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- English Word Stapedial Definition Of or pertaining to stapes.
- English Word Stapelia Definition 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.
- English Word Stapes Definition The innermost of the ossicles of the ear; the stirrup, or stirrup bone; -- so called from its form. See Illust. of Ear.
- English Word Staphyline Definition Of or pertaining to the uvula or the palate.
- English Word Staphylinid Definition Any rove beetle.
- English Word Staphyloma Definition A protrusion of any part of the globe of the eye; as, a staphyloma of the cornea.
- English Word Staphylomatous Definition Of or pertaining to staphyloma; affected with staphyloma.
- English Word Staphyloplasty Definition The operation for restoring or replacing the soft palate when it has been lost.
- English Word Staphyloraphy Definition Alt. of Staphylorrhaphy
- English Word Staphylorrhaphy Definition The operation of uniting a cleft palate, consisting in paring and bringing together the edges of the cleft.
- English Word Staphylotomy Definition The operation of removing a staphyloma by cutting.
- English Word Staple Definition 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.
- English Word Staple Definition Hence: Place of supply; source; fountain head.
- English Word Staple Definition 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 United States.
- English Word Staple Definition The principal constituent in anything; chief item.
- English Word Staple Definition Unmanufactured material; raw material.
- English Word Staple Definition The fiber of wool, cotton, flax, or the like; as, a coarse staple; a fine staple; a long or short staple.
- English Word Staple Definition 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.
- English Word Staple Definition A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels.
- English Word Staple Definition A small pit.
- English Word Staple Definition A district granted to an abbey.
- English Word Staple Definition Pertaining to, or being market of staple for, commodities; as, a staple town.
- English Word Staple Definition Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled; as, a staple trade.
- English Word Staple Definition Fit to be sold; marketable.
- English Word Staple Definition Regularly produced or manufactured in large quantities; belonging to wholesale traffic; principal; chief.
- English Word Staple Definition To sort according to its staple; as, to staple cotton.
- English Word stapled Definition of Staple
- English Word Stapler Definition A dealer in staple goods.
- English Word Stapler Definition One employed to assort wool according to its staple.
- English Word stapling Definition of Staple