ting,
plagiarism. Associated Words: light-fingered, booty, spoil, plunder,
loot, swag, spoils, predatory, fence, kleptomania.

stealthy, a. clandestine, sly, secret, furtive, skulking, underhand.

steam, n. vapor, reek, fume, emanation, effluvium, exhalation, stufa.

steam organ. calliope.

steel, n. Associated Words: siderotechny, siderurgy, bessemerize,
Bessemer, damaskeen, damask.

steel, v. fortify, brace, nerve.

steel-engraving, n. siderography.

steep, a. precipitous, abrupt, sheer, perpendicular: (Slang)
excessive, immoderate.

steep, n. precipice, cliff, abrupt declivity; escarpment, scarp.

steep, v. soak, macerate, imbrue, infuse.

steeple, n. spire, tower, turret; minaret.

steer, v. guide, pilot, control, govern.

steerable, a. dirigible.

steering, n. guiding. Associated Words: tiller, rudder, helm.

steersman, n. helmsman, pilot, cockswain.

stem, n. trunk, body; peduncle, pedicel, petiole, stalk, culm; root,
etymon, radical, radix, theme.

stem, v. oppose, withstand, breast, resist, check.

stench, n. fetor, stink.

stenography, n. phonography, shorthand.

step, n. pace; stair, round; footstep, footprint, footmark, track;
grade, degree, gradation; measure, action, procedure, expedient; stride
(a long step).

step, v. pace, stride.

stepmother, n. Associated Word: novercal.

steps, n. pl. stairs; stile; perron.

sterile, a. barren, infecund, unproductive, unfruitful, unprolific.

sterility, v. barrenness, infecundity, unproductiveness. Associated
words: sterilize, sterilization.

stern, a. austere, rigorous, exacting, strict, hard-hearted.

sternness, n. austerity, severity, rigor, strictness.

stew, n. (Colloq.) confusion, agitation; ragout.

steward, n. purveyor; major-domo; seneschal, dapifer; manciple.

stewpan, n. skillet.

stick, n. switch, rod, birch; billet; fagot; wand; cane, staff,
walking-stick; club, cudgel; goad, gad; gambrel, garrot, ferule, skewer,
batlet; stake; boomerang, woomerah; stab, thrust; maul-stick; sprag;
pl. chatwood.

stick, v. pierce, stab, penetrate, impale, transfix, gore; insert,
thrust, push, infix; paste, cement, glue, attach, affix; cleave, cling,
adhere, remain, abide; stall; hesitate, scruple; adhere, agglutinate,
glutinate, cohere; pose, puzzle, disconcert; stick out, project, jut,
protrude. (Slang) impose upon, cheat.

sticker, n. poster; label; adhesive, glue, cement, mucilage, paste,
agglutinant; (Colloq.) puzzle, poser.