The defensive players who are in position furthest from the line of scrimmage and whose responsibility is to defend against passes as well as to be the tacklers of last resort

The free made a game-saving tackle on the runner who had broken past the linebackers.

sailor

noun

One who follows the business of navigating ships or other vessels; one who understands the practical management of ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common seaman.

saker

noun

A falcon (Falco sacer) native of Southern Europe and Asia, also known as the peregrine falcon.

Sally

proper noun

(given name, female, ), pet form of Sarah
nickname for the Salvation Army

salute

noun

A formal gesture done in honor of someone or something, usually with the hand or hands in one of various particular positions.

The soldiers greeted the dignitaries with a crisp .

Any action done for the purpose of honor or tribute .

The orchestra performed the concert as a to Gershwin.

verb (salutes, saluting, saluted)

To make a gesture in honor of someone or something.

They saluted the flag as it passed in the parade.

To act in thanks, honor, or tribute; to thank or extend gratitude.

I would like to the many dedicated volunteers that make this project possible.

salvo

noun

An exception; a reservation; an excuse.

They admit many salvos, cautions, and reservations. --Eilon Basilike.

2006 http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/50293 MetaFilter? community weblog Britannica's issued a salvo against Nature's famous "Wikipedia and the EB are comparably error-strewn" analysis.

sapper

noun

One who saps; specifically, one who is employed in working at saps, building and repairing fortifications, and the like. Often known as a combat engineer or military engineer.
1. (British colloquial) an officer or private of the Royal Engineers.

school

noun

(context, US, Canada) An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution.

Our children attend a public in our neighborhood.

''Harvard University is a famous American postsecondary .

An educational institution providing primary and secondary education, prior to tertiary education (college or university).
Within a larger educational institution, an organizational unit, such as a department or institute, which is dedicated to a specific subject area.

We are enrolled in the same university, but I attend the School of Economics and my brother is in the School of Music.

(italbrac, considered collectively) The followers of a particular doctrine; a particular way of thinking or particular doctrine; a school of thought.

These economists belong to the monetarist .

A group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales.

The divers encountered a huge of mackerel.

The time during which classes are attended or in session in an educational institution.

I'll see you after .

scramble

noun

A rush or hurry
(military) An emergency defensive air force mission to intercept attacking enemy aircraft.
A motocross race

verb (scrambl, ed)

To move hurriedly to a location using all limbs against a surface.
To proceed to a location or an objective in a disorderly manner.
To mix food ingredients in a mix to be cooked into a loose mass.
To process telecommunication signals to make them unintelligable to an unauthorized listener.
(military) To quickly enter vehicles, usually aircraft, and proceed to a destination in response to an alert, usually to intercept an attacking enemy.

(sports) To partake in motocross
1. To ascend rocky terrain as a leisure activity

scrambled eggs

noun

A dish made by beating and frying eggs, sometimes mixed with milk.

screen

noun

A physical divider intended to block an area from view.
A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass.
The informational viewing area of electronic output devices; the result of the output.

- 1977, Sex Pistols, Spunk, "Problems":
- : You won't find me living for the
  1. The viewing area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation
  2. (basketball) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
  3. (baseball) The protective netting which protects the audience from flying objects
  Jones caught the foul up against the .

verb

To filter by passing through a screen.

Mary screened the beans to remove the clumps of gravel.

To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing

The news report was screened because it accused the politician of wrongdoing.

(context, film, television) To present publicly (on the screen).

The news report will be screened at 11:00 tonight.

To fit with a screen.

We need to this porch. These bugs are driving me crazy.

scupper

noun

A drainage hole on the deck of a ship.

verb

thwart, destroy

Quotations

"We can't allow US tantrums to global justice" http://www.guardian.co.uk/bush/story/0,7369,747744,00.html

This bad media coverage scuppered his chances of being elected.

seaman

noun (seamen)

A mariner or sailor, one who mans a ship. Opposed to landman or landsman.
A naval rank, same level as private in the army.
A merman; the male of the mermaid.

Not to mention mermaids or seamen. — w:Locke, Locke.

search

noun

An act of searching.
(computing) An act of searching for information using a search engine or searching a database, form, table of values and or other applicable items.

verb (search, es)

(transitive) To look throughout (a place) for something. To try and find something.

