Vocabulary : Stiff-tailed to Stigmatic

Stiff-tailed : Having the quill feathers of the tail somewhat rigid.
Stifle : The joint next above the hock, and near the flank, in the hind leg of the horse and allied animals; the joint corresponding to the knee in man; -- called also stifle joint. See Illust. under Horse. ;; To stop the breath of by crowding something into the windpipe, or introducing an irrespirable substance into the lungs; to choke; to suffocate; to cause the death of by such means; as, to stifle one with smoke or dust. ;; To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or flame. ;; To suppress the manifestation or report of; to smother; to conceal from public knowledge; as, to stifle a story; to stifle passion. ;; To die by reason of obstruction of the breath, or because some noxious substance prevents respiration.
Stifled : of Stifle ;; Stifling.
Stifler : One who, or that which, stifles. ;; See Camouflet.
Stifling : of Stifle

Stigma : A mark made with a burning iron; a brand. ;; Any mark of infamy or disgrace; sign of moral blemish; stain or reproach caused by dishonorable conduct; reproachful characterization. ;; That part of a pistil which has no epidermis, and is fitted to receive the pollen. It is usually the terminal portion, and is commonly somewhat glutinous or viscid. See Illust. of Stamen and of Flower. ;; A small spot, mark, scar, or a minute hole; -- applied especially to a spot on the outer surface of a Graafian follicle, and to spots of intercellular substance in scaly epithelium, or to minute holes in such spots. ;; A red speck upon the skin, produced either by the extravasation of blood, as in the bloody sweat characteristic of certain varieties of religious ecstasy, or by capillary congestion, as in the case of drunkards. ;; One of the external openings of the tracheae of insects, myriapods, and other arthropods; a spiracle. ;; One of the apertures of the pulmonary sacs of arachnids. See Illust. of Scorpion. ;; One of the a
Stigmaria : The fossil root stem of a coal plant of the genus Sigillaria.
Stigmas : of Stigma
Stigmata : of Stigma ;; pl. of Stigma.
Stigmatic : A notorious profligate or criminal who has been branded; one who bears the marks of infamy or punishment. ;; A person who is marked or deformed by nature. ;; A person bearing the wounds on the hands and feet resembling those of Jesus Christ caused by His crucifixion; -- for true stigmantics the wounds are supposed to have been caused miraculously, as a sign of great holiness. ;; Alt. of Stigmatical

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