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   Satureia hortensis
         n 1: erect annual herb with oval leaves and pink flowers; used
               to flavor e.g. meats or soups or salads; southeastern
               Europe and naturalized elsewhere [syn: {summer savory},
               {Satureja hortensis}, {Satureia hortensis}]

English Dictionary: steerer by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
satyr orchid
n
  1. orchid with broad ovate leaves and long-bracted green very irregular flowers
    Synonym(s): satyr orchid, Coeloglossum bracteatum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
setterwort
n
  1. digitate-leaved hellebore with an offensive odor and irritant qualities when taken internally
    Synonym(s): stinking hellebore, bear's foot, setterwort, Helleborus foetidus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Skye terrier
n
  1. Scottish breed of terrier with shaggy hair and long low body with short legs; native to the Isle of Skye
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
star earthball
n
  1. an earthball with a smooth upper surface that is at first buried in sand; the top of the fruiting body opens up to form segments like the ray of an umbel
    Synonym(s): Scleroderma flavidium, star earthball
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
starer
n
  1. a viewer who gazes fixedly (often with hostility)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
starwort
n
  1. low-growing north temperate herb having small white star- shaped flowers; named for its alleged ability to ease sharp pains in the side
    Synonym(s): stitchwort, greater stitchwort, starwort, Stellaria holostea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
steerer
n
  1. the person who steers a ship [syn: helmsman, steersman, steerer]
  2. a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)
    Synonym(s): decoy, steerer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stirrer
n
  1. a person who spreads frightening rumors and stirs up trouble
    Synonym(s): scaremonger, stirrer
  2. an implement used for stirring
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Storeria
n
  1. a genus of Colubridae
    Synonym(s): Storeria, genus Storeria
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Storeria occipitamaculata
n
  1. harmless woodland snake of southeastern United States [syn: red-bellied snake, Storeria occipitamaculata]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
storeroom
n
  1. a room in which things are stored [syn: storeroom, storage room, stowage]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
strawworm
n
  1. larva of the caddis fly; constructs a case of silk covered with sand or plant debris
    Synonym(s): caddisworm, strawworm
  2. larva of chalcid flies injurious to the straw of wheat and other grains
    Synonym(s): strawworm, jointworm
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
strayer
n
  1. someone who strays or falls behind [syn: straggler, strayer]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Savory \Sa"vo*ry\ (s[amac]"v[osl]*r[ycr]), n. [F. savor[82]e;
      cf. It. santoreggia, satureja, L. satureia,] (Bot.)
      An aromatic labiate plant ({Satureia hortensis}), much used
      in cooking; -- also called {summer savory}. [Written also
      {savoury}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Setterwort \Set"ter*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
      The bear's-foot ({Helleborus f[oe]tidus}); -- so called
      because the root was used in settering, or inserting setons
      into the dewlaps of cattle. Called also {pegroots}. --Dr.
      Prior.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Skye terrier \Skye" ter"ri*er\ (Zo[94]l.)
      See {Terrier}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Blazing star}, {Double star}, {Multiple star}, {Shooting
      star}, etc. See under {Blazing}, {Double}, etc.
  
      {Nebulous star} (Astron.), a small well-defined circular
            nebula, having a bright nucleus at its center like a star.
           
  
      {Star anise} (Bot.), any plant of the genus Illicium; -- so
            called from its star-shaped capsules.
  
      {Star apple} (Bot.), a tropical American tree ({Chrysophyllum
            Cainito}), having a milky juice and oblong leaves with a
            silky-golden pubescence beneath. It bears an applelike
            fruit, the carpels of which present a starlike figure when
            cut across. The name is extended to the whole genus of
            about sixty species, and the natural order
            ({Sapotace[91]}) to which it belongs is called the
            Star-apple family.
  
      {Star conner}, one who cons, or studies, the stars; an
            astronomer or an astrologer. --Gascoigne.
  
      {Star coral} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of stony
            corals belonging to {Astr[91]a}, {Orbicella}, and allied
            genera, in which the calicles are round or polygonal and
            contain conspicuous radiating septa.
  
      {Star cucumber}. (Bot.) See under {Cucumber}.
  
      {Star flower}. (Bot.)
            (a) A plant of the genus {Ornithogalum};
                  star-of-Bethlehem.
            (b) See {Starwort}
            (b) .
            (c) An American plant of the genus {Trientalis}
                  ({Trientalis Americana}). --Gray.
  
      {Star fort} (Fort.), a fort surrounded on the exterior with
            projecting angles; -- whence the name.
  
      {Star gauge} (Ordnance), a long rod, with adjustable points
            projecting radially at its end, for measuring the size of
            different parts of the bore of a gun.
  
      {Star grass}. (Bot.)
            (a) A small grasslike plant ({Hypoxis erecta}) having
                  star-shaped yellow flowers.
            (b) The colicroot. See {Colicroot}.
  
      {Star hyacinth} (Bot.), a bulbous plant of the genus {Scilla}
            ({S. autumnalis}); -- called also {star-headed hyacinth}.
           
  
      {Star jelly} (Bot.), any one of several gelatinous plants
            ({Nostoc commune}, {N. edule}, etc.). See {Nostoc}.
  
      {Star lizard}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Stellion}.
  
      {Star-of-Bethlehem} (Bot.), a bulbous liliaceous plant
            ({Ornithogalum umbellatum}) having a small white starlike
            flower.
  
