaves below the staff (B0).

subcontraoctaves
plural of subcontraoctave

subcosta
The first major vein behind the costa on an insect wing

subcostae
plural of subcosta

subcoxa
The proximal part of an arthropod coxa.

subcoxae
plural of subcoxa

subepaulet
Synonym of basicosta.

subepaulets
plural of subepaulet

subfossil
A partially fossilized organism.

subfossils
plural of subfossil

subgena
The subgenal area of an insect.

subgenera
plural of subgenus

subgenus
A subdivision of a genus.

subgenuses
plural of subgenus

subhabitat
A distinct component of a habitat

subhabitats
plural of subhabitat

subimagines
plural of subimago

subimago
A stage in the development of certain insects, intermediate between pupa and imago, during which the insect can fly but must shed a skin before becoming mature.

subimagoes
plural of subimago

subimagos
plural of subimago

subindices
plural of subindex

subinvestigator
A subsidiary investigator, especially one investigating a clinical trial

subinvestigators
plural of subinvestigator

subjuvenile
A newborn animal

subjuveniles
plural of subjuvenile

sublithistids
plural of sublithistid

sublow
Grime music with very low bass frequencies.

subman
A subhuman; a creature that is less than a man.

submariner
A member of the crew of a submarine.
A pitcher that throws with an underhand motion.

submariners
plural of submariner

submen
plural of subman

subnector
a functor which takes as input one or more sentences and outputs a term.

subpastor
An assistant pastor.

subpastors
plural of subpastor

subprimate
Any mammal that is not a primate

subprimates
plural of subprimate

subsong
A sequence of sounds uttered by a young bird before it has learned to produce normal birdsong.

subsongs
plural of subsong

subsquadron
A squadron forming part of a greater squadron.

subsquadrons
plural of subsquadron