The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chondrite \Chon"drite\, n. [Gr. ? a grain (of wheat or spelt), cartilage.] (Min.) A meteoric stone characterized by the presence of chondrules.
Grapplement \Grapple*ment\, n.
A grappling; close fight or embrace. [Obs.]
--Spenser.
Selden \Sel"den\ (s[e^]l"den), adv.
Seldom. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
Stool \Stool\, n. [AS. st[=o]l a seat; akin to OFries. & OS. st[=o]l, D. stoel, G. stuhl, OHG. stuol, Icel. st[=o]ll, Sw. & Dan. stol, Goth. st[=o]ls, Lith. stalas a table, Russ. stol'; from the root of E. stand. [root]163. See Stand, and cf. Fauteuil.]
A single seat with three or four legs and without a back, made in various forms for various uses.
A seat used in evacuating the bowels; hence, an evacuation; a discharge from the bowels.
A stool pigeon, or decoy bird. [U. S.]
(Naut.) A small channel on the side of a vessel, for the dead-eyes of the backstays.
--Totten.A bishop's seat or see; a bishop-stool.
--J. P. Peters.A bench or form for resting the feet or the knees; a footstool; as, a kneeling stool.
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Material, such as oyster shells, spread on the sea bottom for oyster spat to adhere to. [Local, U.S.]
Stool of a window, or Window stool (Arch.), the flat piece upon which the window shuts down, and which corresponds to the sill of a door; in the United States, the narrow shelf fitted on the inside against the actual sill upon which the sash descends. This is called a window seat when broad and low enough to be used as a seat.
Stool of repentance, the cuttystool. [Scot.]
Stool pigeon, a pigeon used as a decoy to draw others within a net; hence, a person used as a decoy for others.
Stool \Stool\, n. [L. stolo. See Stolon.] (Hort.)
A plant from which layers are propagated by bending its
branches into the soil.
--P. Henderson.
Stool \Stool\, v. i. (Agric.)
To ramfy; to tiller, as grain; to shoot out suckers.
--R. D.
Blackmore.
Stomapoda \Sto*map"o*da\, n. pl. [NL. See Stoma, and -poda.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of Crustacea including the squillas. The maxillipeds are leglike in form, and the large claws are comblike. They have a large and elongated abdomen, which contains a part of the stomach and heart; the abdominal appendages are large, and bear the gills. Called also Gastrula, Stomatopoda, and Squilloidea.
alligatorfish \alligatorfish\ n. 1. 1 small very elongate sea poachers.
Syn: Aspidophoroides monopterygius
Cervix \Cer"vix\, n.; pl. E. Cervixes, L. Cervices. [L.] (Anat.) The neck; also, the necklike portion of any part, as of the womb. See Illust. of Bird. [1913 Webster] ||
Balaenoidea \Bal`[ae]*noi"de*a\, n. [NL., from L. balaena whale + -oid.] (Zo["o]l) A division of the Cetacea, including the right whale and all other whales having the mouth fringed with baleen. See Baleen.
Submiss \Sub*miss"\, a. [L. submissus, p. p. of submittere to let down, to lower. See Submit.]
Submissive; humble; obsequious. [Archaic] ``Soft Silence and submiss Obedience.''
--Spenser. ``Stooping and submiss.''
--R. L. Stevenson.Gentle; soft; calm; as, submiss voices. [R.]
Basso \Bas"so\, n. [It., fr. LL. bassus. See Base, a.] (Mus.)
The bass or lowest part; as, to sing basso.
One who sings the lowest part.
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The double bass, or contrabasso.
Basso continuo. [It., bass continued.] (Mus.) A bass part written out continuously, while the other parts of the harmony are indicated by figures attached to the bass; continued bass.
Stemmery \Stem"mer*y\, n.
A large building in which tobacco is stemmed. [U. S.]
--Bartlett.
Wiktionary
n. A meteorite consisting of rock containing chondrules
n. (context cryptozoology English) Any creature that may or may not exist. sightings of various cryptids have been reported, but their reality has not been proved.
vb. (misspelling of lying English)
n. (context obsolete English) A grapple; close fight or embrace.
Etymology 1 n. 1 A seat for one person without a back or armrest. 2 A footstool. 3 (label en chiefly medicine) feces; excrement. 4 (label en archaic) A decoy. 5 (label en now chiefly dialectal Scotland) A seat; a seat with a back; a chair. 6 (label en now chiefly dialectal Scotland literally and figuratively) throne. 7 (label en obsolete) A seat used in evacuating the bowels; a toilet. 8 (label en nautical) A small channel on the side of a vessel, for the dead-eyes of the backstays. 9 (label en US dialect) Material, such as oyster shells, spread on the sea bottom for oyster spat to adhere to. Etymology 2
n. A plant from which layers are propagated by bending its branches into the soil. vb. (context agriculture English) To ramify; to tiller, as grain; to shoot out suckers.
n. (context physics English) A quantum combination of two excitons
n. (plural of anadiplosis English)
a. Resembling or characteristic of a chandelier.
n. 1 (context anatomy English) The neck 2 The necklike portion of any part, as of the womb. 3 The lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagin
vb. (context intransitive English) To move heavily and clumsily.
a. That may be construed
a. (context obsolete English) submissive.
n. 1 (context music English) A bass singer, especially in opera. 2 (context music English) An instrumental part written for a bass instrument. 3 (context music English) The double bass, or contrabasso.
n. (context US English) A building in which tobacco is stemmed.
Usage examples of "stemmery".
Two more lasers fired from different hexagons of the same ship, and with two more flashes the drive trail flicked out.
The children were trying very hard not to stare at tails that flicked out of the way of bouncing crates or stumbling feet, but gave no sign of fear.
Thrr't-rokik flicked his tongue ruefully, a distant sadness pulling at him.
Some of the cabinets hummed softly, with small rows of colored lights set into their fronts, which glowed steadily or flicked on and off in complex patterns.
The heavy laser had flicked away from the crippled Corvine, relinquishing the chance for a direct kill in order to deal with this new threat bearing down on it.
A few seconds later the ghost flicked into sight, its hands gesticulating, its tongue flicking in and out of its insubstantial mouth.
The kneeling Zhirrzh's tongue flicked, and the first straightened again for more discussion with the ghost.
Thrr't-rokik flicked out to the containers, wove in and out of them, flicked back.
A green targeting cross flicked into place in front of Quinn's eyes, Bokamba's confirmation that the Vejovis missiles were ready to launch.
Thrr't-rokik said automatically, and flicked back along his anchorline.
As unobtrusively as possible, Thrr't-rokik completed the checks Nzz-oonaz had asked for, then flicked back to the ship.
Thrr't-rokik said, and flicked along his anchorline back to the Oaccanv hilltops and the Zhirrzh waiting there.
The Zhirrzh holding Klnn-dawan-a flicked his tongue out and said something in return.
Mnov-korthe flicked his tongue at the two warriors still flanking the doorway.
He glided across the room to the computer station and flicked it on with just the nail of his first finger.