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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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19,295 words · showing 16,261–16,320

  • statutory/ˈstætjʊt(ə)ɹɪ/adjectiveC1Required or fixed by law.
  • staunch/stɔːn(t)ʃ/adjectiveC1Loyal and firm in support.
  • stave/steɪv/nounC12 meaningsThe five lines music is written on.
  • stay/steɪ/verbA15 meaningsTo keep being where you are instead of leaving.
  • stay upphraseB1To keep yourself awake past your usual bedtime.
  • stead/stɛd/
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The place of somebody else.
  • steadfast/ˈstɛdfɑːst/adjectiveC2Firmly loyal or unwavering in purpose.
  • steadfastnessnounC1Unwavering firmness of purpose.
  • steadily/ˈstɛdɪli/adverbB2+At an even and continuing rate.
  • steady/ˈstɛdi/adjectiveB14 meaningsFirmly fixed and not shaking or moving.
  • steak/steɪk/nounA2+A thick expensive slice of beef.
  • steal/stiːl/verbA23 meaningsTo take something that belongs to somebody else.
  • steal someone's thunderphraseC1To take the attention that was meant for someone else's moment.
  • steal the showphraseB2To attract all the attention away from everyone else.
  • stealth/stɛlθ/nounB2Moving so quietly that nobody notices.
  • steam/stiːm/nounA24 meaningsThe hot cloud of water vapour that rises from boiling water.
  • steam engine/ˈstiːˌmɛn.d͡ʒɪn/nounB1A locomotive driven by boiling water.
  • steamer/ˈstiːmə/nounB22 meaningsA basket that cooks food in rising hot vapour.
  • steaming/ˈstiː.mɪŋ/adjectiveB1+Giving off hot vapour.
  • steamroller/ˈstimˌroʊlɚ/verbB22 meaningsTo force something through by overwhelming all opposition.
  • steed/stiːd/nounC1A horse for riding, in poetic use.
  • steel/stiːl/nounB23 meaningsA hard, strong metal made from iron and carbon, used for building and for tools.
  • steely/ˈstiːli/adjectiveB2+Hard, cold and determined.
  • steep/stiːp/adjectiveB24 meaningsRising or falling sharply, so that it is hard work to climb.
  • steepedadjectiveB22 meaningsLeft to soak in hot liquid to draw out flavour.
  • steeple/ˈsti(ː)pəl/nounB2+A tower with a pointed top on a church.
  • steeplechase/ˈstiːpəltʃeɪs/nounC1A race run over ditches and fences.
  • steer/stɪə/verbB22 meaningsTo control the direction of a vehicle.
  • steering wheel/ˈstɪə.ɪŋ ˌ(h)wiːl/nounB2The wheel turned by a driver to steer a vehicle.
  • stegosaurusnounC2A dinosaur with a double row of plates standing along its back.
  • stellar/ˈstɛl.ə/adjectiveC1To do with the stars, or outstandingly good.
  • stem/stɛm/nounC12 meaningsThe main stalk of a plant.
  • stem fromphraseB2To have as its origin or cause.
  • stemware/ˈstɛm.wɛə(ɹ)/nounC2Glasses with a foot and a stem.
  • stench/stɛnt͡ʃ/nounB2A very strong and unpleasant smell.
  • step/stɛp/nounA15 meaningsOne movement of putting a foot down in walking.
  • step downphraseC1To resign from an important position.
  • step-freeadjectiveB2Reachable without having to climb any stairs.
  • stepbrothernounA2+The son of a parent's new partner.
  • stepfathernounB2Your mother's husband who is not your birth father.
  • stepladdernounB1+A short self-supporting folding ladder.
  • stepmother/ˈstɛpmʌðə/nounB2A father's wife who is not one's birth mother.
  • stepping stonesnounB1Stones set in a stream to cross dry-footed.
  • stepsisternounA2+The daughter of a parent's new partner.
  • stereotype/ˈstɛ.ɹi.əˌtaɪp/nounC1A fixed oversimplified image of a whole group.
  • sterile/ˈstɛɹaɪl/adjectiveB2+4 meaningsCompletely free from bacteria and other living things.
  • steriliseverbB22 meaningsTo make something completely free of germs.
  • sterilitynounC2The inability to produce young, or complete freedom from germs.
  • stern/stɜːn/adjectiveB23 meaningsSerious and strict, showing no warmth and expecting to be obeyed.
  • stethoscope/ˈstɛθəskəʊp/nounB2A medical instrument for listening to sounds inside the body.
  • stew/stʃʉː/nounB22 meaningsMeat and vegetables cooked slowly in one pot.
  • steward/ˈstjuː.əːd/nounB2+Somebody who looks after property or serves passengers.
  • stewardess/ˈstu.ɚ.dɪs/nounB1+A woman who looks after passengers on an aircraft.
  • stewardshipnounC1The careful looking after of something in your charge.
  • stick/stɪk/nounA22 meaningsA thin piece of wood broken from a tree.
  • stick tophraseB2To keep to a plan, rule or promise.
  • stick to your gunsphraseC1To hold to your position under pressure.
  • stickler/ˈstɪk.lə/nounC1Somebody who insists on a rule being kept exactly.
  • sticky/ˈstɪki/adjectiveB14 meaningsCovered with something that holds to whatever it touches.
  • stiff/stɪf/adjectiveB25 meaningsHard to bend or move.