sedative
         adj 1: tending to soothe or tranquilize; "valium has a
                  tranquilizing effect"; "took a hot drink with sedative
                  properties before going to bed" [syn: {ataractic},
                  {ataraxic}, {sedative}, {tranquilizing},
                  {tranquillizing}, {tranquilising}, {tranquillising}]
         n 1: a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person [syn:
               {sedative}, {sedative drug}, {depressant}, {downer}]

English Dictionary: sedative	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sedative drug n a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person [syn: sedative, sedative drug, depressant, downer]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sedative-hypnotic n a sedative that depresses activity of the central nervous system and reduces anxiety and induces sleep Synonym(s): sedative-hypnotic, sedative-hypnotic drug
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sedative-hypnotic drug n a sedative that depresses activity of the central nervous system and reduces anxiety and induces sleep Synonym(s): sedative-hypnotic, sedative-hypnotic drug
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
seeded player n one of the outstanding players in a tournament [syn: seeded player, seed]
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state bank n a bank chartered by a state rather than by the federal government
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state boundary n the boundary between two states [syn: state line, {state boundary}]
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state of affairs n the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time; "the present international situation is dangerous"; "wondered how such a state of affairs had come about"; "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation"- Franklin D.Roosevelt Synonym(s): situation, state of affairs
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State of Bahrain n an island country in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Saudi Arabia; oil revenues funded progressive programs until reserves were exhausted in 1970s Synonym(s): Bahrain, State of Bahrain, Bahrein
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State of Eritrea n an African country to the north of Ethiopia on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Ethiopia in 1993 Synonym(s): Eritrea, State of Eritrea
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state of flux n a state of uncertainty about what should be done (usually following some important event) preceding the establishment of a new direction of action; "the flux following the death of the emperor" Synonym(s): flux, state of flux
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state of grace n (Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence; "the conception of grace developed alongside the conception of sin"; "it was debated whether saving grace could be obtained outside the membership of the church"; "the Virgin lived in a state of grace" Synonym(s): grace, saving grace, state of grace
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State of Israel n Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine Synonym(s): Israel, State of Israel, Yisrael, Zion, Sion
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State of Katar n an Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1971; the economy is dominated by oil Synonym(s): Qatar, State of Qatar, Katar, State of Katar
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
State of Kuwait n an Arab kingdom in Asia on the northwestern coast of the Persian Gulf; a major source of petroleum Synonym(s): Kuwait, State of Kuwait, Koweit
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state of matter n (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container); "the solid state of water is called ice" Synonym(s): state of matter, state
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state of mind n a temporary psychological state [syn: state of mind, frame of mind] the state of a person's cognitive processes Synonym(s): cognitive state, state of mind
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state of nature n a wild primitive state untouched by civilization; "he lived in the wild"; "they collected mushrooms in the wild" Synonym(s): wild, natural state, state of nature
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State of Qatar n an Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1971; the economy is dominated by oil Synonym(s): Qatar, State of Qatar, Katar, State of Katar
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state of the art n the highest degree of development of an art or technique at a particular time; "the state of the art in space travel"
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State of the Vatican City n the smallest sovereign state in the world; the see of the Pope (as the Bishop of Rome); home of the Pope and the central administration of the Roman Catholic Church; achieved independence from Italy in 1929 Synonym(s): Holy See, The Holy See, State of the Vatican City
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state of war n a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply; "war was declared in November but actual fighting did not begin until the following spring" Synonym(s): war, state of war Antonym(s): peace
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state prison n a prison maintained by a state of the U.S.
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state-of-the-art adj the highest level of development at a particular time (especially the present time); "state-of-the-art technology"
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stative adj ( used of verbs (e.g. `be' or `own') and most participial adjectives) expressing existence or a state rather than an action Antonym(s): active, dynamic
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Statue of Liberty n a large monumental statue symbolizing liberty on Liberty Island in New York Bay
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steadfast adj marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable; "firm convictions"; "a firm mouth"; "steadfast resolve"; "a man of unbendable perseverence"; "unwavering loyalty" Synonym(s): firm, steadfast, steady, stiff, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering firm and dependable especially in loyalty; "a steadfast ally"; "a staunch defender of free speech"; "unswerving devotion"; "unswerving allegiance" Synonym(s): steadfast, staunch, unswerving
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steadfastly adv with resolute determination; "we firmly believed it"; "you must stand firm" Synonym(s): firm, firmly, steadfastly, unwaveringly
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steadfastness n loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty [syn: steadfastness, staunchness] steadfast resolution
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steatopygia n an extreme accumulation of fat on the buttocks
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stout-billed adj having a strong beak
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stud farm n a farm where horses are bred
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stud finder n a small permanent magnet in a metal container; when the magnet clicks against the container it indicates that the magnet is directly over an iron nail that holds the wallboard to a stud
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stud poker n poker in which each player receives hole cards and the remainder are dealt face up; bets are placed after each card is dealt Synonym(s): stud, stud poker
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studbook n official record of the pedigree of purebred animals especially horses
