Name Report For First Name STANHOPE:

STANHOPE

First name STANHOPE's origin is Other. STANHOPE means "from the stony hollow". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with STANHOPE below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of stanhope.(Brown names are of the same origin (Other) with STANHOPE and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with STANHOPE - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming STANHOPE

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES STANHOPE AS A WHOLE:

 

NAMES RHYMING WITH STANHOPE (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 7 Letters (tanhope) - Names That Ends with tanhope:

Rhyming Names According to Last 6 Letters (anhope) - Names That Ends with anhope:

Rhyming Names According to Last 5 Letters (nhope) - Names That Ends with nhope:

Rhyming Names According to Last 4 Letters (hope) - Names That Ends with hope:

hope

Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (ope) - Names That Ends with ope:

antiope dryope kalliope merope penelope calliope

Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (pe) - Names That Ends with pe:

bupe anippe alcippe euterpe leucippe maipe nape xochipepe godalupe guadalupe lupe chepe felipe felippe kempe pepe philippe phillipe wilpe philipe thorpe kepe olympe guiseppe

NAMES RHYMING WITH STANHOPE (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 7 Letters (stanhop) - Names That Begins with stanhop:

stanhop

Rhyming Names According to First 6 Letters (stanho) - Names That Begins with stanho:

Rhyming Names According to First 5 Letters (stanh) - Names That Begins with stanh:

Rhyming Names According to First 4 Letters (stan) - Names That Begins with stan:

stan stanb stanbeny stanburh stanbury stanciyf stancliff stanclyf standa standish stanedisc stanfeld stanfield stanford stanislav stanley stanly stanton stantu stantun stanway stanweg stanwi stanwic stanwick stanwik stanwode stanwood stanwyk

Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (sta) - Names That Begins with sta:

stacey stacie stacy stacyann staerling stafford stamfo stamford stamitos star starbuck starla starlene starling starls starr stasia staunton stayton

Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (st) - Names That Begins with st:

steadman stearc stearn steathford stedeman stedman steele stefan stefana stefania stefanie stefano stefford stefn stefon stein steiner steise stela stem step stepan stephan stephana stephania stephanie stephen stephenie stephenson stephon sterling sterlyn stern sterne stetson stevan steve steven stevenson stevie stevon stevyn steward stewart stewert stheno stiabhan stigols stil stiles stille

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH STANHOPE:

First Names which starts with 'sta' and ends with 'ope':

First Names which starts with 'st' and ends with 'pe':

First Names which starts with 's' and ends with 'e':

sadie sae saffire sage sahale saidie saige salbatore salhdene sallie salome salvadore salvatore sanbourne sandrine sanersone sanuye sapphire sarajane sauville saveage saville sawyere sce scirwode scolaighe scottie scoville seamere searle sebastene sebastiene sebastienne sebe sebille sedge selassie selassiee sele selene selwine semele sente seoirse serafine seraphine serihilde severne seyane shace shadoe shae shaine shalene shanaye shane shantae sharlene shaundre shawe shawnette shayde shaye shaylee shayne sherborne sherbourne sherburne sherise shermarke shiye shizhe'e siddalee sidonie sifiye sigehere sigfriede sighle sigune sike sile silvestre simone sinclaire sine sive skene skete skippere skye slade slaine slainie slanie sloane smythe sofie solaine solange solonie

English Words Rhyming STANHOPE

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES STANHOPE AS A WHOLE:

stanhopenoun (n.) A light two-wheeled, or sometimes four-wheeled, carriage, without a top; -- so called from Lord Stanhope, for whom it was contrived.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH STANHOPE (According to last letters):


Rhyming Words According to Last 7 Letters (tanhope) - English Words That Ends with tanhope:



Rhyming Words According to Last 6 Letters (anhope) - English Words That Ends with anhope:


wanhopenoun (n.) Want of hope; despair; also, faint or delusive hope; delusion. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.


Rhyming Words According to Last 5 Letters (nhope) - English Words That Ends with nhope:



Rhyming Words According to Last 4 Letters (hope) - English Words That Ends with hope:


hopenoun (n.) A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
 noun (n.) A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
 noun (n.) A desire of some good, accompanied with an expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable; an expectation of something which is thought to be desirable; confidence; pleasing expectancy.
 noun (n.) One who, or that which, gives hope, furnishes ground of expectation, or promises desired good.
 noun (n.) That which is hoped for; an object of hope.
 verb (v. i.) To entertain or indulge hope; to cherish a desire of good, or of something welcome, with expectation of obtaining it or belief that it is obtainable; to expect; -- usually followed by for.
 verb (v. i.) To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; -- usually followed by in.
 verb (v. t.) To desire with expectation or with belief in the possibility or prospect of obtaining; to look forward to as a thing desirable, with the expectation of obtaining it; to cherish hopes of.
 verb (v. t.) To expect; to fear.


Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (ope) - English Words That Ends with ope:


aeroscopenoun (n.) An apparatus designed for collecting spores, germs, bacteria, etc., suspended in the air.

aethrioscopenoun (n.) An instrument consisting in part of a differential thermometer. It is used for measuring changes of temperature produced by different conditions of the sky, as when clear or clouded.

alethoscopenoun (n.) An instrument for viewing pictures by means of a lens, so as to present them in their natural proportions and relations.

altiscopenoun (n.) An arrangement of lenses and mirrors which enables a person to see an object in spite of intervening objects.

anemoscopenoun (n.) An instrument which shows the direction of the wind; a wind vane; a weathercock; -- usually applied to a contrivance consisting of a vane above, connected in the building with a dial or index with pointers to show the changes of the wind.

angioscopenoun (n.) An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants.

anisotropeadjective (a.) Alt. of Anisotropic

anorthoscopenoun (n.) An optical toy for producing amusing figures or pictures by means of two revolving disks, on one of which distorted figures are painted.

antelopenoun (n.) One of a group of ruminant quadrupeds, intermediate between the deer and the goat. The horns are usually annulated, or ringed. There are many species in Africa and Asia.

antipopenoun (n.) One who is elected, or claims to be, pope in opposition to the pope canonically chosen; esp. applied to those popes who resided at Avignon during the Great Schism.

apocopenoun (n.) The cutting off, or omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.
 noun (n.) A cutting off; abscission.

astroscopenoun (n.) An old astronomical instrument, formed of two cones, on whose surface the constellations were delineated.

auriscopenoun (n.) An instrument for examining the condition of the ear.

anamorphoscopenoun (n.) An instrument for restoring a picture or image distorted by anamorphosis to its normal proportions. It usually consists of a cylindrical mirror.

asteropenoun (n.) One of the Pleiades; -- called also Sterope.
 noun (n.) A double star in the Pleiades (21 k and 22 l Pleiadum, of the 5.8 and 6.4 magnitude respectively), appearing as a single star of the 5.3 magnitude to the naked eye.

baroscopenoun (n.) Any instrument showing the changes in the weight of the atmosphere; also, less appropriately, any instrument that indicates -or foreshadows changes of the weather, as a deep vial of liquid holding in suspension some substance which rises and falls with atmospheric changes.

boltropenoun (n.) A rope stitched to the edges of a sail to strengthen the sail.

breastropenoun (n.) See Breastband.

bioscopenoun (n.) A view of life; that which gives such a view.
 noun (n.) An animated picture machine for screen projection; a cinematograph (which see).

calliopenoun (n.) The Muse that presides over eloquence and heroic poetry; mother of Orpheus, and chief of the nine Muses.
 noun (n.) One of the asteroids. See Solar.
 noun (n.) A musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles, toned to the notes of the scale, and played by keys arranged like those of an organ. It is sometimes attached to steamboat boilers.
 noun (n.) A beautiful species of humming bird (Stellula Calliope) of California and adjacent regions.

ceraunoscopenoun (n.) An instrument or apparatus employed in the ancient mysteries to imitate thunder and lightning.

chromascopenoun (n.) An instrument for showing the optical effects of color.

chromatoscopenoun (n.) A reflecting telescope, part of which is made to rotate eccentrically, so as to produce a ringlike image of a star, instead of a point; -- used in studying the scintillation of the stars.

chromatropenoun (n.) An instrument for exhibiting certain chromatic effects of light (depending upon the persistence of vision and mixture of colors) by means of rapidly rotating disks variously colored.
 noun (n.) A device in a magic lantern or stereopticon to produce kaleidoscopic effects.

chronoscopenoun (n.) An instrument for measuring minute intervals of time; used in determining the velocity of projectiles, the duration of short-lived luminous phenomena, etc.

copenoun (n.) A covering for the head.
 noun (n.) Anything regarded as extended over the head, as the arch or concave of the sky, the roof of a house, the arch over a door.
 noun (n.) An ecclesiastical vestment or cloak, semicircular in form, reaching from the shoulders nearly to the feet, and open in front except at the top, where it is united by a band or clasp. It is worn in processions and on some other occasions.
 noun (n.) An ancient tribute due to the lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in Derbyshire, England.
 noun (n.) The top part of a flask or mold; the outer part of a loam mold.
 verb (v. i.) To form a cope or arch; to bend or arch; to bow.
 verb (v. t.) To pare the beak or talons of (a hawk).
 verb (v. i.) To exchange or barter.
 verb (v. i.) To encounter; to meet; to have to do with.
 verb (v. i.) To enter into or maintain a hostile contest; to struggle; to combat; especially, to strive or contend on equal terms or with success; to match; to equal; -- usually followed by with.
 verb (v. t.) To bargain for; to buy.
 verb (v. t.) To make return for; to requite; to repay.
 verb (v. t.) To match one's self against; to meet; to encounter.

