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Traditional English :: steno
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stenois.html - n.
(pl. -os) US colloq. a stenographer. [abbr.] |
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Traditional English :: stenography
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stenois.html - n. shorthand or the art of writing this. stenographer n. stenographic adj. [Gk stenos narrow + -GRAPHY] |
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Traditional English :: stenosis
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stenois.html - n. Med. the abnormal narrowing of a passage in the body. stenotic adj. [mod.L f. Gk stenosis narrowing f. stenoo make narrow f. stenos narrow] |
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Traditional English :: stenotype
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stenois.html - n. 1 a machine like a typewriter for recording speech in syllables or phonemes. 2 a symbol or the symbols used in this process. stenotypist n. [STENOGRAPHY + TYPE] |
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Traditional English :: Sten gun
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stenois.html - n.
a type of lightweight sub-machine-gun. [S and T (the initials of the inventors' surnames, Shepherd and Turpin) + -en after BREN] |
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Traditional English :: stench
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stenois.html - n. an offensive or foul smell. stench trap a trap in a sewer etc. to prevent the upward passage of gas. [OE stenc smell f. Gmc, rel. to STINK] |
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