English words: star system to starter castle

300 English words, part 169 of 245 of the words starting with S, A to Z. 45 have a page of their own.

English words star system to starter castle

star system noun /ˈstɑː(ɹ)ˌsɪstəm/: A group of stars (and possibly smaller bodies such as planets or asteroids) that orbit one another.
star the glaze verb: To break a window in order to commit robbery.
star thistle noun: Alternative spelling of starthistle.
star topology noun: A physical network topology in which all nodes are connected to a central connectivity device (e.g. a hub).
star tracker noun: A navigational device which measures the angular separation of stars with reference to a known time and place in order to achieve precise navigation.
star trail noun: The line of light recorded on a photographic medium when a time exposure is made of a star in the nighttime sky using a camera on a fixed mount, caused by...
Star Trek adjective [ˈstɑɹ trĕk]: Futuristic, particularly with respect to things similar in appearance or effect to technology in the Star Trek franchise.
Star Trek–ian adjective: Alternative form of Star Trekkian.
Star Trek–ish adjective: Alternative form of Star Trekkish.
Star Trekker noun: A fan of the Star Trek franchise.
Star Trekkian adjective: Of or relating to the Star Trek media franchise.
Star Trekkish adjective: Especially of style or technology: like that of the fictional world of the Star Trek media franchise.
Star Trekky adjective: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the science fiction franchise Star Trek.
star turn noun: An acting performance which causes the performer to become renowned.
star up verb: To transfer (an incarcerated juvenile offender) to an adult prison earlier than the usual age of 18 or 21.
star vault noun: A vault whose ribs radiate to form patterns reminiscent of stars
star vehicle noun: A movie, play, TV series, or other production that enhances an actor's career.
star vessel noun: Synonym of starship.
star violet noun: Synonym of dewdrop (“the plant Dalibarda repens”).
star visitor noun: An extraterrestrial person who visits from a different star system.
Star Wars–esque adjective: Alternative form of Star Warsesque.
Star Wars-y adjective: Alternative form of Star Warsy.
Star Warsesque adjective: Reminiscent of the Star Wars franchise.
Star Warsian adjective: Resembling or characteristic of the Star Wars franchise.
Star Warsy adjective: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the science fiction franchise Star Wars.
star wheel noun: Alternative form of starwheel.
star witness noun: A witness who provides crucial information in a criminal case. (This entry is a translation hub.)
star word noun: A spiritual practice observed around Epiphany, involving a member of a congregation receiving a starshaped piece of paper.
Starace proper noun: A surname from Italian [in turn from Greek].
starapple noun: Alternative form of star apple
StarBander noun: One who uses StarBand, a two-way satellite broadband Internet service available in the United States from 2000 to 2015.
starbase noun: A base (for trading, military operations, etc.) located in space, among the stars.
starbath noun: A period spent exposed (as by starbathing) to starlight.
starbathe verb: To expose one's body to starlight in order to relax, or in the belief that it has positive effects. (Compare sunbathe.)
starbeam noun: A ray or set of rays of starlight (light emitted from a star); especially, an intense and visible one, as revealed for example by its diffraction among dust...
Starbies noun: A coffee from Starbucks.
Starbird proper noun: A surname.
starbirth noun: The formation of a star.
starboard noun, verb /ˈstɑː.bəd/: The righthand side of a ship, boat or aircraft when facing the front, or fore or bow. Used to unambiguously refer to directions according to the sides of...
starboard-side adjective, adverb: Alternative form of starboardside.
starboardside adjective, adverb, noun: The starboard side of a boat.
starbolin noun: Alternative form of starbowline.
starbound adjective: Synonym of starward.
starbowline noun: Any of the men in the starboard watch.
starboy noun: A young male celebrity.
Starbuck proper noun: A surname.
