Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 149
Stannel (n.) (Zool.) The kestrel; -- called also standgale, standgall, stanchel, stand hawk, stannel hawk, steingale, stonegall. [Written also staniel, stannyel, and stanyel.]
With what wing the staniel checks at it. -- Shak.
Stannyel (n.) Alt. of Stanyel.
Stanyel (n.) See Stannel. Stant
Stant, Stont, (obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Stand, for standeth.) Stands. -- Chaucer.
Stanzas (n. pl. ) of Stanza.
Stanza (n.) A number of lines or verses forming a division of a song or poem, and agreeing in meter, rhyme, number of lines, etc., with other divisions; a part of a poem, ordinarily containing every variation of measure in that poem; a combination or arrangement of lines usually recurring; whether like or unlike, in measure.
Horace confines himself strictly to one sort of verse, or stanza, in every ode. -- Dryden.
Stanza (n.) (Arch.) An apartment or division in a building; a room or chamber.
Stanza (n.) A fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem.
Stanzaic (a.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, stanzas; as, a couplet in stanzaic form.
Stapedial (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to stapes.
Stapelia (n.) (Bot.) An extensive and curious genus of African plants of the natural order Asclepiadaceae (Milkweed family). They are succulent plants without leaves, frequently covered with dark tubercles giving them a very grotesque appearance. The odor of the blossoms is like that of carrion.
Stapelia (n.) Any of various plants of the genus Stapelia having succulent leafless toothed stems resembling cacti and large foul-smelling (often star-shaped) flowers [syn: stapelia, carrion flower, starfish flower].
Stapes (n.) (Anat.) The innermost of the ossicles of the ear; the stirrup, or stirrup bone; -- so called from its form. See Illust. of Ear.
Stapes (n.) The stirrup-shaped ossicle that transmits sound from the incus to the cochlea [syn: stapes, stirrup].
Staphyline (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the uvula or the palate.
Staphylinid (n.) (Zool.) Any rove beetle.
Staphyloma (n.) (Med.) A protrusion of any part of the globe of the eye; as, a staphyloma of the cornea.
Staphylomatous (a.) (Med.) Of or pertaining to staphyloma; affected with staphyloma.
Staphyloplasty (n.) (Surg.) The operation for restoring or replacing the soft palate when it has been lost. -- Dunglison. -- Staph`y*lo*plas"tic, a. Staphyloraphy
Staphyloraphy (n.) Alt. of Staphylorrhaphy.
Staphylorrhaphy (n.) (Surg.) The operation of uniting a cleft palate, consisting in paring and bringing together the edges of the cleft. -- Staph`y*lo*raph"ic, Staph`y*lor*rhaph"ic), a.
Staphylotomy (n.) (Surg.) The operation of removing a staphyloma by cutting.
Staple (n.) A settled mart; an emporium; a city or town to which merchants brought commodities for sale or exportation in bulk; a place for wholesale traffic.
The customs of Alexandria were very great, it having been the staple of the Indian trade. -- Arbuthnot.
For the increase of trade and the encouragement of the worthy burgesses of Woodstock, her majesty was minded to erect the town into a staple for wool. -- Sir W. Scott.
Note: In England, formerly, the king's staple was established in certain ports or towns, and certain goods could not be exported without being first brought to these places to be rated and charged with the duty payable to the king or the public. The principal commodities on which customs were levied were wool, skins, and leather; and these were originally the staple commodities.
Staple (n.) Hence: Place of supply; source; fountain head.
Whitehall naturally became the chief staple of news.
Whenever there was a rumor that any thing important had happened or was about to happen, people hastened thither to obtain intelligence from the fountain head. -- Macaulay.
Staple (n.) The principal
commodity of traffic in a market; a principal commodity or production of a
country or district; as, wheat, maize, and cotton are great staples of the
We should now say, Cotton is the great staple, that is, the established merchandise, of Manchester. -- Trench.
Staple (n.) The principal constituent in anything; chief item.
Staple (n.) Unmanufactured material; raw material.
Staple (n.) The fiber of wool, cotton, flax, or the like; as, a coarse staple; a fine staple; a long or short staple.
