| BACKSTAIR | • backstair adj. Clandestine, secret or furtive. • backstair n. The backstairs (stairs at the rear of a building). • BACKSTAIR n. underhand. |
| CAMSTAIRY | • camstairy adj. (Archaic, Scotland) unruly; unmanageable. • CAMSTAIRY adj. (Scots) perverse, unruly, also CAMSTEARY, CAMSTEERIE. |
| DOWNSTAIR | • downstair adj. (Dated) downstairs. • DOWNSTAIR adj. situated in the lower storey of a house, also DOWNSTAIRS. |
| FORESTAIR | • forestair n. The stairs at the front of a building, traditionally those used by the occupants rather than by tradesmen, etc. • FORESTAIR n. (Scots) an outside stair at the front of a house. |
| STAIRCASE | • staircase n. A flight of stairs; a stairway. • staircase n. A connected set of flights of stairs; a stairwell. • staircase n. A set of locks (enclosed sections of waterway) mounted one above the next. |
| STAIRFOOT | • stairfoot n. The foot, or bottom, of a flight of stairs. • Stairfoot prop.n. A suburban area and ward in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3705). • STAIRFOOT n. the level place at the foot of the stairs. |
| STAIRHEAD | • stairhead n. The landing at the top of a staircase. • STAIRHEAD n. the level place at the top of the stairs. |
| STAIRLESS | • stairless adj. Without stairs. • STAIRLESS adj. without a stair. |
| STAIRLIFT | • stairlift n. A motorized platform installed in a stairway, which traverses the stairs when activated and can be ridden… • stair␣lift n. Alternative spelling of stairlift. • STAIRLIFT n. a lift to enable people to get up the stairs. |
| STAIRLIKE | • stairlike adj. Resembling or characteristic of a stair. • STAIRLIKE adj. like a stair. |
| STAIRSTEP | • stairstep n. Any of the steps in a staircase. • stairstep adj. Taking a shape or form similar to or suggestive of the steps in a staircase. • stair-step v. To walk up a set of stairs as exercise. |
| STAIRWAYS | • stairways n. Plural of stairway. • STAIRWAY n. a flight of stairs. |
| STAIRWELL | • stairwell n. A shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase. • STAIRWELL n. a vertical shaft or opening that contains a staircase. |
| STAIRWISE | • stairwise adj. In the manner of a set of stairs; rising in discrete steps. • stairwise adv. In the manner of a set of stairs; rising in discrete steps. • STAIRWISE adv. in the fashion of stairs. |
| STAIRWORK | • stairwork n. The construction of flights of stairs. • STAIRWORK n. backstairs intriguing. |