startle
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～ a sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start"
startle response
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～ a complicated involuntary reaction to a sudden unexpected stimulus (especially a loud noise); involves flexion of most skeletal muscles and a variety of visceral reactions
startup
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～ the act of starting a new operation or practice; "he opposed the inauguration of fluoridation"; "the startup of the new factory was delayed by strikes"
startup
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～ the act of setting in operation; "repeated shutdowns and startups are expensive"
starvation
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～ the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine; "the besiegers used starvation to induce surrender"; "they were charged with the starvation of children in their care"
starvation acidosis
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～ acidosis in which the acidity results from lack of food which leads to fat catabolism which in turn releases acidic ketone bodies
starvation
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～ a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period
starved aster
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～ a variety of aster
starveling
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～ someone who is starving (or being starved)
starving
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～ the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine; "the besiegers used starvation to induce surrender"; "they were charged with the starvation of children in their care"
sea starwort
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～ a common European aster that grows in salt marshes
starwort
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～ low-growing north temperate herb having small white star-shaped flowers; named for its alleged ability to ease sharp pains in the side
stash house
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～ a house where weapons and supplies are hidden; "attacks on stash houses is the most frequently used method of counterterrorism"
stash
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～ a secret store of valuables or money
stasis
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～ inactivity resulting from a static balance between opposing forces
stasis
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～ an abnormal state in which the normal flow of a liquid (such as blood) is slowed or stopped
Stassano furnace
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～ an electric furnace in which an electric arc provides the source of heat for making steel
stat mi
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～ a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
Secretary of State
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～ the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of State; "the first Secretary of State was Thomas Jefferson"
secretary of state
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～ a government minister for foreign relations