Staple (n.) A loop of iron, or a bar or wire, bent and formed with two points to be driven into wood, to hold a hook, pin, or the like.
Staple (n.) Specifically: A small loop of metal such as steel, bent into a U-shape with the points sharpened, used to fasten sheets of paper together by driving the staple [8] through the stacked sheets and into a formed receptacle which curls the ends in and backward, thus holding the papers firmly together; also, a similar, slightly larger such fastener which may be driven into wood to fasten objects to a wooden backing.
Staple (n.) (Mining.) A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels.
Staple (n.) (Mining.) A small pit.
Staple (n.) A district granted to an abbey. [Obs.] -- Camden.
Staple (a.) Pertaining to, or being market of staple for, commodities; as, a staple town. [R.]
Staple (a.) Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled; as, a staple trade. -- Dryden.
Staple (a.) Fit to be sold; marketable. [R.] -- Swift.
Staple (a.) Regularly produced or manufactured in large quantities; belonging to wholesale traffic; principal; chief.
Wool, the great staple commodity of England. -- Hallam.
Stapled (imp. & p. p.) of Staple.
Stapling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Staple.
Staple (v. t.) To sort according to its staple; as, to staple cotton.
Staple (v. t.) To fasten together with a staple[9] or staples; as, to staple a check to a letter.
Staple (a.) Necessary or important, especially regarding food or commodities; "wheat is a staple crop."
Staple (n.) (Usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant [syn: basic, staple].
Staple (n.) A natural fiber (raw
cotton, wool, hemp, flax) that can be twisted to form yarn; "staple
fibers vary widely in length" [syn: staple, staple fiber,
staple fibre].
Staple (n.) Material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing
[syn: raw material, staple].
Staple (n.) A short U-shaped wire nail for securing cables.
Staple (n.) Paper fastener consisting of a short length of U-shaped wire that can fasten papers together.
Staple (v.) Secure or fasten with a staple or staples; "staple the papers together" [ant: unstaple].
Stapler (n.) A dealer in staple goods.
Stapler (n.) One employed to assort wool according to its staple.
Stapler (n.) A device used to drive a staple[8] into objects so as to fasten them together.
Stapler (n.) A machine that inserts staples into sheets of paper in order to fasten them together [syn: stapler, stapling machine]
Star (n.) One of the innumerable luminous bodies seen in the heavens; any heavenly body other than the sun, moon, comets, and nebulae.
His eyen twinkled in his head aright, As do the stars in the frosty night. -- Chaucer.
Note: The stars are distinguished as planets, and fixed stars. See Planet, Fixed stars under Fixed, and Magnitude of a star under Magnitude.
Star (n.) The polestar; the north star. -- Shak.
Star (n.) (Astrol.) A planet supposed to influence one's destiny; (usually pl.) a configuration of the planets, supposed to influence fortune.
O malignant and ill-brooding stars. -- Shak.
Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury. -- Addison.
Star (n.) That which resembles the figure of a star, as an ornament worn on the breast to indicate rank or honor.
On whom . . . Lavish Honor showered all her stars. -- Tennyson.
Star (n.) Specifically, a radiated mark in writing or printing; an asterisk [thus, *]; -- used as a reference to a note, or to fill a blank where something is omitted, etc.
Star (n.) (Pyrotechny) A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding in the air, presents a starlike appearance.
Star (n.) A person of brilliant and attractive qualities, especially on public occasions, as a distinguished orator, a leading theatrical performer, etc.
Note: Star is used in the formation of compound words generally of obvious signification; as, star-aspiring, star-bespangled, star-bestudded, star-blasting, star-bright, star-crowned, star-directed, star-eyed, star-headed, star-paved, star-roofed, star-sprinkled, star-wreathed.
Blazing star, Double star, Multiple star, Shooting
star, etc. See under Blazing, Double, etc.
Nebulous star (Astron.), A small well-defined circular nebula, having a bright nucleus at its center like a star.
Star anise (Bot.), Any plant of the genus Illicium; -- so called from its star-shaped capsules.
