STAMFORD

Name Report For First Name STAMFORD:

First name STAMFORD's origin is English. STAMFORD means "from the stony ford". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with STAMFORD below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of stamford.(Brown names are of the same origin (English) with STAMFORD and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with STAMFORD - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming STAMFORD

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES STAMFORD AS A WHOLE:

NAMES RHYMING WITH STAMFORD (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 7 Letters (tamford) - Names That Ends with tamford:

Rhyming Names According to Last 6 Letters (amford) - Names That Ends with amford:

Rhyming Names According to Last 5 Letters (mford) - Names That Ends with mford:

rumford

Rhyming Names According to Last 4 Letters (ford) - Names That Ends with ford:

ashford pickford ransford rexford stanford aescford aisford berford biecaford biford blandford blanford burhford clyford guifford haraford harford heanford huxeford jefford linford lynford oxnaford picford raedford rangford redford reeford rockford rufford ryscford salford salhford steathford stefford talford twiford watelford weiford wiellaford wilford wylingford telford welford watford warford twyford sanford stafford safford rushford ruford radford oxford huxford hartford hanford gifford clifford byford burford bickford beresford alford hlaford bradford crawford ford gilford halford hrytherford hwitford langford lawford milford orford rutherford stratford tilford walford whitford rayford

Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (ord) - Names That Ends with ord:

alvord cord kord raynord rexlord word ord

Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (rd) - Names That Ends with rd:

ballard cyneheard bard gotthard ceneward willard bayard cinnard kinnard reynard

NAMES RHYMING WITH STAMFORD (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 7 Letters (stamfor) - Names That Begins with stamfor:

Rhyming Names According to First 6 Letters (stamfo) - Names That Begins with stamfo:

stamfo

Rhyming Names According to First 5 Letters (stamf) - Names That Begins with stamf:

Rhyming Names According to First 4 Letters (stam) - Names That Begins with stam:

stamitos

Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (sta) - Names That Begins with sta:

stacey stacie stacy stacyann staerling stan stanb stanbeny stanburh stanbury stanciyf stancliff stanclyf standa standish stanedisc stanfeld stanfield stanhop stanhope stanislav stanley stanly stanton stantu stantun stanway stanweg stanwi stanwic stanwick stanwik stanwode stanwood stanwyk star starbuck starla starlene starling starls starr stasia staunton stayton

Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (st) - Names That Begins with st:

steadman stearc stearn stedeman stedman steele stefan stefana stefania stefanie stefano stefn stefon stein steiner steise stela stem step stepan stephan stephana stephania stephanie stephen stephenie stephenson stephon sterling sterlyn stern sterne stetson stevan steve steven stevenson stevie stevon stevyn steward stewart stewert stheno stiabhan stigols stil stiles stille stilleman stillman stillmann stilwell

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH STAMFORD:

First Names which starts with 'sta' and ends with 'ord':

First Names which starts with 'st' and ends with 'rd':

stockard stockhard stoddard stokkard

First Names which starts with 's' and ends with 'd':

sa'eed sa'id saad saewald saeweard sajid saraid saud saund sayad sayyid scaffeld scand scead sceotend seafraid seaward seonaid serhild sewald seward shad shadd shahrazad sheffield shepard shephard shepherd sherard sherwood sid siegfried sigfreid sigfrid sigifrid sigiwald sigmund sigrid sigwald sinead slaed smid soledad somerled souad sped speed stod stodd strod stroud su'ad su'ud suffield suoud sutherland suthfeld svend syd

English Words Rhyming STAMFORD

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES STAMFORD AS A WHOLE:

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH STAMFORD (According to last letters):

Rhyming Words According to Last 7 Letters (tamford) - English Words That Ends with tamford:

Rhyming Words According to Last 6 Letters (amford) - English Words That Ends with amford:

Rhyming Words According to Last 5 Letters (mford) - English Words That Ends with mford:

Rhyming Words According to Last 4 Letters (ford) - English Words That Ends with ford:

crawford

noun (n.) A Crawford peach; a well-known freestone peach, with yellow flesh, first raised by Mr. William Crawford, of New Jersey.

