Stephane, stef′a-nē, n. an ancient Greek head-dress like a coronet. [Gr.,—stephein, to crown.]
Stephanite, stef′a-nīt, n. a metallic iron-black silver sulph-antimonite.—Also Brittle silver ore and Sulph-antimonite of silver.
Stephanotis, stef-a-nō′tis, n. a genus of shrubby twining plants of the milkweed family. [Gr. stephanos, a crown, ous, ōtos, the ear.]
Steppe, step, n. one of the vast uncultivated plains in the south-east of Europe and in Asia. [Russ. stepe.]
Stercoral, ster′ko-ral, adj. pertaining to excrement—also Ster′corary, Stercorā′ceous.—ns. Ster′coranist, Stercorā′rian, one who held that the sacramental bread was digested and evacuated like other food; Stercorā′rianism; Stercorā′rius, a genus of Laridæ, the dung-hunters or skuas.—v.t. Ster′corate, to manure.
Sterculia, ster-kū′li-a, n. the typical genus of Sterculiaceæ, a family of large trees and shrubs, with mucilaginous and demulcent properties—Gum-tragacanth, &c. [L. stercus, dung.]
Stere, stēr, n. a cubic unit of metric measure—a cubic mètre, equivalent to 35.3156 English cubic feet.—Decastère=10 steres; Decistère=1⁄10 stere. [Fr. stère—Gr. stereos, solid.]
Stereo, ster′ē-ō, adj. and n. a contr. of stereotype.
Stereobate, ster′ē-ō-bāt, n. the substructure on which a building is based.—adj. Stereobat′ic. [Gr. stereos, solid, batos, verbal of bainein, to go.]
Stereochromy, ster′ē-ō-krō-mi, n. a process of painting on stone or plaster-work, the colours rendered permanent by a solution of fluoric acid.—n. Stē′reochrome, a picture of this kind.—adj. Stereochrō′mic.—adv. Stereochrō′mically. [Gr. stereos, hard, chrōma, colour.]