Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 178
Stylet (n.) (Surg.) A stiff wire, inserted in catheters or other tubular instruments to maintain their shape and prevent clogging.
Stylet (n.) (Zool.) Any small, more or less rigid, bristlelike organ; as, the caudal stylets of certain insects; the ventral stylets of certain Infusoria.
Stylet (n.) Small needlelike appendage; especially the feeding organ of a tardigrade.
Styliferous (a.) (Bot.) Bearing one or more styles.
Styliform (a.) Having the form of, or resembling, a style, pin, or pen; styloid.
Stylish (a.) 現代風格的，流行的，瀟灑的 Having style or artistic quality; given to, or fond of, the display of style; highly fashionable; modish; as, a stylish dress, house, manner. -- Styl"ish*ly, adv. -- Styl"ish*ness, n.
Stylish (a.) Having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress; "a little less posh but every bit as stylish as Lord Peter Wimsey"; "the stylish resort of Gstadd" [syn: stylish, fashionable] [ant: styleless, unstylish].
Stylish (a.) Being or in accordance with current social fashions; "fashionable clothing"; "the fashionable side of town"; "a fashionable cafe" [syn: fashionable, stylish] [ant: unfashionable, unstylish].
Stylish (a.) (Approving) (B1) 氣派；優雅格調 Of a high quality in appearance, design, or behaviour.
// The film's direction is subtle and stylish.
Stylist (n.) 文體家，設計師 One who is a master or a model of style, especially in writing or speaking; a critic of style.
Distinguished as a stylist, for ease. -- Fitzed. Hall.
Stylist (n.) An artist who is a master of a particular style.
Stylist (n.) Someone who cuts or beautifies hair [syn: hairdresser, hairstylist, stylist, styler].
Stylistic (a.) 琢磨文體的；文體論的 Of or pertaining to style in language. [R.] "Stylistic trifles." -- J. A. Symonds.
The great stylistic differences in the works ascribed to him [Wyclif]. -- G. P. Marsh.
Stylistic (a.) Of or relating to style (especially in the use of language); "stylistic devices".
Stylite (n.) (Eccl. Hist.) 修行的人；柱頭（頂）隱修者；聖西莫盎 (Simeon Stylites 391-459) 在 60呎高柱上苦修 30 年，向人宣講耶穌道理、說先知話，曾感化多人歸主。中東曾有少數人取法 One of a sect of anchorites in the early church, who lived on the tops of pillars for the exercise of their patience; -- called also pillarist and pillar saint.
The two other holy men in Gregory's narrative had more exotic origins than the pair that has just been seen. Gregory encountered one of them when on a journey to the north-eastern parts of the Frankish kingdom. This was a Lombard, named Vulfolaic, who had spent some years in the arduous exercise of being a stylite, the Christian equivalent of a flagpole sitter; in other words, Vulfolaic was a monk whose main austerity consisted in living on top of a pillar. By carrying out this feat in the rain, snow, and frost of the Moselle valley, Vulfolaic had convinced the local population to overthrow and abandon the idol of Diana to which they were addicted. -- Walter Goffart, FOREIGNERS IN THE HISTORIES OF GREGORY OF TOURS
Stylite (n.) An early Christian ascetic who lived on top of high pillars.
Stylo- () A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the styloid process of the temporal bone; as, stylohyal, stylomastoid, stylomaxillary.
Stylobate (n.) (Arch.) The uninterrupted and continuous flat band, coping, or pavement upon which the bases of a row of columns are supported. See Sub-base.
Styloglossal (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to styloid process and the tongue.
Stylograph (n.) A stylographic pen.
Stylographic (a.) Of or pertaining to stylography; used in stylography; as, stylographic tablets.
Stylographic (a.) Pertaining to, or used in, stylographic pen; as, stylographic ink.
Stylographic pen, A pen with a conical point like that of a style, combined with a reservoir for supplying it with ink.
Stylographic pencil, A pencil used in stylography.
Stylographical (a.) Same as Stylographic, 1. -- Sty`lo*graph"ic*al*ly, adv.
Stylography (n.) A mode of writing or tracing lines by means of a style on cards or tablets.
Stylohyal (n.) (Anat.) A segment in the hyoidean arch between the epihyal and tympanohyal.
Stylohyoid (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the styloid process and the hyoid bone.
Styloid (a.) Styliform; as, the styloid process.
Styloid (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the styloid process.