cycloscopenoun (n.) A machine for measuring at any moment velocity of rotation, as of a wheel of a steam engine.

cyclonoscopenoun (n.) An apparatus to assist in locating the center of a cyclone.

cymoscopenoun (n.) Any device for detecting the presence of electric waves. The influence of electric waves on the resistance of a particular kind of electric circuit, on the magnetization of steel, on the polarization of an electrolytic cell, or on the electric condition of a vacuum has been applied in the various cymoscopes.

debuscopenoun (n.) A modification of the kaleidoscope; -- used to reflect images so as to form beautiful designs.

diacopenoun (n.) Tmesis.

diaphanoscopenoun (n.) A dark box constructed for viewing transparent pictures, with or without a lens.

dichroiscopenoun (n.) Same as Dichroscope.

dichroscopenoun (n.) An instrument for examining the dichroism of crystals.

dipleidoscopenoun (n.) An instrument for determining the time of apparent noon. It consists of two mirrors and a plane glass disposed in the form of a prism, so that, by the reflections of the sun's rays from their surfaces, two images are presented to the eye, moving in opposite directions, and coinciding at the instant the sun's center is on the meridian.

dopenoun (n.) Any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as of opium for medicinal purposes, of grease for a lubricant, etc.
 noun (n.) Any preparation, as of opium, used to stupefy or, in the case of a race horse, to stimulate.
 noun (n.) An absorbent material; esp., in high explosives, the sawdust, infusorial earth, mica, etc., mixed with nitroglycerin to make a damp powder (dynamite, etc.) less dangerous to transport, and ordinarily explosive only by suitable fulminating caps.
 noun (n.) Information concerning the previous performances of race horses, or other facts concerning them which may be of assistance in judging of their chances of winning future races; sometimes, similar information concerning other sports.
 verb (v. t.) To treat or affect with dope; as, to dope nitroglycerin;
 verb (v. t.) To give stupefying drugs to; to drug.
 verb (v. t.) To administer a stimulant to (a horse) to increase his speed. It is a serious offense against the laws of racing.
 verb (v. t.) To judge or guess; to predict the result of, as by the aid of dope.

ebullioscopenoun (n.) An instrument for observing the boiling point of liquids, especially for determining the alcoholic strength of a mixture by the temperature at which it boils.

echoscopenoun (n.) An instrument for intensifying sounds produced by percussion of the thorax.

electroscopenoun (n.) An instrument for detecting the presence of electricity, or changes in the electric state of bodies, or the species of electricity present, as by means of pith balls, and the like.

endoscopenoun (n.) An instrument for examining the interior of the rectum, the urethra, and the bladder.

engiscopenoun (n.) A kind of reflecting microscope.

enorthotropenoun (n.) An optical toy; a card on which confused or imperfect figures are drawn, but which form to the eye regular figures when the card is rapidly revolved. See Thaumatrope.

envelopenoun (n.) Alt. of Envelop

epitropenoun (n.) A figure by which permission is either seriously or ironically granted to some one, to do what he proposes to do; e. g., "He that is unjust, let him be unjust still."

fluoroscopenoun (n.) An instrument for observing or exhibiting fluorescence.
 noun (n.) A fluorescent screen, with hood to protect the eyes, used for observing the shadows cast by objects placed in the path of the X rays.

footropenoun (n.) The rope rigged below a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling; -- formerly called a horse.
 noun (n.) That part of the boltrope to which the lower edge of a sail is sewed.

galvanoscopenoun (n.) An instrument or apparatus for detecting the presence of electrical currents, especially such as are of feeble intensity.

gantlopenoun (n.) See Gantlet.

gasoscopenoun (n.) An apparatus for detecting the presence of any dangerous gas, from a gas leak in a coal mine or a dwelling house.

gastroscopenoun (n.) An instrument for viewing or examining the interior of the stomach.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH STANHOPE (According to first letters):


Rhyming Words According to First 7 Letters (stanhop) - Words That Begins with stanhop:



Rhyming Words According to First 6 Letters (stanho) - Words That Begins with stanho:



Rhyming Words According to First 5 Letters (stanh) - Words That Begins with stanh:



Rhyming Words According to First 4 Letters (stan) - Words That Begins with stan:


stancenoun (n.) A stanza.
 noun (n.) A station; a position; a site.
 noun (n.) The position of a player's feet, relative to each other and to the ball, when he is making a stroke.

stanchingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stanch

stanchnoun (n.) That which stanches or checks.
 noun (n.) A flood gate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release.
 verb (v. t.) To stop the flowing of, as blood; to check; also, to stop the flowing of blood from; as, to stanch a wound.
 verb (v. t.) To extinguish; to quench, as fire or thirst.
 verb (v. i.) To cease, as the flowing of blood.
 verb (v. t.) Strong and tight; sound; firm; as, a stanch ship.
 verb (v. t.) Firm in principle; constant and zealous; loyal; hearty; steady; steadfast; as, a stanch churchman; a stanch friend or adherent.
 verb (v. t.) Close; secret; private.
 verb (v. t.) To prop; to make stanch, or strong.

stanchelnoun (n.) A stanchion.

stanchernoun (n.) One who, or that which, stanches, or stops, the flowing, as of blood.

stanchionnoun (n.) A prop or support; a piece of timber in the form of a stake or post, used for a support or stay.
 noun (n.) Any upright post or beam used as a support, as for the deck, the quarter rails, awnings, etc.
 noun (n.) A vertical bar for confining cattle in a stall.

stanchlessadjective (a.) Incapable of being stanched, or stopped.
 adjective (a.) Unquenchable; insatiable.

stanchnessnoun (n.) The quality or state of being stanch.

standingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stand
 noun (n.) The act of stopping, or coming to a stand; the state of being erect upon the feet; stand.
 noun (n.) Maintenance of position; duration; duration or existence in the same place or condition; continuance; as, a custom of long standing; an officer of long standing.
 noun (n.) Place to stand in; station; stand.
 noun (n.) Condition in society; relative position; reputation; rank; as, a man of good standing, or of high standing.
 adjective (a.) Remaining erect; not cut down; as, standing corn.
 adjective (a.) Not flowing; stagnant; as, standing water.
 adjective (a.) Not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting; as, a standing color.
 adjective (a.) Established by law, custom, or the like; settled; continually existing; permanent; not temporary; as, a standing army; legislative bodies have standing rules of proceeding and standing committees.
 adjective (a.) Not movable; fixed; as, a standing bed (distinguished from a trundle-bed).

standnoun (n.) To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position
 noun (n.) To be supported on the feet, in an erect or nearly erect position; -- opposed to lie, sit, kneel, etc.
 noun (n.) To continue upright in a certain locality, as a tree fixed by the roots, or a building resting on its foundation.
 noun (n.) To occupy or hold a place; to have a situation; to be situated or located; as, Paris stands on the Seine.
 noun (n.) To cease from progress; not to proceed; to stop; to pause; to halt; to remain stationary.
 noun (n.) To remain without ruin or injury; to hold good against tendencies to impair or injure; to be permanent; to endure; to last; hence, to find endurance, strength, or resources.
 noun (n.) To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe.
 noun (n.) To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition.
 noun (n.) To adhere to fixed principles; to maintain moral rectitude; to keep from falling into error or vice.
 noun (n.) To have or maintain a position, order, or rank; to be in a particular relation; as, Christian charity, or love, stands first in the rank of gifts.
 noun (n.) To be in some particular state; to have essence or being; to be; to consist.
 noun (n.) To be consistent; to agree; to accord.
 noun (n.) To hold a course at sea; as, to stand from the shore; to stand for the harbor.
 noun (n.) To offer one's self, or to be offered, as a candidate.
 noun (n.) To stagnate; not to flow; to be motionless.
 noun (n.) To measure when erect on the feet.
 noun (n.) To be or remain as it is; to continue in force; to have efficacy or validity; to abide.
 noun (n.) To appear in court.
 verb (v. t.) To endure; to sustain; to bear; as, I can not stand the cold or the heat.
 verb (v. t.) To resist, without yielding or receding; to withstand.
 verb (v. t.) To abide by; to submit to; to suffer.
 verb (v. t.) To set upright; to cause to stand; as, to stand a book on the shelf; to stand a man on his feet.
 verb (v. t.) To be at the expense of; to pay for; as, to stand a treat.
 verb (v. i.) The act of standing.
 verb (v. i.) A halt or stop for the purpose of defense, resistance, or opposition; as, to come to, or to make, a stand.
 verb (v. i.) A place or post where one stands; a place where one may stand while observing or waiting for something.
 verb (v. i.) A station in a city or town where carriages or wagons stand for hire; as, a cab stand.
 verb (v. i.) A raised platform or station where a race or other outdoor spectacle may be viewed; as, the judge's or the grand stand at a race course.
 verb (v. i.) A small table; also, something on or in which anything may be laid, hung, or placed upright; as, a hat stand; an umbrella stand; a music stand.
 verb (v. i.) A place where a witness stands to testify in court.
 verb (v. i.) The situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc.; as, a good, bad, or convenient stand for business.
 verb (v. i.) Rank; post; station; standing.
 verb (v. i.) A state of perplexity or embarrassment; as, to be at a stand what to do.
 verb (v. i.) A young tree, usually reserved when other trees are cut; also, a tree growing or standing upon its own root, in distinction from one produced from a scion set in a stock, either of the same or another kind of tree.
 verb (v. i.) A weight of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds, -- used in weighing pitch.
 verb (v. i.) To be, or signify that one is, willing to play with one's hand as dealt.

