| station agent |
a person who manages a small railroad or bus station. |
| stationary |
not moving; still. [5 definitions] |
| stationary engineer |
a person who operates and maintains stationary engines, such as generators, and other mechanical equipment. |
| station break |
an interval, during or between radio or television program broadcasting, that allows a station or network to make announcements, identify itself, present commercials, or the like. |
| stationer |
one who sells stationery. |
| stationery |
writing paper, esp. that used for correspondence. [2 definitions] |
| station house |
a police or fire station. |
| stationmaster |
a person, usu. an official, in charge of a railroad station; station agent. |
| Stations of the Cross |
(sometimes l.c.) a sequence of fourteen representations marking significant incidents in the Passion of Jesus Christ, often set upon the walls of a church, esp. Roman Catholic. [2 definitions] |
| station-to-station |
designating a long-distance telephone call in which the caller is willing to talk with whomever answers. [3 definitions] |
| station wagon |
an automobile with one or two rows of folding or removable seats behind that of the driver, and a cargo area behind the rearmost seat that can be loaded through a tailgate. |
| statism |
the theory or practice of entrusting the control of economic policies, planning, and the like, to a centralized state government. |
| statistic |
a piece of numerical information. [2 definitions] |
| statistical |
of, concerning, or using statistics or the types of mathematical analyses that provide numerical information of a type that allows testing of a hypothesis. |
| statistician |
a person who specializes in compiling and interpreting statistical data. |
| statistics |
(used with a sing. verb) the mathematical study of numerical information, esp. representative information about a limited portion of a population that is used to make generalized conclusions about the whole. [2 definitions] |
| stative |
in grammar, of or designating a category of verbs that express state or condition. |
| stator |
the stationary part of a motor, dynamo, turbine, or the like, usu. the housing of a rotor. |
| statuary |
statues collectively, or a particular group of statues. [2 definitions] |
| statue |
a piece of art that is carved, molded, or assembled in three dimensions, often in the form of a human or animal. |
| Statue of Liberty |
a huge copper statue of a woman representing liberty, given to the United States by France and situated on an island in the New York City harbor. |