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1. [**stampede**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stampede.md) noun (stampedes); verb (stampede, stampedes, stampeded, stampeding) 1) A stampede is a sudden wild rush of frightened animals or people. 2) To stampede is to rush away together in a panic.
2. [**stance**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stance.md) noun (a stance, stances) A stance is the way someone stands, especially how they place their feet and body, like a batting stance.
3. [**stand**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stand.md) verb, noun (stand, stands, stood, standing) To stand is to be on your feet with your body upright.
4. [**standard**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/standard.md) noun (a standard, standards); adjective (standard) A standard is a level of quality, how good something is or should be: «a high standard».
5. [**standardisation**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/standardisation.md) noun (standardisation — usually uncountable) Making things the same size, shape, quality or way of working, so they fit together or can be compared.
6. [**standardised**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/standardised.md) verb (standardise, standardises, standardised, standardising — past form); adjective (standardised) Past form of «standardise»: made things the same or fitted to one rule or standard.
7. [**standby**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/standby.md) noun (standby, standbys); adjective (standby); phrasal verb (stand by) Standby is being ready to be used or to act if needed, as in «on standby».
8. [**stander**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stander.md) noun (standers, standers-by) A stander is a person who stands and watches. Standers-by are people who are standing nearby, watching what happens without taking part.
9. [**standstill**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/standstill.md) noun (standstills) 1) A standstill is a complete stop, when nothing is moving. 2) «Come to a standstill» means stop moving or stop making progress.
10. [**stank**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stank.md) verb (past form of «stink»: stink, stinks, stank, stunk) Stank is the past form of «stink»: it smelled very bad.
11. [**stanza**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stanza.md) noun (a stanza, stanzas) A stanza is a group of lines in a poem, set apart from the other groups by a space, like a paragraph in a story; it is often called a verse.
12. [**staple**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/staple.md) noun (a staple, staples); verb (staple, staples, stapled, stapling); adjective (staple) A small piece of thin bent wire pushed through papers to hold them together.
13. [**star**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/star.md) noun, verb (star, stars, starred, starring) A star is a huge ball of burning gas far away in space that we see as a bright point in the night sky.
14. [**starch**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/starch.md) noun (starch, starches); verb (starch, starches, starched, starching) A white substance found in foods such as bread, rice, pasta and potatoes, which gives the body energy.
15. [**starchy**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/starchy.md) adjective (starchy, starchier, starchiest) Starchy food contains a lot of starch, a kind of carbohydrate found in potatoes, bread, rice, pasta and corn.
16. [**stardust**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stardust.md) noun (stardust — uncountable) Dust made in old stars and spread in space when they die; the atoms in our bodies were made inside stars long ago.
17. [**stare**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stare.md) verb (stare, stares, stared, staring); noun (a stare, stares) 1) To stare means to look at someone or something for a long time without looking away. 2) A stare is a long, fixed look.
18. [**starer**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/starer.md) noun (a starer, starers) 1) A person who stares, looking at someone or something for a long time with fixed eyes.
19. [**starfish**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/starfish.md) noun (a starfish, starfish or starfishes) A starfish is a sea animal shaped like a star, usually with five arms, that lives on the sea floor and on rocks.
20. [**stark**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stark.md) adjective (starker, starkest); adverb Stark means bare, plain and harsh, with nothing added.
21. [**starless**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/starless.md) adjective Starless means with no stars to be seen, usually because the sky is covered by cloud or it is very dark.
22. [**starlight**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/starlight.md) noun (starlight, uncountable) 1) Starlight is the light that comes from the stars. 2) It is the faint light you see on a clear night when there is no moon.
23. [**starling**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/starling.md) noun (a starling, starlings) A starling is a common bird with dark shiny feathers that look purple and green in the sun, often covered in small pale spots in winter.
24. [**starlit**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/starlit.md) adjective Starlit means lit up by stars, so that the sky or the ground can be seen faintly at night.
25. [**starry**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/starry.md) adjective (starry, starrier, starriest) 1) Full of stars; lit by stars. 2) Shining like stars; sparkling. 3) «starry-eyed»: hopeful and dreamy, not seeing problems. 4) (informal)…
26. [**start**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/start.md) noun (start, starts); verb (start, starts, started, starting) The start is the beginning of something: the start of the race.