I searched the garden for the keys and found them in the vegetable patch.

(intransitive) (followed by "for") To look thoroughly.

The police are searching for evidence in his flat.

second lieutenant

noun

The lowest rank of a commissioned army officer, below a lieutenant. Also spelt 2nd lieutenant.

sector

noun

section
zone
a part of a circle, extending to the center
(computing) a fixed-sized unit (traditionally 512 bytes) of sequential data stored on a track of a digital medium (compare to block)
(Military) An area designated by boundaries within which a unit operates, and for which it is responsible.
(Military) One of the subdivisions of a coastal frontier.
(scifi) a fictional region of space designated for navigational or governance purposes; for instance, W:Sector (Star Trek), W:List of Star Wars sectors

sentinel

noun

A sentry or guard.
(computer science) a unique phrase of characters (a string), used to mark a document for processing by a computer program, also called a keyword. For example, an HTML tag such as '<table>' is a form of sentinel as its a unique phrase that is non-reaccuring in the english language. However the use of '<' and 'table' do occur in english but not in this form, so '<table>' is a relatively good sentinel phrase.

sentry

noun Plural sentries

A guard, particularly on duty at the entrance to a military base.

sergeant

noun

The highest rank of noncommissioned officer in most non-naval military forces and police.

service

noun

(economics) That which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed and consists of an action or work.

Hair care is a industry.

(computing) A function that is provided by one program or machine for another.

This machine provides the name for the LAN.

The military.

I did three years in the before coming here.

A set of dishes or utensils.

She brought out the silver tea .

The act of initially starting, or serving, the ball in play in tennis, volleyball, and other games.

The player had four faults in the set.

A religious rite or ritual.

The funeral was touching.

The serving, or delivery, of a summons or writ.

The happened yesterday.

(public service) that which is provided by the Government or its agents

The Job Centre provides a to the unemployed.

(religion) Doing something for someone else without thought of reward or payment.

verb (servic, ing)

to serve

They the customer base.

to perform maintenance

He is going to the car.

set piece

noun

a piece of freestanding stage scenery
any carefully planned sequence of operations, especially as part of a military operation
an elaborate action scene in a movie

(football) any planned strategy that a team uses after play is restarted with a free kick, penalty kick, corner kick, goal kick, throw-in or kickoff.

Roberto Carlos is deadly from s.

SFC

initialism

(Hong Kong) Securities and Futures Commission
(Manufacturing) Shop Floor Control

sharps

noun

(plural of, sharp)

shell

noun

A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal:

- The covering, or outside part, of a nut; as, a hazelnut shell.
- A pod.
- The hard covering of an egg.
- The hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates. In some mollusks, as the cuttlefishes, it is internal, or concealed by the mantle. Also, the hard covering of some vertebrates, as the armadillo, the tortoise, and the like.
- The husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is often used as a substitute for chocolate, cocoa, etc.
  1. Hence, by extension, any mollusks having such a covering.
  2. (plural: ) An artillery projectile or charge case:
- A hollow projectile, of various shapes, adapted for a mortar or a cannon, and containing an explosive substance, ignited with a fuze or by percussion, by means of which the projectile is burst and its fragments scattered. See Bomb.
- The case which holds the powder, or charge of powder and shot, used with breechloading small arms.
  1. Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in; as, the shell of a house.
  2. (garment) A top, usually worn by women, with short or no sleeves that fastens, if it does, in the rear.
  3. A coarse kind of coffin; also, a thin interior coffin inclosed in a more substantial one.
  4. (music) An instrument of music, as a lyre, -- the first lyre having been made, it is said, by drawing strings over a tortoise shell.
  5. An engraved copper roller used in print works.
  6. The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.
  7. (nautical) A light boat the frame of which is covered with thin wood or with paper; as, a racing shell.
  8. A drum shell; the usually wooden, cylindrical acoustic chamber, with or without rims added for tuning and attaching drum heads.
  9. (computing) A general-purpose environment, usually CLI, command-line-oriented, within which other commands are invoked and their interactions controlled.
  10. (context, chemistry) A set of atomic orbitals that have the same principal quantum number.

verb

To remove the outer covering or shell of something. See sheller.
To bombard, to fire projectiles at.
(informal) To disburse or give up money, to pay. (Often used with out).

shelter tent

noun

a small wedge-shaped tent made by folding two waterproof sheets of material together

Sherman

proper noun

An English occupational surname for a sheep-shearer
An American surname derived from the German Schuermann
An Ashkenazic Jewish occupational surname for a tailor
A male given name derived from the surname
A w:Sherman tank, Sherman tank, main Allied battle tank in World War II

shield

noun

(Armor) A broad piece of defensive armor, carried on the arm, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body.

