plural of stancher

A standard defining a standardized isotopic composition of water.

plural of standing joke

A cut of beef from the primal rib, one of the eight primal cuts of beef.

present participle of stand on ceremony

plural of stanchel

(Scotland) A stanchion.

(UK, law, obsolete) The position of a person found standing in the forest with a crossbow or longbow bent, ready to shoot at a deer, or close by a tree with greyhounds in a leash ready to slip; one of the four presumptions that a person intended to steal the king's deer.

plural of standing committee

An established parliamentary or congressional committee to which all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials and other matters regarding a defined scope of subjects get referred to and then returned to parliament or congress along with a recommended measure.