d Words: baluster,
balustrade, newel, landing, riser, tread, banister, nosing, dog-legged.
stake, n. picket, pale, post; pledge, wager, bet; venture, risk,
hazard.
stake, v. venture, risk, hazard, wager, bet, pledge.
stale, a. vapid, musty, fusty, flat, insipid, mawkish; trite, common,
banal, hackneyed, commonplace.
staleness, n. vapidity, mustiness, insipidity; triteness, banality.
stalk, n. stem, axis, petiole, pedicel, peduncle, spire, stipe,
culm, kecksy.
stall, n. stable; booth, stand; seat. Associated Words: manger,
stanchion.
stalwart, a. strapping, brawny, muscular, redoubted, athletic,
strong.
stamina, n. vigor, strength, sturdiness, backbone.
stamp, v. impress, imprint; stomp (Colloq.).
stamp, n. impression, imprint, die; hallmark; pestle.
stamp out. extinguish, crush, quell.
stamps, n. pl. Associated Words: philately, philatelist,
philatelic, timbrology, frank, grill, surcharge.
stanch, a. loyal, steadfast, constant, true, unwavering; sound.
stand, v. endure, bear, weather, brook, suffer, tolerate, yield to,
abide, submit; agree, accord, be consistent; stagnate.
stand, n. halt, stop, pause, stay; tripod, trivet; situation,
location, position, post; stall, booth; quandary, perplexity; resistance,
opposition, withstanding; stillion.
standard, n. criterion, model, type, pattern, norm; gauge, measure;
flag, colors; labarum, vexillum.
standard-bearer, n. color-bearer, color-sergeant, ensign, vexillary;
leader.
stand by. befriend, vindicate, advocate, defend, maintain.
standing, a. erect; stagnant; lasting, permanent, persistent.
standing, n. status.
standing out. prominent, projecting, protuberant, jutting out;
conspicuous, salient.
standing out. prominence, projection, protuberance, bulge,
protrusion; conspicuousness, salience; persistence, incompliance,
obduracy.
standing up for. defense, justification, support, advocacy.
stand in hand. behoove, be advantageous, conduce to one's interest.
stand it. endure, tolerate, bear, brook.
stand off. keep aloof, refrain; refuse, resist, withstand.
stand out. project, overhang, jut out, beetle; resist, withstand.
standpoint, n. point of view, viewpoint.
stand up for. defend, support, espouse, champion, advocate, justify,
vindicate.
star, n. luminary, planet; asterisk, asterism; pentalpha; pentacle;
meteor. Associated Words: astronomy, astronomer, astronomical,
astrolatry, astrolater, astrogeny, astrology
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