Quotations

1599: Knocks go and come; God's vassals drop and die; And sword and shield, In bloody field, Doth win immortal fame. — William Shakespeare, Henry V, Act III, Scene II, line 8.

1786: The shields used by our Norman ancestors were the triangular or heater shield, the target or buckler, the roundel or rondache, and the pavais, pavache, or tallevas. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 22.

Anything which protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.

Quotations

1592: Go muster men. My counsel is my shield; We must be brief when traitors brave the field. — William Shakespeare, Richard III, Act 4, Scene 3, line 56.

Figuratively, one who protects or defends.

Quotations

1611: Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. The Holy Bible, King James Version, Genesis 15:1.

(botany) In lichens, a hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci.
(heraldry) The escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms.
(geology) A large expanse of exposed stable Precambrian rock.
(mining) (Mining) A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses.
A spot resembling, or having the form of a shield.

Bespotted as with shields of red and black. Spenser.

(obsolete) A coin, the old French crown, or écu, having on one side the figure of a shield.
(scifi) A field of energy which protects or defends.
(colloquial) A police badge

Quotations

The chief put something in his hand and Bosch looked down to see the gold detective's . http://www.michaelconnelly.com/Book_Collection/Closers/ClosersExcerpt/closersexcerpt.html

(transport) A sign or symbol, usually containing numbers and sometimes letters, identifying a highway route.

verb

To protect, to defend.

- 2004: w: Chris Wallace (journalist), Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage
- :Shots rang out and a 15-year-old boy, shielding a woman from the line of fire, was killed.
  1. (electricity) to protect from the influence of

ship of the line

noun

(nautical) a large square-rigged warship with up to 140 guns on at least two decks; a capital ship from the age of sail
(military) (archaic) a ship of war large enough to have a place in the line of battle; a vessel superior to a frigate; usually, a seventy-four, or three-decker. (Totten)

short

noun

A short circuit.
(baseball) shortstop

Jones smashes a grounder between third and .

verb

(transitive) To cause a short circuit

adjective

Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically dimensions.
A word or phrase that can be said or written in less time to represent another word or phrase.

"Tater" is for "potato".

(context, of a person) With less height
(cricket, of a ball) that bounced relatively far from the batsman
(cricket, of a fielder or fielding position) relatively close to the batsman

adverb

(cricket) of a cricket ball, to bounce relatively far from the batsman so that it bounces higher than normal; opposite of full

shrapnel

noun

A collective term for fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding shell or landmine.
(slang) Money, especially coinage.

shrike

noun (plural shrikes)

Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae which are known for their habit of catching other birds and small animals and impaling the uneaten portions of their bodies on thorns.

silence

noun

The lack of any sound. (i, When the motor stopped, the was almost deafening.)
Form of meditative worship practiced by the Society of Friends (Quakers). "Meeting for worship." (i, During a message came to me that there was that of God in every person.)
The action of refraining from speaking.

"You have the right to " said the police officer.

verb (silenc, ing)

To make something silent
To suppress criticism etc

silo

noun

a vertical building, usually circular, used for the storage of grain.
an underground bunker used to hold missiles which may be launched.

skirmish

noun

A brief battle between small groups, usually part of a longer or larger battle or war.
A minor dispute.
In warfare a tactic of attacking with missile weapons without making contact.

verb (skirmish, es)

To engage in a minor battle or dispute

Slick

proper noun

A term of address, generally applied to males, possibly including strangers, implying that the person addressed is slick in the sense of "sophisticated", but often used sarcastically.

That was a great move locking your keys in the car, Slick.

