English words starting with sti - page 2

Meanings of Sticklac:

noun

Lac in its natural form as secreted by a lac insect (family kerriidae) and encrusted on twigs.

Meanings of Stickle:

adjective

Especially of a hill or path: steep, sloping; set at a sharp angle; high.

noun

A section of river where the bed slopes and the water is shallow and runs swiftly; a rapid.

verb

To officiate at a wrestling match or other contest; to act as a referee. hence more generally: to act as a mediator; to intercede or intervene. frequently with between, among. now only with reference to cornish wrestling.

Meanings of Stickleback:

noun

A small fish with sharp spines along its back, able to live in both salt and fresh water and found in both eurasia and north america.

Usage examples:

Such video techniques have been particularly effective in female mate choice studies in fishes, inc…

Meanings of Stickler:

noun

A person who insists on a certain quality or type of behaviour.

Usage examples:

He's a stickler for accuracy

Meanings of Sticklers:

noun

A person who insists on a certain quality or type of behaviour.

Usage examples:

He's a stickler for accuracy

Meanings of Stickling:

noun

Any of various spinous saltwater or freshwater fishes, specifically a stickleback (family gasterosteidae).

Meanings of Stickman:

noun

A practitioner of a martial art or fighting style characterized by the use of one or more sticks.

Meanings of Stickpin:

noun

A straight pin with an ornamental head, worn to keep a tie in place or as a brooch.

Usage examples:

‘it's about the quiet, everyday minutes,’ says the 26-year-old jewelry artist of her handcrafted br…

Meanings of Stickpins:

noun

A straight pin with an ornamental head, worn to keep a tie in place or as a brooch.

Usage examples:

‘it's about the quiet, everyday minutes,’ says the 26-year-old jewelry artist of her handcrafted br…

Meanings of Sticks:

noun

A thin piece of wood that has fallen or been cut off a tree.

Usage examples:

Hayes picked up a fallen stick and twirled it idly between his fingers.

verb

Push a sharp or pointed object into or through (something).

Usage examples:

He stuck his fork into the sausage

plural noun

The sticks is a humorous way of referring to a place in the country

Usage examples:

My parents live out in the sticks.

Meanings of Stickseed:

noun

A plant of the borage family which bears small barbed seeds.

Usage examples:

Several nonnative noxious weeds have invaded stickseed habitat and threaten to out-compete the stic…

Meanings of Sticktight:

noun

A plant of the genus bidens (family asteraceae), especially b. frondosa, having dry, barbed fruits with sharp pappi at one end which easily adhere to fur, clothing, etc.

Meanings of Stickum:

noun

A sticky or adhesive substance; gum or paste.

Usage examples:

Wash plate thoroughly to remove any stickum

Meanings of Stickums:

noun

A sticky or adhesive substance; gum or paste.

Usage examples:

Wash plate thoroughly to remove any stickum

Meanings of Stickup:

noun

An armed robbery in which a gun is used to threaten people.

Usage examples:

I had strolled into a genuine stick-up

Meanings of Stickups:

noun

An armed robbery in which a gun is used to threaten people.

Usage examples:

I had strolled into a genuine stick-up

Meanings of Stickwater:

noun

Liquid obtained during the processing of meat or organic waste; specifically the liquid that is squeezed out when cooked fish are compressed during the manufacture of fish meal and fish oil, often concentrated and used as an animal feed supplement.

Meanings of Stickweed:

noun

Any of a number of north american plants with hooked or barbed seeds, e.g. ragweed.

Usage examples:

Some species overwinter near the roots of weeds such as stickweed, plantain, and fleabane.

Meanings of Stickwork:

noun

The use of a stick as a tool or implement; (now especially) the manner or technique of using a stick or sticks, especially in drumming, conducting an orchestra, etc.

Meanings of Sticky:

adjective

Tending or designed to stick to things on contact.

Usage examples:

Sticky cakes and pastries

noun

A piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side, used for leaving messages or reminders.

Usage examples:

Perfect pictures of sunny days, birthday parties and proms, of boyfriends, girlfriends and parents …

Meanings of Sticky wicket:

noun

A difficult situation

Usage examples:

This is something of a sticky wicket you've got us into.

Meanings of Stickybeak:

noun

An inquisitive and prying person.

Usage examples:

Every auction has its stickybeaks, and some of the locals will be sorry to see him and his collecti…

verb

Pry into other people's affairs.

Usage examples:

I don't mean to stickybeak, but when is he going to leave?

Meanings of Stied:

verb

Keep (a pig) in a sty.

Usage examples:

The most beggarly place that ever pigs were stied in

noun

A pigsty.

Usage examples:

It was a complete sty; papers littered the ground, dirty dishes were in the sink, and the windows w…

Meanings of Sties:

noun

A pigsty.

Usage examples:

It was a complete sty; papers littered the ground, dirty dishes were in the sink, and the windows w…

verb

Keep (a pig) in a sty.

Usage examples:

The most beggarly place that ever pigs were stied in

Meanings of Stiff:

adjective

Not easily bent or changed in shape; rigid.

Usage examples:

A stiff black collar

noun

A dead body.

Usage examples:

When the bodies of various stiffs start disappearing from the local morgue, the police are baffled …

verb

Cheat (someone) out of something, especially money.

Usage examples:

Several workers were stiffed out of their pay