Any of several vines in the genus Celastrus.

plural of staff vine

(military) A steel stake, used for barbed-wire defences, the lower half of which is corkscrew-shaped, to enable it to be screwed into the ground.

(aviation) staff employed by an airline, or an airport, that work on the ground, as opposed to aircrews. / (sports) staff employed by a sports club to maintain their sports ground.

plural of stage mom

Any of the stages of the Prader scale.

An intermediate stopping point. / (figuratively) A well-defined point in a process where one can rest or regroup.

(histology) A cytological stain used primarily for metaphase chromosomes and differentiation of blood cells

(histology) A staining technique used primarily for differentiation of blood cells.

present participle of e-stalk