(historical) A sharp stick used for writing on clay tablets or other surfaces; a stylus; (by extension, obsolete) an instrument used to write with ink; a pen.

(transitive) To design, fashion, make, or arrange in a certain way or form (style) / (transitive, formal) To call or give a name or title to.

(golf) A situation where an opponent's ball is directly in the way of one's own ball and the hole, on the putting green (abolished 1952). / (by extension) An obstacle or obstruction.

To thwart or stump; to cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck. / (golf) To bring into the position of, or impede by, a stymie.

Alternative form of Stygian (“of or relating to the river Styx”) / (literary) Dark and gloomy. / (literary) Infernal or hellish. / (vision, of a perceived color) Having a luminosity below 0%.

Alternative spelling of lifestyle

A technique of quick-fire dialogue used in Greek, Roman and Shakespearian theatre, often as a rhythmic device.

(psychology) The automatic, natural, habitual way in which a person explains events.

(Greek mythology) The river, in Hades, over which the souls of the dead are ferried by Charon. / (astronomy) The 5th moon of Pluto, discovered in 2012.

plural of stylus