Vocabulary : Staphyloraphy to Star stereogram

Staphyloraphy : Alt. of Staphylorrhaphy
Staphylorrhaphy : The operation of uniting a cleft palate, consisting in paring and bringing together the edges of the cleft.
Staphylotomy : The operation of removing a staphyloma by cutting.
Staple : A settled mart; an emporium; a city or town to which merchants brought commodities for sale or exportation in bulk; a place for wholesale traffic. ;; Hence: Place of supply; source; fountain head. ;; The principal commodity of traffic in a market; a principal commodity or production of a country or district; as, wheat, maize, and cotton are great staples of the United States. ;; The principal constituent in anything; chief item. ;; Unmanufactured material; raw material. ;; The fiber of wool, cotton, flax, or the like; as, a coarse staple; a fine staple; a long or short staple. ;; A loop of iron, or a bar or wire, bent and formed with two points to be driven into wood, to hold a hook, pin, or the like. ;; A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels. ;; A small pit. ;; A district granted to an abbey. ;; Pertaining to, or being market of staple for, commodities; as, a staple town. ;; Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled; as, a staple trade. ;; Fit to be sold;
stapled : of Staple

Stapler : A dealer in staple goods. ;; One employed to assort wool according to its staple.
stapling : of Staple
Star : One of the innumerable luminous bodies seen in the heavens; any heavenly body other than the sun, moon, comets, and nebulae. ;; The polestar; the north star. ;; A planet supposed to influence one's destiny; (usually pl.) a configuration of the planets, supposed to influence fortune. ;; That which resembles the figure of a star, as an ornament worn on the breast to indicate rank or honor. ;; Specifically, a radiated mark in writing or printing; an asterisk [thus, *]; -- used as a reference to a note, or to fill a blank where something is omitted, etc. ;; A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding in the air, presents a starlike appearance. ;; A person of brilliant and attractive qualities, especially on public occasions, as a distinguished orator, a leading theatrical performer, etc. ;; To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to bespangle; as, a robe starred with gems. ;; To be bright, or attract attention, as a star; to shine like a st
Star drift : Similar and probably related motion of the stars of an asterism, as distinguished from apparent change of place due to solar motion.-- ##?? = star streaming? --
Star stereogram : A view of the universe of brighter stars as it would appear to an observer transported into space outside or beyond our universe of stars.

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