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Stylommata :: Stylometer (n.) An instrument for measuring columns.

Stylommatophora :: Stylommata (n. pl.) Same as Stylommatophora.

Stylommatophorous :: Stylommatophora (n. pl.) A division of Pulmonata in which the eyes are situated at the tips of the tentacles. It includes the common land snails and slugs. See Illust. under Snail.

Stylopodia :: Stylommatophorous (a.) Of or pertaining to Stylommatophora.

Stylopodium :: Stylopodia (pl. ) of Stylopodiu.

Stylops :: Stylopodium (n.) An expansion at the base of the style, as in umbelliferous plants..

Stylus :: Stylops (n.) A genus of minute insects parasitic, in their larval state, on bees and wasps. It is the typical genus of the group Strepsiptera, formerly considered a distinct order, but now generally referred to the Coleoptera. See Strepsiptera..

Stylus :: Stylus (n.) An instrument for writing. See Style, n., 1..

Stylus :: Stylus (n.) That needle-shaped part at the tip of the playing arm of phonograph which sits in the groove of a phonograph record while it is turning, to detect the undulations in the phonograph groove and convert them into vibrations which are transmitted to a system (since 1920 electronic) which converts the signal into sound; also called needle. The stylus is frequently composed of metal or diamond..

Stylus :: Stylus (n.) The needle-like device used to cut the grooves which record the sound on the original disc during recording of a phonograph record.

Substylar :: Substructure (n.) An under structure; a foundation; groundwork.

Substyle :: Substylar (a.) Pertaining to the substyle.

Surstyle :: Sursolid (n.) The fifth power of a number; as, a/ is the sursolid of a, or 32 that of 2..

Systyle :: Systolic (a.) Of or pertaining to systole, or contraction; contracting; esp., relating to the systole of the heart; as, systolic murmur..

Systyle :: Systyle (a.) Having a space equal to two diameters or four modules between two columns; -- said of a portico or building. See Intercolumniation.

Tetrastyle :: Tetrastyle (a.) Having four columns in front; -- said of a temple, portico, or colonnade..

Tetrastyle :: Tetrastyle (n.) A tetrastyle building.

Urostyle :: Urostyle (n.) A styliform process forming the posterior extremity of the vertebral column in some fishes and amphibians.