Steganopodous
(Steg`a*nop"o*dous) a. (Zoöl.) Having all four toes webbed together.
Stegnosis
(||Steg*no"sis) n. [NL., fr. Gr. . See Stegnotic.] (Med.) Constipation; also, constriction of
the vessels or ducts.
Stegnotic
(Steg*no"tic) a. [Gr. fr. to cover, to make costive, fr. covered, closed.] (Med.) Tending to
render costive, or to diminish excretions or discharges generally. — n. A stegnotic medicine; an astringent.
Stegocephala
(||Steg`o*ceph"a*la) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ste`gh roof + kefalh` head.] (Paleon.) An extinct
order of amphibians found fossil in the Mesozoic rocks; called also Stegocephali, and Labyrinthodonta.
Their teeth, in transverse sections, usually show a labyrinthiform arrangement of the cement and dentine.
The under side of the body was covered with bony plates. Some of the Stegocephala were of very large
size, and the form of the body varied from short, stout forms to others that were as slender as serpents.
Stegosauria
(||Steg`o*sau"ri*a) n. pl. [NL. See Stegosaurus.] (Paleon.) An extinct order of herbivorous
dinosaurs, including the genera Stegosaurus, Omosaurus, and their allies.
Stegosaurus
(||Steg`o*sau"rus) n. [NL., fr. Gr. ste`gh roof + say^ros a lizard.] (Paleon.) A genus of
large Jurassic dinosaurs remarkable for a powerful dermal armature of plates and spines.
Steik
(Steik) v. t. See Steek. [Scot.]
Stein
(Stein) n. & v. See Steen.
Steinbock
(Stein"bock`) n. [G. stein stone + bock buck, D. bok. Cf. Steenbok.] (Zoöl.) (a) The
European ibex. (b) A small South African antelope (Nanotragus tragulus) which frequents dry, rocky
districts; — called also steenbok. [Written also steinboc, and steinbok; also called stonebock, and
stonebuck.]
Steingale
(Stein"gale) n. The stannel. [Prov. Eng.]
Steining
(Stein"ing) n. See Steening.
Steinkirk
(Stein"kirk`) n. Same as Steenkirk.
Steinkle
(Stein"kle) n. The wheater. [Prov. Eng.]
Stela
(||Ste"la) n.; pl. Stelæ [L., from Gr. a post, an upright stone.] (Gr. Antiq.) A small column or pillar,
used as a monument, milestone, etc.
Stele
(||Ste"le) n. [NL.] Same as Stela.
One of these steles, containing the Greek version of the ordinance, has recently been discovered.
I.
Taylor Stele
(Stele) n. [See Stale a handle.] A stale, or handle; a stalk. [Obs.] Chaucer. Holland.
Stelene
(Ste"lene) a. [See Stela.] Resembling, or used as, a stela; columnar. [R.]
Stell
(Stell) v. t. [AS. stellan. &radic163.] To place or fix firmly or permanently. [Obs.] Shak.
Stell
(Stell), n. [See Stell, v. t.]
1. A prop; a support, as for the feet in standing or cilmbing. [Scot.]