standagenoun (n.) A reservior in which water accumulates at the bottom of a mine.

standardnoun (n.) A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a national or other ensign.
 noun (n.) That which is established by authority as a rule for the measure of quantity, extent, value, or quality; esp., the original specimen weight or measure sanctioned by government, as the standard pound, gallon, or yard.
 noun (n.) That which is established as a rule or model by authority, custom, or general consent; criterion; test.
 noun (n.) The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established by authority.
 noun (n.) A tree of natural size supported by its own stem, and not dwarfed by grafting on the stock of a smaller species nor trained upon a wall or trellis.
 noun (n.) The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla.
 noun (n.) An upright support, as one of the poles of a scaffold; any upright in framing.
 noun (n.) An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally.
 noun (n.) The sheth of a plow.
 noun (n.) A large drinking cup.
 adjective (a.) Being, affording, or according with, a standard for comparison and judgment; as, standard time; standard weights and measures; a standard authority as to nautical terms; standard gold or silver.
 adjective (a.) Hence: Having a recognized and permanent value; as, standard works in history; standard authors.
 adjective (a.) Not supported by, or fastened to, a wall; as, standard fruit trees.
 adjective (a.) Not of the dwarf kind; as, a standard pear tree.

standelnoun (n.) A young tree, especially one reserved when others are cut.

standernoun (n.) One who stands.
 noun (n.) Same as Standel.

standergrassnoun (n.) A plant (Orchis mascula); -- called also standerwort, and long purple. See Long purple, under Long.

standgalenoun (n.) See Stannel.

standishnoun (n.) A stand, or case, for pen and ink.

standpipenoun (n.) A vertical pipe, open at the top, between a hydrant and a reservoir, to equalize the flow of water; also, a large vertical pipe, near a pumping engine, into which water is forced up, so as to give it sufficient head to rise to the required level at a distance.
 noun (n.) A supply pipe of sufficient elevation to enable the water to flow into the boiler, notwithstanding the pressure of the steam.

standpointnoun (n.) A fixed point or station; a basis or fundamental principle; a position from which objects or principles are viewed, and according to which they are compared and judged.

standstillnoun (n.) A standing without moving forward or backward; a stop; a state or rest.

stanenoun (n.) A stone.

stangnoun (n.) A long bar; a pole; a shaft; a stake.
 noun (n.) In land measure, a pole, rod, or perch.
 verb (v. i.) To shoot with pain.
  () imp. of Sting.
  () of Sting

stanielnoun (n.) See Stannel.

stanielrynoun (n.) Hawking with staniels, -- a base kind of falconry.

stanknoun (n.) Water retained by an embankment; a pool water.
 noun (n.) A dam or mound to stop water.
 adjective (a.) Weak; worn out.
 verb (v. i.) To sigh.
  (imp.) Stunk.
  () of Stink

stannarynoun (n.) A tin mine; tin works.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to tin mines, or tin works.

stannatenoun (n.) A salt of stannic acid.

stannelnoun (n.) The kestrel; -- called also standgale, standgall, stanchel, stand hawk, stannel hawk, steingale, stonegall.

stannicadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to tin; derived from or containing tin; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with stannous compounds.

stanniferousadjective (a.) Containing or affording tin.

stanninenoun (n.) Alt. of Stannite

stannitenoun (n.) A mineral of a steel-gray or iron-black color; tin pyrites. It is a sulphide of tin, copper, and iron.

stannofluoridenoun (n.) Any one of a series of double fluorides of tin (stannum) and some other element.

stannotypenoun (n.) A photograph taken upon a tin plate; a tintype.

stannousadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, tin; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with stannic compounds.

stannumnoun (n.) The technical name of tin. See Tin.

stannyelnoun (n.) Alt. of Stanyel

stanyelnoun (n.) See Stannel.

stanzanoun (n.) A number of lines or verses forming a division of a song or poem, and agreeing in meter, rhyme, number of lines, etc., with other divisions; a part of a poem, ordinarily containing every variation of measure in that poem; a combination or arrangement of lines usually recurring; whether like or unlike, in measure.
 noun (n.) An apartment or division in a building; a room or chamber.

stanzaicadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, stanzas; as, a couplet in stanzaic form.

standerathnoun (n.) Alt. of Standerat

standeratnoun (n.) See Legislature, above.


Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (sta) - Words That Begins with sta:


stabbingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stab

stabnoun (n.) The thrust of a pointed weapon.
 noun (n.) A wound with a sharp-pointed weapon; as, to fall by the stab an assassin.
 noun (n.) Fig.: An injury inflicted covertly or suddenly; as, a stab given to character.
 verb (v. t.) To pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the thrust of a pointed instrument; as, to stab a man with a dagger; also, to thrust; as, to stab a dagger into a person.
 verb (v. t.) Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander; as, to stab a person's reputation.
 verb (v. i.) To give a wound with a pointed weapon; to pierce; to thrust with a pointed weapon.
 verb (v. i.) To wound or pain, as if with a pointed weapon.

stabbernoun (n.) One who, or that which, stabs; a privy murderer.
 noun (n.) A small marline spike; a pricker.

stabilimentadjective (a.) The act of making firm; firm support; establishment.

stabilityadjective (a.) The state or quality of being stable, or firm; steadiness; firmness; strength to stand without being moved or overthrown; as, the stability of a structure; the stability of a throne or a constitution.
 adjective (a.) Steadiness or firmness of character, firmness of resolution or purpose; the quality opposite to fickleness, irresolution, or inconstancy; constancy; steadfastness; as, a man of little stability, or of unusual stability.
 adjective (a.) Fixedness; -- as opposed to fluidity.

stablingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stable
 noun (n.) The act or practice of keeping horses and cattle in a stable.
 noun (n.) A building, shed, or room for horses and cattle.

stableboynoun (n.) Alt. of Stableman

stablemannoun (n.) A boy or man who attends in a stable; a groom; a hostler.

stablenessnoun (n.) The quality or state of being stable, or firmly established; stability.

stablernoun (n.) A stable keeper.

stablishmentnoun (n.) Establishment.

stabulationnoun (n.) The act of stabling or housing beasts.
 noun (n.) A place for lodging beasts; a stable.

staccatoadjective (a.) Disconnected; separated; distinct; -- a direction to perform the notes of a passage in a short, distinct, and pointed manner. It is opposed to legato, and often indicated by heavy accents written over or under the notes, or by dots when the performance is to be less distinct and emphatic.
 adjective (a.) Expressed in a brief, pointed manner.

stacknoun (n.) To lay in a conical or other pile; to make into a large pile; as, to stack hay, cornstalks, or grain; to stack or place wood.
 adjective (a.) A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, usually of a nearly conical form, but sometimes rectangular or oblong, contracted at the top to a point or ridge, and sometimes covered with thatch.
 adjective (a.) A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity.
 adjective (a.) A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet.
 adjective (a.) A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof. Hence:
 adjective (a.) Any single insulated and prominent structure, or upright pipe, which affords a conduit for smoke; as, the brick smokestack of a factory; the smokestack of a steam vessel.
 adjective (a.) A section of memory in a computer used for temporary storage of data, in which the last datum stored is the first retrieved.
 adjective (a.) A data structure within random-access memory used to simulate a hardware stack; as, a push-down stack.

stackingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stack
  () a. & n. from Stack.

stackagenoun (n.) Hay, gray, or the like, in stacks; things stacked.
 noun (n.) A tax on things stacked.

stacketnoun (n.) A stockade.

stackstandnoun (n.) A staging for supporting a stack of hay or grain; a rickstand.

stackyardnoun (n.) A yard or inclosure for stacks of hay or grain.

stactenoun (n.) One of the sweet spices used by the ancient Jews in the preparation of incense. It was perhaps an oil or other form of myrrh or cinnamon, or a kind of storax.

stadenoun (n.) A stadium.
 noun (n.) A landing place or wharf.

stadimeternoun (n.) A horizontal graduated bar mounted on a staff, used as a stadium, or telemeter, for measuring distances.

stadiumnoun (n.) A Greek measure of length, being the chief one used for itinerary distances, also adopted by the Romans for nautical and astronomical measurements. It was equal to 600 Greek or 625 Roman feet, or 125 Roman paces, or to 606 feet 9 inches English. This was also called the Olympic stadium, as being the exact length of the foot-race course at Olympia.
 noun (n.) Hence, a race course; especially, the Olympic course for foot races.
 noun (n.) A kind of telemeter for measuring the distance of an object of known dimensions, by observing the angle it subtends; especially (Surveying), a graduated rod used to measure the distance of the place where it stands from an instrument having a telescope, by observing the number of the graduations of the rod that are seen between certain parallel wires (stadia wires) in the field of view of the telescope; -- also called stadia, and stadia rod.
 noun (n.) A modern structure, with its inclosure, resembling the ancient stadium, used for athletic games, etc.