27. [**starter**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/starter.md) noun (a starter, starters) A small dish eaten as the first part of a meal; in the US called an appetizer.
28. [**startle**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/startle.md) verb (startle, startles, startled, startling) To startle someone is to surprise or frighten them suddenly, so that they jump or move quickly.
29. [**startled**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/startled.md) adjective (startled, more startled); verb form (startle, startles, startled, startling) Startled means suddenly surprised or a little frightened by something unexpected, so you jump or stop.
30. [**starvation**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/starvation.md) noun (starvation — uncountable) Serious suffering or death caused by having little or no food for a long time.
31. [**starve**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/starve.md) verb (starve, starves, starved, starving) To starve is to suffer or die because you have no food for a long time.
32. [**starving**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/starving.md) adjective (starving); verb (-ing form of starve) 1) Very ill or dying because of having no food for a long time. 2) Informally, very hungry: "I'm starving!"
33. [**state**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/state.md) noun (a state, states; the state); verb (state, states, stated, stating); adjective (state — of the government: state school) A state is the condition something or someone is in, like a state of mess or a calm state.
34. [**stately**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stately.md) adjective (statelier, stateliest) Stately means grand, dignified and impressive, and often slow and calm in movement or appearance.
35. [**statement**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/statement.md) noun (a statement, statements) A statement is something you say or write that tells a fact or an idea.
36. [**static**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/static.md) adjective (static); noun (static, uncountable) Static means not moving or not changing: a static picture, prices stayed static.
37. [**station**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/station.md) noun, verb (station, stations) A station is a place where trains or buses stop so people can get on and off.
38. [**stationary**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stationary.md) adjective (stationary) Stationary means not moving, standing still: "a stationary car".
39. [**stationery**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stationery.md) noun (stationery — uncountable) Things used for writing and office work, such as paper, envelopes, pens, pencils, rulers and rubbers.
40. [**statistical**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/statistical.md) adjective (statistical) Statistical means about statistics: the collecting, counting and studying of numbers and data to find patterns and facts.
41. [**statistically**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/statistically.md) adverb (statistically) Statistically means according to statistics, judging by numbers and data: "Statistically, flying is safer than driving.".
42. [**statistics**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/statistics.md) noun (statistics — the subject, takes a singular verb; statistics — numbers, plural; a statistic — one fact) The branch of maths that collects, organises and studies numbers and data to find patterns and answer questions.
43. [**statuary**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/statuary.md) noun (statuary — uncountable); adjective (old use) 1) (formal) Statues as a group: the statues in a place or collection. 2) The art of making statues.
44. [**statue**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/statue.md) noun (a statue, statues) 1) A model of a person or animal made of stone, metal or wood, usually life-size or bigger, often in a public place.
45. [**statuesque**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/statuesque.md) adjective (statuesque) 1) (of a person, usually a woman) Tall, graceful and impressive, like a statue. 2) Very still, like a statue.
46. [**stature**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stature.md) noun (stature — usually no plural) Stature is how tall a person is, their height when standing.
47. [**status**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/status.md) noun (status — usually uncountable; statuses in some uses) Your status is your position or rank compared with other people, especially how important people think you are.
48. [**statute**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/statute.md) noun (a statute, statutes) A law that has been written down and passed by a parliament or government.
49. [**statutory**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/statutory.md) adjective (statutory) — formal Statutory means set by law: something written in a statute, a law made by a parliament.
50. [**staunch**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/staunch.md) adjective (staunch, staunch-er, staunch-est) Staunch means loyal and firm, never letting a friend or cause down.
51. [**stave**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stave.md) noun (a stave, staves); verb (stave, staves, staved or stove, staving; stave off, staved off) A stave is the set of five lines on which music notes are written (US: staff).
52. [**stay**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stay.md) verb, noun (stay, stays, stayed, staying) To stay means to remain in the same place: stay at home.
53. [**stead**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stead.md) noun (stead — only in fixed phrases) In someone's stead means in their place, instead of them.
