Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z standings A collective list of the number of wins and losses of each team in a league or division, used to determine playoff eligibility. standish A stand to hold ink, pens, and other writing accessories; an inkstand. Standlake A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP3903). Standlee A surname. Standley A surname. standoff A device which maintains a fixed distance between two objects, especially between a surface and a sign or electrical wiring. standoffish Aloof; reserved; unsociable and unfriendly. standoffishly In a standoffish way. standoffishness The state, quality, or condition of being standoffish or aloof and unsociable; aloofness. standom Obsessive or excessive fandom; the fandom of stans. Standon A hamlet in Hursley parish, Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4226). standout Exceptional; noteworthy. standoutish Standing out; easily seen or noticed; conspicuous. standover The height above ground of the top horizontal tube of the frame of a bicycle. standpat Resisting change; favouring the status quo. standpatism resistance to change standpatter One who is resistant to change. standpipe A vertical pipe into which water is pumped so that a desired pressure is available at the bottom. standpoint A point of view; a perspective. standpointism A focus on the subjective standpoints of individuals, as opposed to objectivity. Standridge A surname. standstill A complete immobility; a halt. standupper A television news broadcast where the presenter stands up when speaking into the camera. stane A dialectal or obsolete form of stone. Stanek A surname. stanekite A monoclinic-prismatic black mineral containing iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus. Stanely A suburban area in south-west Paisley, Renfrewshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4762). stanene a two-dimensional layer of tin one-atom thick, which is a topological insulator (conducting electricity only along its edges). Stanfield A surname. stanfieldite A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing calcium, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus. Stanfill An English surname. Derived from Stanfield. Stanford A habitational surname from Old English. Stanfordville A hamlet in the town of Stanford, Dutchess County, New York, United States. Stanforth A surname. stang A forked ritual staff. Stange A surname. Stangel A surname. Stangeland A surname from Norwegian. Stanger A surname. Stanghow A village in Lockwood parish, Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ6715). Stangl A surname. Stangland A surname. Stangler A surname from German. Stango A surname from Italian. Stanground A suburb in south-east Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2096). Stanhoe A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF8036). stanhope A gig, buggy or light phaeton, typically with a high seat and closed back. Stanhopian Of or relating to Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope (1753–1816), British statesman and scientist. staniel The kestrel or windhover. Stanier A surname. Stanifer A surname. Staniford A surname. Staniforth A surname. Staniljub A male given name from the Slavic languages. Stanimir A male given name from the Slavic languages. stanine a method of scaling test scores on a nine-point standard scale with a mean of five and a standard deviation of two Stanion A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP9186). Stanis A surname. Stanish A surname. Stanislau A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Станісла́ў (Stanisláw). Stanislaus A male given name from the Slavic languages. Stanislav A transliteration of the Russian male given name Станисла́в (Stanisláv), equivalent to Stanislaus. Stanislaviv Former name of Ivano-Frankivsk: a city, the administrative center of Ivano-Frankivsk urban hromada, Ivano-Frankivsk Raion and Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine. Stanislavski A surname Stanislavskian Of or relating to Constantin Stanislavski (Russian: Константи́н Серге́евич Станисла́вский; 1863–1938), Russian actor and theatre director, usually credited with introducing method acting. Stanislawski A surname from Polish. Stanistan A hypothetical union of countries whose names end in the suffix -stan. Stanistreet A surname. Staniszewski A surname. stanitsa A Cossack village. stank Foul-smelling, stinking, unclean. Stanke A surname. stankie Synonym of moorhen (“water bird”). Stankiewicz A surname. Stanko A surname. Stankovic A surname from Serbo-Croatian. Stankovich A surname from Serbo-Croatian. Stankowski A surname from Polish. stanky smelly; stinky Stanley A habitational surname from Old English. stanleyite An orthorhombic mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, sulfur, and vanadium. stanliff A wire cable used to support a spritsail Stanlow An industrial area with an oil refinery in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4375). Stanly A surname. stanmarch Smyrnium olusatrum, alexanders, horse parsley, an herb of the umbellifer family. Stanmore A hamlet in Beedon parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU4778). stannabenzene A heteroaromatic compound in which one or more carbon atoms of a benzene ring has been replaced by tin atoms. Stannah A surname. stannamyl An organometallic radical or compound of tin and amyl groups. stannane Tin hydride, SnH₄. Stannard A surname. stannary Of or pertaining to tin mining, especially in Cornwall. stannate Any salt of stannic acid. stannation Any metalation reaction involving tin atoms. stannator An elected representative to the stannary parliament. stannatrane Any atrane having tin as the heteroatom. stannel kestrel stanner * see: stanners Stannergate A suburban area in the City of Dundee council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO4331). stanners The small stones and gravel on the edge of a body of water; also applied to stones in a riverbed which might be submerged or exposed and dry. stannery Stony, pebbly. stannethyl An organotin compound featuring ethyl radicals. stannian Containing tetravalent tin. stannic Containing tetravalent tin. stannide Any binary compound of tin and a more electropositive element; the tin anion in such a compound. Stannifer A locality in the Inverell council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia. stanniferous Containing or producing the metal tin. stannified Impregnated, coated, or treated with tin. stanninane A saturated heterocycle that has five carbon atoms and a tin atom stannine The mineral stannite. Stanningley A suburb of Pudsey, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2234). Stannington A village and civil parish in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ2179). stanniocalcin a polypeptide hormone that acts in kidney and gut to regulate calcium and phosphate stannite a dark-gray lustrous mineral, a mixed sulfide of copper, iron, and tin, Cu₂FeSnS₄, used as an ore of tin stannoan Containing divalent tin. stannofluoride Any of a various double fluorides of tin and some other element. stannoidite An orthorhombic-disphenoidal brass brown mineral containing copper, iron, sulfur, and tin. stannolane A saturated heterocycle that has four carbon atoms and a tin atom stannole An organotin compound with the formula (CH)₄SnH₂. stannomicrolite An isometric-hexoctahedral yellow brown mineral containing hydrogen, iron, manganese, niobium, oxygen, tantalum, tin, and titanium. stannomid A member of the Stannomida order. stannopalladinite A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal mineral containing copper, palladium, and tin. stannosis A form of pneumoconiosis due to inhalation of tin dust stannotype A tintype. stannous Containing bivalent tin. stannoxane any compound formally derived from a siloxane by replacing each silicon atom with tin stannum tin stannyl Any organotin radical or ion. stannylated Modified by the addition of one or more stannyl groups stannylene stannylidene stannylidene The tin analog of a carbene R₂Sn stannylium Any cation formed by a tin atom with three bonds, having the general formula R₃Sn⁺ stannyne Any of a class of organic compounds containing a carbon to tin triple bond R₁-C≡Sn-R₂ Stano A surname from Italian. stanol Any saturated steroid alcohol, formed by hydrogenation of an appropriate sterol stanolone A particular androgenic steroid. stanone Any steroid ketone related to a stanol Stanovoy A mountain range in Sakha Republic and Amur Oblast, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. stanozolol A synthetic anabolic steroid derived from testosterone, chemical formula C₂₁H₃₂N₂O. Stanphill A surname. stans usually "the Stans", the Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Stansberry A surname. Stansbury A surname. Stansel A surname. Stansell A surname. Stansfeld A surname. Stansfield A habitational surname from Old English. stansioside An iridoid glucoside found in Tecoma stans. Stanson A surname originating as a patronymic. Stansstad A municipality in Nidwalden canton, Switzerland.