STOPES

Stopes, Marie Stopes, Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes

(noun) birth-control campaigner who in 1921 opened the first birth control clinic in London (1880-1958)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

stopes

plural of stope

Anagrams

• T poses, T-poses, e-stops, estops, pestos, posest, posets, posset, ptoses, stoeps

Source: Wiktionary


STOPE

Stope, n. Etym: [Cf. Step, n. & v. i.] (Mining)

Definition: A horizontal working forming one of a series, the working faces of which present the appearance of a flight of steps.

Stope, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stoped; p. pr. & vb. n. Stoping.] (Mining) (a) To excavate in the form of stopes. (b) To fill in with rubbish, as a space from which the ore has been worked out.

Stope, Sto"pen, p. p. of Step.

Definition: Stepped; gone; advanced. [Obs.] A poor widow, somedeal stope in age. Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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18 April 2025

GROIN

(noun) the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals


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