Don't you look good tonight, Slick!

slingshot

noun

A Y-shaped stick with an elastic band between the arms used for shooting small projectiles

smokeless powder

noun

an explosive, similar to gunpowder, consisting of nitrocellulose mixed with nitroglycerine or nitroguanidine; it burns with very little smoke

snickersnee

noun

a large knife

soldier

noun

A member of an army, of any rank.
A guardsman.
A member of the Salvation Army.
A piece of butter, buttered bread (or toast), cut into a long thin strip and dipped into a soft-boiled egg.
A term of affection for a young boy.

verb

To continue.
To be a soldier.

soldiery

noun

Soldiers considered as a group.
The profession or skill of being a soldier.

sortie

noun

An offensive military mission. Used originally to mean an attack from a fortress, but most commonly used today to describe a single mission by a military aircraft.

soup kitchen

noun

a place set up to provide soup and other basic food as a charity or in time of disaster.

spade

noun

A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging. Not to be confused with a shovel which is used for moving earth or other materials.
One of the black suits in a deck of cards, represented by a symbol similar to the garden tool, or â� .
(offensive) A black person.

spar

noun

(nautical) A general term any linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff.

verb (spar, r, ed)

To fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat.

sparrow

noun

The house sparrow, Passer domesticus; a small bird with a short bill, and brown, white and gray feathers.
A member of the family Passeridae, comprised of small Old World song birds.
A member of the family Emberizidae, comprised of small New World song birds.
Generically, any small, nondescript bird.

spear

noun

A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a trusting motion.
A sharp tool used by fishermen to retrieve fish.

verb

To penetrate or strike with, or as if with, any long narrow object. To make a thrusting motion that catches an object on the tip of a long device.

specialist

noun

someone who is an expert in, or devoted to, some specific branch of study or research
a physician whose practice is limited to a particular branch of medicine or surgery
(US Army) any of several noncommissioned ranks corresponding to that of corporal

Spencer

proper noun

An English occupational surname from someone worked in a spense (larder of medieval monastery).
(given name, male) derived from the surname, used since the nineteenth century.
w:Edmund Spencer, Edmund Spencer, English poet.

spike

noun

A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward.
Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
An ear of grain.
(context, botany) A kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis.
(in plural spikes; informal) Running shoes with spikes in the soles.
A sharp peak in a graph.
(volleyball) An attack from, usually, above the height of the net performed with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
(context, zoology) An adolescent male deer.

verb (spik, ing)

To put alcohol or another intoxicating substance in a drink that previously did not contain such substances.
(volleyball) To attack from, usually, above the height of the net with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.
(military) To hammer an iron spike into the touch hole so as to render a gun unusable.

He jumped down, wrenched the hammer from the armourer"s hand, and seizing a nail from the bag, in a few moments he had spiked the gun. " w:Frederick Marryat, Frederick Marryat, "Peter Simple", 1834

(journalism) To decide not to publish or make public.

- October 14, 2002, Jonathan Sale, The Guardian, Edward VIII news blackout.
- :Instead, the "Beaver" declared he would the story about Wallis Simpson and make sure his fellow media moguls sat on it too.

spoon

noun

An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle.
An implement for stirring food while being prepared; a wooden spoon.
(context, sports, archaic) A wooden-headed golf club with moderate loft, similar to the modern three wood.
(context, fishing) A type of metal lure resembling the concave head of a table spoon.

verb

(context, of sailing vessels) to turn to port and starboard erratically for short periods of time, as a sailboat does when heading nearly into a wind that varies direction slightly
(slang; late 19th-early 20th century; of people) to have a nervously ambivalent romantic rendez-vous, as young people had during the age of chaperones, from turning one's head toward and away from the other person as the sailing ship did
(slang; late 20th century; of people) to lie nested together, in a manner reminiscent of stacked spoons; usually has a sexual connotation

spot

noun

A stain or disfigure, disfiguring mark.

I have tried everything, and I can"t get this out.

A pimple or pustule.

That morning, I saw that a had come up on my chin.

A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.

The leopard is noted for the spots of color in its fur.

A small amount or quantity.

Would you like to come round on Sunday for a of lunch?

A particular location or area.

I like to eat lunch in a pleasant outside.

A bright lamp; a spotlight.
A brief advertisement or program segment on television.