hartford

noun (n.) The Hartford grape, a variety of grape first raised at Hartford, Connecticut, from the Northern fox grape. Its large dark-colored berries ripen earlier than those of most other kinds.

hereford

noun (n.) One of a breed of cattle originating in Herefordshire, England. The Herefords are good working animals, and their beef-producing quality is excellent.

oxford

adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the city or university of Oxford, England.

telford

adjective (a.) Designating, or pert. to, a road pavement having a surface of small stone rolled hard and smooth, distinguished from macadam road by its firm foundation of large stones with fragments of stone wedged tightly, in the interstices; as, telford pavement, road, etc.

Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (ord) - English Words That Ends with ord:

abord	noun (n.) Manner of approaching or accosting; address.
	verb (v. t.) To approach; to accost.

backsword	noun (n.) A sword with one sharp edge.
	noun (n.) In England, a stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements; also, the game in which the stick is used. Also called singlestick.

bedcord

noun (n.) A cord or rope interwoven in a bedstead so as to support the bed.

bord	noun (n.) A board; a table.
	noun (n.) The face of coal parallel to the natural fissures.
	noun (n.) See Bourd.

broadsword

noun (n.) A sword with a broad blade and a cutting edge; a claymore.

byword	noun (n.) A common saying; a proverb; a saying that has a general currency.
	noun (n.) The object of a contemptuous saying.

catchword	noun (n.) Among theatrical performers, the last word of the preceding speaker, which reminds one that he is to speak next; cue.
	noun (n.) The first word of any page of a book after the first, inserted at the right hand bottom corner of the preceding page for the assistance of the reader. It is seldom used in modern printing.
	noun (n.) A word or phrase caught up and repeated for effect; as, the catchword of a political party, etc.

chord	noun (n.) The string of a musical instrument.
	noun (n.) A combination of tones simultaneously performed, producing more or less perfect harmony, as, the common chord.
	noun (n.) A right line uniting the extremities of the arc of a circle or curve.
	noun (n.) A cord. See Cord, n., 4.
	noun (n.) The upper or lower part of a truss, usually horizontal, resisting compression or tension.
	verb (v. t.) To provide with musical chords or strings; to string; to tune.
	verb (v. i.) To accord; to harmonize together; as, this note chords with that.

clarichord

noun (n.) A musical instrument, formerly in use, in form of a spinet; -- called also manichord and clavichord.

clavichord

noun (n.) A keyed stringed instrument, now superseded by the pianoforte. See Clarichord.

concord	noun (n.) A state of agreement; harmony; union.
	noun (n.) Agreement by stipulation; compact; covenant; treaty or league.
	noun (n.) Agreement of words with one another, in gender, number, person, or case.
	noun (n.) An agreement between the parties to a fine of land in reference to the manner in which it should pass, being an acknowledgment that the land in question belonged to the complainant. See Fine.
	noun (n.) An agreeable combination of tones simultaneously heard; a consonant chord; consonance; harmony.
	noun (n.) A variety of American grape, with large dark blue (almost black) grapes in compact clusters.
	verb (v. i.) To agree; to act together.

cord	noun (n.) A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.
	noun (n.) A solid measure, equivalent to 128 cubic feet; a pile of wood, or other coarse material, eight feet long, four feet high, and four feet broad; -- originally measured with a cord or line.
	noun (n.) Fig.: Any moral influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord; an enticement; as, the cords of the wicked; the cords of sin; the cords of vanity.
	noun (n.) Any structure having the appearance of a cord, esp. a tendon or a nerve. See under Spermatic, Spinal, Umbilical, Vocal.
	noun (n.) See Chord.
	verb (v. t.) To bind with a cord; to fasten with cords; to connect with cords; to ornament or finish with a cord or cords, as a garment.
	verb (v. t.) To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.
	(imp. & p. p.) of Core

decachord

noun (n.) Alt. of Decachordon

disaccord	noun (n.) Disagreement.
	verb (v. i.) To refuse to assent.