Starbucks noun /ˈstɑːˌbʌks/: A coffee from Starbucks.
starburst noun, verb: A violent explosion, or the pattern (likened to the shape of a star) supposed to be made by such an explosion.
starburst display noun: A display with fourteen segments that can be turned on or off to produce letters and numerals.
starburst galaxy noun: A galaxy that is undergoing a high rate of star formation
starcast noun: A cast of celebrity actors in a film or play.
starch adjective, noun, verb /ˈstɑːt͡ʃ/: A widely diffused vegetable substance, found in seeds, bulbs and tubers, as extracted (e.g. from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) in the form of a white,...
starch generator noun: Synonym of leucoplastid.
starch hyacinth noun: grape hyacinth (Muscari spp., Pseudomuscari spp., and Leopoldia spp.).
starch-root noun: A plant native to woodlands of northern Europe, Arum maculatum.
starchable adjective: Suitable for starching.
starchart noun: Alternative form of star chart
starchboard noun: A tray to hold the starch used in confectionery manufacture to shape liquids or gels.
starched adjective, verb: Of a garment: having had starch applied.
starchedly adverb: With stiff formality.
starchedness noun: The quality or state of being starched
starcher noun: Someone or something that starches.
starchily adverb: In a starchy or formal manner.
starchiness noun: The property of being starchy.
starchitect noun: A celebrity architect.
starchitecture noun: Large, unusual building projects designed by celebrity architects.
starchless adjective: Without starch.
starchlessness noun: Absence of starch.
starchlike adjective: Resembling starch.
starchly adverb: In a starched or starchy manner; stiffly, formally
starchman noun: A confectionery worker involved in making candy from syrups or gels with the addition of cornstarch.
starchness noun: Stiffness of manner, the quality of being starched; stiff formality.
starchroot noun: Alternative form of starch-root.
starchworks noun: A factory that produces starch.
starchwort noun: The plant cuckoopint, the tubers of which were once used to make starch
starchy adjective /ˈstɑɹt͡ʃi/: Of or pertaining to starch.
Starck proper noun: A surname.
starcraft noun: The art of interpreting or reading the stars, astrology.
StarCrafter noun: A player of the StarCraft franchise of video games.
Starcross proper noun: A village and civil parish in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9781).
starcrossed adjective: Alternative spelling of star-crossed.
starcruiser noun: A spaceship analogous to a cruiser.
stardate noun /ˈstɑɹdeɪt/: A date according to the fictional system of time measurement developed for Star Trek.
starded verb: Pronunciation spelling of started.
stardock noun: A round dock with secured vessels resembling a star.
stardom noun /ˈstɑɹdəm/: The status or position of a performer acknowledged to be a star; fame; celebrity.
stardrift noun: The apparent shared motion of stars in the same cluster.
stardrive noun: A device used to propel a spacecraft through interstellar distances.
stardust noun /ˈstɑːdʌst/: Small fragments of dustlike material found in space; specifically, a type of cosmic dust that formed from cooling gases ejected from presolar stars, which...
stare noun, verb /stɛɚ/: To look fixedly (at something).
stare at the wall verb: To be bored and idle.
stare daggers verb: Synonym of look daggers.
stare decisis noun /ˈstɛə̯ɹ.i dɪˈsaɪ̯.sɪs/: The principle of following judicial precedent.
stare down verb: To overcome or make uncomfortable by staring intently.
stare into space verb: To stare in an absent-minded or unfocused way.
stare like a stuck pig verb: To be dumbstruck.
stare out verb: Synonym of outstare.
stare someone in the face verb: To be extremely visible and obvious to someone.
stareater noun: A snaggletooth.
staredown noun: A game or confrontation in which two individuals intently gaze at each other, until the other individual is forced to blink or turn away.
staree noun: One who is stared at.
stareful adjective: Characterised by staring.
starer noun: One who stares.
starets noun: An Eastern Orthodox elder, typically a monk or hieromonk, often renowned for holy wisdom, who functions as an adviser and teacher.
staretz noun: Alternative form of starets.
stareworthy adjective: Worthy of being stared at; admirable.
starey adjective /ˈstɛə.ɹi/: Characterized by staring.
starfall noun: A great number of stars descending downward within outer space or the atmosphere; a meteor shower.
starfarer noun: Someone who travels between stars.
starfaring adjective: Travelling among the stars.
starfield noun: A starry backdrop.
starfighter noun: The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, a jet fighter-interceptor.
starfilled adjective: Full of stars; starry.
starfinch noun: Alternative form of star finch.