Did you see the on the news about the shoelace factory?

verb (spot, t, ing)

(transitive) To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate or identify.

Try to the differences between these two entries.

(finance) To loan a small amount of money to someone.

I"ll you ten dollars for lunch.

To stain; to leave a spot.

Hard water will if it is left on a surface.

(rfv-sense) To remove, or attempt to remove, a stain.

I spotted the carpet where the child dropped spaghetti.

(context, gymnastics, dance, weightlifting) To support or assist a maneuver, or to be prepared to assist if safety dictates.

I can"t do a back handspring unless somebody spots me.

(dance) To keep the head and eyes pointing in a single direction while turning.

Most figure skaters do not their turns like dancers do.

spotter

noun

a person who observes something

(military) a member of a sniper team
(weightlifting): a person who stands by the person lifting the weight, in order to help them should they be unable to complete the exercise and secure the weight properly. Spotters are also used in powerlifting, but they are not required for weightlifting.

squad

noun

a group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members.
a unit of tactical military personnel, or of police officers, usually of about ten members
(sports) a team, usually of about ten members.
(cricket) a group of potential players from whom a team and twelfth man are chosen
(soccer) The collective noun for a team of footballers

squadron

noun (abbreviated to: sqn)

(obsolete): Primarily, a square; hence, a square body of troops; a body of troops drawn up in a square.

"Those half-rounding quards Just met, and, closing, stood in joined." -Milton.

(Army): A body of cavalry comprising two companies or troops, and averaging from one hundred and twenty to two hundred men.
(Navy): A detachment of vessels employed on any particular service or station, under the command of the senior officer; as, the North Atlantic Squadron.
(Air Force): A tactical air force unit; consists of at least two flights; multiple squadrons make up a group

square

noun

(geometry) A polygon with four sides of equal length and four angles of 90 degrees; a regular quadrilateral whose angles are all 90 degrees.

I took refuge in the form and exhibited a picture which consisted of nothing more than a black square on a white field.—q:Kazimir Malevich, Kazimir Malevich

An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles.

There are so many uses for the , in fact, that a new model will usually come complete with a booklet enumerating its applications.

An open space in a town, not necessarily square in shape, often containing trees, seating and other features pleasing to the eye.

You're not in Wisconsin, Dave. The big story isn't about a cow wandering into the town . q:NewsRadio, NewsRadio?

Anything, such as tiles or cut pieces of material, primarily defined by being square in shape.

You may not move a piece to a already occupied by one of your own pieces.

(mathematics) The second power of a number, value, term or expression.

64 is the of 8.

(slang) A socially conventional person; typically associated with the 1950s

Why do you always wear a tie? Don't be such a !

The symbol

on a telephone; hash.

Enter your account number followed by a .

(cricket) The central area of a cricket field, containing several pitches laid out next to one another - only one being used at a time.

An ideal playing area is roughly circular in shape with a central area, the cricket , measuring 27.44 metres by 27.44 metres and boundaries 45.75 metres from the sides of the square.

(context, real estate jargon) A unit of measurement of area, equal to a 10 foot by 10 foot square, ie. 100 square feet or roughly 9.3 square metres. Used in real estate for the size of a house or its rooms, though progressively being replaced by square metres in metric countries such as Australia.

2006: Just as the basic unit of real estate measurement across the world is the ... — w:Macquarie Bank, Macquarie Bank (Australia), press release Macquarie releases Real Estate Market Outlook 2006 - "The World Squared", 21 June 2006 http://www.macquarie.com.au/au/about_macquarie/media_centre/20060621.htm

2007: The house is very large and open and boasts 39 squares of living space plus over 13 squares of decking area on 3 sides and 17 squares of garage and workshop downstairs. — Your Estate advertisement for Grindelwald Tasmania http://www.yourestate.com.au/property_12753.php

verb (squar, ing)

(transitive) To adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle to something else.
To resolve.

John can this question up for us.

These results just don't .

(context, transitive, mathematics) Of a value, term or expression, to multiply by itself; to raise to the second power.

adjective (squarer, squarest)

Shaped like a square (the polygon).
At right angles to.
Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself.

square metre

square mile

(slang) Socially conventional; boring.
(cricket) in line with the batsman's popping crease.

