Vocabulary : Stolid to Stomacher
Stolid : Hopelessly insensible or stupid; not easily aroused or excited; dull; impassive; foolish.
Stolidity : The state or quality of being stolid; dullness of intellect; obtuseness; stupidity.
Stolidness : Same as Stolidity.
Stolon : A trailing branch which is disposed to take root at the end or at the joints; a stole. ;; An extension of the integument of the body, or of the body wall, from which buds are developed, giving rise to new zooids, and thus forming a compound animal in which the zooids usually remain united by the stolons. Such stolons are often present in Anthozoa, Hydroidea, Bryozoa, and social ascidians. See Illust. under Scyphistoma.
Stoloniferous : Producing stolons; putting forth suckers.
Stoma : One of the minute apertures between the cells in many serous membranes. ;; The minute breathing pores of leaves or other organs opening into the intercellular spaces, and usually bordered by two contractile cells. ;; The line of dehiscence of the sporangium of a fern. It is usually marked by two transversely elongated cells. See Illust. of Sporangium. ;; A stigma. See Stigma, n., 6 (a) & (b).
Stomach : An enlargement, or series of enlargements, in the anterior part of the alimentary canal, in which food is digested; any cavity in which digestion takes place in an animal; a digestive cavity. See Digestion, and Gastric juice, under Gastric. ;; The desire for food caused by hunger; appetite; as, a good stomach for roast beef. ;; Hence appetite in general; inclination; desire. ;; Violence of temper; anger; sullenness; resentment; willful obstinacy; stubbornness. ;; Pride; haughtiness; arrogance. ;; To resent; to remember with anger; to dislike. ;; To bear without repugnance; to brook. ;; To be angry.
Stomachal : Of or pertaining to the stomach; gastric. ;; Helping the stomach; stomachic; cordial. ;; A stomachic.
Stomached : of Stomach
Stomacher : One who stomachs. ;; An ornamental covering for the breast, worn originally both by men and women. Those worn by women were often richly decorated.
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