stridulate
vi.
3lat#ed, 3lat#ing 5< ModL stridulatus, pp. of stridulare < L stridulus: see fol.6 to make a shrill grating or chirping sound by rubbing certain body parts together, as certain insects do
strid#u[la4tion
n.
strid$u[la[to#ry 73l! tCr#c8
adj.
e.g. katydids on summer nights, seventeen year locusts, cicadas, during their brief season
stridulous
stringendo - music drirection, grandually faster
stripling - a young just post adolescent male, just beginning muscular development
stromatolite
n.
a laminated, sedimentary rock structure formed primarily in Precambrian shallow pools by mats of sticky, blue-green algae, which trapped layers of silt, esp. of calcium carbonate: these wavy or round formations serve as evidence for dating the first life forms on earth and are still being produced today
stro[mat#o[lit$ic 73! lit4ik8
adj.
For pictures of stromatolytes, go to URL and scroll down halfways
tro[mat[o[lite 7strb mat4‘l jt#8
n.
a laminated, sedimentary rock structure formed primarily in Precambrian shallow pools by mats of sticky, blue-green algae, which trapped layers of silt, esp. of calcium carbonate: these wavy or round formations serve as evidence for dating the first life forms on earth and are still being produced today
stro[mat#o[lit$ic 73! lit4ik8
adj.
http://www.baronmoss.supanet.com/WA_pictures_07.html
for pictures of stromatolites, got to above URL, scroll down halfways
strongylosis - infection with an intestian parasite of this name
strophe
n.
5Gr strophc, lit., a turning, twist < strephein, to turn < IE *strebh3 < base *(s)ter3, rigid, taut > STARE6
1 in the ancient Greek theater, a) the movement of the chorus in turning from right to left of the stage (cf. ANTISTROPHE) b) the part of the choric song performed during this
2 in a Pindaric ode, the stanza which is answered by the antistrophe, in the same metrical pattern
3 a stanza; esp., any of the irregular divisions of a poem
stroph[ic 7str9f4ik, strb4fik8 or stroph$i[cal
adj.
structural, stucco, stuccowork, student (there, by God,is a “Word appearing infrequently”, studied, stuffily, stultify,
stupa
n.
5Sans6 a dome-shaped Buddhist shrine
stupefacient - something that stupefies you, what else?
styliform - like a stylus, surprised?
stylus
n.,
pl. 3lus[es or 3li 73lj8 5L, for stilus, pointed instrument: see STYLE6
1 a style or other needlelike marking device (I’m so old I can remember when stylus was part of stero pickup….)
stymie
n.
5prob. a use of earlier Scot, a person partially blind < styme < ME stime (sense obscure): the reference is to the blind shot caused by a stymie6
1 Golf the condition that exists on a putting green when an opponent‘s ball lies in a direct line between the player‘s ball and the hole: since 1951, the obstructing ball may be picked up to permit a putt to be made
2 any situation in which one is obstructed or frustrated
vt.
3mied, 3mie[ing
1 to hinder or obstruct as with a stymie
2 to block; impede
subclavian = below the collarbone, as the blood vessel located there
subconscious
subcontraoctave only a musician who would know it would care about it
subcortex - below the cortex. The cortex is the covering over the core
subculture - in bacteriology, from a specimen you take a small amount and put it in a test tube containing culture medium. After it starts to grow, you take small amounts and put them into testtubes of culture medium, so that when they grow, you can use them for various tests for identification, etc.
subdermal - some of these stupid words are getting under my skin
subereous - pertaining to the kind of cork that goes into a bottle, not the the other kind…..
subfebrile - a body temperature not elevated
subimago - developing stage of hatching insect, prior to becoming fully adult
subito
adv.
5It < L, suddenly < pp. of subire, to approach, spring up: see SUDDEN6 Musical Direction quickly; abruptly
subjective, sublease, subordinate
suborn
vt.
5L subornare, to furnish or supply, instigate, incite secretly < sub3, under + ornare, to furnish, adorn: see ORNAMENT6
1 to get or bring about through bribery or other illegal methods
2 to induce or instigate (another) to do something illegal, esp. to commit perjury
sub[orn$er
n.
subphylum - part of a phylum
phylum
n.,
pl. 3la 73l!8 5ModL, coined by CUVIER < Gr phylon, tribe: see PHYLO36
1 any of the broad, principal divisions of the animal kingdom: sometimes, but not officially, used as a synonym for a plant division
2 a) a language stock b) loosely, a language family
subplot
subreption
n.
5L subreptio < subreptus, pp. of subripere, surripere, to take away secretly: see SURREPTITIOUS6
1 deliberate concealment or misrepresentation of facts so as to gain some benefit or advantage
2 an erroneous inference or conclusion induced by this
subreptitious 7sub#rep ti4*!s8
adj.
subrogate gat#8
vt.
3gat#ed, 3gat#ing 5< L subrogatus, surrogatus: see SURROGATE6 to substitute (one person) for another