stoplightA traffic control signal, traditionally consisting of three lights, colored green, yellow/amber, and red, meaning proceed, prepare to stop, and stop, respectively.
stoplogA multi-piece barrier used to close an opening, such as across a gate or channel, that is dropped into groves on the two sides of the opening.
stopoffA short visit somewhere, on the way to another place.
stoponiumA hypothetical bound state of a superpartner of the top quark in some supersymmetric theories.
stopoutA student who leaves an academic institution but later returns to continue studying.
stopoverA short interruption in a journey or the place visited during such an interruption.
stopstreetAn intersection having one or more stop signs; a stop intersection
stopwatchA timepiece designed to measure the amount of time elapsed between a particular time when activated and when the piece is deactivated.
stopwayA piece of land extending beyond the runway for use in case of an aborted takeoff.
stoquasticOf a Hermitian matrix, having real non-positive off-diagonal elements. These matrices have elements of quantum mechanics and classical theory of stochastic matrices. For non-technical purposes ‘stoquastic’ is equivalent to “avoiding the sign problem”.
storageThe act of storing goods; the state of being stored.
storativityThe volume of water released from storage per unit decline in hydraulic head in a confined aquifer, per unit area of the aquifer.
storaxAny member of the genus Styrax of about 130 species of large shrubs or small trees, mostly native to temperate or tropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
StorlienA village and ski resort in Åre municipality, Jämtland, Sweden, close to the border with Norway.
stormAny disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant weather, especially one affecting the earth's surface involving strong winds (leading to high waves at sea) and usually lightning, thunder, and precipitation.
stormtrooperA soldier trained in special infiltration tactics.
StormvilleA hamlet in the town of East Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York, United States.
stormwaterWater that is not absorbed into soil and rapidly flows downstream, increasing the level of waterways. In some municipal systems it intermixes with wastewater, increasing the volume of the latter.
stormwearClothing worn as protection from a storm.