Star apple (Bot.), A tropical American tree ({Chrysophyllum Cainito), having a milky juice and oblong leaves with a silky-golden pubescence beneath. It bears an applelike fruit, the carpels of which present a starlike figure when cut across. The name is extended to the whole genus of about sixty species, and the natural order ({Sapotaceae) to which it belongs is called the Star-apple family.
Star conner, one who cons, or studies, the stars; an astronomer or an astrologer. -- Gascoigne.
Star coral (Zool.), Any one of numerous species of stony corals belonging to Astraea, Orbicella, and allied genera, in which the calicles are round or polygonal and contain conspicuous radiating septa.
Star cucumber. (Bot.) See under Cucumber.
Star flower. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Ornithogalum; star-of-Bethlehem.
Star flower. (Bot.) (b) See Starwort (b) .
Star flower. (Bot.) (c) An American plant of the genus Trientalis ({Trientalis Americana). -- Gray.
Star fort (Fort.), A fort surrounded on the exterior with projecting angles; -- whence the name.
Star gauge (Ordnance), A long rod, with adjustable points projecting radially at its end, for measuring the size of different parts of the bore of a gun.
Star grass. (Bot.) (a) A small grasslike plant ({Hypoxis erecta) having star-shaped yellow flowers.
Star grass. (Bot.) (b) The colicroot. See Colicroot.
Star hyacinth (Bot.), A bulbous plant of the genus Scilla ({Scilla autumnalis); -- called also star-headed hyacinth.
Star jelly (Bot.), Any one of several gelatinous plants ({Nostoc commune, Nostoc edule, etc.). See Nostoc.
Star lizard. (Zool.) Same as Stellion.
Star-of-Bethlehem (Bot.), A bulbous liliaceous plant ({Ornithogalum umbellatum) having a small white starlike flower.
Star-of-the-earth (Bot.), A plant of the genus Plantago ({Plantago coronopus), growing upon the seashore.
Star polygon (Geom.), A polygon whose sides cut each other so as to form a star-shaped figure.
Stars and Stripes, A popular name for the flag of the United States, which consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternately red and white, and a union having, in a blue field, white stars to represent the several States, one for each.
With the old flag, the true American flag, the Eagle, and the Stars and Stripes, waving over the chamber in which we sit. -- D. Webster.
Star showers. See Shooting star, under Shooting.
Star thistle (Bot.), An annual composite plant ({Centaurea solstitialis) having the involucre armed with stout radiating spines.
Star wheel (Mach.), A star-shaped disk, used as a kind of ratchet wheel, in repeating watches and the feed motions of some machines.
Star worm (Zool.), A gephyrean.
Temporary star (Astron.), A star which appears suddenly, shines for a period, and then nearly or quite disappears.
These stars were supposed by some astronomers to be variable stars of long and undetermined periods. More recently, variations star in start intensity are classified more specifically, and this term is now obsolescent. See also nova. [Obsolescent]
Variable star (Astron.), A star whose brilliancy varies periodically, generally with regularity, but sometimes irregularly; -- called periodical star when its changes occur at fixed periods.
Water star grass (Bot.), An aquatic plant ({Schollera graminea) with small yellow starlike blossoms.
Starred (imp. & p. p.) of Star.
Starring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Star.
Star (v. t.) To set or adorn with
stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to bespangle; as, a robe starred with gems.
"A sable curtain starred with gold." -- Young.
Star (v. i.) To be bright, or attract attention, as a star; to
shine like a star; to be brilliant or prominent; to play a part as a theatrical
star. -- W. Irving.
Star (a.) Indicating the most important performer or role; "the leading man"; "prima ballerina"; "prima donna"; "a star figure skater"; "the starring role"; "a stellar role"; "a stellar performance" [syn: leading(p), prima(p), star(p), starring(p), stellar(a)].
Star (n.) (Astronomy) A celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior.
Star (n.) Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field [syn: ace, adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz].
Star (n.) Any celestial body visible (as a point of light) from the Earth at night.
Star (n.) An actor who plays a principal role [syn: star, principal, lead].
Star (n.) A plane figure with 5 or more points; often used as an emblem.
Star (n.) A performer who receives prominent billing [syn: headliner, star].
Star (n.) A star-shaped
character * used in printing [syn: asterisk, star].