Styloid process (Anat.), A long and slender process from the lower side of the temporal bone of man, corresponding to the tympanohyal and stylohyal of other animals.
Stylomastoid (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the styloid and mastoid processes of the temporal bone.
Stylomaxillary (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the styloid process and the maxilla.
Stylometer (n.) An instrument for measuring columns.
Stylommata (n. pl.) Same as Stylommatophora.
Stylommatophora (n. pl.) (Zool.) A division of Pulmonata in which the eyes are situated at the tips of the tentacles. It includes the common land snails and slugs. See Illust. under Snail.
Stylommatophorous (a.) (Zool.) Of or pertaining to Stylommatophora.
Stylopodia (n. pl. ) of Stylopodium.
Stylopodium (n.) (Bot.) An expansion at the base of the style, as in umbelliferous plants.
Stylopodium (n.) An enlargement at the base of the style in some Umbelliferae.
Stylops (n.) (Zool.) A genus of minute insects parasitic, in their larval state, on bees and wasps. It is the typical genus of the group Strepsiptera, formerly considered a distinct order, but now generally referred to the Coleoptera. See Strepsiptera.
Stylus (n.) An instrument for writing. See Style, n., 1.
Stylus (n.) That needle-shaped part at the tip of the playing arm of phonograph which sits in the groove of a phonograph record while it is turning, to detect the undulations in the phonograph groove and convert them into vibrations which are transmitted to a system (since 1920 electronic) which converts the signal into sound; also called needle. The stylus is frequently composed of metal or diamond.
Stylus (n.) The needle-like device used to cut the grooves which record the sound on the original disc during recording of a phonograph record.
Stylus (n.) (Computers) A pen-shaped pointing device used to specify the cursor position on a graphics tablet.
Stylus (n.) A sharp pointed device attached to the cartridge of a record player.
Stylus (n.) A pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving; "he drew the design on the stencil with a steel stylus" [syn: stylus, style].
Styphnate (n.) (Chem.) A salt of styphnic acid.
Styphnic (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a yellow crystalline astringent acid, (NO2)3.C6H.(OH)2, obtained by the action of nitric acid on resorcin. Styphnic acid resembles picric acid, but is not bitter. It acts like a strong dibasic acid, having a series of well defined salts.
Styptic (a.) Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part; astringent. [Written also stiptic.]
Styptic weed (Bot.), An American leguminous herb ({Cassia occidentalis) closely related to the wild senna.
Styptic (n.) (Med.) A styptic medicine.
Styptic (a.) Tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels [syn: styptic, hemostatic].
Styptic (n.) A drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals [syn: astringent, astringent drug, styptic].
Styptical (a.) Styptic; astringent.
Stypticity (n.) The quality or state of being styptic; astringency.
Styracin (n.) (Chem.) A white crystalline tasteless substance extracted from gum storax, and consisting of a salt of cinnamic acid with cinnamic alcohol.
Styrax (n.) (Bot.) A genus of shrubs and trees, mostly American or Asiatic, abounding in resinous and aromatic substances.
Styrax officinalis yields storax, and Styrax Benzoin yields benzoin.
Styrax (n.) Same as Storax.
Styrax (n.) Any shrub or small tree of the genus Styrax having fragrant bell-shaped flowers that hang below the dark green foliage.
Styrol (n.) (Chem.) See Styrolene.
Styrolene (n.) (Chem.) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C8H8, obtained by the distillation of storax, by the decomposition of cinnamic acid, and by the condensation of acetylene, as a fragrant, aromatic, mobile liquid; -- called also phenyl ethylene, vinyl benzene, styrol, styrene, and cinnamene.
Styrone (n.) (Chem.) A white crystalline substance having a sweet taste and a hyacinthlike odor, obtained by the decomposition of styracin; -- properly called cinnamic alcohol or styryl alcohol.
Styryl (n.) (Chem.) A hypothetical radical found in certain derivatives of styrolene and cinnamic acid; -- called also cinnyl, or cinnamyl.
Stythe (n.) (Mining) Choke damp.
Stythy (n. & v.) See Stithy.
Styx (n.) (Class. Myth.) The principal river of the lower world, which had to be crossed in passing to the regions of the dead.
Styx (n.) (Greek mythology) A river in Hades across which Charon carried dead souls [syn: Styx, River Styx].
Suability (n.) (Law) Liability to be sued; the state of being subjected by law to civil process.
Suable (a.) (Law) Capable of being sued; subject by law to be called to answer in court. -- Story.