starfish noun, verb /ˈstɑː(ɹ)fɪʃ/: Any of various echinoderms (not in fact fish) with usually five arms, many of which eat bivalves or corals by everting their stomach.
starfish associated densovirus noun: Synonym of sea star-associated densovirus.
starfish flower noun: Stapelia grandiflora
Starfish site noun: Any of the decoy cities built in the British countryside and set on fire during nearby bombing raids to divert German bombers away from their intended targets.
starfish wasting disease noun: Synonym of sea star wasting disease.
starfishlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a starfish.
starfleet noun: A fleet of starships; a space navy.
starflower noun: Borage (Borago officinalis), an annual herb, and its product, starflower oil (family Boraginaceae).
starforming adjective: Alternative spelling of star-forming.
starfrontlet noun: Any of several species of South American hummingbirds in the genus Coeligena.
starfruit noun: Alternative form of star fruit.
starful adjective: Full of stars.
Stargardt disease noun: An inherited disease characterised by macular degeneration leading to progressive loss of vision.
stargate noun /ˈstɑɹˌɡeɪt/: A hypothetical device consisting of a traversable portal (typically a wormhole) that can send one to another location light years away nearly instantaneously.
stargaze verb /ˈstɑɹɡeɪz/: To look at the stars at night.
stargazer noun /ˈstɑɹˌɡeɪzɚ/: Someone who gazes at the stars; an astronomer or astrologer (now especially an amateur one).
stargazey pie noun: Alternative form of stargazy pie.
stargazin noun: A brain-specific transmembrane protein associated with a form of epilepsy
stargazing noun, verb: The act of gazing at the stars; astronomy.
stargazy pie noun: A Cornish dish of baked pilchards, covered with a pastry crust, arranged with their tails toward the centre of the pie and their heads poking up through the...
Stargell proper noun: A surname.
stargender adjective, noun: A xenogender identity used by people whose experience of gender is intrinsically tied to outer space, stars, and celestial themes.
stargrass noun: Alternative form of star grass.
starhood noun: The state of being a star (whether an astronomic object or a celebrity).
starin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of staring.
staring adjective, noun, verb /ˈstɛəɹɪŋ/: The act of one who stares.
staring contest noun: a game in which two people maintain eye contact for as long as possible, the loser being the one who is the first to blink or look away.
staring spell noun: Staring into space and failing to respond to speech or touch; an absence seizure.
staringly adverb: In a staring way.
starjump noun: Alternative spelling of star jump.
stark adjective, adverb, noun, verb /stɑɹk/: Hard, firm; obdurate.
Stark effect noun: The splitting and shift of a spectral line into several components in the presence of an electric field.
stark naked adjective, noun: Completely naked.
stark raving mad adjective: Completely insane
stark staring mad adjective: Completely insane; out of one's mind.
Starke proper noun /stɑɹk/: A surname from German.
starken adjective, verb: To make unbending or inflexible; stiffen; make obstinate.
Starker exchange noun: A process similar to 1031 exchange but involving the non-simultaneous sale and purchase of real estate, rather than an actual exchange.
starkers adjective /ˈstɑːkəz/: Completely nude.
Starkey proper noun /ˈstɑː.ki/: A surname.
starkeyite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic white mineral containing hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and sulfur.
starkish adjective /ˈstɑːkɪʃ/: Somewhat stark.
Starkling noun: Any of the six children of Ned Stark in the A Song of Ice and Fire novel series and its television adaptation Game of Thrones.
starkly adverb: In a stark manner; with great contrast.
Starkman proper noun: A surname from German.
starkness noun /ˈstɑːknəs/: The state or quality of being stark.
Starkville proper noun: A statutory town in Las Animas County, Colorado, named after Albert G. Stark.
starkwater noun: starling; cutwater (structure protecting a bridge)
Starkweather proper noun: A surname.
starky adjective: Stiff, rigid, hard to work (e.g. with a needle or plough).