Star (n.) The topology of a network whose components are
connected to a hub [syn: star topology, star].
Star (v.) Feature as the star; "The movie stars Dustin Hoffman as an autistic man."
Star (v.) Be the star in a performance.
Star (v.) Mark with an asterisk; "Linguists star unacceptable sentences" [syn: star, asterisk].
Star-blind (a.) Half blind.
Starboard (n.) (Nasut.) That side of a vessel which is on the right hand of a person who stands on board facing the bow; -- opposed to larboard, or port.
Starboard (a.) (Naut.) Pertaining to the right-hand side of a ship; being or lying on the right side; as, the starboard quarter; starboard tack.
Starboard (v. t.) (Naut.) To put to the right, or starboard, side of a vessel; as, to starboard the helm.
Starboard (a.) Located on the right side of a ship or aircraft.
Starboard (n.) The right side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is
aboard and facing the bow or nose [ant: larboard, port].
Starboard (v.) Turn to the right, of helms or rudders.
Star-blowlines (n. pl.) The men in the starboard watch. [Obs.] -- R. H. Dana, Jr.
Starch (a.) Stiff; precise; rigid. [R.] -- Killingbeck.
Starch (n.) (Chem.) A widely diffused vegetable substance found especially in seeds, bulbs, and tubers, and extracted (as from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) as a white, glistening, granular or powdery substance, without taste or smell, and giving a very peculiar creaking sound when rubbed between the fingers. It is used as a food, in the production of commercial grape sugar, for stiffening linen in laundries, in making paste, etc.
Note: Starch is a carbohydrate, being the typical amylose, C6H10O5, and is detected by the fine blue color given to it by free iodine. It is not fermentable as such, but is changed by diastase into dextrin and maltose, and by heating with dilute acids into dextrose. Cf. Sugar, Inulin, and Lichenin.
Starch (n.) Fig.: A stiff, formal manner; formality. -- Addison.
Starch hyacinth (Bot.), The grape hyacinth; -- so called because the flowers have the smell of boiled starch. See under Grape.
Starched (imp. & p. p.) of Starch.
Starching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Starch.
Starch (v. t.) To stiffen with starch. Star chamber
Star-chamber (n.) (Eng. Hist.) An ancient high court exercising jurisdiction in certain cases, mainly criminal, which sat without the intervention of a jury. It consisted of the king's council, or of the privy council only with the addition of certain judges. It could proceed on mere rumor or examine witnesses; it could apply torture. It was abolished by the Long Parliament in 1641. -- Encyc. Brit.
Star-chamber (n.) Hence: (Metaphorical) Any court, committee, or other tribunal which exercises arbitrary and unaccountable power, or uses unfair or illegal methods, in investigation or judgment of persons.
Starched (a.) Stiffened with starch.
Starched (a.) Stiff; precise; formal. --Swift.
Starchedness (n.) The quality or state of being starched; stiffness in manners; formality.
Syn: starchiness, starchness.
Starcher (n.) One who starches.
Starchly (adv.) In a starched or starch manner.
Starchness (n.) Of or pertaining to starched or starch; stiffness of manner; preciseness.
Starchness (n.) The quality or state of being starched or starchy [5]; stiffness of manner; preciseness.
Syn: starchedness.
Starchwort (n.) (Bot.) The cuckoopint, the tubers of which yield a fine quality of starch.
Starchy (a.) Of or pertaining to starch.
Starchy (a.) Containing or consisting of starch; -- used especially of foods.
Starchy (a.) Resembling starch; stiff.
Starchy (a.) Stiffened by use of starch; starched [1]; -- of clothing.
Starchy (a.) Formal in manner; precise.
Syn: starch.
Starcraft (n.) Astrology. [R.] --Tennyson.
Star-crossed (a.) Not favored by the stars; ill-fated. [Poetic] -- Shak.
Such is my star-crossed destiny. -- Massinger.
Stare (v. t.) To look earnestly at; to gaze at.
I will stare him out of his wits. -- Shak.
To stare in the face, to be before the eyes, or to be undeniably evident. "The law . . . stares them in the face whilst they are breaking it." -- Locke.
Stare (n.) (Zool.) The starling. [Obs.]
