Descriptionary

splitting 260

squibbed bag 451

splitting hairs 640

squibber 504

splog 112

squib kick 524

spoiler 498, 576

squid 367

spoiling attack 353

squint 48

spoliarium 41

sringa 42

spoliatorium 41

stabilizer 576

sponge 327

stabilizer bar 573

sponge cake 189

stable 451, 487

sponsons 514

stable marshal 31

sponsor 498

staccato 300, 378

spontoon 601

stack 121, 507, 576

spoofer 348

stacked bond 33

spoofing 114

stadium 41, 76

spook 519

staff 385

spool furniture 212

staffer 418

spoon 519, 529

stag 173, 539

spoonerism 300

stage 498

spoor 534

stagehand 445

spot 445

stagestruck 445

spot news 418

stagflation 410

spotted U.S. 19

staggered start 556

spotter 367, 507

staggers 12

spotting 353, 367, 428, 531,

stag leap 430

542

stagnation 641

spotting belt 531

staid 641

spotting brush 59

stair turret 31

spotting session 436

stake 554

spray 529

stakeout 402

spray dome 361

staking 132

spraying 4

stalactite 122

spread 173, 534

stalagmite 122

spread eagle 511, 539

stalemate 641

spreader 394

stall 542, 576, 578

spread it wide 431

stall gate 554

spreadsheet 105

stallion 12

spring 147

stalwart 641

springboard 515

stamen 128

spring roll 194

stamp 432

springs 573

stance 535, 543

spring sail 50

stand 158

spring tide 121, 155

Standard and Poor's Corp. 173

Sprint 363

Standard and Poor's index 173

sprint 554, 556

Standard Arm 363

sprint car 498

standardbred 14

sprite 143

Standard Missile 363

spritzer 201

standard of mail 66

spry 640

Standard SSM 363

standby guest 441, 451 stand-in 437 standing eight count 513 standing mute 310 standing set 451 standing waves 576 standup 560 stand-up 77

standup double/triple 504

stanza 385

stapedius 239

stapes 267

staphylorrhaphy 341

star 15, 124, 431, 492

starboard 514, 558, 585, 591

starboard light 576

starboard tack 585

starburst galaxy 492

star chamber 603

Stardust 594

Starfighter 348

Starlifter 348

star sapphire 152

starter 573

starting blocks 556

startle response 260

startups 69

star turn 540

stat 333

state chicken 348 State Department 415 state editor 418 state lamb 348 stateroom 367, 591 statesman 410, 415 state terrorism 415 state tiger 348 static line 348, 542 static soaring 3 station 358 station keeping 594 statuary marble 62 statuette 62 status quo 641 statute of limitations 310 statutory rape 264, 310 staunch 641 stay 310

stay of execution 310 staysail 585 steadfast 641 Steadicam 437 steak tartare 194 steal 504

Stealth Bomber 348 Stealth Fighter 348 stealth virus 114 steam 184 steed 12 steel band 385 steel drum 386 steeple 48 steerage 588 steerage way 585 steering committee 410 steering lines 542 steering linkage 573 steer roping 537

steer wrestling 537 stegosauria 8 stein 177 Steinkerk 68 stele 475

stellar guidance 361

stem 591

stem the tide 585

stemwinder 301, 410

stenciling 57

stenciling brush 59

stenosis 229

stent 327

stentorian 292

step 432

step-clap 432

stephane 63

step-in 79

step-out 531

stepover 540

steppe(s) 124, 126

stereoanesthesia 243

stereophonic 385

stereotype 275, 641

stereotyped movements 260

sterilizer 367

sterling silver 95

stern 558, 585, 591

sternal puncture 341

stern attack 348

stern destroy 343

sternman 514

sterno thyroid 239

sternotomy 341

stern rudder stroke 514

sternum 267

steroid 234, 336-337

stertorous breathing 236

stethoscope 327

Stetson 75

steward(s) 554, 586

stichomancy 323

stick 348, 513, 543

stick check 534

stick commander 348

stick style 37

stiff 554

stifle 12

stigma 128, 260, 641 stigmata 323 stigmatize 641 stiletto 224, 598 still 437, 563 stillbirth 218 stillborn 235 still life 57 still rings 531 still store 451 stimulant 337 stimulus package 410 Stinger 363 stinky pinky 293 stipple 57 stipulate 641 stirrup 221 stirrup pants 96 St.-John's-wort 336 stock 173, 199, 519, 600

stock car 498 stock exchange 173 stock footage 437 stock head 424 Stockholm syndrome 260 stocking 15 stocking cap 76 stocking shoe 86 stock watcher 173 stoic 641 stoichiometry 479 Stoker Award 421 stola 64 stollen 189 stoma 158 stomach 247 stomacher 68, 69, 71 stone 566 Stone Age 475 Stonehenge 475 stool 534 stop 376

stop-action photography 439

stop bath 61

stop down 61

stop hit 517

stop order 173

stopper 504

stop volley 551

store 105

storekeeper 586

storm daggerboard 558

storm sails 585

storm surge 143

storyboard 437, 451

stout 177

stovepipe 96

strabismus 222

straddleball 536

strafing 348, 353

straight-arm 524

straight sets 551

straight thrust 517

strain 114

strait 121

strand 121

stranding 22

strangle 348

strangle parrot 348

strangler 158

strapless 79

strappado 603

strapwork 209

strap wrench 566

strata 8, 137, 152, 475

stratification 137, 152, 156

stratigraphic column 475-476

stratigraphy 137, 476

stratocumulus 123

Stratofortress 348

Stratofreighter 348

stratosphere 119

Stratotanker 348

stratovolcano 161

stratum 137

stratus 123

straw 394

strawberry birthmark 269

strawberry shortcake 189 straw man 410 straw vote 410 stream anchor 588 streamer 437, 542 streaming 112 stream of consciousness 301, 421

stream take off 348 Street, the 173 street name 173 streptokinase 337 streptomycin 337 stress test 333 stretcher 28, 33 streulli 531 striae gravidarum 218 striation(s) 140, 152 strict liability 310 stride entry 538 strident 641 stridor 236 stridulation 16 Strigiformes 3

strike 445, 451, 511, 519, 585

strike out 511