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studio apartment n an apartment with a living space and a bathroom and a small kitchen Synonym(s): studio apartment, studio
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sweet white violet n short-stemmed violet of eastern North America having fragrant purple-veined white flowers Synonym(s): sweet white violet, white violet, woodland white violet, Viola blanda
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sweetwood bark n aromatic bark of cascarilla; used as a tonic and for making incense Synonym(s): cascarilla bark, eleuthera bark, sweetwood bark
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sedative \Sed"a*tive\, a. [Cf. F. s[82]datif.]       Tending to calm, moderate, or tranquilize; specifically       (Med.), allaying irritability and irritation; assuaging pain.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sedative \Sed"a*tive\, n. (Med.)       A remedy which allays irritability and irritation, and       irritative activity or pain.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Salt \Salt\, n. [AS. sealt; akin to OS. & OFries. salt, D. zout,       G. salz, Icel., Sw., & Dan. salt, L. sal, Gr. [?], Russ.       sole, Ir. & Gael. salann, W. halen, of unknown origin. Cf.       {Sal}, {Salad}, {Salary}, {Saline}, {Sauce}, {Sausage}.]       1. The chloride of sodium, a substance used for seasoning             food, for the preservation of meat, etc. It is found             native in the earth, and is also produced, by evaporation             and crystallization, from sea water and other water             impregnated with saline particles.          2. Hence, flavor; taste; savor; smack; seasoning.                         Though we are justices and doctors and churchmen . .                      . we have some salt of our youth in us. --Shak.          3. Hence, also, piquancy; wit; sense; as, Attic salt.          4. A dish for salt at table; a saltcellar.                         I out and bought some things; among others, a dozen                      of silver salts.                                 --Pepys.          5. A sailor; -- usually qualified by old. [Colloq.]                         Around the door are generally to be seen, laughing                      and gossiping, clusters of old salts. --Hawthorne.          6. (Chem.) The neutral compound formed by the union of an             acid and a base; thus, sulphuric acid and iron form the             salt sulphate of iron or green vitriol.          Note: Except in case of ammonium salts, accurately speaking,                it is the acid radical which unites with the base or                basic radical, with the elimination of hydrogen, of                water, or of analogous compounds as side products. In                the case of diacid and triacid bases, and of dibasic                and tribasic acids, the mutual neutralization may vary                in degree, producing respectively basic, neutral, or                acid salts. See Phrases below.          7. Fig.: That which preserves from corruption or error; that             which purifies; a corrective; an antiseptic; also, an             allowance or deduction; as, his statements must be taken             with a grain of salt.                         Ye are the salt of the earth.            --Matt. v. 13.          8. pl. Any mineral salt used as an aperient or cathartic,             especially Epsom salts, Rochelle salt, or Glauber's salt.          9. pl. Marshes flooded by the tide. [Prov. Eng.]          {Above the salt}, {Below the salt}, phrases which have             survived the old custom, in the houses of people of rank,             of placing a large saltcellar near the middle of a long             table, the places above which were assigned to the guests             of distinction, and those below to dependents, inferiors,             and poor relations. See {Saltfoot}.                         His fashion is not to take knowledge of him that is                      beneath him in clothes. He never drinks below the                      salt.                                                --B. Jonson.          {Acid salt} (Chem.)             (a) A salt derived from an acid which has several                   replaceable hydrogen atoms which are only partially                   exchanged for metallic atoms or basic radicals; as,                   acid potassium sulphate is an acid salt.             (b) A salt, whatever its constitution, which merely gives                   an acid reaction; thus, copper sulphate, which is                   composed of a strong acid united with a weak base, is                   an acid salt in this sense, though theoretically it is                   a neutral salt.          {Alkaline salt} (Chem.), a salt which gives an alkaline             reaction, as sodium carbonate.          {Amphid salt} (Old Chem.), a salt of the oxy type, formerly             regarded as composed of two oxides, an acid and a basic             oxide. [Obsolescent]          {Basic salt} (Chem.)             (a) A salt which contains more of the basic constituent                   than is required to neutralize the acid.             (b) An alkaline salt.          {Binary salt} (Chem.), a salt of the oxy type conveniently             regarded as composed of two ingredients (analogously to a             haloid salt), viz., a metal and an acid radical.          {Double salt} (Chem.), a salt regarded as formed by the union             of two distinct salts, as common alum, potassium aluminium             sulphate. See under {Double}.          {Epsom salts}. See in the Vocabulary.          {Essential salt} (Old Chem.), a salt obtained by             crystallizing plant juices.          {Ethereal salt}. (Chem.) See under {Ethereal}.          {Glauber's salt} [or] {salts}. See in Vocabulary.          {Haloid salt} (Chem.), a simple salt of a halogen acid, as             sodium chloride.          {Microcosmic salt}. (Chem.). See under {Microcosmic}.          {Neutral salt}. (Chem.)             (a) A salt in which the acid and base (in theory)                   neutralize each other.             (b) A salt which gives a neutral reaction.          {Oxy salt} (Chem.), a salt derived from an oxygen acid.          {Per salt} (Old Chem.), a salt supposed to be derived from a             peroxide base or analogous compound. [Obs.]          {Permanent salt}, a salt which undergoes no change on             exposure to the air.          {Proto salt} (Chem.), a salt derived from a protoxide base or             analogous compound.          {Rochelle salt}. See under {Rochelle}.          {Salt of amber} (Old Chem.), succinic acid.          {Salt of colcothar} (Old Chem.), green vitriol, or sulphate             of iron.          {Salt of hartshorn}. (Old Chem.)             (a) Sal ammoniac, or ammonium chloride.             (b) Ammonium carbonate. Cf. {Spirit of hartshorn}, under                   {Hartshorn}.          {Salt of lemons}. (Chem.) See {Salt of sorrel}, below.          {Salt of Saturn} (Old Chem.), sugar of lead; lead acetate; --             the alchemical name of lead being Saturn.          {Salt of Seignette}. Same as {Rochelle salt}.          {Salt of soda} (Old Chem.), sodium carbonate.          {Salt of sorrel} (Old Chem.), acid potassium oxalate, or             potassium quadroxalate, used as a solvent for ink stains;             -- so called because found in the sorrel, or Oxalis. Also             sometimes inaccurately called {salt of lemon}.          {Salt of tartar} (Old Chem.), potassium carbonate; -- so             called because formerly made by heating cream of tartar,             or potassium tartrate. [Obs.]          {Salt of Venus} (Old Chem.), blue vitriol; copper sulphate;             -- the alchemical name of copper being Venus.          {Salt of wisdom}. See {Alembroth}.          {Sedative salt} (Old Med. Chem.), boric acid.          {Sesqui salt} (Chem.), a salt derived from a sesquioxide base             or analogous compound.          {Spirit of salt}. (Chem.) See under {Spirit}.          {Sulpho salt} (Chem.), a salt analogous to an oxy salt, but             containing sulphur in place of oxygen.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Side cut}, a canal or road branching out from the main one.             [U.S.]          {Side dish}, one of the dishes subordinate to the main             course.          {Side glance}, a glance or brief look to one side.          {Side hook} (Carp.), a notched piece of wood for clamping a             board to something, as a bench.          {Side lever}, a working beam of a side-lever engine.          {Side-lever engine}, a marine steam engine having a working             beam of each side of the cylinder, near the bottom of the             engine, communicating motion to a crank that is above             them.          {Side pipe} (Steam Engine), a steam or exhaust pipe             connecting the upper and lower steam chests of the             cylinder of a beam engine.          {Side plane}, a plane in which the cutting edge of the iron             is at the side of the stock.          {Side posts} (Carp.), posts in a truss, usually placed in             pairs, each post set at the same distance from the middle             of the truss, for supporting the principal rafters,             hanging the tiebeam, etc.          {Side rod}.             (a) One of the rods which connect the piston-rod crosshead                   with the side levers, in a side-lever engine.             (b) See {Parallel rod}, under {Parallel}.          {Side screw} (Firearms), one of the screws by which the lock             is secured to the side of a firearm stock.          {Side table}, a table placed either against the wall or aside             from the principal table.          {Side tool} (Mach.), a cutting tool, used in a lathe or             planer, having the cutting edge at the side instead of at             the point.          {Side wind}, a wind from one side; hence, an indirect attack,             or indirect means. --Wright.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Statable \Stat"a*ble\, a.       That can be stated; as, a statablegrievance; the question at       issue is statable.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
State \State\, n. [OE. stat, OF. estat, F. [82]tat, fr. L.       status a standing, position, fr. stare, statum, to stand. See       {Stand}, and cf. {Estate}, {Status}.]       1. The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any             given time.                         State is a term nearly synonymous with [bd]mode,[b8]                      but of a meaning more extensive, and is not                      exclusively limited to the mutable and contingent.                                                                               --Sir W.                                                                               Hamilton.                         Declare the past and present state of things.                                                                               --Dryden.                         Keep the state of the question in your eye. --Boyle.          2. Rank; condition; quality; as, the state of honor.                         Thy honor, state, and seat is due to me. --Shak.          3. Condition of prosperity or grandeur; wealthy or prosperous             circumstances; social importance.                         She instructed him how he should keep state, and yet                      with a modest sense of his misfortunes. --Bacon.                         Can this imperious lord forget to reign, Quit all                      his state, descend, and serve again?   --Pope.          4. Appearance of grandeur or dignity; pomp.                         Where least og state there most of love is shown.                                                                               --Dryden.          5. A chair with a canopy above it, often standing on a dais;             a seat of dignity; also, the canopy itself. [Obs.]                         His high throne, . . . under state Of richest                      texture spread.                                 --Milton.                         When he went to court, he used to kick away the                      state, and sit down by his prince cheek by jowl.                                                                               --Swift.          6. Estate, possession. [Obs.] --Daniel.                         Your state, my lord, again in yours.   --Massinger.          7. A person of high rank. [Obs.] --Latimer.          8. Any body of men united by profession, or constituting a             community of a particular character; as, the civil and             ecclesiastical states, or the lords spiritual and temporal             and the commons, in Great Britain. Cf. {Estate}, n., 6.          9. The principal persons in a government.                         The bold design Pleased highly those infernal                      states.                                             --Milton.          10. The bodies that constitute the legislature of a country;             as, the States-general of Holland.          11. A form of government which is not monarchial, as a             republic. [Obs.]                         Well monarchies may own religion's name, But states                      are atheists in their very fame.      --Dryden.          12. A political body, or body politic; the whole body of             people who are united one government, whatever may be the             form of the government; a nation.                         Municipal law is a rule of conduct prescribed by                      the supreme power in a state.            --Blackstone.                         The Puritans in the reign of Mary, driven from                      their homes, sought an asylum in Geneva, where they                      found a state without a king, and a church without                      a bishop.                                          --R. Choate.          13. In the United States, one of the commonwealth, or bodies             politic, the people of which make up the body of the             nation, and which, under the national constitution,             stands in certain specified relations with the national             government, and are invested, as commonwealth, with full             power in their several spheres over all matters not             expressly inhibited.          Note: The term State, in its technical sense, is used in                distinction from the federal system, i. e., the                government of the United States.          14. Highest and stationary condition, as that of maturity             between growth and decline, or as that of crisis between             the increase and the abating of a disease; height; acme.             [Obs.]          Note: When state is joined with another word, or used                adjectively, it denotes public, or what belongs to the                community or body politic, or to the government; also,                what belongs to the States severally in the American                Union; as, state affairs; state policy; State laws of                Iowa.          {Nascent state}. (Chem.) See under {Nascent}.          {Secretary of state}. See {Secretary}, n., 3.          {State barge}a royal barge, or a barge belonging to a             government.          {State bed}, an elaborately carved or decorated bed.          {State carriage}, a highly decorated carriage for officials             going in state, or taking part in public processions.          {State paper}, an official paper relating to the interests or             government of a state. --Jay.          {State prison}, a public prison or penitentiary; -- called             also {State's prison}.          {State prisoner}, one is confinement, or under arrest, for a             political offense.          {State rights}, [or] {States' rights}, the rights of the             several independent States, as distinguished from the             rights of the Federal government. It has been a question             as to what rights have been vested in the general             government. [U.S.]          {State's evidence}. See {Probator}, 2, and under {Evidence}.                      {State sword}, a sword used on state occasions, being borne             before a sovereign by an attendant of high rank.          {State trial}, a trial of a person for a political offense.                      {States of the Church}. See under {Ecclesiastical}.          Syn: {State}, {Situation}, {Condition}.          Usage: State is the generic term, and denotes in general the                   mode in which a thing stands or exists. The situation                   of a thing is its state in reference to external                   objects and influences; its condition is its internal                   state, or what it is in itself considered. Our                   situation is good or bad as outward things bear                   favorably or unfavorably upon us; our condition is                   good or bad according to the state we are actually in                   as respects our persons, families, property, and other                   things which comprise our sources of enjoyment.                               I do not, brother, Infer as if I thought my                            sister's state Secure without all doubt or                            controversy.                                 --Milton.                               We hoped to enjoy with ease what, in our                            situation, might be called the luxuries of life.                                                                               --Cock.                               And, O, what man's condition can be worse Than                            his whom plenty starves and blessings curse?                                                                               --Cowley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
State \State\, n. [OE. stat, OF. estat, F. [82]tat, fr. L.       status a standing, position, fr. stare, statum, to stand. See       {Stand}, and cf. {Estate}, {Status}.]       1. The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any             given time.                         State is a term nearly synonymous with [bd]mode,[b8]                      but of a meaning more extensive, and is not                      exclusively limited to the mutable and contingent.                                                                               --Sir W.                                                                               Hamilton.                         Declare the past and present state of things.                                                                               --Dryden.                         Keep the state of the question in your eye. --Boyle.          2. Rank; condition; quality; as, the state of honor.                         Thy honor, state, and seat is due to me. --Shak.          3. Condition of prosperity or grandeur; wealthy or prosperous             circumstances; social importance.                         She instructed him how he should keep state, and yet                      with a modest sense of his misfortunes. --Bacon.                         Can this imperious lord forget to reign, Quit all                      his state, descend, and serve again?   --Pope.          4. Appearance of grandeur or dignity; pomp.                         Where least og state there most of love is shown.                                                                               --Dryden.          5. A chair with a canopy above it, often standing on a dais;             a seat of dignity; also, the canopy itself. [Obs.]                         His high throne, . . . under state Of richest                      texture spread.                                 --Milton.                         When he went to court, he used to kick away the                      state, and sit down by his prince cheek by jowl.                                                                               --Swift.          6. Estate, possession. [Obs.] --Daniel.                         Your state, my lord, again in yours.   --Massinger.          7. A person of high rank. [Obs.] --Latimer.          8. Any body of men united by profession, or constituting a             community of a particular character; as, the civil and             ecclesiastical states, or the lords spiritual and temporal             and the commons, in Great Britain. Cf. {Estate}, n., 6.          9. The principal persons in a government.                         The bold design Pleased highly those infernal                      states.                                             --Milton.          10. The bodies that constitute the legislature of a country;             as, the States-general of Holland.          11. A form of government which is not monarchial, as a             republic. [Obs.]                         Well monarchies may own religion's name, But states                      are atheists in their very fame.      --Dryden.          12. A political body, or body politic; the whole body of             people who are united one government, whatever may be the             form of the government; a nation.                         Municipal law is a rule of conduct prescribed by                      the supreme power in a state.            --Blackstone.                         The Puritans in the reign of Mary, driven from                      their homes, sought an asylum in Geneva, where they                      found a state without a king, and a church without                      a bishop.                                          --R. Choate.          13. In the United States, one of the commonwealth, or bodies             politic, the people of which make up the body of the             nation, and which, under the national constitution,             stands in certain specified relations with the national             government, and are invested, as commonwealth, with full             power in their several spheres over all matters not             expressly inhibited.          Note: The term State, in its technical sense, is used in                distinction from the federal system, i. e., the                government of the United States.          14. Highest and stationary condition, as that of maturity             between growth and decline, or as that of crisis between             the increase and the abating of a disease; height; acme.             [Obs.]          Note: When state is joined with another word, or used                adjectively, it denotes public, or what belongs to the                community or body politic, or to the government; also,                what belongs to the States severally in the American                Union; as, state affairs; state policy; State laws of                Iowa.          {Nascent state}. (Chem.) See under {Nascent}.          {Secretary of state}. See {Secretary}, n., 3.          {State barge}a royal barge, or a barge belonging to a             government.          {State bed}, an elaborately carved or decorated bed.          {State carriage}, a highly decorated carriage for officials             going in state, or taking part in public processions.          {State paper}, an official paper relating to the interests or             government of a state. --Jay.          {State prison}, a public prison or penitentiary; -- called             also {State's prison}.          {State prisoner}, one is confinement, or under arrest, for a             political offense.          {State rights}, [or] {States' rights}, the rights of the             several independent States, as distinguished from the             rights of the Federal government. It has been a question             as to what rights have been vested in the general             government. [U.S.]          {State's evidence}. See {Probator}, 2, and under {Evidence}.                      {State sword}, a sword used on state occasions, being borne             before a sovereign by an attendant of high rank.          {State trial}, a trial of a person for a political offense.                      {States of the Church}. See under {Ecclesiastical}.          Syn: {State}, {Situation}, {Condition}.          Usage: State is the generic term, and denotes in general the                   mode in which a thing stands or exists. The situation                   of a thing is its state in reference to external                   objects and influences; its condition is its internal                   state, or what it is in itself considered. Our                   situation is good or bad as outward things bear                   favorably or unfavorably upon us; our condition is                   good or bad according to the state we are actually in                   as respects our persons, families, property, and other                   things which comprise our sources of enjoyment.                               I do not, brother, Infer as if I thought my                            sister's state Secure without all doubt or                            controversy.                                 --Milton.                               We hoped to enjoy with ease what, in our                            situation, might be called the luxuries of life.                                                                               --Cock.                               And, O, what man's condition can be worse Than                            his whom plenty starves and blessings curse?                                                                               --Cowley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
State \State\, n. [OE. stat, OF. estat, F. [82]tat, fr. L.       status a standing, position, fr. stare, statum, to stand. See       {Stand}, and cf. {Estate}, {Status}.]       1. The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any             given time.                         State is a term nearly synonymous with [bd]mode,[b8]                      but of a meaning more extensive, and is not                      exclusively limited to the mutable and contingent.                                                                               --Sir W.                                                                               Hamilton.                         Declare the past and present state of things.                                                                               --Dryden.                         Keep the state of the question in your eye. --Boyle.          2. Rank; condition; quality; as, the state of honor.                         Thy honor, state, and seat is due to me. --Shak.          3. Condition of prosperity or grandeur; wealthy or prosperous             circumstances; social importance.                         She instructed him how he should keep state, and yet                      with a modest sense of his misfortunes. --Bacon.                         Can this imperious lord forget to reign, Quit all                      his state, descend, and serve again?   --Pope.          4. Appearance of grandeur or dignity; pomp.                         Where least og state there most of love is shown.                                                                               --Dryden.          5. A chair with a canopy above it, often standing on a dais;             a seat of dignity; also, the canopy itself. [Obs.]                         His high throne, . . . under state Of richest                      texture spread.                                 --Milton.                         When he went to court, he used to kick away the                      state, and sit down by his prince cheek by jowl.                                                                               --Swift.          6. Estate, possession. [Obs.] --Daniel.                         Your state, my lord, again in yours.   --Massinger.          7. A person of high rank. [Obs.] --Latimer.          8. Any body of men united by profession, or constituting a             community of a particular character; as, the civil and             ecclesiastical states, or the lords spiritual and temporal             and the commons, in Great Britain. Cf. {Estate}, n., 6.          9. The principal persons in a government.                         The bold design Pleased highly those infernal                      states.                                             --Milton.          10. The bodies that constitute the legislature of a country;             as, the States-general of Holland.          11. A form of government which is not monarchial, as a             republic. [Obs.]                         Well monarchies may own religion's name, But states                      are atheists in their very fame.      --Dryden.          12. A political body, or body politic; the whole body of             people who are united one government, whatever may be the             form of the government; a nation.                         Municipal law is a rule of conduct prescribed by                      the supreme power in a state.            --Blackstone.                         The Puritans in the reign of Mary, driven from                      their homes, sought an asylum in Geneva, where they                      found a state without a king, and a church without                      a bishop.                                          --R. Choate.          13. In the United States, one of the commonwealth, or bodies             politic, the people of which make up the body of the             nation, and which, under the national constitution,             stands in certain specified relations with the national             government, and are invested, as commonwealth, with full             power in their several spheres over all matters not             expressly inhibited.          Note: The term State, in its technical sense, is used in                distinction from the federal system, i. e., the                government of the United States.          14. Highest and stationary condition, as that of maturity             between growth and decline, or as that of crisis between             the increase and the abating of a disease; height; acme.             [Obs.]          Note: When state is joined with another word, or used                adjectively, it denotes public, or what belongs to the                community or body politic, or to the government; also,                what belongs to the States severally in the American                Union; as, state affairs; state policy; State laws of                Iowa.          {Nascent state}. (Chem.) See under {Nascent}.          {Secretary of state}. See {Secretary}, n., 3.          {State barge}a royal barge, or a barge belonging to a             government.          {State bed}, an elaborately carved or decorated bed.          {State carriage}, a highly decorated carriage for officials             going in state, or taking part in public processions.          {State paper}, an official paper relating to the interests or             government of a state. --Jay.          {State prison}, a public prison or penitentiary; -- called             also {State's prison}.          {State prisoner}, one is confinement, or under arrest, for a             political offense.          {State rights}, [or] {States' rights}, the rights of the             several independent States, as distinguished from the             rights of the Federal government. It has been a question             as to what rights have been vested in the general             government. [U.S.]          {State's evidence}. See {Probator}, 2, and under {Evidence}.                      {State sword}, a sword used on state occasions, being borne             before a sovereign by an attendant of high rank.          {State trial}, a trial of a person for a political offense.                      {States of the Church}. See under {Ecclesiastical}.          Syn: {State}, {Situation}, {Condition}.          Usage: State is the generic term, and denotes in general the                   mode in which a thing stands or exists. The situation                   of a thing is its state in reference to external                   objects and influences; its condition is its internal                   state, or what it is in itself considered. Our                   situation is good or bad as outward things bear                   favorably or unfavorably upon us; our condition is                   good or bad according to the state we are actually in                   as respects our persons, families, property, and other                   things which comprise our sources of enjoyment.                               I do not, brother, Infer as if I thought my                            sister's state Secure without all doubt or                            controversy.                                 --Milton.                               We hoped to enjoy with ease what, in our                            situation, might be called the luxuries of life.                                                                               --Cock.                               And, O, what man's condition can be worse Than                            his whom plenty starves and blessings curse?                                                                               --Cowley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
State \State\, n. [OE. stat, OF. estat, F. [82]tat, fr. L.       status a standing, position, fr. stare, statum, to stand. See       {Stand}, and cf. {Estate}, {Status}.]       1. The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any             given time.                         State is a term nearly synonymous with [bd]mode,[b8]                      but of a meaning more extensive, and is not                      exclusively limited to the mutable and contingent.                                                                               --Sir W.                                                                               Hamilton.                         Declare the past and present state of things.                                                                               --Dryden.                         Keep the state of the question in your eye. --Boyle.          2. Rank; condition; quality; as, the state of honor.                         Thy honor, state, and seat is due to me. --Shak.          3. Condition of prosperity or grandeur; wealthy or prosperous             circumstances; social importance.                         She instructed him how he should keep state, and yet                      with a modest sense of his misfortunes. --Bacon.                         Can this imperious lord forget to reign, Quit all                      his state, descend, and serve again?   --Pope.          4. Appearance of grandeur or dignity; pomp.                         Where least og state there most of love is shown.                                                                               --Dryden.          5. A chair with a canopy above it, often standing on a dais;             a seat of dignity; also, the canopy itself. [Obs.]                         His high throne, . . . under state Of richest                      texture spread.                                 --Milton.                         When he went to court, he used to kick away the                      state, and sit down by his prince cheek by jowl.                                                                               --Swift.          6. Estate, possession. [Obs.] --Daniel.                         Your state, my lord, again in yours.   --Massinger.          7. A person of high rank. [Obs.] --Latimer.          8. Any body of men united by profession, or constituting a             community of a particular character; as, the civil and             ecclesiastical states, or the lords spiritual and temporal             and the commons, in Great Britain. Cf. {Estate}, n., 6.          9. The principal persons in a government.                         The bold design Pleased highly those infernal                      states.                                             --Milton.          10. The bodies that constitute the legislature of a country;             as, the States-general of Holland.          11. A form of government which is not monarchial, as a             republic. [Obs.]                         Well monarchies may own religion's name, But states                      are atheists in their very fame.      --Dryden.          12. A political body, or body politic; the whole body of             people who are united one government, whatever may be the             form of the government; a nation.                         Municipal law is a rule of conduct prescribed by                      the supreme power in a state.            --Blackstone.                         The Puritans in the reign of Mary, driven from                      their homes, sought an asylum in Geneva, where they                      found a state without a king, and a church without                      a bishop.                                          --R. Choate.          13. In the United States, one of the commonwealth, or bodies             politic, the people of which make up the body of the             nation, and which, under the national constitution,             stands in certain specified relations with the national             government, and are invested, as commonwealth, with full             power in their several spheres over all matters not             expressly inhibited.          Note: The term State, in its technical sense, is used in                distinction from the federal system, i. e., the                government of the United States.          14. Highest and stationary condition, as that of maturity             between growth and decline, or as that of crisis between             the increase and the abating of a disease; height; acme.             [Obs.]          Note: When state is joined with another word, or used                adjectively, it denotes public, or what belongs to the                community or body politic, or to the government; also,                what belongs to the States severally in the American                Union; as, state affairs; state policy; State laws of                Iowa.          {Nascent state}. (Chem.) See under {Nascent}.          {Secretary of state}. See {Secretary}, n., 3.          {State barge}a royal barge, or a barge belonging to a             government.          {State bed}, an elaborately carved or decorated bed.          {State carriage}, a highly decorated carriage for officials             going in state, or taking part in public processions.          {State paper}, an official paper relating to the interests or             government of a state. --Jay.          {State prison}, a public prison or penitentiary; -- called             also {State's prison}.          {State prisoner}, one is confinement, or under arrest, for a             political offense.          {State rights}, [or] {States' rights}, the rights of the             several independent States, as distinguished from the             rights of the Federal government. It has been a question             as to what rights have been vested in the general             government. [U.S.]          {State's evidence}. See {Probator}, 2, and under {Evidence}.                      {State sword}, a sword used on state occasions, being borne             before a sovereign by an attendant of high rank.          {State trial}, a trial of a person for a political offense.                      {States of the Church}. See under {Ecclesiastical}.          Syn: {State}, {Situation}, {Condition}.          Usage: State is the generic term, and denotes in general the                   mode in which a thing stands or exists. The situation                   of a thing is its state in reference to external                   objects and influences; its condition is its internal                   state, or what it is in itself considered. Our                   situation is good or bad as outward things bear                   favorably or unfavorably upon us; our condition is                   good or bad according to the state we are actually in                   as respects our persons, families, property, and other                   things which comprise our sources of enjoyment.                               I do not, brother, Infer as if I thought my                            sister's state Secure without all doubt or                            controversy.                                 --Milton.                               We hoped to enjoy with ease what, in our                            situation, might be called the luxuries of life.                                                                               --Cock.                               And, O, what man's condition can be worse Than                            his whom plenty starves and blessings curse?                                                                               --Cowley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
State \State\, n. [OE. stat, OF. estat, F. [82]tat, fr. L.       status a standing, position, fr. stare, statum, to stand. See       {Stand}, and cf. {Estate}, {Status}.]       1. The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any             given time.                         State is a term nearly synonymous with [bd]mode,[b8]                      but of a meaning more extensive, and is not                      exclusively limited to the mutable and contingent.                                                                               --Sir W.                                                                               Hamilton.                         Declare the past and present state of things.                                                                               --Dryden.                         Keep the state of the question in your eye. --Boyle.          2. Rank; condition; quality; as, the state of honor.                         Thy honor, state, and seat is due to me. --Shak.          3. Condition of prosperity or grandeur; wealthy or prosperous             circumstances; social importance.                         She instructed him how he should keep state, and yet                      with a modest sense of his misfortunes. --Bacon.                         Can this imperious lord forget to reign, Quit all                      his state, descend, and serve again?   --Pope.          4. Appearance of grandeur or dignity; pomp.                         Where least og state there most of love is shown.                                                                               --Dryden.          5. A chair with a canopy above it, often standing on a dais;             a seat of dignity; also, the canopy itself. [Obs.]                         His high throne, . . . under state Of richest                      texture spread.                                 --Milton.                         When he went to court, he used to kick away the                      state, and sit down by his prince cheek by jowl.                                                                               --Swift.          6. Estate, possession. [Obs.] --Daniel.                         Your state, my lord, again in yours.   --Massinger.          7. A person of high rank. [Obs.] --Latimer.          8. Any body of men united by profession, or constituting a             community of a particular character; as, the civil and             ecclesiastical states, or the lords spiritual and temporal             and the commons, in Great Britain. Cf. {Estate}, n., 6.          9. The principal persons in a government.                         The bold design Pleased highly those infernal                      states.                                             --Milton.          10. The bodies that constitute the legislature of a country;             as, the States-general of Holland.          11. A form of government which is not monarchial, as a             republic. [Obs.]                         Well monarchies may own religion's name, But states                      are atheists in their very fame.      --Dryden.          12. A political body, or body politic; the whole body of             people who are united one government, whatever may be the             form of the government; a nation.                         Municipal law is a rule of conduct prescribed by                      the supreme power in a state.            --Blackstone.                         The Puritans in the reign of Mary, driven from                      their homes, sought an asylum in Geneva, where they                      found a state without a king, and a church without                      a bishop.                                          --R. Choate.          13. In the United States, one of the commonwealth, or bodies             politic, the people of which make up the body of the             nation, and which, under the national constitution,             stands in certain specified relations with the national             government, and are invested, as commonwealth, with full             power in their several spheres over all matters not             expressly inhibited.          Note: The term State, in its technical sense, is used in                distinction from the federal system, i. e., the                government of the United States.          14. Highest and stationary condition, as that of maturity             between growth and decline, or as that of crisis between             the increase and the abating of a disease; height; acme.             [Obs.]          Note: When state is joined with another word, or used                adjectively, it denotes public, or what belongs to the                community or body politic, or to the government; also,                what belongs to the States severally in the American                Union; as, state affairs; state policy; State laws of                Iowa.          {Nascent state}. (Chem.) See under {Nascent}.          {Secretary of state}. See {Secretary}, n., 3.          {State barge}a royal barge, or a barge belonging to a             government.          {State bed}, an elaborately carved or decorated bed.          {State carriage}, a highly decorated carriage for officials             going in state, or taking part in public processions.          {State paper}, an official paper relating to the interests or             government of a state. --Jay.          {State prison}, a public prison or penitentiary; -- called             also {State's prison}.          {State prisoner}, one is confinement, or under arrest, for a             political offense.          {State rights}, [or] {States' rights}, the rights of the             several independent States, as distinguished from the             rights of the Federal government. It has been a question             as to what rights have been vested in the general             government. [U.S.]          {State's evidence}. See {Probator}, 2, and under {Evidence}.                      {State sword}, a sword used on state occasions, being borne             before a sovereign by an attendant of high rank.          {State trial}, a trial of a person for a political offense.                      {States of the Church}. See under {Ecclesiastical}.          Syn: {State}, {Situation}, {Condition}.          Usage: State is the generic term, and denotes in general the                   mode in which a thing stands or exists. The situation                   of a thing is its state in reference to external                   objects and influences; its condition is its internal                   state, or what it is in itself considered. Our                   situation is good or bad as outward things bear                   favorably or unfavorably upon us; our condition is                   good or bad according to the state we are actually in                   as respects our persons, families, property, and other                   things which comprise our sources of enjoyment.                               I do not, brother, Infer as if I thought my                            sister's state Secure without all doubt or                            controversy.                                 --Milton.                               We hoped to enjoy with ease what, in our                            situation, might be called the luxuries of life.                                                                               --Cock.                               And, O, what man's condition can be worse Than                            his whom plenty starves and blessings curse?                                                                               --Cowley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stateful \State"ful\, a.       Full of state; stately. [Obs.] [bd]A stateful silence.[b8]       --Marston.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stateprison \State`pris"on\       See under {State}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stative \Sta"tive\, a. [L. stativus, fr. stare, statum, to       stand.] (Mil.)       Of or pertaining to a fixed camp, or military posts or       quarters. [Obs. or R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Statoblast \Stat"o*blast\, n. [Gr. [?] standing (i. e.,       remaining) + -blast.] (Zo[94]l.)       One of a peculiar kind of internal buds, or germs, produced       in the interior of certain Bryozoa and sponges, especially in       the fresh-water species; -- also called {winter buds}.          Note: They are protected by a firm covering, and are usually                destined to perpetuate the species during the winter                season. They burst open and develop in the spring. In                some fresh-water sponges they serve to preserve the                species during the dry season. See Illust. under                {Phylactol[91]mata}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Steadfast \Stead"fast\, a. [Stead + fast, that is, fast in       place.] [Written also stedfast.]       1. Firmly fixed or established; fast fixed; firm. [bd]This             steadfast globe of earth.[b8] --Spenser.          2. Not fickle or wavering; constant; firm; resolute;             unswerving; steady. [bd]Steadfast eye.[b8] --Shak.                         Abide steadfast unto him [thy neighbor] in the time                      of his trouble.                                 --Ecclus.                                                                               xxii. 23.                         Whom resist steadfast in the faith.   --1 Pet. v. 9.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Steadfastly \Stead"fast*ly\, adv.       In a steadfast manner; firmly.                   Steadfast believe that whatever God has revealed is                infallibly true.                                    --Wake.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Steadfastness \Stead"fast*ness\, n.       The quality or state of being steadfast; firmness; fixedness;       constancy. [bd]The steadfastness of your faith.[b8] --Col.       ii. 5.                   To prove her wifehood and her steadfastness. --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Steatopygous \Ste`a*top"y*gous\, a.       Having fat buttocks.                   Specimens of the steatopygous Abyssinian breed.                                                                               --Burton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sted \Sted\, n., Stedfast \Sted"fast\, a., Stedfastly    \Sted"fast*ly\, adv., etc.       See {Stead}, {Steadfast}, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sted \Sted\, n., Stedfast \Sted"fast\, a., Stedfastly    \Sted"fast*ly\, adv., etc.       See {Stead}, {Steadfast}, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stud \Stud\, n. [AS. studu a post; akin to Sw. st[94]d a prop,       Icel. sto[?] a post, sty[?]ja to prop, and probably       ultimately to E. stand; cf. D. stut a prop, G. st[81]tze. See       {Stand}.]       1. A stem; a trunk. [Obs.]                         Seest not this same hawthorn stud?      --Spenser.          2. (Arch.) An upright scanting, esp. one of the small             uprights in the framing for lath and plaster partitions,             and furring, and upon which the laths are nailed.          3. A kind of nail with a large head, used chiefly for             ornament; an ornamental knob; a boss.                         A belt of straw and ivy buds, With coral clasps and                      amber studs.                                       --Marlowe.                         Crystal and myrrhine cups, embossed with gems And                      studs of pearl.                                 --Milton.          4. An ornamental button of various forms, worn in a shirt             front, collar, wristband, or the like, not sewed in place,             but inserted through a buttonhole or eyelet, and             transferable.          5. (Mach.)             (a) A short rod or pin, fixed in and projecting from                   something, and sometimes forming a journal.             (b) A stud bolt.          6. An iron brace across the shorter diameter of the link of a             chain cable.          {Stud bolt}, a bolt with threads on both ends, to be screwed             permanently into a fixed part at one end and receive a nut             upon the other; -- called also {standing bolt}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Studbook \Stud"book`\, n.       A genealogical register of a particular breed or stud of       horses, esp. thoroughbreds.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Studfish \Stud"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of several species of small American minnows of the       genus {Fundulus}, as {F. catenatus}.
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South Taft, CA (CDP, FIPS 73388)       Location: 35.12702 N, 119.45483 W       Population (1990): 2170 (839 housing units)       Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Stittville, NY       Zip code(s): 13469
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Stottville, NY (CDP, FIPS 71718)       Location: 42.28921 N, 73.75228 W       Population (1990): 1369 (583 housing units)       Area: 11.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
shit hit the fan          (SHTF) A slang expression for a chaotic or otherwise       unfavourable outcome.          (2000-11-07)