All English words - page 3519

Meanings of Steeple:

noun

A church tower and spire.

Usage examples:

In a few weeks the females will lay as many as five eggs each in nooks of old roofs, in church stee…

verb

Place (the fingers or hands) together so that they form an upward-pointing v-shape.

Usage examples:

Rick now sat forward, steepling his fingers together, and said quietly, ‘laura, i don't know… isn't…

Meanings of Steeplechases:

noun

A horse race run on a racecourse having ditches and hedges as jumps.

Usage examples:

The horse had all the attributes to win her the greatest steeplechase in the calendar

Meanings of Steeplejack:

noun

A person who climbs tall structures such as chimneys and steeples in order to carry out repairs.

Usage examples:

In january this year steeplejacks climbed 100 ft above the minister floor and painstakingly removed…

Meanings of Steeplejacks:

noun

A person who climbs tall structures such as chimneys and steeples in order to carry out repairs.

Usage examples:

In january this year steeplejacks climbed 100 ft above the minister floor and painstakingly removed…

Meanings of Steeples:

noun

A church tower and spire.

Usage examples:

In a few weeks the females will lay as many as five eggs each in nooks of old roofs, in church stee…

verb

Place (the fingers or hands) together so that they form an upward-pointing v-shape.

Usage examples:

Rick now sat forward, steepling his fingers together, and said quietly, ‘laura, i don't know… isn't…

Meanings of Steeply:

adverb

At a steep angle; sharply.

Usage examples:

The walls of the gorge rise steeply on both sides

Meanings of Steerable:

adjective

That can be steered (= made to go in the direction you want)

Usage examples:

Parachutes come in steerable or non-steerable varieties.

Meanings of Steerage:

noun

The part of a ship providing the cheapest accommodation for passengers.

Usage examples:

Poor emigrants in steerage

Meanings of Steerageway:

noun

The rate of headway required if a ship is to be controlled by the helm.

Usage examples:

The boat gained steerage way

Meanings of Steered:

verb

Guide or control the movement of (a vehicle, vessel, or aircraft), for example by turning a wheel or operating a rudder.

Usage examples:

He steered the boat slowly towards the busy quay

noun

The type of steering of a vehicle.

Usage examples:

Some cars boast four-wheel steer

Meanings of Steering:

noun

The action of steering a vehicle, vessel, or aircraft.

Usage examples:

It is a good place for learner drivers to practise their steering

verb

Guide or control the movement of (a vehicle, vessel, or aircraft), for example by turning a wheel or operating a rudder.

Usage examples:

He steered the boat slowly towards the busy quay

Meanings of Steers:

verb

Guide or control the movement of (a vehicle, vessel, or aircraft), for example by turning a wheel or operating a rudder.

Usage examples:

He steered the boat slowly towards the busy quay

noun

Another term for bullock.

Meanings of Steersman:

noun

A person who is steering a boat or ship.

Usage examples:

Aft are the helmsmen, the best of the master steersmen.

Meanings of Steeves:

noun

(in a sailing ship) the angle of the bowsprit in relation to the horizontal.

Usage examples:

The tilt or "steeve" of the bowsprit is very important.

verb

Give (the bowsprit of a sailing ship) a specified inclination.

Usage examples:

The sail plan shows masts with a sharp rake, nicely steeved bowsprit, stub top-mast on the main, no…

Meanings of Steeving:

verb

Give (the bowsprit of a sailing ship) a specified inclination.

Usage examples:

The sail plan shows masts with a sharp rake, nicely steeved bowsprit, stub top-mast on the main, no…

noun

(in a sailing ship) the angle of the bowsprit in relation to the horizontal.

Usage examples:

The tilt or "steeve" of the bowsprit is very important.

Meanings of Stegosaurus:

noun

A small-headed quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur of the jurassic and early cretaceous periods, with a double row of large bony plates or spines along the back.

Usage examples:

Other herbivorous dinosaurs of the jurassic included the plated stegosaurs.

Meanings of Stein:

noun

A large earthenware beer mug.

Usage examples:

A few years ago i was sitting with a friend in a seedy german restaurant off tenth avenue in new yo…

Meanings of Steinbock:

noun

An ibex, especially one living in the alps.

Usage examples:

He can outmatch a steinbock any time when it comes to climbing.

Meanings of Steinboks:

noun

A small african antelope with large ears, a small tail, and smooth upright horns.

Usage examples:

It now houses more than 20 of the zoo's animals, including five white lions, sitatungas, antelope, …

Meanings of Steins:

noun

A variety of white grape grown in south africa.

Meanings of Stelar:

adjective

Relating to the central core of the stem and root of a vascular plant.

Usage examples:

It has a stelar pattern which is unique among spore-bearing plants

Meanings of Steles:

noun

The central core of the stem and root of a vascular plant, consisting of the vascular tissue (xylem and phloem) and associated supporting tissue.

Usage examples:

All roots possessed a central stele of vascular tissues, surrounded by a few layers of cortical cel…

Meanings of Stellar:

adjective

Relating to a star or stars.

Usage examples:

Stellar structure and evolution

Meanings of Stellarator:

noun

A toroidal apparatus for producing controlled fusion reactions in hot plasma, where all the controlling magnetic fields inside it are produced by external windings.

Usage examples:

The design techniques and physics analysis of modern stellarator configurations for magnetic fusion…

Meanings of Stellate:

adjective

Arranged in a radiating pattern like that of a star.

Usage examples:

Stellate cells