English words starting with stea - page 2

Meanings of Steamrollering:

verb

(of a government or other authority) forcibly pass (a measure) by restricting debate or otherwise overriding opposition.

Usage examples:

The government's trying to steamroller a law through

noun

A heavy, slow-moving vehicle with a roller, used to flatten the surfaces of roads during construction.

Usage examples:

After each truckload of earth fell, a steamroller flattened it

Meanings of Steamrollers:

noun

A heavy, slow-moving vehicle with a roller, used to flatten the surfaces of roads during construction.

Usage examples:

After each truckload of earth fell, a steamroller flattened it

verb

(of a government or other authority) forcibly pass (a measure) by restricting debate or otherwise overriding opposition.

Usage examples:

The government's trying to steamroller a law through

Meanings of Steams:

verb

Give off or produce steam.

Usage examples:

A mug of coffee was steaming at her elbow

noun

The vapour into which water is converted when heated, forming a white mist of minute water droplets in the air.

Usage examples:

A cloud of steam

Meanings of Steamship:

noun

A ship that is propelled by a steam engine.

Usage examples:

The suez canal, opened in 1869, shortened the route east for steamships, although sailing ships sti…

Meanings of Steamships:

noun

A ship that is propelled by a steam engine.

Usage examples:

The suez canal, opened in 1869, shortened the route east for steamships, although sailing ships sti…

Meanings of Steamtight:

adjective

Not allowing steam to pass through.

Usage examples:

Steam-tight joints

Meanings of Steamy:

adjective

Producing, filled with, or clouded with steam.

Usage examples:

A small steamy kitchen

Meanings of Stearate:

noun

A salt or ester of stearic acid.

Usage examples:

Lactose, starch, stearic acid, magnesium stearate, dicalcium phosphate, calcium sulfate, and sucros…

Meanings of Stearates:

noun

A salt or ester of stearic acid.

Usage examples:

Lactose, starch, stearic acid, magnesium stearate, dicalcium phosphate, calcium sulfate, and sucros…

Meanings of Stearic:

noun

A substance like wax that is used for making candles and for some medicines

Meanings of Stearin:

noun

A white crystalline substance that is the main constituent of tallow and suet. it is a glyceryl ester of stearic acid.

Usage examples:

Palm kernel stearin and hydrogenated palm kernel stearin can be used to prepare compound chocolate …

Meanings of Stearine:

noun

A white crystalline substance that is the main constituent of tallow and suet. it is a glyceryl ester of stearic acid.

Usage examples:

Palm kernel stearin and hydrogenated palm kernel stearin can be used to prepare compound chocolate …

Meanings of Steatite:

noun

The mineral talc occurring in consolidated form, especially as soapstone.

Usage examples:

In scandinavia many bowls and cooking vessels have been found carved from soapstone, or steatite, a…

Meanings of Steatites:

noun

The mineral talc occurring in consolidated form, especially as soapstone.

Usage examples:

In scandinavia many bowls and cooking vessels have been found carved from soapstone, or steatite, a…

Meanings of Steatoma:

noun

A sebaceous cyst or tumour of a sebaceous gland.

Meanings of Steatomas:

noun

A sebaceous cyst or tumour of a sebaceous gland.

Meanings of Steatopygia:

noun

Accumulation of large amounts of fat on the buttocks, especially as a normal condition in the khoikhoi and other peoples of arid parts of southern africa.

Usage examples:

The steatopygia was seen as a pronounced, localized accumulation of fat or fatty-fibrous tissue on …

Meanings of Steatorrhea:

noun

The excretion of abnormal quantities of fat with the faeces owing to reduced absorption of fat by the intestine.

Meanings of Steatorrhoea:

noun

The excretion of abnormal quantities of fat with the faeces owing to reduced absorption of fat by the intestine.

Usage examples:

Reducing the intake of fat might reduce nausea, steatorrhoea, and diarrhea often associated with gi…

Meanings of Steatosis:

noun

Infiltration of liver cells with fat, associated with disturbance of the metabolism by, for example, alcoholism, malnutrition, pregnancy, or drug therapy.

Usage examples:

In many forms of acute and chronic liver injury or steatosis (fatty infiltration of the liver), the…