Suade (v. t.) To persuade. [Obs.]
Suadible (a.) Suasible. [Obs.] -- Wyclif (James iii. 17).
Suage (v. t.) To assuage. [Obs.] -- Dryden.
Suant (a.) Spread equally over the surface; uniform; even. [Written also suent.] [Local, U.S. & Prov. Eng.] -- Su"ant*ly, adv. [Local, U.S. & Prov. Eng.]
Suasible (a.) Capable of being persuaded; easily persuaded.
Suasible (a.) Being susceptible to persuasion [syn: convincible, persuadable, persuasible, suasible].
Suasion (n.) The act of persuading; persuasion; as, moral suasion.
Suasion (n.) The act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action [syn: persuasion, suasion] [ant: dissuasion].
Suasive (a.) Having power to persuade; persuasive; suasory. -- South. "Genial and suasive satire." -- Earle. -- Sua"sive*ly, adv.
Suasory (a.) Tending to persuade; suasive.
Suave (a.) Sweet; pleasant; delightful; gracious or agreeable in manner; bland. -- Suave"ly, adv.
Suave (a.) Having a sophisticated charm; "a debonair gentleman" [syn: debonair, debonaire, debonnaire, suave].
Suave (a.) Smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; "he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage"; "the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error" [syn: politic, smooth, suave, bland].
Suavified (imp. & p. p.) of Suavify.
Suavifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Suavify.
Suavify (v. t.) To make affable or suave.
Suaviloquent (a.) Sweetly speaking; using agreeable speech. [R.]
Suaviloquy (n.) Sweetness of speech. [R.]
Suavity (n.) Sweetness to the taste. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Suavity (n.) The quality of being sweet or pleasing to the mind; agreeableness; softness; pleasantness; gentleness; urbanity; as, suavity of manners; suavity of language, conversation, or address. -- Glanvill.
Suavity (n.) The quality of being bland and gracious or ingratiating in manner [syn: suavity, suaveness, blandness, smoothness].
Sub- () A prefix signifying under, below, beneath, and hence often, in an inferior position or degree, in an imperfect or partial state, as in subscribe, substruct, subserve, subject, subordinate, subacid, subastringent, subgranular, suborn. Sub- in Latin compounds often becomes sum- before m, sur before r, and regularly becomes suc-, suf-, sug-, and sup- before c, f, g, and p respectively. Before c, p, and t it sometimes takes form sus- (by the dropping of b from a collateral form, subs-).
Submarine (n.) A submarine boat; a ship that can travel under the surface of the water. Most such ships are ships of war, as part of a navy, but submarines are also used for oceanic research. Also called sub and (from the German U-Boot) U-boat. esp., Nav., a submarine torpedo boat; -- called specif. submergible submarine when capable of operating at various depths and of traveling considerable distances under water, and submersible submarine when capable of being only partly submerged, i.e., so that the conning tower, etc., is still above water. The latter type and most of the former type are submerged as desired by regulating the amount of water admitted to the ballast tanks and sink on an even keel; some of the former type effect submersion while under way by means of horizontal rudders, in some cases also with admission of water to the ballast tanks.
Submarine (n.) A stowaway on a seagoing vessel. [Colloq.]
Submarine (n.) A submarine sandwich.
Submarine sandwich (n.) A large sandwich on an elongated roll, usually incompletely cut into two halves, filed with various cold cuts, meatballs, lettuce, cheese, tomatoes, olives, etc., and spiced variously, and often having oil or other dressing applied; called also hoagie, hero, hero sandwich, grinder, sub, submarine, poor boy, and Italian sandwich. A single such sandwich may consitute a substantial meal. Very large variants are sometimes prepared for social gatherings and cut into pieces for individual consumption.
Submarine sandwich (n.) A large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States [syn: bomber, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep].
Sub- () A prefix denoting that the ingredient (of a compound) signified by the term to which it is prefixed,is present in only a small proportion, or less than the normal amount; as, subsulphide, suboxide, etc. Prefixed to the name of a salt it is equivalent to basic; as, subacetate or basic acetate. [Obsoles.]
Sub (n.) A subordinate; a subaltern. [Colloq.]
Sub (n.) A shortened form of submarine, the boat.
Sub (n.) A shortened form of submarine sandwich; also called hero, hero sandwich, and grinder.
Subacid (a.) Moderately acid or sour; as, some plants have subacid juices.
Subacid (n.) A substance moderately acid.
Subacid (a.) Slightly sour to the taste.