Starla proper noun: A female given name.
starless adjective: Without visible stars.
starlessly adverb: Without stars.
starlessness noun: Absence of stars.
starlet adjective, noun /ˈstɑɹlɪt/: A young actress with a promising career ahead of her.
starlet sea anemone noun: Nematostella vectensis, a small sea anemone in the family Edwardsiidae, native to the east coast of the United States.
starlight noun /ˈstɑː(ɹ)laɪt/: Light emitted from stars.
starlight blue noun: Any of various, usually pale, shades of blue, suggesting a starlit sky.
starlight tour noun: A method of torture in which Saskatoon police drove Aboriginal people out of the city and left them to freeze.
starlighted adjective: Illuminated by starlight.
starlike adjective: Resembling a star.
starlikeness noun: The property of being starlike.
Starlin proper noun: A surname.
starline noun: A hypothetical or theoretical line connecting a series of stars within a cluster or constellation.
starlined adjective: Lined or studded with stars
starliner noun: A large starship capable of transporting many passengers.
starling noun /ˈstɑːlɪŋ/: A family, Sturnidae, of passerine birds.
starlinglike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a starling.
starlit adjective: Illuminated by starlight.
Starlite noun: An intumescent material said to be able to withstand and insulate from extreme heat.
starlitten adjective: starlit
starlore noun: The study, knowledge, or science of stars; astrology; astronomy.
starly adjective, adverb: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a star or stars; astral.
starmaker noun: One who works at turning others into famous and successful entertainers.
starmaking noun: The process of turning somebody into a famous and successful entertainer.
starman noun /ˈstɑːˌmæn/: A spaceman.
starmap noun: Alternative form of star-map
starmatter noun: The material or matter from which stars are made or of which they consist; starstuff.
Starmer proper noun /ˈstɑːmə/: A surname.
Starmerian adjective: Of or pertaining to Keir Starmer (born 1962), British Labour politician and Prime Minister since 2024.
Starmerism noun: The political ideology, support or the government of Keir Starmer.
Starmerite noun: A supporter of Keir Starmer, British prime minister since 2024.
Starmernomics noun: The economic policies of Keir Starmer.
Starmtrooper noun: A particularly loyal supporter of prime minister Keir Starmer; especially a politician or candidate selected by Starmer's office.
starn noun: A star.
Starner proper noun: A surname.
Starnes proper noun: A surname.
starnie noun: A small star.
starnose noun: star-nosed mole
Starobin proper noun: A surname.
Staroobriadtsi noun: The Old Believers.
starost noun: A Polish nobleman who possessed a starosty.
starosta noun /ˈstaɹɒstə/: In Russia, the head man of a village community.
starosty noun: In Poland, a castle and domain conferred on a nobleman for life.
starostynsʹkyj adjective: Alternative spelling of starostynskyi.
starostynsky adjective: Alternative spelling of starostynskyi.
starostynskyi adjective /starɔːˈstɪnskɪj/: Belonging to or administered by a starosta or starosty.
starpacker noun: Alternative form of star packer.
starplot noun: Alternative form of star plot.
starport noun: A port for interstellar craft.
starproof adjective: Impervious to the light of the stars.
starquake noun: A violent tremor or quake that occurs on or near the surface of a star, especially a collapsed star.
starr noun: A receipt given by Jews on payment of debt.
starred adjective, verb /ˈstɑː(ɹ)d/: Having a star or stars.
starrer noun: A film featuring a particular movie star.
Starrett proper noun: A surname.
starrified adjective, verb: Decorated with stars, covered with stars.
starrify verb: To cover or decorate with stars.
starrily adverb: In a starry way.
starriness noun: The state or quality of being starry.
starring adjective, noun, verb: present participle and gerund of star
starrise noun: The time of day or night when a given star appears above the horizon.
starrish adjective: Like, resembling, or relating to a star; starlike.
starry adjective /ˈstɑː.ɹi/: Having stars visible.
starry bob noun: A species of skipper butterfly, Iambrix stellifer, family Hesperiidae, of Southeast Asia, having dark underwings marked with a few star-like spots.
starry campion noun: The plant Silene stellata.
starry-eyed adjective: Having naively optimistic hopes or outlooks.
starry eyes noun: Eyes with exaggerated starry highlights, with an expression of wonder or delight.
starry flounder noun: Platichthys stellatus, a common flatfish found around the margins of the North Pacific.
starry-gazy pie noun: Alternative form of stargazy pie.
starry ray noun: A European skate, Amblyraja radiata, with stellate bases on the dorsal spines.
starry sturgeon noun: sevruga (Acipenser stellatus)
starry weever noun: A member of species Trachinus radiatus
stars noun, verb /stɑɹz/: Outer space.
stars align phrase: Events or circumstances combine fortuitously.
stars and bars noun: A graphical method used to derive the formula for multiset coefficients and other combinatorial theorems, using the symbols ★ and |.
