STELES

Something stale; a loaf of bread or the like that is no longer fresh.

A long, thin handle (of rakes, axes, etc.)

The posts and rungs composing a ladder.

The stem of a plant.

A fixed position, particularly a soldier's in a battle-line.

A stalemate; a stalemated game.

An ambush.

(livestock) Urine, especially used of horses and cattle.

A live bird to lure birds of prey or others of its kind into a trap.

Any lure, particularly in reference to people used as live bait.

An accomplice of a thief or criminal acting as bait.

An upright (or formerly upright) slab containing engraved or painted decorations or inscriptions; a stela.

Any carved or engraved surface.

An acroterion, the decoration on the ridge of an ancient Greek building such as a temple.

The central core of a plant's root and stem system, especially including the vascular tissue and developed from the plerome.