Stared (imp. & p. p.) of Stare.
Staring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stare.
Stare (v. i.) To look with fixed eyes wide open, as through fear, wonder, surprise, impudence, etc.; to fasten an earnest and prolonged gaze on some object.
For ever upon the ground I see thee stare. -- Chaucer.
Look not big, nor stamp, nor stare, nor fret. -- Shak.
Stare (v. i.) To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, color, or brilliancy; as, staring windows or colors.
Stare (v. i.) To stand out; to project; to bristle. [Obs.]
Makest my blood cold, and my hair to stare. -- Shak.
Take off all the staring straws and jags in the hive. -- Mortimer.
Syn: To gaze; to look earnestly. See Gaze.
Stare (n.) The act of staring; a fixed look with eyes wide open. "A dull and stupid stare." -- Churchill.
Compare: Starling
Starling (n.) (Zool.) Any passerine bird belonging to Sturnus and allied genera. The European starling ({Sturnus vulgaris) is dark brown or greenish black, with a metallic gloss, and spotted with yellowish white. It is a sociable bird, and builds about houses, old towers, etc. Called also stare, and starred. The pied starling of India is Sternopastor contra.
Starling (n.) (Zool.) A California fish; the rock trout.
Starling (n.) A structure of piles driven round the piers of a bridge for protection and support; -- called also sterling. Rose-colored starling. (Zool.) See Pastor.
Starer (n.) One who stares, or gazes.
Starf (obs. imp. of Starve.) Starved. -- Chaucer.
Starfinch (n.) (Zool.) The European redstart.
Starfish (n.) (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of echinoderms belonging to the class Asterioidea, in which the body is star-shaped and usually has five rays, though the number of rays varies from five to forty or more. The rays are often long, but are sometimes so short as to appear only as angles to the disklike body. Called also sea star, five-finger, and stellerid.
Note: The ophiuroids are also sometimes called starfishes.
See Brittle star, and Ophiuroidea.
Starfish (n.) (Zool.) The dollar fish, or butterfish.
Stargazer (n.) One who gazes at the stars; an astrologer; sometimes, in derision or contempt, an astronomer.
Stargazer (n.) (Zool.) Any one of several species of spiny-rayed marine fishes belonging to Uranoscopus, Astroscopus, and allied genera, of the family Uranoscopidae. The common species of the Eastern United States are Astroscopus anoplus, and A. guttatus. So called from the position of the eyes, which look directly upward.
Stargazing (n.) The act or practice of observing the stars with attention; contemplation of the stars as connected with astrology or astronomy. -- Swift.
Stargazing (n.) Hence, absent-mindedness; abstraction.
Stargazer (n.) 看星星的人；占星師；天文學家；夢想家；空論家 [Informal] An astronomer or astrologer.
Stargazer (n.) [Australian informal] A horse that turns its head when galloping.
‘The small sail at the top of a mast was called a stargazer, and so is a Mediterranean fish with eyes set at the top of its head, and a horse that holds its head back.’
Stargazer (n.) A fish of warm seas that normally lies buried in the sand with only its eyes, which are on top of the head, protruding.
A widely distributed fish that has electric organs (family Uranoscopidae: several genera). and ('sand stargazer') a western Atlantic fish (family Dactyloscopidae: several genera).
Stargazer (n.) A person who stargazes, as an astronomer or astrologer.
Stargazer (n.) A daydreamer.
Stargazer (n.) An impractical idealist.
Stargazer (n.) Any of several marine fishes of the family Uranoscopidae, having the eyes at the top of the head.
Stargazer (n.) Sand stargazer.
Word related to Stargazer: Astronomer, astrologer, daydreamer.
Staringly (adv.) With a staring look.
Stark (adv.) Wholly; entirely; absolutely; quite; as, stark mad. -- Shak.
Held him strangled in his arms till he was stark dead. -- Fuller.
Stark naked, Wholly naked; quite bare.
Strip your sword stark naked. -- Shak.
Note: According to Professor Skeat, "stark-naked" is derived from steort-naked, or start-naked, literally tail-naked, and hence wholly naked. If this etymology be true the preferable form is stark-naked.
Stark (a.) Stiff; rigid. -- Chaucer.
