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Stal Rzeszów (football)
Stal Rzeszów, Polish football club founded 1944 by PZL aviation workers; 1975 Polish Cup winner, 1975/76 Cup Winners' Cup second round vs Wrexham, 11 Ekstraklasa seasons, now in Betclic 1 Liga.
Stalactite
A stalactite is an icicle-shaped mineral formation that hangs from a cave ceiling and grows as dripping water deposits calcite, usually beginning as a hollow soda straw.
Stalag
A Stalag, short for Mannschaftsstammlager, was a permanent World War II camp run by the German Wehrmacht for enemy enlisted men and NCOs, while officers were held in Oflags.
Stalag 17
Stalag 17 (1953) is Billy Wilder's POW comedy-drama, adapted from the 1951 Broadway play by Bevan and Trzcinski, starring William Holden as suspected informer J.J. Sefton; Holden won the Best Actor Oscar.
Stalag Luft III
Stalag Luft III (Sagan, now Żagań, Poland) was a Luftwaffe POW camp for Allied airmen, 1942–1945, site of the March 1944 Great Escape: 76 men escaped through tunnel Harry, 50 were executed, 3 reached safety.
Stalagmite
Stalagmite: upward-growing cave floor deposit, usually calcite, built by mineral-rich drip water that degasses CO2 on impact; counterpart of the stalactite, joinable into columns, datable by uranium-thorium methods and used as a paleoclimate archive.
Staldon Linea
Staldon Linea is a linea, an elongated surface marking, on Jupiter's icy moon Europa. Named after a stone row in England, it was approved by the IAU in 2003.
Stalemate
Stalemate (chess): draw declared when the player to move has no legal move and the king is not in check, under FIDE Law 5.2.1; distinct from checkmate, historically scored various ways.
Stal̕əw̓asəm Bridge
The Stal̕əw̓asəm Bridge, also called the Riverview Bridge, is a four-lane, toll-free cable-stayed bridge over the Fraser River between Surrey and New Westminster, British Columbia, opened in 2026.
Stalin (స్టాలిన్) (2006 film)
Stalin (స్టాలిన్) is a 2006 Telugu action-drama starring Chiranjeevi as an ex-army Major who starts a pay-it-forward help chain; directed by A. R. Murugadoss, produced by Nagendra Babu, remade in Hindi as Jai Ho, and re-released in 2025.
Stalin Line
Stalin Line (Линия Сталина): Soviet chain of fortified regions along the pre-1939 western border, Karelian Isthmus to Black Sea, built 1928-1939, 13+8 URs, over 7,000 pillboxes; mothballed for the Molotov Line, overrun 1941.
Stalingrad (1993 film)
Stalingrad is a 1993 German anti-war film directed by Joseph Vilsmaier. It chronicles a fictional Wehrmacht platoon's experience during the encirclement of the German 6th Army in 1942–43.
Stalingrad (Сталинград) (2013 film)
Stalingrad (Сталинград) is Fedor Bondarchuk's 2013 Russian war drama about Soviet soldiers defending a house in the 1942 battle; the first Russian IMAX 3D film, $30 million budget, $68.7 million worldwide gross, Russia's 2013 Oscar entry.
Stalinism
Stalinism: the political, economic, and ideological system of Joseph Stalin's rule in the USSR (1922–53), marked by forced collectivization, five-year plans, mass terror, and debate over its continuity with Leninism.
Stalinist architecture
Stalinist architecture, also known as the Stalinist Empire style or socialist classicism, dominated Soviet building from the 1930s to the early 1950s, blending classical composition with rich ornament.
Stalinist purges in Mongolia
The Stalinist purges in Mongolia, known in Mongolian as Ikh Helmegdel, were waves of repression in the 1920s and 1930s that killed tens of thousands, especially Buddhist lamas.
Stalinka
Stalinka (сталинка) is the colloquial name for Soviet apartment buildings built under Stalin, roughly 1935–1955: brick construction, high ceilings, spacious flats, elite and ordinary types, ended by Khrushchev's 1955 anti-excess decree.
Stalk-eyed fly
Stalk-eyed flies are flies of the family Diopsidae whose eyes, and uniquely the antennae, sit on long head stalks that can exceed body length in males.
Stalker (1979 film)
Stalker (Сталкер) is Andrei Tarkovsky's 1979 Soviet philosophical sci-fi film, loosely based on the Strugatsky brothers' Roadside Picnic, about a guide leading a Writer and Professor into the Zone toward a wish-granting Room; plagued by spoiled footage and reshoots, it won Cannes prizes and ranks among the greatest films.
Stalkers recreation park
Stalkers recreation park (Atpūtas parks "Stalkers") is a private leisure and theme park on the Daugava River in Naujene Parish, Augšdaugava Municipality, Latvia, within Daugavas Loki Nature Park, created by former Daugavpils mayor Rihards Eigims.
Stalking
Stalking: a pattern of repeated harassing or threatening conduct, including following, surveillance, unwanted contact, and GPS or spyware tracking, that causes fear or substantial emotional distress; affects about 1 in 5 US women and 1 in 10 men, criminalized in all 50 states.
Stalking Cat
Stalking Cat, born Dennis Avner (1958–2012), was a US Navy veteran and programmer known as Catman, who underwent extensive body modification by Steve Haworth to resemble a tigress, claiming Huron spiritual motivation, and died in Tonopah, Nevada.
Stall (fluid dynamics)
A stall in fluid dynamics is the loss of lift that occurs when airflow separates from a wing, classically when its angle of attack exceeds a critical value.
Stall protection system
A stall protection system is an aircraft installation that warns of an approaching aerodynamic stall with a stick shaker and, if unheeded, prevents it with a nose-down stick pusher.
Stall regulation
Stall regulation limits a wind turbine's power output through aerodynamic stall: as wind speed rises, airflow separates from the blade, reducing lift without blade pitch control.
Stall warning system
A stall warning system is an aircraft installation alerting the crew as angle of attack nears the stall, ranging from simple horns to stick shakers and pushers.
Stallion
Stallion: an intact, mature male horse (gelding = castrated male), kept for breeding. Distinguished by testosterone-driven behavior, 5-7 mares bred weekly, and the dominant ~1,500-year-old Crown Y-chromosome lineage in modern breeds.
Stalls For Renting Surf Boards/lessons
Stalls for renting surfboards and lessons: beachside shacks and stands renting boards and wetsuits and selling beginner lessons, from Waikiki's C&K Beach Service to surf schools in Bali, with typical prices, business models, and permit rules.
STAMARIL
STAMARIL is Sanofi's WHO-prequalified live attenuated yellow fever vaccine (17D-204 strain, ≥1000 IU per 0.5 mL dose), prequalified since 1987, licensed in about 70 countries, and supplied in the US under an expanded access program.
Stamatis Gonidis
Stamatis Gonidis (Σταμάτης Γονίδης, born 1957) is a Greek laiko-pop singer and songwriter from Kythnos, known for gold and platinum albums and more than 350 songs written for other artists.