discord	noun (n.) To disagree; to be discordant; to jar; to clash; not to suit.
	verb (v. i.) Want of concord or agreement; absence of unity or harmony in sentiment or action; variance leading to contention and strife; disagreement; -- applied to persons or to things, and to thoughts, feelings, or purposes.
	verb (v. i.) Union of musical sounds which strikes the ear harshly or disagreeably, owing to the incommensurability of the vibrations which they produce; want of musical concord or harmony; a chord demanding resolution into a concord.

disord

noun (n.) Disorder.

fiord

noun (n.) A narrow inlet of the sea, penetrating between high banks or rocks, as on the coasts of Norway and Alaska.

fjord

noun (n.) See Fiord.

foreword

noun (n.) A preface.

gord

noun (n.) An instrument of gaming; a sort of dice.

harpsichord

noun (n.) A harp-shaped instrument of music set horizontally on legs, like the grand piano, with strings of wire, played by the fingers, by means of keys provided with quills, instead of hammers, for striking the strings. It is now superseded by the piano.

heptachord	noun (n.) A system of seven sounds.
	noun (n.) A lyre with seven chords.
	noun (n.) A composition sung to the sound of seven chords or tones.

hexachord

noun (n.) A series of six notes, with a semitone between the third and fourth, the other intervals being whole tones.

koord

noun (n.) See Kurd.

landlord	noun (n.) The lord of a manor, or of land; the owner of land or houses which he leases to a tenant or tenants.
	noun (n.) The master of an inn or of a lodging house.

loord

noun (n.) A dull, stupid fellow; a drone.

lord	noun (n.) A hump-backed person; -- so called sportively.
	noun (n.) One who has power and authority; a master; a ruler; a governor; a prince; a proprietor, as of a manor.
	noun (n.) A titled nobleman., whether a peer of the realm or not; a bishop, as a member of the House of Lords; by courtesy; the son of a duke or marquis, or the eldest son of an earl; in a restricted sense, a boron, as opposed to noblemen of higher rank.
	noun (n.) A title bestowed on the persons above named; and also, for honor, on certain official persons; as, lord advocate, lord chamberlain, lord chancellor, lord chief justice, etc.
	noun (n.) A husband.
	noun (n.) One of whom a fee or estate is held; the male owner of feudal land; as, the lord of the soil; the lord of the manor.
	noun (n.) The Supreme Being; Jehovah.
	noun (n.) The Savior; Jesus Christ.
	verb (v. t.) To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord.
	verb (v. t.) To rule or preside over as a lord.
	verb (v. i.) To play the lord; to domineer; to rule with arbitrary or despotic sway; -- sometimes with over; and sometimes with it in the manner of a transitive verb.

misword	noun (n.) A word wrongly spoken; a cross word.
	verb (v. t.) To word wrongly; as, to misword a message, or a sentence.

monochord

noun (n.) An instrument for experimenting upon the mathematical relations of musical sounds. It consists of a single string stretched between two bridges, one or both of which are movable, and which stand upon a graduated rule for the purpose of readily changing and measuring the length of the part of the string between them.

milord

noun (n.) Lit., my lord; hence (as used on the Continent), an English nobleman or gentleman.

nayword

noun (n.) A byword; a proverb; also, a watchword.

neurochord

adjective (a.) Alt. of Neurochordal

neurocord

noun (n.) A cordlike organ composed of elastic fibers situated above the ventral nervous cord of annelids, like the earthworm.

notochord

noun (n.) An elastic cartilagelike rod which is developed beneath the medullary groove in the vertebrate embryo, and constitutes the primitive axial skeleton around which the centra of the vertebrae and the posterior part of the base of the skull are developed; the chorda dorsalis. See Illust. of Ectoderm.

octachord

noun (n.) An instrument of eight strings; a system of eight tones.

octochord

noun (n.) See Octachord.

ord

noun (n.) An edge or point; also, a beginning.

overlord

noun (n.) One who is lord over another or others; a superior lord; a master.

password

noun (n.) A word to be given before a person is allowed to pass; a watchword; a countersign.

pentachord	noun (n.) An ancient instrument of music with five strings.
	noun (n.) An order or system of five sounds.