      {Star-of-the-earth} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Plantago}
            ({P. coronopus}), growing upon the seashore.
  
      {Star polygon} (Geom.), a polygon whose sides cut each other
            so as to form a star-shaped figure.
  
      {Stars and Stripes}, a popular name for the flag of the
            United States, which consists of thirteen horizontal
            stripes, alternately red and white, and a union having, in
            a blue field, white stars to represent the several States,
            one for each.
  
                     With the old flag, the true American flag, the
                     Eagle, and the Stars and Stripes, waving over the
                     chamber in which we sit.                     --D. Webster.
  
      {Star showers}. See {Shooting star}, under {Shooting}.
  
      {Star thistle} (Bot.), an annual composite plant ({Centaurea
            solstitialis}) having the involucre armed with radiating
            spines.
  
      {Star wheel} (Mach.), a star-shaped disk, used as a kind of
            ratchet wheel, in repeating watches and the feed motions
            of some machines.
  
      {Star worm} (Zo[94]l.), a gephyrean.
  
      {Temporary star} (Astron.), a star which appears suddenly,
            shines for a period, and then nearly or quite disappears.
            These stars are supposed by some astronometers to be
            variable stars of long and undetermined periods.
  
      {Variable star} (Astron.), a star whose brilliancy varies
            periodically, generally with regularity, but sometimes
            irregularly; -- called {periodical star} when its changes
            occur at fixed periods.
  
      {Water star grass} (Bot.), an aquatic plant ({Schollera
            graminea}) with small yellow starlike blossoms.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Starer \Star"er\, n.
      One who stares, or gazes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Starry \Star"ry\, a.
      1. Abounding with stars; adorned with stars. [bd]Above the
            starry sky.[b8] --Pope.
  
      2. Consisting of, or proceeding from, the stars; stellar;
            stellary; as, starry light; starry flame.
  
                     Do not Christians and Heathens, Jews and Gentiles,
                     poets and philosophers, unite in allowing the starry
                     influence?                                          --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      3. Shining like stars; sparkling; as, starry eyes.
  
      4. Arranged in rays like those of a star; stellate.
  
      {Starry ray} (Zo[94]l.), a European skate ({Raita radiata});
            -- so called from the stellate bases of the dorsal spines.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ray \Ray\, n. [F. raie, L. raia. Cf. {Roach}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order
            Rai[91], including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc.
      (b) In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat,
            narrow-tailed species, as the skates and sting rays. See
            {Skate}.
  
      {Bishop ray}, a yellow-spotted, long-tailed eagle ray
            ({Stoasodon n[85]rinari}) of the Southern United States
            and the West Indies.
  
      {Butterfly ray}, a short-tailed American sting ray
            ({Pteroplatea Maclura}), having very broad pectoral fins.
           
  
      {Devil ray}. See {Sea Devil}.
  
      {Eagle ray}, any large ray of the family {Myliobatid[91]}, or
            {[92]tobatid[91]}. The common European species
            ({Myliobatis aquila}) is called also {whip ray}, and
            {miller}.
  
      {Electric ray}, or {Cramp ray}, a torpedo.
  
      {Starry ray}, a common European skate ({Raia radiata}).
  
      {Sting ray}, any one of numerous species of rays of the
            family {Trygonid[91]} having one or more large, sharp,
            barbed dorsal spines on the whiplike tail. Called also
            {stingaree}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Starwort \Star"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
      (a) Any plant of the genus {Aster}. See {Aster}.
      (b) A small plant of the genus {Stellaria}, having
            star-shaped flowers; star flower; chickweed. --Gray.
  
      {Water starwort}, an aquatic plant ({Callitriche verna})
            having some resemblance to chickweed.
  
      {Yellow starwort}, a plant of the genus {Inula}; elecampane.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Steerer \Steer"er\, n.
      One who steers; as, a boat steerer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stirrer \Stir"rer\, n.
      One who, or that which, stirs something; also, one who moves
      about, especially after sleep; as, an early stirrer. --Shak.
  
      {Stirrer up}, an instigator or inciter. --Atterbury.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stirrer \Stir"rer\, n.
      One who, or that which, stirs something; also, one who moves
      about, especially after sleep; as, an early stirrer. --Shak.
  
      {Stirrer up}, an instigator or inciter. --Atterbury.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Storer \Stor"er\, n.
      One who lays up or forms a store.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Storeroom \Store"room`\, n.
      Room in a storehouse or repository; a room in which articles
      are stored.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Storier \Sto"ri*er\, n.
      A relater of stories; an historian. [Obs.] --Bp. Peacock.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Story-writer \Sto"ry-writ`er\, n.
      1. One who writes short stories, as for magazines.
  
      2. An historian; a chronicler. [Obs.] [bd]Rathums, the
            story-writer.[b8] --1 Esdr. ii. 17.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Strawworm \Straw"worm`\, n.
      A caddice worm.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Strayer \Stray"er\, n.
      One who strays; a wanderer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glover \Glov"er\, n.
      One whose trade it is to make or sell gloves.
  
      {Glover's} {suture [or] stitch}, a kind of stitch used in
            sewing up wounds, in which the thread is drawn alternately
            through each side from within outward.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Star Harbor, TX (town, FIPS 70076)
      Location: 32.19375 N, 96.05574 W
      Population (1990): 368 (228 housing units)
      Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
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