SSM

initialism

Start-up, Shutdown or Malfunction

stack

noun

A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, larger at the bottom than the top, sometimes covered with thatch.
A pile of similar objects, each directly on top of the last.

Please bring me a chair from that stack in the corner.

A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity.
A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet. (~3 m³)
A smokestack.
(computing) A linear data structure in which the last datum stored is the first retrieved; a LIFO queue.
(computing) A portion of memory in a computer occupied by a data structure, particularly (the stack) that portion of main memory manipulated during machine language procedure call related instructions.
(geology) Coastal landform. A large vertical column of rock in the sea.
(context, library) Compactly spaced bookshelf, bookshelves used to house large collections of books.
(figurative) A large amount of an object.
(military) A pile of rifles or muskets in a cone shape.
(poker) The amount of money a player has on the table.
(architecture) A vertical drain pipe.

verb

To place one or more objects or material in the form of a stack or on an existing stack.

Please stack those chairs in the corner.

(card games) To arrange the cards in a deck in a particular manner.

This is the third hand in a row you've drawn a four-of-a-kind. Someone is stacking the deck!

(poker) To take all the money another player currently has on the table.

I won Jill's last $100 this hand; I stacked her!

staff officer

noun

(military) An officer that fulfills a non-combat support function, often in a headquarters or planning office.

stand

noun

A device to hold something upright or aloft.

He set the music upon the and began to play.

The platform on which a witness testifies in court; the witness stand or witness box.

She took the and quietly answered questions.

A resolute, unwavering position; firm opinion; action for a purpose in the face of opposition.

They took a firm against copyright infringement.

A particular grove or other group of trees.

This of pines is older than the one next to it.

(forestry) A contiguous group of trees sufficiently uniform in age-class distribution, composition, and structure, and growing on a site of sufficiently uniform quality, to be a distinguishable unit.
A small building, booth, or stage, as in a bandstand or hamburger stand.
A designated spot where someone or something may stand or wait: taxi stand.
(cricket) A partnership.

verb (stands, standing, stood, stood or archaic standen)

(intransitive) To be upright, support oneself on the feet in an erect position.

Here I stand, wondering what to do next.

(intransitive) To rise to one's feet; to stand up.

Stand up, walk to the refrigerator, and get your own snack.

(intransitive) To remain motionless.

Do not leave your car standing in the road.

(context, cricket, intransitive) To act as an umpire.
(intransitive) To undergo; withstand; hold up.

The works of Shakespeare have stood the test of time.

(transitive) To tolerate.

I can't stand when people don't read the instructions.

I can't her.

(intransitive) To place in an upright or standing position.

He stood the broom in a corner and took a break.

(context, UK, intransitive) To seek election

He is standing for election to the local council

star

noun

A luminous celestial body, made up of plasma (particularly hydrogen and helium), forming a sphere. Thousands of stars are visible in the night sky. Depending on context the sun may or may not be included.
(figurative) A person or thing held as a positive example. A star athlete.
(rfd-redundant) A celebrity or noteworthy performer.

verb (star, r, ed)

To appear as a featured performer or headliner, especially in an entertainment program; see (3) above.

static line

noun

In parachuting, the cord attached from the parachute pack to the plane, used to automatically deploy the parachute.

station

noun

A place where a vehicle (especially a train) may stop.

The next is Esperanza.

A place where one stands or stays in order to perform a task.

From my at the front door, I greeted every visitor.

Area of a restaurant allocated to one waiter or waitress.
A military base.

She had a boyfriend at the .

A place used for broadcasting radio or television.

I used to work at a radio .

A broadcasting entity.

I used to listen to that radio .

(Australia & NZ) A very large sheep or cattle farm

There was movement at the , for the word had passed around, that the colt from old Regret had got away (A. B. Patterson, poet)

verb (transitive)

To put in place to perform a task.

The host stationed me at the front door to greet visitors.

To put in place to perform military duty.

They stationed me overseas just as fighting broke out.

stealth

noun

(uncountable) the attribute or characteristic of acting in secrecy, or in such a way that the actions are unnoticed or difficult to detect by others.
(context, archaic, countable) an act of secrecy, especially one involving thievery

- 1877, George Hill, An Historical Account of the Plantation in Ulster at the Commencement of the Seventeenth Century, M'Caw, Stevenson & Orr, page 352:
- : The King thinks it fit... that restitution according to this order be made to the petitioners for stealths committed upon them last winter (273).

adjective

having the ability to not be detected

Sten gun

noun (plural Sten guns)

A family of lightweight British submachine guns.

