Words in english starting with S

• standing — Adjective – English ～ (of fluids) not moving or flowing; "mosquitoes breed in standing water"
• standing — Adjective – English ～ (of persons) on the feet; having the torso in an erect position supported by straight legs; "standing room only"
• standing — Adjective – English ～ executed in or initiated from a standing position; "race from a standing start"; "a standing jump"; "a standing ovation"
• standish — Noun – English ～ English colonist in America; leader of the Pilgrims in the early days of the Plymouth Colony (1584-1656)
• standoff — Noun – English ～ the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided; "the game ended in a draw"; "their record was 3 wins, 6 losses and a tie"
• standoff — Noun – English ～ the act of repulsing or repelling an attack; a successful defensive stand
• standoffish — Adjective – English ～ lacking cordiality; unfriendly; "a standoffish manner"
• standoffishly — Adverb – English ～ in a standoffish manner; "standoffishly, he declined the invitation to the office party"
• standoffishness — Noun – English ～ a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner
• standpat — Adjective – English ～ old-fashioned and out of date
• standpipe — Noun – English ～ a vertical pipe
• standpoint — Noun – English ～ a mental position from which things are viewed; "we should consider this problem from the viewpoint of the Russians"; "teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events"
• standstill — Noun – English ～ a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible; "reached an impasse on the negotiations"
• standstill — Noun – English ～ an interruption of normal activity
• standup comedian — Noun – English ～ a comedian who uses gags
• stanford — Noun – English ～ United States railroad executive and founder of Stanford University (1824-1893)
• Stanford — Noun – English ～ a university in California
• stanhope — Noun – English ～ a light open horse-drawn carriage with two or four wheels and one seat
• stanhopea — Noun – English ～ any of various orchids of the genus Stanhopea having a single large leaf and loose racemes of large fragrant flowers of various colors; Mexico to Brazil
• stanislavsky — Noun – English ～ Russian actor and theater director who trained his actors to emphasize the psychological motivation of their roles (1863-1938)

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