stadtholdernoun (n.) Formerly, the chief magistrate of the United Provinces of Holland; also, the governor or lieutenant governor of a province.

stadtholderatenoun (n.) Alt. of Stadtholdership

stadtholdershipnoun (n.) The office or position of a stadtholder.

stafettenoun (n.) An estafet.

staffnoun (n.) A long piece of wood; a stick; the long handle of an instrument or weapon; a pole or srick, used for many purposes; as, a surveyor's staff; the staff of a spear or pike.
 noun (n.) A stick carried in the hand for support or defense by a person walking; hence, a support; that which props or upholds.
 noun (n.) A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office; as, a constable's staff.
 noun (n.) A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.
 noun (n.) The round of a ladder.
 noun (n.) A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.
 noun (n.) The five lines and the spaces on which music is written; -- formerly called stave.
 noun (n.) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.
 noun (n.) The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.
 noun (n.) An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution. See Etat Major.
 noun (n.) Hence: A body of assistants serving to carry into effect the plans of a superintendant or manager; as, the staff of a newspaper.
 noun (n.) Plaster combined with fibrous and other materials so as to be suitable for sculpture in relief or in the round, or for forming flat plates or boards of considerable size which can be nailed to framework to make the exterior of a larger structure, forming joints which may afterward be repaired and concealed with fresh plaster.

staffiernoun (n.) An attendant bearing a staff.

staffishadjective (a.) Stiff; harsh.

staffmannoun (n.) A workman employed in silk throwing.

stagnoun (n.) The adult male of the red deer (Cervus elaphus), a large European species closely related to the American elk, or wapiti.
 noun (n.) The male of certain other species of large deer.
 noun (n.) A colt, or filly; also, a romping girl.
 noun (n.) A castrated bull; -- called also bull stag, and bull seg. See the Note under Ox.
 noun (n.) An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange.
 noun (n.) One who applies for the allotment of shares in new projects, with a view to sell immediately at a premium, and not to hold the stock.
 noun (n.) The European wren.
 verb (v. i.) To act as a "stag", or irregular dealer in stocks.
 verb (v. t.) To watch; to dog, or keep track of.

stagenoun (n.) A floor or story of a house.
 noun (n.) An elevated platform on which an orator may speak, a play be performed, an exhibition be presented, or the like.
 noun (n.) A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, or the like; a scaffold; a staging.
 noun (n.) A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf.
 noun (n.) The floor for scenic performances; hence, the theater; the playhouse; hence, also, the profession of representing dramatic compositions; the drama, as acted or exhibited.
 noun (n.) A place where anything is publicly exhibited; the scene of any noted action or carrer; the spot where any remarkable affair occurs.
 noun (n.) The platform of a microscope, upon which an object is placed to be viewed. See Illust. of Microscope.
 noun (n.) A place of rest on a regularly traveled road; a stage house; a station; a place appointed for a relay of horses.
 noun (n.) A degree of advancement in a journey; one of several portions into which a road or course is marked off; the distance between two places of rest on a road; as, a stage of ten miles.
 noun (n.) A degree of advancement in any pursuit, or of progress toward an end or result.
 noun (n.) A large vehicle running from station to station for the accomodation of the public; a stagecoach; an omnibus.
 noun (n.) One of several marked phases or periods in the development and growth of many animals and plants; as, the larval stage; pupa stage; zoea stage.
 verb (v. t.) To exhibit upon a stage, or as upon a stage; to display publicly.

stagecoachnoun (n.) A coach that runs regularly from one stage, station, or place to another, for the conveyance of passengers.

stagecoachmannoun (n.) One who drives a stagecoach.

stagehousenoun (n.) A house where a stage regularly stops for passengers or a relay of horses.

stagelyadjective (a.) Pertaining to a stage; becoming the theater; theatrical.

stageplaynoun (n.) A dramatic or theatrical entertainment.

stageplayernoun (n.) An actor on the stage; one whose occupation is to represent characters on the stage; as, Garrick was a celebrated stageplayer.

stagernoun (n.) A player.
 noun (n.) One who has long acted on the stage of life; a practitioner; a person of experience, or of skill derived from long experience.
 noun (n.) A horse used in drawing a stage.

stagerynoun (n.) Exhibition on the stage.

staggardnoun (n.) The male red deer when four years old.

staggeringnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stagger

staggernoun (n.) To move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking; not to stand or walk with steadiness; to sway; to reel or totter.
 noun (n.) To cease to stand firm; to begin to give way; to fail.
 noun (n.) To begin to doubt and waver in purposes; to become less confident or determined; to hesitate.
 noun (n.) An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing, as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion; vertigo; -- often in the plural; as, the stagger of a drunken man.
 noun (n.) A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling; as, parasitic staggers; appopletic or sleepy staggers.
 noun (n.) Bewilderment; perplexity.
 verb (v. t.) To cause to reel or totter.
 verb (v. t.) To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to make less steady or confident; to shock.
 verb (v. t.) To arrange (a series of parts) on each side of a median line alternately, as the spokes of a wheel or the rivets of a boiler seam.

staggerbushnoun (n.) An American shrub (Andromeda Mariana) having clusters of nodding white flowers. It grows in low, sandy places, and is said to poison lambs and calves.

staggerwortnoun (n.) A kind of ragwort (Senecio Jacobaea).

staghoundnoun (n.) A large and powerful hound formerly used in hunting the stag, the wolf, and other large animals. The breed is nearly extinct.

stagingnoun (n.) A structure of posts and boards for supporting workmen, etc., as in building.
 noun (n.) The business of running stagecoaches; also, the act of journeying in stagecoaches.

stagiritenoun (n.) A native of, or resident in, Stagira, in ancient Macedonia; especially, Aristotle.

stagnancynoun (n.) State of being stagnant.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH STANHOPE:

English Words which starts with 'sta' and ends with 'ope':

stauroscopenoun (n.) An optical instrument used in determining the position of the planes of light-vibration in sections of crystals.

English Words which starts with 'st' and ends with 'pe':

steppenoun (n.) One of the vast plains in Southeastern Europe and in Asia, generally elevated, and free from wood, analogous to many of the prairies in Western North America. See Savanna.

stereomonoscopenoun (n.) An instrument with two lenses, by which an image of a single picture projected upon a screen of ground glass is made to present an appearance of relief, and may be viewed by several persons at once.

stereoscopenoun (n.) An optical instrument for giving to pictures the appearance of solid forms, as seen in nature. It combines in one, through a bending of the rays of light, two pictures, taken for the purpose from points of view a little way apart. It is furnished with two eyeglasses, and by refraction or reflection the pictures are superimposed, so as to appear as one to the observer.

stereotypenoun (n.) A plate forming an exact faximile of a page of type or of an engraving, used in printing books, etc.; specifically, a plate with type-metal face, used for printing.
 noun (n.) The art or process of making such plates, or of executing work by means of them.
 verb (v. t.) To prepare for printing in stereotype; to make the stereotype plates of; as, to stereotype the Bible.
 verb (v. t.) Fig.: To make firm or permanent; to fix.

stethoscopenoun (n.) An instrument used in auscultation for examining the organs of the chest, as the heart and lungs, by conveying to the ear of the examiner the sounds produced in the thorax.
 verb (v. t.) To auscultate, or examine, with a stethoscope.

stipenoun (n.) The stalk or petiole of a frond, as of a fern.
 noun (n.) The stalk of a pistil.
 noun (n.) The trunk of a tree.
 noun (n.) The stem of a fungus or mushroom.

stomatoscopenoun (n.) An apparatus for examining the interior of the mouth.

stovepipenoun (n.) Pipe made of sheet iron in length and angular or curved pieces fitting together, -- used to connect a portable stove with a chimney flue.

stripenoun (n.) A line, or long, narrow division of anything of a different color or structure from the ground; hence, any linear variation of color or structure; as, a stripe, or streak, of red on a green ground; a raised stripe.
 noun (n.) A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colors, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance.
 noun (n.) A strip, or long, narrow piece attached to something of a different color; as, a red or blue stripe sewed upon a garment.
 noun (n.) A stroke or blow made with a whip, rod, scourge, or the like, such as usually leaves a mark.
 noun (n.) A long, narrow discoloration of the skin made by the blow of a lash, rod, or the like.
 noun (n.) Color indicating a party or faction; hence, distinguishing characteristic; sign; likeness; sort; as, persons of the same political stripe.
 noun (n.) The chevron on the coat of a noncommissioned officer.
 verb (v. t.) To make stripes upon; to form with lines of different colors or textures; to variegate with stripes.
 verb (v. t.) To strike; to lash.

stroboscopenoun (n.) An instrument for studying or observing the successive phases of a periodic or varying motion by means of light which is periodically interrupted.
 noun (n.) An optical toy similar to the phenakistoscope. See Phenakistoscope.

stupenoun (n.) A stupid person.
 verb (v. t.) Cloth or flax dipped in warm water or medicaments and applied to a hurt or sore.
 verb (v. t.) To foment with a stupe.