Aristophanic :: Aristophanic (a.) Of or pertaining to Aristophanes, the Athenian comic poet..

Blastophoral :: Blastophoral (a.) Alt. of Blastophori.

Blastophore :: Blastophore (n.) That portion of the spermatospore which is not converted into spermatoblasts, but carries them..

Blastophoric :: Blastophoric (a.) Relating to the blastophore.

Blastopore :: Blastopore (n.) The pore or opening leading into the cavity of invagination, or archenteron..

Christophany :: Christophany (n.) An appearance of Christ, as to his disciples after the crucifixion..

Cystoplast :: Cystoplast (n.) A nucleated cell having an envelope or cell wall, as a red blood corpuscle or an epithelial cell; a cell concerned in growth..

Doorstop :: Doorstop (n.) The block or strip of wood or similar material which stops, at the right place, the shutting of a door..

Estop :: Estop (v. t.) To impede or bar by estoppel.

Estophed :: Estophed (imp. & p. p.) of Esto.

Estoppel :: Estoppel (n.) A stop; an obstruction or bar to one's alleging or denying a fact contrary to his own previous action, allegation, or denial; an admission, by words or conduct, which induces another to purchase rights, against which the party making such admission can not take a position inconsistent with the admission..

Estoppel :: Estoppel (n.) The agency by which the law excludes evidence to dispute certain admissions, which the policy of the law treats as indisputable..

Estopping :: Estopping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Esto.

Histophyly :: Histophyly (n.) The tribal history of cells, a division of morphophyly..

Instop :: Instop (v. t.) To stop; to close; to make fast; as, to instop the seams..

Long-stop :: Long-stop (n.) One who is set to stop balls which pass the wicket keeper.

Mephistophelian :: Mephistophelian (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the devil Mephistopheles, a crafty, scoffing, relentless fiend; devilish; crafty..

Shortstop :: Shortstop (n.) The player stationed in the field bewtween the second and third bases.

Stop :: Stopping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sto.

Stop :: Stop (v. t.) To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound..

Stop :: Stop (v. t.) To obstruct; to render impassable; as, to stop a way, road, or passage..

Stop :: Stop (v. t.) To arrest the progress of; to hinder; to impede; to shut in; as, to stop a traveler; to stop the course of a stream, or a flow of blood..

Stop :: Stop (v. t.) To hinder from acting or moving; to prevent the effect or efficiency of; to cause to cease; to repress; to restrain; to suppress; to interrupt; to suspend; as, to stop the execution of a decree, the progress of vice, the approaches of old age or infirmity..

Stop :: Stop (v. t.) To regulate the sounds of, as musical strings, by pressing them against the finger board with the finger, or by shortening in any way the vibrating part..

Stop :: Stop (v. t.) To point, as a composition; to punctuate..

Stop :: Stop (v. t.) To make fast; to stopper.

Stop :: Stop (v. i.) To cease to go on; to halt, or stand still; to come to a stop..

Stop :: Stop (v. i.) To cease from any motion, or course of action..

Stop :: Stop (v. i.) To spend a short time; to reside temporarily; to stay; to tarry; as, to stop with a friend..

Stop :: Stop (n.) The act of stopping, or the state of being stopped; hindrance of progress or of action; cessation; repression; interruption; check; obstruction..

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