Stars and Stripes noun /ˈstɑɹz ən ˈstɹaɪps/: The flag of the United States.
stars are aligned phrase: Present conditions are favorable; future prospects are good.
stars in one's eyes noun: The state of being overly or extremely impressed with something; enchanted with romance.
starsailing noun: Travel through space on a spaceship or spacecraft.
starsailor noun: A member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft; a space voyager or traveller.
starscape noun: A picture or view of a field of stars.
starseed noun: Alternative form of star seed.
starset noun: The time of day or night when a given star disappears below the horizon.
starshade noun: A form of coronagraph disk designed to prevent starlight from interfering with the observation of exoplanets
starshaped adjective: Having the shape of a [stylized or symbolic] star (with radiating points).
starshell noun: Alternative form of star shell.
starshina noun: A sergeant major in Russia.
starshine noun: starlight
starship noun /stɑɹʃɪp/: A type of spacecraft capable of traveling to the solar systems of other stars.
starsnout noun: Any of various fishes in the genus Bathyagonus.
starspot noun: The equivalent of a sunspot on another star.
starstone noun: A gemstone that exhibits asterism.
starstruck adjective: Alternative form of star-struck.
starstudded adjective: Alternative form of star-studded.
starstuff noun: The material composition of stars; matter originated from stars; starmatter.
start adverb, noun, verb /stɑːt/: The beginning of an activity.
start a family verb: To conceive one's first child
start a fresh hare verb: To divert a discussion or argument from its conclusion.
start a hare verb: To introduce a conversational topic.
start a hare running verb: Alternative form of start a hare.
start afresh verb: To start or restart doing something from the beginning or with a clean slate.
start and park verb: To compete in a race but take one's car off the track early, in order to collect prize money while avoiding expenses such as replacement tires or a pit crew.
start back verb: To begin a return trip to a starting point.
start back in verb: To resume insulting, confronting and/or shouting at someone.
start back on verb: To resume talking about a topic, most often in an argument, criticism or interrogation; to resume nagging or complaining about a topic.
Start button noun: A labeled button in some versions of the Windows operating system that opens the Start menu.
start codon noun: The codon at which translation of mRNA into protein starts, encoding the first amino acid.
start from where you are proverb: Achievement requires realism.
start in verb: To begin (to do something); to get started.
start in on verb: To make a start on; to begin to tackle.
start into verb: To begin to eat.
start key noun: Synonym of Windows key.
Start menu noun: A menu in some operating systems that is launched by pressing an on-screen button and provides a central launching point for applications and tasks.
start off verb: To begin.
start off on the right foot verb: To begin well.
start off on the wrong foot verb: To begin badly.
start on verb: To criticize.
start on at verb: Synonym of start on (To criticize).
start out verb: To emerge suddenly; to jump out.
start over verb: to begin again; to return to the beginning
start page noun: home page
start the ball rolling verb: Synonym of get the ball rolling.
start time noun: Synonym of starting time.
start up noun, verb /stɑːˈtʌp/: Alternative spelling of startup.
start up on verb: To begin again at criticizing (someone or something).
start with a clean sheet verb: To begin something anew, without being hindered by past mistakes, problems or biases; to start all over again.
start with a clean sheet of paper verb: Synonym of start with a clean sheet.
start with a clean slate verb: Synonym of start with a clean sheet.
startable adjective: That can be started.
startbox noun: The compartment of a maze etc. into which the animal subject in a psychology experiment is initially placed.
starter noun /ˈstɑː.tə(ɹ)/: Someone who starts, or who starts something.
starter battery noun: Synonym of car battery.
starter bra noun: Synonym of training bra.
starter cable noun: Synonym of jumper cable.
starter castle noun: Synonym of McMansion.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under S: 73,223 words, in 245 parts.