STABLY
Sta"bly, adv.
Defn: In a stable manner; firmly; fixedly; steadily; as, a government stably settled.
STABULATION Stab`u*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. stabulatio, fr. stabulari to stable cattle, fr. stabulum. See Stable, n.]
1. The act of stabling or housing beasts.
2. A place for lodging beasts; a stable. [Obs.]
STACCATO Stac*ca"to, a. Etym: [It., p.p. of staccere, equivalent to distaccare. See Detach.]
1. (Mus.)
Defn: 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.
2. Expressed in a brief, pointed manner. Staccato and peremptory [literary criticism]. G. Eliot.
STACK
Stack, a. Etym: [Icel. stakkr; akin to Sw. stack, Dan. stak. Sf.
Stake.]