polychord	noun (n.) A musical instrument of ten strings.
	noun (n.) An apparatus for coupling two octave notes, capable of being attached to a keyed instrument.
	adjective (a.) Having many strings.

rheochord

noun (n.) A metallic wire used for regulating the resistance of a circuit, or varying the strength of an electric current, by inserting a greater or less length of it in the circuit.

seabord

noun (n. & a.) See Seaboard.

smallsword

noun (n.) A light sword used for thrusting only; especially, the sword worn by civilians of rank in the eighteenth century.

soord

noun (n.) Skin of bacon.

sord

noun (n.) See Sward.

sword	noun (n.) An offensive weapon, having a long and usually sharp/pointed blade with a cutting edge or edges. It is the general term, including the small sword, rapier, saber, scimiter, and many other varieties.
	noun (n.) Hence, the emblem of judicial vengeance or punishment, or of authority and power.
	noun (n.) Destruction by the sword, or in battle; war; dissension.
	noun (n.) The military power of a country.
	noun (n.) One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.

tetrachord

noun (n.) A scale series of four sounds, of which the extremes, or first and last, constituted a fourth. These extremes were immutable; the two middle sounds were changeable.

trichord

noun (n.) An instrument, as a lyre or harp, having three strings.

urochord

noun (n.) The central axis or cord in the tail of larval ascidians and of certain adult tunicates.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH STAMFORD (According to first letters):

Rhyming Words According to First 7 Letters (stamfor) - Words That Begins with stamfor:

Rhyming Words According to First 6 Letters (stamfo) - Words That Begins with stamfo:

Rhyming Words According to First 5 Letters (stamf) - Words That Begins with stamf:

Rhyming Words According to First 4 Letters (stam) - Words That Begins with stam:

stamen	noun (n.) A thread; especially, a warp thread.
	noun (n.) The male organ of flowers for secreting and furnishing the pollen or fecundating dust. It consists of the anther and filament.

stamened

adjective (a.) Furnished with stamens.

stamin

noun (n.) A kind of woolen cloth.

stamina	noun (n. pl.) See Stamen.
	noun (n. pl.) The fixed, firm part of a body, which supports it or gives it strength and solidity; as, the bones are the stamina of animal bodies; the ligneous parts of trees are the stamina which constitute their strength.
	noun (n. pl.) Whatever constitutes the principal strength or support of anything; power of endurance; backbone; vigor; as, the stamina of a constitution or of life; the stamina of a State.
	(pl. ) of Stamen

staminal

adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to stamens or stamina; consisting in stamens.

staminate	adjective (a.) Furnished with stamens; producing stamens.
	adjective (a.) Having stamens, but lacking pistils.
	verb (v. t.) To indue with stamina.

stamineal

adjective (a.) Alt. of Stamineous

stamineous	adjective (a.) Consisting of stamens or threads.
	adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the stamens; possessing stamens; also, attached to the stamens; as, a stamineous nectary.

staminiferous

adjective (a.) Bearing or having stamens.

staminode

noun (n.) A staminodium.

staminodium

noun (n.) An abortive stamen, or any organ modified from an abortive stamen.

stammel	noun (n.) A large, clumsy horse.
	noun (n.) A kind of woolen cloth formerly in use. It seems to have been often of a red color.
	noun (n.) A red dye, used in England in the 15th and 16th centuries.
	adjective (a.) Of the color of stammel; having a red color, thought inferior to scarlet.

stammering	noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stammer
	noun (n.) A disturbance in the formation of sounds. It is due essentially to long-continued spasmodic contraction of the diaphragm, by which expiration is preented, and hence it may be considered as a spasmodic inspiration.
	adjective (a.) Apt to stammer; hesitating in speech; stuttering.

stammer	noun (n.) Defective utterance, or involuntary interruption of utterance; a stutter.
	verb (v. i.) To make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; to hesitate or falter in speaking; to speak with stops and diffivulty; to stutter.
	verb (v. t.) To utter or pronounce with hesitation or imperfectly; -- sometimes with out.

stammerer

noun (n.) One who stammers.

stamping	noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stamp
	() a. & n. from Stamp, v.

