SSI
Initialism of Small Scale Integration.
Entries starting with S
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SSK
nounManufacturing
a left-leaning decrease stitch
SSL
Initialism of Start-Stop Logic.
SSP
nameRail equipment
The station code of Sham Shui Po in Hong Kong.
SSTO
adjectiveAviation maintenance
Initialism of single-stage-to-orbit.
st st
Abbreviation of stocking stitch.
STA
Initialism of static timing analysis (of a digital circuit).
stab
The horizontal or vertical stabilizer of an aircraft.
stabilizer
nounManufacturing
Any person or thing that brings stability.
stabling siding
nounRail equipment
A storage siding for rolling stock, in particular passenger trains not being used in service.
stack
To have excessive ink transfer.
stack talk
The sound made by the exhaust of a steam locomotive.
staddle
To mark a sapling to be spared during a selective cutting of trees.
stadia
nounSurveying
A level staff or graduated rod used by surveyors to measure differences in level, or to measure horizontal distances by sighting the stadia hairs (graduations) through a telescope.
stadia hair
nounSurveying
In a theodolite, etc., one of the horizontal crosshairs equidistant from the central horizontal crosshair.
stadium
nounSurveying
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.
staff
nounConstruction
A mixture of plaster and fibre used as a temporary exterior wall covering.
stag-headed
adjectiveForestry and timber
Of a tree: bare of leaves at the top, due to the presence of dead branches.
stage
The number of an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc.
stagger
The horizontal positioning of a biplane, triplane, or multiplane's wings in relation to one another.
staggered
adjectiveRail equipment
Not directly opposite each other.
staithe
nounRail equipment
An installation built at the railside or nearby for the storage of coal unloaded from wagons.
stakebed
nounAutomotive
A kind of flatbed truck equipped with sockets to hold stakes so as to enclose the loaded goods.
stalk
nounMetalworking
An iron bar with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor.
stalk-cutter
A device with rotatory blades for chopping up stalks in a field.
stall
The space left by excavation between pillars.
stallman
A subcontractor in charge of a stall or working place.
stand
A contiguous group of trees sufficiently uniform in age-class distribution, composition, and structure, and growing on a site of sufficiently uniform quality, to be a distinguishable unit.
stand out
To sail in a direction away from shore.
standage
A reservoir of water accumulated at the bottom of a mine.
standard
nounManufacturing
An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally.
standard gauge
nounRail equipment
A track gauge of 56.5 inches (1435 mm).
standaway
adjectiveManufacturing
Denoting a kind of rolled collar that stands away from the neck.
standby
Waiting at the airport in the hope of getting a seat on a flight that is already booked out.
standby time
The maximum amount of time in which a mobile phone can be continuously turned on and ready to communicate.
standing crop
The total dried biomass of the living organisms present in a given environment.
standing seam
nounConstruction
A type of seam between adjacent sheets of metal roofing material made by turning up the edges of two adjacent panels and then folding or interlocking them in a variety of ways.
stank
To seal off an area of the mine in which a fire has started.
staple
A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels.
star
An asterisk (*) or comparable symbol (e.g., ★, ☆, ✶, ✦, ✧, ✷, ✪, ⭐) inspired by a celestial star.
star plate
nounConstruction
A star-shaped anchor plate used in conjunction with a tie rod.
starboard
One of the two traditional watches aboard a ship standing a watch in two.
Starfighter
The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, a jet fighter-interceptor.
starling
nounConstruction
An enclosure like a coffer-dam, formed of piles driven closely together before any structure or work, as a protection against the wash of waves, commonly used to protect the piers of a bridge.
start
A young plant germinated in a pot to be transplanted later.
starter motor
An electrical motor, part of a modern car or truck, etc., which is used to initially turn the internal combustion engine of the vehicle to make it start.
starter strip
nounConstruction
Roll roofing or shingle strips applied along the downslope eave line before the first course of roofing and intended to fill spaces between cut-out and joints of the first course.
starting handle
a crank handle fitted to or supplied with older vehicles for the purpose of starting the engine, even if fitted with a starter motor.
starting signal
nounRail equipment
A railway signal controlling the starting of trains from a station or some other location, nowadays usually a colour-light signal.
stash
A collection of yarn or other materials not yet allocated to any particular craft project.
static IP address
An IP address which is permanent and unchangeable when each time a user connects to their internet service provider.
static load
nounConstruction
Any load, as on a structure, that does not change in magnitude or position with time.
station
An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accommodation of a pump, tank, etc.
station wagon
nounAutomotive
A body style for cars in which the roof is extended rearward to produce an enclosed area in the position and serving the function of the boot (trunk) of a sedan or saloon.
station-to-station
A method of placing a telephone call in which the calling party will accept the placed call irrespective of respondent. This connection method has largely been superseded by direct dial connections.
stationmaster
nounRail equipment
The person in charge of a railroad station, usually an employee of a particular railroad by which the station is owned, but sometimes an employee of a separate corporation, such as one owning a station used by two or more railroads.
stay
A station or fixed anchorage for vessels.
STD
Initialism of subscriber trunk dialling or subscriber toll dialing.
stealer
nounManufacturing
The endmost plank of a strake which stops short of the stem or stern.
stealth
adjectiveAviation maintenance
Having properties that diminish radar signatures.