| statute of limitations |
a statute limiting the period of time during which legal action may be taken on a certain issue. |
| statutory |
of or being a statute or statutes. [2 definitions] |
| statutory rape |
the crime of sexual intercourse committed with a female who is younger than the legal age of consent. |
| staunch1 |
variant of stanch1. |
| staunch2 |
unwaveringly firm or loyal. [2 definitions] |
| stave |
a narrow, usu. curved wooden strip used to make barrels, casks, or the like. [7 definitions] |
| stave off |
to keep at a distance; ward off. [2 definitions] |
| staves |
a plural form of staff1. [2 definitions] |
| stay1 |
to spend time in a place. [12 definitions] |
| stay2 |
an object used to support or steady something; brace. [3 definitions] |
| stay3 |
a heavy rope or wire used to make a ship's masts steady. [2 definitions] |
| staying power |
the ability to endure or last; endurance. |
| staysail |
a triangular sail that is set on a stay. |
| stay up |
to remain awake. |
| std. |
abbreviation of "standard." |
| Ste. |
abbreviation of "Sainte," (French) Saint. |
| stead |
the customary or designated place of a person or thing as occupied by a stand-in or substitute. |
| steadfast |
reliable; loyal. [2 definitions] |
| steadily |
in a regular, even, constant way. |
| steady |
firmly fixed in position; stable. [11 definitions] |
| steady state theory |
the cosmologic theory, no longer in favor, that new matter is continuously created, causing the universe to expand without requiring cycles of explosion and contraction. (Cf. big bang theory.) |