| STERANES | • steranes n. Plural of sterane. • STERANE n. any of a class of saturated polycyclic hydrocarbons found in crude oils. |
| STEREOED | • stereoed v. Simple past tense and past participle of stereo. • STEREO v. to make a type of printing plate. |
| STEREOME | • stereome n. (Botany) A section of sclerenchyma at the base of a phyllary in some members of the Asteraceae. • stereome n. (Botany, obsolete) sclerenchyma. • STEREOME n. mechanical tissue in plants. |
| STERICAL | • sterical adj. Steric. • STERICAL adj. pertaining to atoms in a molecule, also STERIC. |
| STERIGMA | • sterigma n. (Mycology) A slim projecting part of the basidium of some species of fungi that carries the basidiospore. • sterigma n. (Botany) A woody projection from the tip of the leaf base in certain conifers (Picea and Tsuga). • sterigma n. (Entomology) Part of the genitalia of moths. |
| STERLETS | • sterlets n. Plural of sterlet. • STERLET n. (Russian) a small sturgeon found in the Caspian Sea. |
| STERLING | • sterling n. The currency of the United Kingdom; especially the pound. • sterling n. Former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness: for gold 0.91666 and for silver 0.925. • sterling n. Sterling silver, or articles made from this material. |
| STERNAGE | • sternage n. (Obsolete, nautical) The stern of a vessel. • STERNAGE n. (Shakespeare) sterns collectively. |
| STERNEST | • sternest adj. Superlative form of stern: most stern. • STERN adj. severe. |
| STERNING | • STERN v. to back, row backwards, also STARN. |
| STERNITE | • sternite n. The ventral plate of each segment of an arthropod. • STERNITE n. the ventral plate of a segment in arthropods. |
| STERNSON | • sternson n. (Nautical) The end of a ship’s keelson, to which the sternpost is bolted. • STERNSON n. the end of a ship's keelson, to which the sternpost is bolted. |
| STERNUMS | • sternums n. Plural of sternum. • STERNUM n. (Greek) a long, flat supporting bone of most vertebrates. |
| STERNWAY | • sternway n. (Nautical) A backwards motion of a vessel. • STERNWAY n. the backward movement of a vessel. |
| STEROIDS | • steroids n. Plural of steroid. • STEROID n. any of a class of compounds including the sterols, bile acids, adrenal hormones, sex hormones. |
| STERTORS | • stertors n. Plural of stertor. • STERTOR n. (Latin) a heavy snoring sound, as that accompanying breathing in a deeply unconscious person. |
| STERVING | • STERVE v. (Spenser) to starve, die. |