54. [**steadfast**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/steadfast.md) adjective (steadfast, more steadfast, most steadfast) 1) Firm and loyal; not changing in what you believe or in who you support: a steadfast friend. 2) Firm and not moving: a steadfast gaze.
55. [**steadfastly**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/steadfastly.md) adverb (steadfastly) Steadfastly means in a firm, steady way, without moving or giving up.
56. [**steadied**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/steadied.md) verb, past tense and past participle of «steady» (steady, steadies, steadied, steadying) Made something stop shaking, wobbling or moving, so it is firm and still.
57. [**steadily**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/steadily.md) adverb Steadily means in a slow, even and regular way, without stopping or sudden changes.
58. [**steadiness**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/steadiness.md) noun (steadiness — uncountable) 1) Being firm and not shaking or wobbling. 2) Being regular and even, without sudden changes. 3) Being calm, sensible and reliable.
59. [**steady**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/steady.md) adjective (steady, steadier, steadiest); adverb (steadily); verb (steady, steadies, steadied, steadying) Firm and not shaking or wobbling, like a steady ladder or a steady hand.
60. [**steak**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/steak.md) noun (a steak, steaks; steak — uncountable as a food) A thick, flat slice of good meat, usually beef, cooked by grilling or frying.
61. [**steal**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/steal.md) verb (steal, steals, stole, stolen, stealing); noun (a steal — informal) To take something that belongs to someone else without permission and without meaning to give it back.
62. [**stealer**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stealer.md) noun (stealer, stealers) 1) A stealer is a person or animal that takes things which belong to someone else. (A rare word for a thief.)
63. [**stealth**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stealth.md) noun (stealth, uncountable); adjective (stealth, used before a noun: a stealth plane) Stealth is moving or acting quietly and secretly so that no one notices you.
64. [**stealthily**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stealthily.md) adverb (stealthily) 1) Stealthily means quietly and secretly, so that nobody hears or sees you.
65. [**stealthy**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stealthy.md) adjective (stealthy, stealthier, stealthiest) 1) Stealthy means quiet and secret, moving so as not to be heard or seen.
66. [**steam**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/steam.md) noun (steam, uncountable); verb (steam, steams, steamed, steaming) Steam is the hot white mist that rises from boiling water.
67. [**steamboat**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/steamboat.md) noun (a steamboat, steamboats) A boat driven by a steam engine, often with a large paddle wheel, used especially on rivers in the 1800s.
68. [**steamer**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/steamer.md) noun (a steamer, steamers) A ship or boat driven by a steam engine; a steamship.
69. [**steamroller**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/steamroller.md) noun (a steamroller, steamrollers); verb (steamroller, steamrollers, steamrollered, steamrollering) A heavy machine with big, wide rollers that flattens roads; once powered by steam, now usually by diesel (often called a road roller).
70. [**steamship**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/steamship.md) noun (a steamship, steamships) 1) A large ship driven by a steam engine, which burns coal or oil to boil water and make steam.
71. [**steamy**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/steamy.md) adjective (steamy, steamier, steamiest) 1) Full of steam, the hot water vapour: "a steamy bathroom". 2) Hot and wet, like the air in a rainforest: "a steamy jungle".
72. [**steed**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/steed.md) noun (steed, steeds) 1) (old use, in fairy tales and legends) A steed is a horse, especially a fine or strong one that a knight or hero rides.
73. [**steel**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/steel.md) noun (steel — uncountable; steels for kinds); adjective (steel, as in a steel bridge); verb (steel yourself) A very strong, hard metal made mostly from iron mixed with a little carbon, used for bridges, cars, tools, pans and cutlery.
74. [**steelman**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/steelman.md) verb (steelman, steelmans, steelmanned, steelmanning); noun (a steelman, steelmen — rare) To steelman someone's argument is to describe it in its strongest, fairest form before you answer it, even if you disagree.
75. [**steelworks**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/steelworks.md) noun (a steelworks — same form for singular and plural) 1) A steelworks is a factory where steel is made from iron and other materials, using huge furnaces.
