<B>state socialist,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an adherent of state socialism. </DL>
<A NAME="statesong">
<B>state song,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a song chosen as the anthem of a state of the United States. </DL>
<A NAME="statesprison">
<B>state's prison,</B> =state prison.</DL>
<A NAME="statesrighter">
<B>states' righter</B> or <B>States' righter,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Informal.) an advocate or supporter of states' rights. </DL>
<A NAME="statesrights">
<B>states' rights</B> or <B>States' rights,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the rights and powers considered as belonging to the individual states of the United States under the Constitution. The doctrine of states' rights holds that all powers which the Constitution does not specifically delegate to the Federal government, and does not specifically deny to the individual states, belong to the states. Some states have interpreted this doctrine further so as to exclude activity on the part of the Federal government of the United States in any area, such as education or voting laws, that is normally under the control of the individual states. </DL>
<A NAME="stateswoman">
<B>stateswoman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-women.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a woman skilled in the management of public or national affairs. </DL>
<A NAME="statetree">
<B>state tree,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a tree chosen as the emblem of a state of the United States. </DL>
<A NAME="statetrooper">
<B>state trooper,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a member of the police force of a state. </DL>
<A NAME="stateuniversity">
<B>state university,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a university maintained by a state of the United States as a unit of or adjunct to its system of public education. </DL>
<A NAME="statewide">
<B>state-wide</B> or <B>statewide, </B>adjective, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> covering an entire state; over all of a state. <BR> <I>Ex. a state-wide election campaign.</I> <DD><I>adv. </I> in an entire state; over a whole state. <BR> <I>Ex. [He] supported Mr. Kennedy in 1960, but now he'll go Republican locally, statewide, and nationally (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="static">
<B>static, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>in a fixed or stable condition; not in a state of progress or change; at rest; standing still. <BR> <I>Ex. a static character in a novel. Life does not remain static, but changes constantly.</I> (SYN) passive, immobile. <DD><B> 2a. </B>having to do with bodies at rest or with forces that balance each other. <DD><B> b. </B>acting by weight without producing motion. <BR> <I>Ex. static pressure.</I> <DD><B> 3a. </B>of or having to do with stationary electrical charges that balance each other. Static electricity can be produced by rubbing a glass rod with a silk cloth. <DD><B> b. </B>producing such electricity. <DD><B> 4. </B>of, having to do with, or caused by atmospheric electricity that interferes with radio and television reception. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Economics.) having to do with the conditions and problems occurring in a relatively stable society. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>electrical disturbances in the air; atmospherics. Static interferes with radio and television broadcasting by causing crackling sounds in the receiver. Some static is caused by electrical storms. <DD><B> 2. </B>noises and other interference with radio and television reception caused by such electrical disturbances; strays. <BR> <I>Ex. Thin squeaks of radio static (Hart Crane).</I> adv. <B>statically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="statical">
<B>statical, </B>adjective. =static.</DL>
<A NAME="statice">
<B>statice, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any one of a group of small herblike plants related to the leadwort, with rosettes of narrow evergreen leaves on the ground and globular heads of pink, purplish, or white flowers; thrift. <DD><B> 2. </B>any one of a group of related herbs or shrubs growing especially in sandy areas of the Old World; sea lavender. </DL>
<A NAME="staticline">
<B>static line,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a line attached at one end to a closed parachute and at the other end to a cord suspended from a cable inside the aircraft, serving as a rip cord to open the parachute. </DL>
<A NAME="statics">
<B>statics, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the branch of mechanics that deals with bodies at rest or forces that balance each other. </DL>
<A NAME="statictesting">
<B>static testing,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the testing of a rocket, missile, or engine, on the ground. </DL>
<A NAME="statictube">
<B>static tube,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small tube for measuring the static pressure of the air or other fluids, used especially on aircraft. </DL>
<A NAME="station">