stamp	noun (n.) The act of stamping, as with the foot.
	noun (n.) The which stamps; any instrument for making impressions on other bodies, as a die.
	noun (n.) The mark made by stamping; a mark imprinted; an impression.
	noun (n.) that which is marked; a thing stamped.
	verb (v. i.) To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.
	verb (v. i.) To bring down (the foot) forcibly on the ground or floor; as, he stamped his foot with rage.
	verb (v. i.) To crush; to pulverize; specifically (Metal.), to crush by the blow of a heavy stamp, as ore in a mill.
	verb (v. i.) To impress with some mark or figure; as, to stamp a plate with arms or initials.
	verb (v. i.) Fig.: To impress; to imprint; to fix deeply; as, to stamp virtuous principles on the heart.
	verb (v. i.) To cut out, bend, or indent, as paper, sheet metal, etc., into various forms, by a blow or suddenly applied pressure with a stamp or die, etc.; to mint; to coin.
	verb (v. i.) To put a stamp on, as for postage; as, to stamp a letter; to stamp a legal document.
	verb (v. i.) To strike; to beat; to crush.
	verb (v. i.) To strike the foot forcibly downward.
	verb (v. t.) A picture cut in wood or metal, or made by impression; a cut; a plate.
	verb (v. t.) An offical mark set upon things chargeable with a duty or tax to government, as evidence that the duty or tax is paid; as, the stamp on a bill of exchange.
	verb (v. t.) Hence, a stamped or printed device, issued by the government at a fixed price, and required by law to be affixed to, or stamped on, certain papers, as evidence that the government dues are paid; as, a postage stamp; a receipt stamp, etc.
	verb (v. t.) An instrument for cutting out, or shaping, materials, as paper, leather, etc., by a downward pressure.
	verb (v. t.) A character or reputation, good or bad, fixed on anything as if by an imprinted mark; current value; authority; as, these persons have the stamp of dishonesty; the Scriptures bear the stamp of a divine origin.
	verb (v. t.) Make; cast; form; character; as, a man of the same stamp, or of a different stamp.
	verb (v. t.) A kind of heavy hammer, or pestle, raised by water or steam power, for beating ores to powder; anything like a pestle, used for pounding or bathing.
	verb (v. t.) A half-penny.
	verb (v. t.) Money, esp. paper money.

stamper	noun (n.) One who stamps.
	noun (n.) An instrument for pounding or stamping.

stampede	noun (n.) Any sudden unconcerted moving or acting together of a number of persons, as from some common impulse; as, a stampede to the gold regions; a stampede in a convention.
	verb (v. t.) A wild, headlong scamper, or running away, of a number of animals; usually caused by fright; hence, any sudden flight or dispersion, as of a crowd or an army in consequence of a panic.
	verb (v. i.) To run away in a panic; -- said droves of cattle, horses, etc., also of armies.
	verb (v. t.) To disperse by causing sudden fright, as a herd or drove of animals.

Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (sta) - Words That Begins with sta:

stabbing

noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stab

stab	noun (n.) The thrust of a pointed weapon.
	noun (n.) A wound with a sharp-pointed weapon; as, to fall by the stab an assassin.
	noun (n.) Fig.: An injury inflicted covertly or suddenly; as, a stab given to character.
	verb (v. t.) To pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the thrust of a pointed instrument; as, to stab a man with a dagger; also, to thrust; as, to stab a dagger into a person.
	verb (v. t.) Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander; as, to stab a person's reputation.
	verb (v. i.) To give a wound with a pointed weapon; to pierce; to thrust with a pointed weapon.
	verb (v. i.) To wound or pain, as if with a pointed weapon.

stabber	noun (n.) One who, or that which, stabs; a privy murderer.
	noun (n.) A small marline spike; a pricker.

stabiliment

adjective (a.) The act of making firm; firm support; establishment.

stability	adjective (a.) The state or quality of being stable, or firm; steadiness; firmness; strength to stand without being moved or overthrown; as, the stability of a structure; the stability of a throne or a constitution.
	adjective (a.) Steadiness or firmness of character, firmness of resolution or purpose; the quality opposite to fickleness, irresolution, or inconstancy; constancy; steadfastness; as, a man of little stability, or of unusual stability.
	adjective (a.) Fixedness; -- as opposed to fluidity.

