stevedore | (n) a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port, Syn. lumper, dock worker, longshoreman, loader, dock-walloper, docker, dockworker, dockhand |
stevens | (n) United States psychologist and psychophysicist who proposed Stevens' power law to replace Fechner's law (1906-1973), Syn. Smitty Stevens, Stanley Smith Stevens, S. Smith Stevens |
stevens | (n) United States poet (1879-1955), Syn. Wallace Stevens |
stevens | (n) United States filmmaker (1905-1975), Syn. George Stevens |
stevens' law | (n) (psychophysics) the concept that the magnitude of a subjective sensation increases proportional to a power of the stimulus intensity, Syn. Stevens' power law, power law |
stevenson | (n) Scottish author (1850-1894), Syn. Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson |
stevenson | (n) United States politician and diplomat (1900-1968), Syn. Adlai Ewing Stevenson, Adlai Stevenson |
gaskell | (n) English writer who is remembered for her biography of Charlotte Bronte (1810-1865), Syn. Elizabeth Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson Gaskell |
honduras rosewood | (n) Central American tree yielding a valuable dark streaked rosewood, Syn. Dalbergia stevensonii |
martin | (n) United States actor and comedian (born in 1945), Syn. Steve Martin |
maxim | (n) English inventor (born in the United States) who invented the Maxim gun that was used in World War I (1840-1916), Syn. Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim |
reich | (n) United States composer (born in 1936), Syn. Stephen Michael Reich, Steve Reich |
spielberg | (n) United States filmmaker (born in 1947), Syn. Steven Spielberg |
thatcher | (n) British stateswoman; first woman to serve as Prime Minister (born in 1925), Syn. Iron Lady, Margaret Thatcher, Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven |
weinberg | (n) United States theoretical physicist (born in 1933), Syn. Steven Weinberg |
Steve | v. t. [ See Stevedore. ] To pack or stow, as cargo in a ship's hold. See Steeve. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Stevedore | n. [ Sp. estivador a packer, a stower, fr. estivar to pack, to stow, L. stipare to press, compress, probably akin to E. stiff. See Stiff, Stive to stuff. ] One whose occupation is to load and unload vessels in port; one who stows a cargo in a hold. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Steven | n. [ AS. stefn, stemn, voice; akin to D. stem, G. stimme, Goth. stibna. ] 1. Voice; speech; language. [ Obs. or Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Ye have as merry a steven As any angel hath that is in heaven. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. An outcry; a loud call; a clamor. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ] To set steven, to make an appointment. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] They setten steven for to meet To playen at the dice. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] |
斯皮尔伯格 | [Sī pí ěr bó gé, ㄙ ㄆㄧˊ ㄦˇ ㄅㄛˊ ㄍㄜˊ, 斯 皮 尔 伯 格 / 斯 皮 爾 伯 格] Steven Spielberg (1946-), US film director #46,369 [Add to Longdo] |
史蒂夫 | [Shǐ dì fū, ㄕˇ ㄉㄧˋ ㄈㄨ, 史 蒂 夫] Steve (male name) #48,570 [Add to Longdo] |
斯蒂文森 | [Sī dì wén sēn, ㄙ ㄉㄧˋ ㄨㄣˊ ㄙㄣ, 斯 蒂 文 森] Stevenson or Stephenson (name) #150,572 [Add to Longdo] |
百叶箱 | [bǎi yè xiāng, ㄅㄞˇ ㄧㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄤ, 百 叶 箱 / 百 葉 箱] Stevenson screen (white box with ventilated sides, housing meteorological instruments); thermometer screen; instrument shelter #203,182 [Add to Longdo] |
斯史蒂文 | [Shǐ dì wén sī, ㄕˇ ㄉㄧˋ ㄨㄣˊ ㄙ, 斯 史 蒂 文] Stevens (name) [Add to Longdo] |