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Containing a half foot.

Measuring or containing a foot and a half; as, a sesquipedalian pygmy; -- sometimes humorously applied to long words.

Sesquipedality.

The quality or condition of being sesquipedal. Sterne.

Moistened, covered, or sweetened with sirup, or sweet juice.

Having the top capped or covered with snow; as, snow-capped mountains.

g a single hoof on each foot, as the horses and asses; a solidungulate. [Written also solipede.] The solipeds, or firm-hoofed animals, as horses, asses, and mules, etc., -- they are, also, in mighty number. Sir T. Browne.

Having single hoofs.

imp. & p. p. of Speed.

Having the shape of a spindle.

d or an army in consequence of a panic. She and her husband would join in the general stampede. W. Black.

Of or pertaining to stapes.

p or steps; having a series of offsets or parts resembling the steps of stairs; as, a stepped key. Stepped gear, a cogwheel of which the teeth cross the face in a series of steps.

Fig.: Formed in a fixed, unchangeable manner; as, stereotyped opinions. Our civilization, with its stereotyped ways and smooth conventionalities. J. C. Shairp.

Made by complete closure of the mouth organs; shut; -- said of certain consonants (p, b, t, d, etc.). H. Sweet.

Shaped like a strap; ligulate; as, a strap-shaped corolla.

Having stripes of different colors; streaked. Striped bass. (Zoöl.) See under Bass. -- Striped maple (Bot.), a slender American tree (Acer Pennsylvanicum) with finely striped bark. Called also striped dogwood, and moosewood. -- Striped mullet. (Zoöl.) See under Mullet, 2. -- Striped snake (Zoöl.), the garter snake.…

Situated beneath the peduncle; as, the subpeduncular lobe of the cerebellum.

Supported on, or growing from, a very short stem; having a short peduncle.

Being under the feet. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.