stabling	noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stable
	noun (n.) The act or practice of keeping horses and cattle in a stable.
	noun (n.) A building, shed, or room for horses and cattle.

stableboy

noun (n.) Alt. of Stableman

stableman

noun (n.) A boy or man who attends in a stable; a groom; a hostler.

stableness

noun (n.) The quality or state of being stable, or firmly established; stability.

stabler

noun (n.) A stable keeper.

stablishment

noun (n.) Establishment.

stabulation	noun (n.) The act of stabling or housing beasts.
	noun (n.) A place for lodging beasts; a stable.

staccato	adjective (a.) 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.
	adjective (a.) Expressed in a brief, pointed manner.

stack	noun (n.) To lay in a conical or other pile; to make into a large pile; as, to stack hay, cornstalks, or grain; to stack or place wood.
	adjective (a.) A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, usually of a nearly conical form, but sometimes rectangular or oblong, contracted at the top to a point or ridge, and sometimes covered with thatch.
	adjective (a.) A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity.
	adjective (a.) A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet.
	adjective (a.) A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof. Hence:
	adjective (a.) Any single insulated and prominent structure, or upright pipe, which affords a conduit for smoke; as, the brick smokestack of a factory; the smokestack of a steam vessel.
	adjective (a.) A section of memory in a computer used for temporary storage of data, in which the last datum stored is the first retrieved.
	adjective (a.) A data structure within random-access memory used to simulate a hardware stack; as, a push-down stack.

stacking	noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stack
	() a. & n. from Stack.

stackage	noun (n.) Hay, gray, or the like, in stacks; things stacked.
	noun (n.) A tax on things stacked.

stacket

noun (n.) A stockade.

stackstand

noun (n.) A staging for supporting a stack of hay or grain; a rickstand.

stackyard

noun (n.) A yard or inclosure for stacks of hay or grain.

stacte

noun (n.) One of the sweet spices used by the ancient Jews in the preparation of incense. It was perhaps an oil or other form of myrrh or cinnamon, or a kind of storax.

stade	noun (n.) A stadium.
	noun (n.) A landing place or wharf.

stadimeter

noun (n.) A horizontal graduated bar mounted on a staff, used as a stadium, or telemeter, for measuring distances.

stadium	noun (n.) A Greek measure of length, being the chief one used for itinerary distances, also adopted by the Romans for nautical and astronomical measurements. It was equal to 600 Greek or 625 Roman feet, or 125 Roman paces, or to 606 feet 9 inches English. This was also called the Olympic stadium, as being the exact length of the foot-race course at Olympia.
	noun (n.) Hence, a race course; especially, the Olympic course for foot races.
	noun (n.) A kind of telemeter for measuring the distance of an object of known dimensions, by observing the angle it subtends; especially (Surveying), 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; -- also called stadia, and stadia rod.
	noun (n.) A modern structure, with its inclosure, resembling the ancient stadium, used for athletic games, etc.

stadtholder

noun (n.) Formerly, the chief magistrate of the United Provinces of Holland; also, the governor or lieutenant governor of a province.

stadtholderate

noun (n.) Alt. of Stadtholdership

stadtholdership

noun (n.) The office or position of a stadtholder.

stafette

noun (n.) An estafet.

staff	noun (n.) A long piece of wood; a stick; the long handle of an instrument or weapon; a pole or srick, used for many purposes; as, a surveyor's staff; the staff of a spear or pike.
	noun (n.) A stick carried in the hand for support or defense by a person walking; hence, a support; that which props or upholds.
	noun (n.) A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office; as, a constable's staff.
	noun (n.) A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.
	noun (n.) The round of a ladder.
	noun (n.) A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.
	noun (n.) The five lines and the spaces on which music is written; -- formerly called stave.
	noun (n.) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.
	noun (n.) The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.
	noun (n.) An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution. See Etat Major.
	noun (n.) Hence: A body of assistants serving to carry into effect the plans of a superintendant or manager; as, the staff of a newspaper.
	noun (n.) Plaster combined with fibrous and other materials so as to be suitable for sculpture in relief or in the round, or for forming flat plates or boards of considerable size which can be nailed to framework to make the exterior of a larger structure, forming joints which may afterward be repaired and concealed with fresh plaster.