Steward

proper noun

an English surname, a variant of Stewart

Stinger

noun (wikipedia, FIM-92 Stinger)

a portable infra-red homing surface-to-air missile

stink bomb

noun

alternative spelling of stinkbomb

stockade

noun

an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
(colloquial) a military prison

storm

noun

Any disturbed state of the atmosphere, especially as affecting the earth's surface, and strongly implying destructive or unpleasant weather.
very strong wind, stronger than a gale, less than a hurricane
weather associated with a storm
(military) a violent assault on a stronghold or fortified position;

verb

To move quickly and noisily like a storm, usually in a state of uproar or anger.

She stormed out of the room.

strafe

noun

an attack of machine-gun or cannon fire from a low-flying aircraft.

strategy

noun (strateg, ies)

The science and art of military command as applied to the overall planning and conduct of warfare
A plan of action intended to accomplish a specific goal
The art of using similar techniques in politics or business

strength

noun

The quality of being strong.
The intensity of a force or power; potency.
The strongest part of something.

strike

noun

(baseball) a status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or having a pitch pass over home plate at a height between a batter's shoulders and knees, or hitting a ball into foul territory without being caught
(bowling) the act of knocking down all ten pins in on the first roll of a frame
a work stoppage
a blow or application of physical force against something
(finance) In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option.
An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.

Quotations

1882: The sum is also used for the quarter, and the for the bushel. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 207.
1. (cricket) the status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at

verb (strikes, striking, struck, struck or stricken)

To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.

Please the last sentence.

To hit.

Strike the door sharply with your foot and see if it comes loose.

To stop working to achieve better working conditions.

The workers struck for a week before the new contract went through.

(obsolete) To surrender (strike one's colors)
To impress, seem or appear.

Golf has always struck me as a waste of time.

To manufacture, as by stamping.

''We will a medal in your honour

(nautical) To haul down, or lower a mast, a flag or cargo etc
(nautical) To capitulate: to signal a surrender by hauling down the colours.

striker

noun

An individual who is on strike
Someone or something that hits someone or something else
(soccer) Players on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.

(baseball) (slang) an 1800s baseball term meaning the batter
(cricket) The batsman who is currently facing the bowler and defending his wicket

subaltern

noun

a subordinate
(british) a commissioned officer having a rank just below that of Captain
(logic) A subaltern proposition; a proposition implied by a universal proposition. For example, some crows are black is a subaltern of all crows are black.

adjective

of a lower rank or position; inferior or secondary

submachine gun

noun Submachine gun

A type of short range machine gun that is carried as a personal weapon and uses pistol ammunition.

Bare-chested children and their parents gathered in doorways, on roofs and in windows as he passed, watched warily by Brazilian troops carrying submachine guns. - New York Times, 09/03/2007 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/09/world/americas/09cnd-prexy.html?ref=world

sum

noun

(arithmetic) A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation.

The of 3 and 4 is 7.

(arithmetic) An arithmetic computation, especially one posed to a student as an exercise (not necessarily limited to addition.)
A quantity of money.
A summary.
A central idea or point.
The utmost degree.
(obsolete) An old English measure of corn equal to the quarter.

- 1882, The is also used for the quarter, and the strike for the bushel. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 207.

verb (sum, m, ing)

(transitive) To add together.

- 2005, w:Plato, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. w:Stephanus pagination, 250b.
- : when you say that stability and change are, it's because you're summing them up together as embraced by it, and taking note of the communion each of them has with being.
  1. (transitive) To give a summary of.

sword

noun

(context, Weapon) A long-bladed weapon having a handle and sometimes a hilt and designed to stab, cut or slash.

Quotations

1509: Unsheathe your sword and dub him presently. — William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part III, Act II, Scene II, line 59.

1786: Some swords were also made solely to thrust, and some only to cut; others were equally adapted for both. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 49.

Someone paid to handle a sword.
A suit in the minor arcana in tarot.
A card of this suit.

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