Subacrid (a.) Moderalely acrid or harsh.
Subacromial (a.) (Anat.) Situated beneath the acromial process of the scapula.
Subact (v. t.) To reduce; to subdue. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Subaction (n.) The act of reducing to any state, as of mixing two bodies combletely. [Obs.] --Bacon.
Subacute (a.) Moderalely acute.
Subacute (a.) Less than acute; relating to a disease present in a person with no symptoms of it.
Subaduncate (a.) (Zool.) Somewhat hooked or curved.
Subadvocate (n.) An under or subordinate advocate.
Subaerial (a.) Beneath the sky; in the open air; specifically (Geol.), taking place on the earth's surface, as opposed to subaqueous.
Subagency (n.) A subordinate agency.
Subagent (n.) (Law) A person employed by an agent to transact the whole, or a part, of the business intrusted to the latter. -- Bouvier. Chitty.
SUB-AGENT. () A person appointed by an agent to perform some duty, or the whole of the business relating to his agency.
SUB-AGENT. () Sub-agents may be considered in two points of view. 1. With regard to their rights and duties or obligations, towards their immediate employers. 2. As to their rights and obligations towards their superior or real principals.
SUB-AGENT. () A sub-agent is generally invested with the same rights, and incurs the same liabilities in regard to his immediate employers, as if he were the sole and real principal. To this general rule there are some exceptions for example, where by the general usage of trade or the agreement of the parties, sub-agents are ordinarily or necessarily employed, to accomplish the ends of the agency, there, if the agency is avowed, and the credit is exclusively given to the principal, the intermediate agent may be entirely exempted from all liability to the sub-agent. The agent, however, will be liable to the sub-agent, unless such exclusive credit has been given, although the real principal or superior may also be liable. Story on Ag. Sec. 386; Paley on Ag. by Lloyd, 49. When the agent employs a sub-agent to do the whole, or any part of the business of the agency, without the knowledge or consent of his principal, either express or implied, the latter will only be entitled to recover from his immediate employer, and his sole responsibility is also to him. In this case the superior or real principal is not responsible to the sub-agent, because there is no privity between them. Story on Ag. Sec. 13, 14, 15, 217, 387.
SUB-AGENT. () Where by an express or implied agreement of the parties, or by the usages of trade, a sub-agent is to be employed, a privity exists between the principal and the sub-agent, and the latter may justly maintain his claim for compensation, both against the principal and his immediate employer, unless exclusive credit is given to one of them; and, in that case, his remedy is limited to that party. 1 Liv. on Ag. 64; 6 Taunt. R. 147.
Subagitation (n.) Unlawful sexual intercourse. [Obs.]
Subah (n.) A province; a government, as of a viceroy; also, a subahdar. [India]
Subahdar (n.) A viceroy; a governor of a subah; also, a native captain in the British native army. [India] Subahdary
Subahdary (n.) Alt. of Subahship.
Subahship (n.) The office or jurisdiction of a subahdar.
Subaid (v. t.) To aid secretly; to assist in a private manner, or indirectly. [R.] -- Daniel.
Subalmoner (n.) An under almoner.
Subalpine (a.) (Bot. & Zool.) Inhabiting the somewhat high slopes and summits of mountains, but considerably below the snow line.
Subalpine (a.) Growing at high altitudes [syn: alpestrine, subalpine].
Subaltern (a.) Ranked or ranged below; subordinate; inferior; specifically (Mil.), ranking as a junior officer; being below the rank of captain; as, a subaltern officer.
Subaltern (a.) (Logic) Asserting only a part of what is asserted in a related proposition.
Subaltern genus. (Logic) See under Genus.
Subaltern (n.) A person holding a subordinate position; specifically, a commissioned military officer below the rank of captain.
Subaltern (n.) (Logic) A subaltern proposition. -- Whately.
Subaltern (a.) Inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary" [syn: junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty(a), secondary, subaltern].
Subaltern (n.) A British commissioned army officer below the rank of captain.
Subalternant (n.) (Logic) A universal proposition. See Subaltern, 2. -- Whately.
Subalternate (a.) Succeeding by turns; successive.
Subalternate (a.) Subordinate; subaltern; inferior.
All their subalternate and several kinds. -- Evelyn.
Subalternate (n.) (Logic) A particular proposition, as opposed to a universal one. See Subaltern, 2.
Subalternating (a.) Subalternate; successive.
Subalternation (n.) The state of being subalternate; succession of turns; subordination.