staffier

noun (n.) An attendant bearing a staff.

staffish

adjective (a.) Stiff; harsh.

staffman

noun (n.) A workman employed in silk throwing.

stag	noun (n.) The adult male of the red deer (Cervus elaphus), a large European species closely related to the American elk, or wapiti.
	noun (n.) The male of certain other species of large deer.
	noun (n.) A colt, or filly; also, a romping girl.
	noun (n.) A castrated bull; -- called also bull stag, and bull seg. See the Note under Ox.
	noun (n.) An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange.
	noun (n.) One who applies for the allotment of shares in new projects, with a view to sell immediately at a premium, and not to hold the stock.
	noun (n.) The European wren.
	verb (v. i.) To act as a "stag", or irregular dealer in stocks.
	verb (v. t.) To watch; to dog, or keep track of.

stage	noun (n.) A floor or story of a house.
	noun (n.) An elevated platform on which an orator may speak, a play be performed, an exhibition be presented, or the like.
	noun (n.) A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, or the like; a scaffold; a staging.
	noun (n.) A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf.
	noun (n.) The floor for scenic performances; hence, the theater; the playhouse; hence, also, the profession of representing dramatic compositions; the drama, as acted or exhibited.
	noun (n.) A place where anything is publicly exhibited; the scene of any noted action or carrer; the spot where any remarkable affair occurs.
	noun (n.) The platform of a microscope, upon which an object is placed to be viewed. See Illust. of Microscope.
	noun (n.) A place of rest on a regularly traveled road; a stage house; a station; a place appointed for a relay of horses.
	noun (n.) A degree of advancement in a journey; one of several portions into which a road or course is marked off; the distance between two places of rest on a road; as, a stage of ten miles.
	noun (n.) A degree of advancement in any pursuit, or of progress toward an end or result.
	noun (n.) A large vehicle running from station to station for the accomodation of the public; a stagecoach; an omnibus.
	noun (n.) One of several marked phases or periods in the development and growth of many animals and plants; as, the larval stage; pupa stage; zoea stage.
	verb (v. t.) To exhibit upon a stage, or as upon a stage; to display publicly.

stagecoach

noun (n.) A coach that runs regularly from one stage, station, or place to another, for the conveyance of passengers.

stagecoachman

noun (n.) One who drives a stagecoach.

stagehouse

noun (n.) A house where a stage regularly stops for passengers or a relay of horses.

stagely

adjective (a.) Pertaining to a stage; becoming the theater; theatrical.

stageplay

noun (n.) A dramatic or theatrical entertainment.

stageplayer

noun (n.) An actor on the stage; one whose occupation is to represent characters on the stage; as, Garrick was a celebrated stageplayer.

stager	noun (n.) A player.
	noun (n.) One who has long acted on the stage of life; a practitioner; a person of experience, or of skill derived from long experience.
	noun (n.) A horse used in drawing a stage.

stagery

noun (n.) Exhibition on the stage.

staggard

noun (n.) The male red deer when four years old.

staggering

noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stagger

stagger	noun (n.) To move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking; not to stand or walk with steadiness; to sway; to reel or totter.
	noun (n.) To cease to stand firm; to begin to give way; to fail.
	noun (n.) To begin to doubt and waver in purposes; to become less confident or determined; to hesitate.
	noun (n.) An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing, as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion; vertigo; -- often in the plural; as, the stagger of a drunken man.
	noun (n.) A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling; as, parasitic staggers; appopletic or sleepy staggers.
	noun (n.) Bewilderment; perplexity.
	verb (v. t.) To cause to reel or totter.
	verb (v. t.) To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to make less steady or confident; to shock.
	verb (v. t.) To arrange (a series of parts) on each side of a median line alternately, as the spokes of a wheel or the rivets of a boiler seam.

staggerbush

noun (n.) An American shrub (Andromeda Mariana) having clusters of nodding white flowers. It grows in low, sandy places, and is said to poison lambs and calves.