Whose senses all were straight benumbed and stark. -- Spenser.
His heart gan wax as stark as marble stone. -- Spenser.
Many a nobleman lies stark and stiff Under the hoofs of vaunting enemies. -- Shak.
The north is not so stark and cold. -- B. Jonson.
Stark (a.) Complete; absolute; full; perfect; entire. [Obs.]
Consider the stark security The common wealth is in now. -- B. Jonson.
Stark (a.) Strong; vigorous; powerful.
A stark, moss-trooping Scot. -- Sir W. Scott.
Stark beer, boy, stout and strong beer. -- Beau. & Fl.
Stark (a.) Severe; violent; fierce. [Obs.] "In starke stours" [i. e., in fierce combats]. -- Chaucer.
Stark (a.) Mere; sheer; gross; entire; downright.
He pronounces the citation stark nonsense. -- Collier.
Rhetoric is very good or stark naught; there's no medium in rhetoric. -- Selden.
Stark (v. t.) To stiffen. [R.]
If horror have not starked your limbs. -- H. Taylor.
Stark (adv.) Completely; "stark mad"; "mouth stark open."
Stark (a.) Devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline" [syn: blunt, crude(a), stark(a)].
Stark (a.) Severely simple; "a stark interior" [syn: austere, severe, stark, stern].
Stark (a.) Complete or extreme; "stark poverty"; "a stark contrast."
Stark (a.) Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth" [syn: arrant(a), complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a), everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a), sodding(a), stark(a), staring(a), thoroughgoing(a), utter(a), unadulterated].
Stark (a.) Providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape" [syn: bare, barren, bleak, desolate, stark].
Stark -- U.S. County in Illinois
Population (2000): 6332
Housing Units (2000): 2725
Land area (2000): 287.937834 sq. miles (745.755535 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.275745 sq. miles (0.714176 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 288.213579 sq. miles (746.469711 sq. km)
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 41.097764 N, 89.802300 W
Headwords:
Stark
Stark, IL
Stark County
Stark County, IL
Stark -- U.S. County in Ohio
Population (2000): 378098
Housing Units (2000): 157024
Land area (2000): 576.136229 sq. miles (1492.185919 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 4.773125 sq. miles (12.362336 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 580.909354 sq. miles (1504.548255 sq. km)
Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location: 40.819408 N, 81.383599 W
Headwords:
Stark
Stark, OH
Stark County
Stark County, OH
Stark -- U.S. County in North Dakota
Population (2000): 22636
Housing Units (2000): 9722
Land area (2000): 1338.162493 sq. miles (3465.824800 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 2.300379 sq. miles (5.957955 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1340.462872 sq. miles (3471.782755 sq. km)
Located within: North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
Location: 46.852248 N, 102.712489 W
Headwords:
Stark
Stark, ND
Stark County
Stark County, ND
Stark, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
Population (2000): 106
Housing Units (2000): 47
Land area (2000): 0.174053 sq. miles (0.450794 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.174053 sq. miles (0.450794 sq. km)
FIPS code: 68025
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 37.689592 N, 95.143573 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 66775
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Stark, KS
Stark
Starkly (adv.) In a stark manner; stiffly; strongly.
Its onward force too starkly pent In figure, bone, and lineament. -- Emerson.
Starkly (adv.) In a stark manner; "He was starkly unable to achieve coherence."
Starkly (adv.) In sharp outline or contrast; "the black walls rose starkly from the snow."
Starkly (adv.) In a blunt manner; "in starkly realistic terms."
Starkness (n.) The quality or state of being stark.
Starkness (n.) The quality of being complete or utter or extreme; "the starkness of his contrast between justice and fairness was open to many objections" [syn: starkness, absoluteness, utterness].
Starkness (n.) An extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation; "I was struck by the starkness of my father's room" [syn: bareness, starkness].
Starless (a.) Being without stars; having no stars visible; as, a starless night. -- Milton.
Starless (a.) Not starry; having no stars or starlike objects; "dark starless nights" [ant: starry].
Starlight (n.) The light given by the stars.
Nor walk by moon, Or glittering starlight, without thee is sweet. -- Milton.