<B>St. George's Day,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> April 23, observed by the English in honor of Saint George, the patron saint of England. </DL>
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<B>STH</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> somatotropic hormone. </DL>
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<B>sthenia, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Medicine.) abnormal or excessive bodily strength or action. </DL>
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<B>sthenic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having to do with vigor or nervous energy. <DD><B> 2. </B>(of diseases or symptoms) characterized by abnormal or excessive action of the vital processes. </DL>
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<B>Stheno, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Greek Legend.) one of the Gorgons. </DL>
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<B>stiacciato, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> (of a relief) very flat or shallow, as on a coin. <DD><I>noun </I> a carving or modeling in very low relief. </DL>
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<B>stibial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> like or having the qualities of antimony; antimonial. </DL>
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<B>stibine, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a colorless, poisonous, gaseous compound; a hydride of antimony. </DL>
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<B>stibium, </B>noun. =antimony.</DL>
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<B>stibnite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a lead-gray mineral occurring in orthorhombic crystals and also massive. It is the most important ore of antimony. </DL>
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<B>stich, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a line, especially of verse; verse. </DL>
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<B>sticheron, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ra.</B> =troparion.</DL>
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<B>stichic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with a verse or line; consisting of verses or lines; linear. </DL>
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<B>stichometric, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with stichometry. </DL>
<B>stichometry, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the writing of a prose text in lines each one of which is a unit of sense or cadence. This was felt to be sometimes necessary before the development of punctuation permitted the separation of phrases, clauses, and other units, within the same line. </DL>
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<B>stichomythia, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> dialogue in alternating single lines, as in Greek drama. </DL>
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<B>stichomythy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-thies.</B> =stichomythia.</DL>
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<B>stichwort, </B>noun. =stichwort.</DL>
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<B>stick</B> (1), noun, verb, <B>sticked,</B> <B>sticking.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1a. </B>a long, thin piece of wood. <BR> <I>Ex. Put some sticks on the fire.</I> (SYN) rod, staff. <DD><B> b. </B>such a piece of wood shaped for a special use. <BR> <I>Ex. a walking stick, a hockey stick.</I> <DD><B> c. </B>such a piece used as a weapon; club; cudgel. <DD><B> 2. </B>a slender branch or twig of a tree or shrub, especially when cut or broken off. <DD><B> 3. </B>something like a stick in shape. <BR> <I>Ex. a stick of candy, a stick of cinnamon.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a stalk of celery, rhubarb, or the like. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Informal, Figurative.) a stiff, awkward, or stupid person. <BR> <I>Ex. a prig, a stick, a petrified poser (George Meredith).</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>the device by which the ailerons, elevator, and rudder of an airplane are manipulated, originally a simple sticklike lever projecting upward between the pilot's knees as he sat in the cockpit. <DD><B> 7a. </B>a mast or a section of a mast. <DD><B> b. </B><B>=yard</B> (2). <DD><B> 8. </B>(Informal.) a portion of alcoholic liquor added to a drink, especially of tea or coffee. <DD><B> 9. </B>(Printing.) <DD><B> a. </B>a small metal tray in which type is set by hand; composing stick. <DD><B> b. </B>the amount of type so set; stickful of type. <DD><B> 10. </B>a number of bombs capable of being released from an aircraft so as to strike the target in a line. <DD><B> 11a. </B><B>=hockey stick.</B> <DD><B> b. </B><B>=crosse.</B> <DD><B> c. </B>a drumstick or baton. <DD><B> d. </B><B>=hurdle </B>(def. 1). <DD><B> 12. </B>(Slang.) a group of paratroopers jumping in succession in a single pass over an area. <BR> <I>Ex. Two "sticks" of parachutists made drops in which they delayed opening their canopies until they were no more than 1,000 feet from the ground (London Times).</I> <DD><B> 13. </B>(U.S. Slang.) a marijuana cigarette. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to furnish with a stick or sticks to support or prop. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Printing.) to arrange (type) in a composing stick. <BR><I>expr. <B>in a cleft stick,</B> </I>(Especially British.) in a position from which it is impossible either to advance or retreat; in a dilemma. <BR> <I>Ex. The other side are in a cleft stick; they cannot go on long as they are, and they cannot stir into any new path without demolishing the ... Laws (P. Thompson).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>shake a stick at,</B> </I>(U.S. Informal.) to take notice of. <BR> <I>Ex. There were just a few flakes, not enough snow to shake a stick at.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>sticks,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>pieces of cut or broken branches or pieces of cut and chopped wood, used as fuel. </I> <I>Ex. Mr. Phillips has laid the paper, the sticks, and the coals neatly in the grate (Arthur Symons).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>wooden pieces of anything. <BR> <I>Ex. ... the simple house with its few sticks of furniture (Listener).</I> <DD><B> c. </B>a breach of rule involving improper handling of a hockey stick. <BR> <I>Ex. to be penalized for sticks.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>the sticks,</B> </I>(U.S. Informal.) the outlying or undeveloped districts; backwoods. <BR> <I>Ex. The past theatrical season may have been the worst in living memory, but it was a series of flops in Manhattan, not in the sticks (Saturday Review).</I> adj. <B>sticklike.</B> </DL>