<B>station, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1a. </B>a place to stand in; place or spot that a person is appointed to occupy in the performance of some duty; assigned post. <BR> <I>Ex. The policeman took his station at the corner.</I> (SYN) position, location. <DD><B> b. </B>a locality or post assigned for military duty to a person or unit. <DD><B> c. </B>a place or region to which a naval vessel or fleet is assigned for duty. <DD><B> d. </B>a place at which naval vessels or aircraft are regularly located. <BR> <I>Ex. a naval air station.</I> <DD><B> e. </B>(formerly, in India) the place of residence of the British officials of a district or officers of a garrison. <DD><B> 2a. </B>a place to which people are assigned and where equipment is set up for some particular kind of work, research, or the like. <BR> <I>Ex. a postal station, a biological station, a weather station.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>the police headquarters of a district. <DD><B> c. </B>the place or equipment for sending out or receiving programs or messages by radio or television. <DD><B> 3a. </B>a regular stopping place. <BR> <I>Ex. a bus station.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>the building or buildings erected at such a place; depot. <BR> <I>Ex. Father met me at the coffee shop in the railroad station.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a cattle or sheep farm in Australia or New Zealand. <BR> <I>Ex. Stations either for sheep or cattle were spotted about ... over the whole country (Samuel Butler).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>social position; rank. <BR> <I>Ex. A serf was a man of humble station in life.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>(Figurative.) situation or position, as in a class, scale of estimation, or the like. <BR> <I>Ex. The masters told his parents he was dull and advised them to take him out; they were only wasting their money trying to educate him beyond his station (Edmund Wilson).</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>(Surveying.) <DD><B> a. </B>each of the selected points at which observations are taken. <DD><B> b. </B>a fixed uniform distance into which a survey line is divided. <DD><B> 8. </B>(Biology.) the condition or position of an animal or plant in its habitat, or its relation to its environment. <DD><B> 9. </B>the act or posture of standing on the feet. <DD><B> 10. </B>the condition or fact of standing still. <BR> <I>Ex. Her motion and her station are as one; She shows a body rather than a life (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to assign a station to; place. <BR> <I>Ex. The faithful dog stationed himself at the door behind which his master lay sick in bed. The soldier was stationed at Fort Hays.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="stationagent">
<B>station agent,</B> =stationmaster.</DL>
<A NAME="stational">
<B>stational, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with a station. </DL>
<A NAME="stationary">
<B>stationary, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>having a fixed station or place; not movable. <BR> <I>Ex. A factory engine is stationary.</I> (SYN) immovable. <DD><B> b. </B>residing or established in one place; not itinerant or migratory. <BR> <I>Ex. I deemed it advisable to ... change my late wandering life for a stationary one (William Godwin).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>standing still; not moving. <BR> <I>Ex. A parked car is stationary.</I> (SYN) motionless. <DD><B> 3. </B>without change, as in size, number, or activity. <BR> <I>Ex. The population of this town has been stationary for ten years at about 5,000 people.</I> (SYN) invariable. adv. <B>stationarily.</B> noun <B>stationariness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="stationaryfront">
<B>stationary front,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Meteorology.) a surface between two dissimilar air masses neither of which is displacing the other and usually resulting in mild temperatures and cloudy weather. </DL>
<A NAME="stationarywave">
<B>stationary wave,</B> =standing wave.</DL>
<A NAME="stationbill">
<B>station bill,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a list posted in a ship containing the appointed station of each member of the ship's company in any emergency. </DL>
<A NAME="stationbreak">
<B>station break,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a pause in a radio or television program, or between programs, to identify the broadcasting station or network by its call letters or number and location. Station breaks usually occur on the hour or half hour. <BR> <I>Ex. After the Topsawyer commercial came a station break (Russell Baker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="stationer">
<B>stationer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who sells paper, pens, pencils, and other writing materials, and now, often, newspapers, magazines, some books, tobacco, and trinkets. <DD><B> 2a. </B>a bookseller, especially one dealing primarily in books published by himself, such as was common in England in the early days of publishing. <DD><B> b. </B>(Obsolete.) a publisher. </DL>
<A NAME="stationery">
<B>stationery, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> writing materials, such as paper, cards, and envelopes. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with stationery. </DL>
<A NAME="stationhouse">
<B>station house,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a building used as a station, especially as a police station. </DL>
<A NAME="stationmaster">
<B>stationmaster, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the person in charge of a railroad station, usually an employee of a particular railroad by which the station is owned, but sometimes an employee of a separate corporation, such as one owning a station used by two or more railroads. </DL>
<A NAME="stationsofthecross">
<B>stations of the cross</B> or <B>Stations of the Cross,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. </B>a series of scenes (usually fourteen) of successive incidents of Christ's Passion, usually painted or sculptured and placed around the walls of a church or along a road leading to a shrine, to be visited for meditation and prayer. <DD><B> 2. </B>the prayers used at these stations. </DL>
<A NAME="stationtostation">
<B>station-to-station, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> designating a long-distance telephone call in which the person calling will speak to anyone who answers at the number called. </DL>
<A NAME="stationwagon">
<B>station wagon,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a closed automobile with a rear door for loading and unloading the back part, and seats in the rear that can be folded down or removed, for use as a light truck. </DL>
