Sternutation
(Ster`nu*ta"tion) n. [L. sternutatio, fr. sternutare to sneeze, intens. from sternuere.]
The act of sneezing. Quincy.
Sternutative
(Ster*nu"ta*tive) a. Having the quality of provoking to sneeze.
Sternutatory
(Ster*nu"ta*to*ry) a. Sternutative. — n. A sternutatory substance or medicine.
Sternway
(Stern"way`) n. (Naut.) The movement of a ship backward, or with her stern foremost.
Stern-wheel
(Stern"-wheel`) a. Having a paddle wheel at the stern; as, a stern-wheel steamer.
Stern-wheeler
(Stern"-wheel`er) n. A steamboat having a stern wheel instead of side wheels. [Colloq.
U.S.]
Sterquilinous
(Ster*quil"i*nous) a. [L. sterquilinium a dung pit, fr. stercus dung.] Pertaining to a
dunghill; hence, mean; dirty; paltry. [Obs.] Howell.
Sterre
(Ster"re) n. A star. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Sterrink
(Ster"rink) n. (Zoöl.) The crab-eating seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) of the Antarctic Ocean.
Sterrometal
(Ster"ro*met`al) n. [Gr. firm, solid + E. metal.] Any alloy of copper, zinc, tin, and iron, of
which cannon are sometimes made.
Stert
(Stert) obs. p. p. of Start. Started. Chaucer.
Sterte
(Ster"te) obs. p. p. of Start. Chaucer.
Stertorious
(Ster*to"ri*ous) a. Stertorous. [R.]
Stertorous
(Ster"to*rous) a. [L. stertere to snore: cf. F. stertoreux.] Characterized by a deep snoring,
which accompanies inspiration in some diseases, especially apoplexy; hence, hoarsely breathing; snoring.
Burning, stertorous breath that hurt her cheek.
Mrs. Browning.
The day has ebbed away, and it is night in his room, before his stertorous breathing lulls.
Dickens. Sterve
(Sterve) v. t. & i. To die, or cause to die; to perish. See Starve. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.
Stet
(Stet) L., subj. 3d pers. sing. of stare to stand, remain. [See Stand.] (Print.) Let it stand; — a
word used by proof readers to signify that something once erased, or marked for omission, is to remain.
Stet
(Stet), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stetted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Stetting.] (Print.) To cause or direct to remain
after having been marked for omission; to mark with the word stet, or with a series of dots below or
beside the matter; as, the proof reader stetted a deled footnote.
Stethal
(Steth"al) n. [Stearic + ethal.] (Chem.) One of the higher alcohols of the methane series,
homologous with ethal, and found in small quantities as an ethereal salt of stearic acid in spermaceti.
Stethograph
(Steth"o*graph) n. [Gr. the breast + -graph.] (Physiol.) See Pneumatograph.
Stethometer
(Ste*thom"e*ter) n. [Gr. chest + -meter.] (Physiol.) An apparatus for measuring the external
movements of a given point of the chest wall, during respiration; — also called thoracometer.
Stethoscope
(Steth"o*scope) n. [Gr. sth^qos the breast + - scope: cf. F. stéthoscope.] (Med.) An
instrument used in auscultation for examining the organs of the chest, as the heart and lungs, by conveying
to the ear of the examiner the sounds produced in the thorax.