76. [**steely**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/steely.md) adjective (steely, steelier, steeliest) 1) Made of steel, or grey and shiny like steel. 2) Hard, strong and determined; not showing soft feelings: «a steely stare», «steely…
77. [**steep**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/steep.md) adjective (steep, steeper, steepest); verb (steep, steeps, steeped, steeping) Rising or falling sharply, like a slope that is hard to climb.
78. [**steeple**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/steeple.md) noun (steeple, steeples) 1) A steeple is the tall pointed tower on top of a church.
79. [**steepness**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/steepness.md) noun (steepness — uncountable) Steepness is how steep something is: how sharply a slope, hill, road or roof goes up or down.
80. [**steer**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/steer.md) verb (steer, steers, steered, steering); noun (a steer, steers) To steer is to control which way a car, bike, boat or other vehicle goes.
81. [**steersman**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/steersman.md) noun (steersman, steersmen) 1) (old use) A steersman is the person who steers a boat or ship, keeping it on its course.
82. [**stegosaurus**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stegosaurus.md) noun (a stegosaurus, stegosauruses; scientists also write Stegosaurus as a genus name) A stegosaurus was a large plant-eating dinosaur with two rows of big bony plates along its back and sharp spikes on its tail.
83. [**stele**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stele.md) noun (a stele, stelae or steles) An upright stone slab or pillar with writing or carvings on it, put up as a monument, gravestone or to record laws or events.
84. [**stellar**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stellar.md) adjective (stellar) Stellar means about stars in space: stellar light, stellar systems.
85. [**stem**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stem.md) noun (a stem, stems); verb (stem, stems, stemmed, stemming) A stem is the long thin part of a plant that holds up the leaves and flowers.
86. [**stench**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stench.md) noun (stench, stenches) 1) A stench is a very bad smell.
87. [**stencil**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stencil.md) noun (a stencil, stencils); verb (stencil, stencils, stencilled, stencilling; US stenciled, stenciling) 1) A stencil is a thin sheet of card, plastic or metal with shapes or letters cut out of it; you paint or colour through the holes to copy…
88. [**step**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/step.md) noun, verb (step, steps, stepped, stepping) A step is one movement of your foot when you walk.
89. [**stepbrother**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stepbrother.md) noun (a stepbrother, stepbrothers) 1) A boy or man who is the son of your stepmother or stepfather, but not the son of your own mother or father.
90. [**stepdaughter**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stepdaughter.md) noun (stepdaughter, stepdaughters) 1) A stepdaughter is a girl who is the child of your husband or wife from an earlier marriage, not your own child by birth.
91. [**stepfather**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stepfather.md) noun (a stepfather, stepfathers) 1) A stepfather is a man who is married to your mother but is not your birth father.
92. [**stepmother**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stepmother.md) noun (a stepmother, stepmothers) 1) The woman who is married to (or the partner of) your father but is not your birth mother.
93. [**stepparent**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stepparent.md) noun (a stepparent, stepparents; also step-parent) 1) A stepparent is the person who is married to your mother or father but is not your birth parent: a stepmother or a stepfather.
94. [**steppe**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/steppe.md) noun (a steppe, steppes) 1) A huge, flat area of grassland with few trees, especially in eastern Europe and Asia.
95. [**stepsister**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stepsister.md) noun (a stepsister, stepsisters) 1) A girl or woman who is the daughter of your stepmother or stepfather, but not the daughter of your own mother or father.
96. [**stepson**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stepson.md) noun (stepson, stepsons) 1) A stepson is a boy who is the child of your husband or wife from an earlier marriage, not your own child by birth.
97. [**stereotype**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stereotype.md) noun (a stereotype, stereotypes); verb (stereotype, stereotypes, stereotyped, stereotyping) 1) A stereotype is a fixed, too-simple idea about what all people of one group are like, for example that all girls like pink or all old…
98. [**sterile**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sterile.md) adjective (sterile) Sterile means completely clean and free from germs (bacteria and viruses): sterile bandages, a sterile operating room.
99. [**sterling**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sterling.md) noun (sterling; uncountable); adjective (sterling) Sterling is the money of the United Kingdom; its main unit is the pound (£).
100. [**stern**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stern.md) adjective (stern, sterner, sternest); noun (the stern, sterns) Stern means serious and strict, not smiling, like a teacher who wants you to behave.

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