stake driver
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~ a kind of bittern
stake
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~ a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track); "a pair of posts marked the goal"; "the corner of the lot was indicated by a stake"
stake
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~ the money risked on a gamble
stake race
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~ a horse race in which part of the prize is put up by the owners of the horses in the race
stake
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~ a strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end so it can be driven into the ground
stake
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~ (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something; "they have interests all over the world"; "a stake in the company's future"
stakeholder
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~ someone entrusted to hold the stakes for two or more persons betting against one another; must deliver the stakes to the winner
stakeout
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~ surveillance of some place or some person by the police (as in anticipation of a crime)
stakes
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~ the money risked on a gamble
stalactite
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~ a cylinder of calcium carbonate hanging from the roof of a limestone cave
stalagmite
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~ a cylinder of calcium carbonate projecting upward from the floor of a limestone cave
stalemate
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~ a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible; "reached an impasse on the negotiations"
stalemate
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~ drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check
staleness
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~ unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed
staleness
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~ having lost purity and freshness as a consequence of aging
Stalin Peak
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~ the highest mountain peak in the Pamir Mountains; near the Chinese border in northeastern Tajikistan (24,590 feet high)
stalin
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~ Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (1879-1953)
Stalinabad
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~ the capital of Tajikistan; formerly Stalinabad 1926-1991
stalingrad
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~ a city in the European part of Russia on the Volga; site of German defeat in World War II in the winter of 1942-43
Stalinisation
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~ social process of adopting (or being forced to adopt) the policies and practices of Joseph Stalin; "many Hungarians refused to take part in the Stalinization of their country"