staggerwort

noun (n.) A kind of ragwort (Senecio Jacobaea).

staghound

noun (n.) A large and powerful hound formerly used in hunting the stag, the wolf, and other large animals. The breed is nearly extinct.

staging	noun (n.) A structure of posts and boards for supporting workmen, etc., as in building.
	noun (n.) The business of running stagecoaches; also, the act of journeying in stagecoaches.

stagirite

noun (n.) A native of, or resident in, Stagira, in ancient Macedonia; especially, Aristotle.

stagnancy

noun (n.) State of being stagnant.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH STAMFORD:

English Words which starts with 'sta' and ends with 'ord':

English Words which starts with 'st' and ends with 'rd':

standard	noun (n.) A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a national or other ensign.
	noun (n.) That which is established by authority as a rule for the measure of quantity, extent, value, or quality; esp., the original specimen weight or measure sanctioned by government, as the standard pound, gallon, or yard.
	noun (n.) That which is established as a rule or model by authority, custom, or general consent; criterion; test.
	noun (n.) The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established by authority.
	noun (n.) A tree of natural size supported by its own stem, and not dwarfed by grafting on the stock of a smaller species nor trained upon a wall or trellis.
	noun (n.) The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla.
	noun (n.) An upright support, as one of the poles of a scaffold; any upright in framing.
	noun (n.) An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally.
	noun (n.) The sheth of a plow.
	noun (n.) A large drinking cup.
	adjective (a.) Being, affording, or according with, a standard for comparison and judgment; as, standard time; standard weights and measures; a standard authority as to nautical terms; standard gold or silver.
	adjective (a.) Hence: Having a recognized and permanent value; as, standard works in history; standard authors.
	adjective (a.) Not supported by, or fastened to, a wall; as, standard fruit trees.
	adjective (a.) Not of the dwarf kind; as, a standard pear tree.

starboard	adjective (a.) Pertaining to the right-hand side of a ship; being or lying on the right side; as, the starboard quarter; starboard tack.
	verb (v. t.) That side of a vessel which is on the right hand of a person who stands on board facing the bow; -- opposed to larboard, or port.
	verb (v. t.) To put to the right, or starboard, side of a vessel; as, to starboard the helm.

steelyard

noun (n.) A form of balance in which the body to be weighed is suspended from the shorter arm of a lever, which turns on a fulcrum, and a counterpoise is caused to slide upon the longer arm to produce equilibrium, its place upon this arm (which is notched or graduated) indicating the weight; a Roman balance; -- very commonly used also in the plural form, steelyards.

steward	noun (n.) A man employed in a large family, or on a large estate, to manage the domestic concerns, supervise other servants, collect the rents or income, keep accounts, and the like.
	noun (n.) A person employed in a hotel, or a club, or on board a ship, to provide for the table, superintend the culinary affairs, etc. In naval vessels, the captain's steward, wardroom steward, steerage steward, warrant officers steward, etc., are petty officers who provide for the messes under their charge.
	noun (n.) A fiscal agent of certain bodies; as, a steward in a Methodist church.
	noun (n.) In some colleges, an officer who provides food for the students and superintends the kitchen; also, an officer who attends to the accounts of the students.
	noun (n.) In Scotland, a magistrate appointed by the crown to exercise jurisdiction over royal lands.
	verb (v. t.) To manage as a steward.

stiltbird

noun (n.) See Stilt, n., 3.

stinkard	noun (n.) A mean, stinking, paltry fellow.
	noun (n.) The teledu of the East Indies. It emits a disagreeable odor.

stonebird

noun (n.) The yellowlegs; -- called also stone snipe. See Tattler, 2.

stowboard

noun (n.) A place into which rubbish is put.

straightforward	adjective (a.) Proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating; honest; frank.
	adverb (adv.) In a straightforward manner.

strawboard

noun (n.) Pasteboard made of pulp of straw.

streetward	noun (n.) An officer, or ward, having the care of the streets.
	adjective (a.) Facing toward the street.

stringboard

noun (n.) Same as Stringpiece.

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