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 starter Someone who starts, or who starts something. startful Tending to be startled; skittish. startfulness Tendency to be startled; skittishness. starthistle Any of the genus Centaurea of herbaceous thistle-like flowering plants. starthroat Any hummingbird of the genus Heliomaster, with throat feathers having a glittering lustre. starting The act of something that starts. startingly By sudden fits or starts; spasmodically. startish Easily startled; skittish or shy (said especially of a horse.) startle To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start. startled Surprised and slightly frightened. startledly In a startled manner. startlement An instance of being startled; surprise. startler One who, or that which, startles. startline A line marking the start of something, such as a race. startling Likely to startle; surprising; shocking. startlingly In a startling manner; surprisingly; shockingly. startlingness The quality of being startling. startlish Easily startled; skittish. startlishness The quality of being startlish. startlist The list of cyclists who are to start a race startly startled startness The condition of being started. startpoint The point (in time or space) from which something starts startracker An optical device that measures the positions of stars using photocells or a camera. startscum To start and quit the game repeatedly in order to obtain a favourable starting situation (this being generated at random for each game). startscummer A player who startscums. startup The act or process of starting a process or machine. startupish Somewhat of a startup. (a new company or organization or business venture designed for rapid growth) startupper A person who is passionate and enthusiastic about the creation, development and preservation of startup companies. startuppy Synonym of startupish startword A string of letters that identifies the beginning of a valid sequence in a specified language. Startz A surname. Staruh A surname. Starukh A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Старух (Starux). starvate Synonym of starve. starvation A condition of severe suffering due to a lack of nutrition. starvational Of or pertaining to starvation. starve To die because of lack of food or of not eating. starved Approaching starvation, emaciated and malnourished. starvedly In the condition of one starved or starving; parsimoniously. starveling One who is thin from lack of food. starvemaxx To fast (refrain from eating) to enhance one's looks. starven starved starver One who starves. starving starvation starvingly While, or as if, starving; very hungrily. starviolet Any of the species in the plant genus Hedyotis. starward Toward the stars. starwards Toward the stars. starwatcher One who watches stars; stargazer. starway A route or pathway between stars. starweed Cerastium fontanum, a mat-forming plant, native to Europe, with small white flowers and tear-shaped leaves that grow opposite one another in a star pattern. starwheel A star-shaped disk, used as a kind of ratchet wheel, in repeating watches and the feed motions of some machines. starwise In the manner of a star; so as to form a star shape. starwort Any of several not closely related plants that have a star-shaped flowers or leaves, but especially members of the genus Stellaria. Starzam The ship of characters Billy Batson ("Captain Marvel/Shazam") and Courtney Whitmore ("Stargirl"), both from DC Comics. Starzyk A surname from Polish. stas A transliteration of the Russian or Ukrainian male given name diminutive Стас (Stas) stash A collection, sometimes hidden. stashable Capable of being stashed or packed away. stashbox A box used to store a stash of something, especially illicit narcotics. stashy fancy Stasi One who engages in covert surveillence or similar activities associated with secret police. Stasiak A surname. stasiarch leader of a sedition stasibasiphobia The fear of standing and walking. stasidion Synonym of kathisma (“a hinged seat used in monastic churches”). Stasik A male surname from Polish. stasimon A song of the chorus during a tragedy, continued without the interruption of dialogue or anapaestics. stasimorphy Any deviation from the normal form of a bodily organ due to arrested development. stasiology The study of political parties. stasipatric Synonym of parapatric. stasiphobia A morbid fear of standing upright. stasis A slackening or arrest of the blood current, due not to a lessening of the heart’s beat, but to some abnormal resistance of the capillary walls. Stasko A surname. Stasny A surname from Czech. stassfurtite A fibrous variety of boracite. Stassi A surname from Italian. Stastny A surname from Czech. Stasya A transliteration of the Russian or Ukrainian female given name diminutive Ста́ся (Stásja) Staszak A surname. stat Immediately; now. statable Capable of being stated. statal Relating to a state or condition. statampere The CGS unit of electrical current. statant Standing on all four feet or paws. statarianly fixedly; steadily statary Fixed; settled. statch statutory statcoulomb The CGS unit of electrical charge, equal to 33.35640 picocoulombs. state A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time. stateball A state personified as a crudely drawn anthropomorphic blob, drawn in the Polandball artstyle. statechart A diagram of the state(s) of a system. statecraft Synonym of statesmanship (“the ability to guide a state well”). statecraftship statecraft statecrafty Able in statecraft, politically adept. stated Expressed in a statement; uttered or written. statedly At stated times; regularly. statedness The state or condition of having been stated or spoken. statedom The state of being a state (a polity). statefinder A kind of geometrical parameter used in studying dark energy models. stateful That supports different states, reacting to the same input differently depending on the current state. statefully In a stateful manner. statefulness The state or condition of being stateful. statefunction wavefunction stategraph A graphical form of a state diagram statehood The property of being a state, an autonomous subdivision of a federal country. statehooder A person who promotes or supports statehood for a certain territory. Stateira The queen and consort of the Persian king Artaxerxes II. stateless Of a system or protocol, such that it does not keep a persistent state between transactions. statelessly In a stateless manner. statelessness The property of being stateless. statelet A very small nation-state, or a region that acts like a nation-state statelike Resembling or characteristic of a state (geopolitical entity). statelily In a stately manner. Stateline A neighbourhood of the city of South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado County, California, on the border with Nevada. stateliness The quality or state of being stately stateling A statelet; a very small nation-state, or a region that acts like a nation-state. stately Worthy of respect; dignified, regal. stateman Synonym of statesman. statemate One who comes from the same state. statement A declaration or remark. statemental Pertaining to a statement or to statements. statemented Having been provided with a Statement of Educational Needs. statementing formal official assessment of a child as having special needs. statemonger A statesman. Staten A surname. Statenville An unincorporated community, a census-designated place, the county seat of Echols County, Georgia, United States. stateprison A prison maintained by the state. stater One who states. stateroom An apartment in a palace or great house for use on ceremonial occasions. states Those parts of the United States comprising states rather than territories. Statesboro A city, the county seat of Bulloch County, Georgia, United States. stateship A high position (or officiality) of state stateside In or of the United States. statesider A citizen of the United States, a U.S. American. statesman A man who is a leader in national or international affairs. statesmanlike Like a statesman, demonstrating the skills and qualities of a respected leader. statesmanly Befitting a statesman. statesmanship The skill of being a good statesman, the ability to perform well in political office. statesperson A politician who is a leader in national or international affairs. statespersonlike Resembling or characteristic of a statesperson. Statesville A city, the county seat of Iredell County, North Carolina, United States. stateswoman A woman who is a leader in national or international affairs. stateswomanlike Resembling or characteristic of a stateswoman. statevector An abstract vector describing probability amplitudes for possible quantum states. statewide Happening in or affecting an entire state (political subdivision of a federal union). statewise In terms of the state; by state. statfarad A CGS unit (abbreviated statF) equivalent to the capacitance of a capacitor with a charge of 1 statcoulomb across a potential difference of 1 statvolt. Statfold A locality in Thorpe Constantine parish, Lichfield district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK2307).