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Stambheshwar Mahadev
Stambheshwar Mahadev, also known as Gayab Mandir, is a Shiva temple at Kavi Kamboi, Gujarat, at the Mahi river's confluence with the sea, submerged at high tide twice daily.
Stambovsky v. Ackley
Stambovsky v. Ackley, 169 A.D.2d 254 (N.Y. App. Div. 1991), the "Ghostbusters ruling," held a Nyack, New York house legally haunted because seller Helen Ackley had publicized its ghosts, entitling buyer Jeffrey Stambovsky to rescind his $650,000 contract despite caveat emptor.
Stamen
Stamen: the male reproductive organ of a flower, made of an anther that produces pollen and a filament stalk; collectively the androecium. Differs from the pistil (female) and from gymnosperm pollen organs, which lack thecae.
Stamford Bridge (stadium)
Stamford Bridge, Fulham, London: Chelsea FC's home since 1905, opened 1877 as an athletics ground, capacity about 40,000-42,000, owned by Chelsea Pitch Owners plc, record crowd 82,905 in 1935.
Stamford Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire
Stamford Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire: village on the River Derwent about 7 miles east of York, site of the 1066 battle where Harold Godwineson defeated Harald Hardrada and Tostig; also Roman Derventio and a Registered Battlefield.
Stamford Raffles
Sir Stamford Raffles (1781–1826), British East India Company administrator, Lieutenant-Governor of Java 1811–1816 and of Bencoolen 1817–1824, established the British settlement at Singapore by the 6 February 1819 treaty with Sultan Husain Shah and the Temenggong.
Stamford, Connecticut
Stamford, Connecticut: a city in Fairfield County on Long Island Sound, settled 1641 and named 1642 after Stamford, Lincolnshire. Connecticut's third largest city, population 135,470 (2020), a Metro-North commuter hub about 35 miles from Manhattan.
Stamford, Lincolnshire
Stamford, Lincolnshire: a market town on the River Welland in South Kesteven, designated England's first conservation area on 28 September 1967, with over 600 listed buildings, five medieval churches, and Georgian architecture from its Great North Road coaching heyday.
Stamp
Stamp (แสตมป์-อภิวัชร์ เอื้อถาวรสุข), born Apiwat Eurthavornsuk in Bangkok in 1982, is a Thai singer-songwriter who wrote hits for Thongchai McIntyre, coached on The Voice Thailand, and runs his own label, 123records.
Stamp Act 1765
Stamp Act 1765: British Parliament act of 22 March 1765, the first direct internal tax on the American colonies, taxing stamped paper for documents and newspapers; nullified by resistance, repealed 18 March 1766 with the Declaratory Act.
Stamp Act Congress
The Stamp Act Congress was a 1765 meeting in New York City of delegates from nine colonies, which issued the Declaration of Rights and Grievances against parliamentary taxation.
Stamp collecting
Stamp collecting, or philately, is the hobby of gathering and studying postage stamps and postal history. Covers origins after the 1840 Penny Black, condition grading, topical collecting, valuation, and the digital tools reshaping the hobby.
Stamp duty
Stamp duty: a tax on documents transferring property, shares, or securities, named for embossed revenue stamps first used in England in 1694; now charged on transaction value, e.g. UK SDLT and Singapore BSD/SSD/ABSD.
Stamp Fairtex
Stamp Fairtex (Nadthawan Panthong, b. 1997, Rayong) is a Thai atomweight fighter and ONE Championship's first three-sport world champion, holding Muay Thai, kickboxing, and MMA titles; she vacated the MMA belt in 2025 after a knee injury and returned to competition in 2026.
STAMP trial (NCT04048161)
STAMP trial (NCT04048161), Study of Tacrolimus vs Mycophenolate Mofetil in Pediatric Patients With Nephrotic Syndrome: Chinese multicenter RCT in 270 children with FRNS/SDNS; tacrolimus gave 82.22% vs 58.52% 1-year relapse-free survival (JAMA Pediatrics 2025).
Stampede
Stampede: sudden panicked mass flight of animals or crowds, from Spanish estampida. Central hazard of Texas cattle drives; stopped by circling leaders into a mill; also describes fatal human crowd crushes.
Stampede (Orville Peck album)
Stampede is Orville Peck's third studio album, a 15-track, 50-minute duets record released August 2, 2024 on Warner Records, featuring Willie Nelson, Elton John, Kylie Minogue, Beck, and others; Metascore 74.
Stampede Trail
The Stampede Trail is an off-highway-vehicle and hiking trail in Denali Borough, Alaska, running west toward the Sushana River, known for the abandoned bus where Chris McCandless died in 1992.
STAMPEDE trial
STAMPEDE (Systemic Therapy in Advancing or Metastatic Prostate Cancer: Evaluation of Drug Efficacy) is a UK-Swiss multi-arm multi-stage platform trial, 2005-2023, ~12,000 men, showing docetaxel, abiraterone, and low-burden radiotherapy improve survival when added to hormone therapy.
Stampede3
Stampede3 is a supercomputer at the Texas Advanced Computing Center at the University of Texas at Austin, serving as the NSF ACCESS ecosystem's primary open-science resource since 2024.
Stamping (metalworking)
Stamping, or metal stamping, is a cold metalworking process in which sheet metal is shaped, cut, or formed between a die and the slide of a mechanical or hydraulic press.
Stamping out (epidemiology)
Stamping out is an animal disease eradication strategy in which all susceptible animals on infected and contact premises are slaughtered, with compensation paid to owners.
Stampli
Stampli is an Israeli-founded software company specializing in AI-powered accounts payable automation, founded by brothers Eyal and Ofer Feldman, headquartered in Mountain View, California, with over $148 million raised.
Stan (song)
Stan (song): 2000 Eminem track from The Marshall Mathers LP featuring a Dido "Thank You" sample, telling of an obsessive fan who dies driving off a bridge; it gave English the slang word "stan", added to the OED in 2017.
Stan & Ollie
Stan & Ollie (2018) is a biographical comedy-drama directed by Jon S. Baird, written by Jeff Pope, starring Steve Coogan as Stan Laurel and John C. Reilly as Oliver Hardy on their final 1953 British variety tour.
Stan Against Evil
Stan Against Evil: IFC comedy-horror series (2016–2018) created by Dana Gould, starring John C. McGinley and Janet Varney as sheriffs fighting 172 demons in Willard's Mill; three seasons, 24 episodes, canceled 2019.
Stan and Jan Berenstain
Stan and Jan Berenstain (both born 1923) were a Philadelphia-born husband-and-wife cartoonist team who created the Berenstain Bears with Dr. Seuss as editor in 1962; more than 300 books and hundreds of millions of copies sold.
Stan Ashbee
Stan Ashbee (Stanley Luca Ashbee, born 2006, Hull) is a left-footed Irish youth international centre-back, son of Ian Ashbee, a Hull City player on loan at Scunthorpe United with one FA Cup appearance.
Stan Collymore
Stan Collymore (born 1971, Stone, Staffordshire), English centre-forward; British record £8.5m 1995 move from Nottingham Forest to Liverpool, 81 games and 35 goals there, scorer of the 1996 4-3 Newcastle winner, three England caps, later Villa, Leicester, Real Oviedo, then punditry and mental health advocacy.
stan culture
Stan culture is fan behavior characterized by extreme, identity-defining devotion to a celebrity or group, named after Eminem's 2000 song "Stan", and known for coordinated streaming, voting, and fan-funded projects.