| staffer |
a member of a staff. |
| staff officer |
a commissioned military officer who serves on a staff. [2 definitions] |
| staff of life |
bread, considered the most basic, necessary food. |
| staff sergeant |
in the U.S. military, a noncommissioned officer ranking above sergeant and, in the Army, below sergeant first class, in the Air Force, below technical sergeant, and in the Marine Corps, below gunnery sergeant. |
| stag |
a sexually mature male deer. [4 definitions] |
| stag beetle |
any of numerous large beetles, the males of which have long, antlerlike mandibles. |
| stage |
a raised platform; scaffold. [11 definitions] |
| stageable |
combined form of stage. |
| stagecoach |
a large four-wheeled vehicle drawn by a team of horses and used in the past for long-distance transportation of passengers and cargo. |
| stagecraft |
the art of, or skill in, writing or staging plays or using theatrical devices or techniques. |
| stage direction |
an instruction written into, or added to, the script of a play, directing actors' movements, scenery arrangement, and the like. [2 definitions] |
| stage door |
a back door of a theater, used by performers, the production crew, and the like. |
| stage fright |
the nervousness and anxiety some people feel when speaking or performing before an audience. |
| stagehand |
a person who moves furniture, props, scenery, and the like in a theatrical production. |
| stage-manage |
to serve as stage manager for (a theatrical production). [3 definitions] |
| stage manager |
an assistant to the director of a theatrical production, who is responsible for the technical direction and is in charge backstage during the performance. |
| stage-struck |
having an intense and sometimes naive desire to be involved in theater, esp. as an actor. |
| stage whisper |
an actor's loud whisper that is intended to be heard by the audience but not by the other actors. [2 definitions] |
| stagflation |
an economic condition marked by a high rate of inflation together with a decline in business activity and an increase in unemployment. |
| stagger |
to walk or stand unsteadily or with a need for support. [8 definitions] |
| staggering |
astounding, shocking, or highly disturbing. [2 definitions] |