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  • English Word Stately Definition Evincing state or dignity; lofty; majestic; grand; as, statelymanners; a stately gait.
  • English Word Stately Definition Majestically; loftily.
  • English Word Statement Definition The act of stating, reciting, or presenting, orally or in paper; as, to interrupt a speaker in the statement of his case.
  • English Word Statement Definition That which is stated; a formal embodiment in language of facts or opinions; a narrative; a recital.
  • English Word Statemonger Definition One versed in politics, or one who dabbles in state affairs.
  • English Word Stateprison Definition See under State, n.
  • English Word Stater Definition One who states.
  • English Word Stater Definition The principal gold coin of ancient Grece. It varied much in value, the stater best known at Athens being worth about £1 2s., or about $5.35. The Attic silver tetradrachm was in later times called stater.
  • English Word Stateroom Definition A magnificent room in a place or great house.
  • English Word Stateroom Definition A small apartment for lodging or sleeping in the cabin, or on the deck, of a vessel; also, a somewhat similar apartment in a railway sleeping car.
  • English Word States-general Definition In France, before the Revolution, the assembly of the three orders of the kingdom, namely, the clergy, the nobility, and the third estate, or commonalty.
  • English Word States-general Definition In the Netherlands, the legislative body, composed of two chambers.
  • English Word Statesman Definition A man versed in public affairs and in the principles and art of government; especially, one eminent for political abilities.
  • English Word Statesman Definition One occupied with the affairs of government, and influental in shaping its policy.
  • English Word Statesman Definition A small landholder.
  • English Word Statesmanlike Definition Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman.
  • English Word Statesmanly Definition Becoming a statesman.
  • English Word Statesmanship Definition The qualifications, duties, or employments of a statesman.
  • English Word Statesmen Definition of Statesman
  • English Word Stateswoman Definition A woman concerned in public affairs.
  • English Word Stateswomen Definition of Stateswoman
  • English Word Stathmograph Definition A contrivance for recording the speed of a railway train.
  • English Word Static Definition Alt. of Statical
  • English Word Statical Definition Resting; acting by mere weight without motion; as, statical pressure; static objects.
  • English Word Statical Definition Pertaining to bodies at rest or in equilibrium.
  • English Word Statically Definition In a statical manner.
  • English Word Statics Definition That branch of mechanics which treats of the equilibrium of forces, or relates to bodies as held at rest by the forces acting on them; -- distinguished from dynamics.
  • English Word Stating Definition of State
  • English Word Stating Definition The act of one who states anything; statement; as, the statingof one's opinions.
  • English Word Station Definition The act of standing; also, attitude or pose in standing; posture.