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Stishovite

Stishovite is a dense high-pressure polymorph of silica first identified in 1961 by Sergei Stishov, occurring naturally at meteorite impact sites like Meteor Crater, Arizona.

Stitch (Lilo & Stitch)

Stitch, also called Experiment 626, is Disney's blue alien lead of Lilo & Stitch (2002), created by Chris Sanders, co-directed by Sanders and DeBlois, remade in live action in 2025 to over $1 billion globally.

Stitch Fix

Stitch Fix is an online personal styling service founded by Katrina Lake in 2011, based in San Francisco, that pairs human stylists with AI to curate shipments called Fixes.

Stitch Head

Stitch Head (2025) is a 3D computer-animated comedy directed by Steve Hudson, adapted from Guy Bass's children's book series. The Mad Professor's forgotten first creation protects Castle Grotteskew's monsters until circus owner Fulbert Freakfinder lures him away; premiered at Annecy, released by Briarcliff Entertainment.

Stitch London

Stitch London, also known as Stitch 'n Bitch London, was a knitting group that met weekly in central London venues from 2005 to 2013 and taught thousands to knit for free.

Stitch!

Stitch! (スティッチ!), Japanese anime spin-off of Disney's Lilo & Stitch by Madhouse and Walt Disney Television International Japan, set after Leroy & Stitch on Okinawa's Izayoi Island with Yuna; three seasons, 2008–2010, TV Tokyo and TV Asahi.

Stitch! The Movie

Stitch! The Movie (2003) is Disney's direct-to-video sequel to Lilo & Stitch, directed by Tony Craig and Bobs Gannaway, serving as the pilot for Lilo & Stitch: The Series, with 625 experiments landing on Hawaii and Gantu kidnapping Jumba.

Stitchers

Stitchers (2015–2017) is an American crime sci-fi drama on ABC Family/Freeform, created by Jeffrey Alan Schechter; Emma Ishta plays Kirsten Clark, who is stitched into dead people's memories; canceled after three seasons, 31 episodes.

Stiv Bators

Stiv Bators (Steven John Bator, 1949-1990), American punk singer from Youngstown, Ohio; frontman of the Dead Boys and the Lords of the New Church; solo album Disconnected; died in Paris after a car accident.

Stiven Mendoza

Stiven Mendoza, full name John Stiven Mendoza Valencia, is a Colombian footballer born in 1992 who plays as a left winger for Brazilian club Athletico Paranaense.

Stixneusiedl

Stixneusiedl (formerly Stix Neusiedl), village in Trautmannsdorf an der Leitha, Bruck an der Leitha district, Lower Austria; 570 residents (2025), wine-growing, first recorded 1335, Roman Mithraeum found 1816.

Stjarnan

Stjarnan (Ungmennafélagið Stjarnan) is a 1960-founded multi-sports club from Garðabær, Iceland, whose football team reached the top flight in 2008, became famous for choreographed goal celebrations, and debuted in Europe in 2014.

Stjepan Hauser

Stjepan Hauser (HAUSER), Croatian cellist born 1986 in Pula, co-founder of the duo 2Cellos famous for the viral "Smooth Criminal" cover, later a classical crossover solo artist whose album Classic reached No. 1 on the Billboard classical chart.

Stjepan Radić

Stjepan Radić (1871–1928) was a Croatian politician who founded the Croatian Peasant Party, turned the peasantry into a mass political force, and was assassinated in 1928.

Stjepan Vukčić Kosača

Stjepan Vukčić Kosača (around 1404 to 1466) was the grand duke of Bosnia from 1435 whose territory became known as Herzegovina after he took the title herceg of Saint Sava in 1448.

STK11

STK11 (LKB1, liver kinase B1) is a tumor suppressor serine/threonine kinase gene on 19p13.3; germline mutations cause Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, and somatic loss is common in lung cancer.

STK38

STK38 (NDR1), human serine/threonine kinase of the AGC NDR/LATS family on chromosome 6p21.31; Hippo pathway YAP kinase and LATS inhibitor, autophagy regulator, XPO1 activator, cancer-relevant.

STK39

STK39 (SPAK) is a human serine/threonine kinase gene at 2q24.3 linking WNK kinases to NCC/NKCC cotransporters, renal salt handling, and blood pressure; also implicated in HCC inflammation, DNA repair, and PARP inhibitor resistance.

STK4

STK4 (MST1, KRS2, YSK3) is a human chromosome 20 gene encoding a 487-aa serine/threonine kinase of the Hippo pathway; biallelic loss causes autosomal recessive combined immunodeficiency with lymphopenia and EBV-driven lymphoproliferation.

STL (file format)

STL, short for STereoLithography, is a file format describing a 3D object's surface as a triangular mesh, and the de facto standard for 3D printing.

STM (defence company)

STM is a Turkish defense engineering company headquartered in Ankara, founded in 1991. It is known for the MİLGEM corvette program, the KARGU loitering munition, and cybersecurity.

STM32

STM32 is a family of 32-bit Arm Cortex-based microcontrollers and microprocessors made by STMicroelectronics; launched in 2007, it spans over 1,000 part numbers with more than 13 billion devices shipped.

STM32 microcontrollers

STM32 is a family of 32-bit Arm Cortex-M microcontrollers made by STMicroelectronics since 2007, organized into mainstream, ultra-low-power, high-performance, and wireless series with a common software ecosystem.

STMicroelectronics

STMicroelectronics, called SGS-Thomson Microelectronics until May 1998, is a Dutch-incorporated Franco-Italian semiconductor maker founded in 1987, headquartered in Geneva, with 14 manufacturing sites in Europe and Asia.

STMN1

STMN1 (stathmin 1, oncoprotein 18) is a human cytosolic phosphoprotein gene that destabilizes microtubules by sequestering tubulin dimers; overexpression marks poor prognosis in most solid tumors and modulates paclitaxel and vincristine sensitivity. Distinct from SMN1 and STNM01.

STN MTN / Kauai

STN MTN / Kauai is Childish Gambino's October 2014 two-part release: a free DJ Drama-hosted Gangsta Grillz mixtape about dreaming of running Atlanta, followed by the 7-track Kauai EP.

STO Express (申通快递)

STO Express (申通快递), also known as Shentong Express, is a Chinese franchise-based express parcel delivery company founded in Shanghai in 1993 and listed in Shenzhen since 2016.

Sto pociech

Sto pociech (A Hundred Consolations) is a 1967 poetry collection by the Polish poet and 1996 Nobel laureate Wisława Szymborska, containing twenty-seven poems, including The Joy of Writing.

Sto stone

Sto stone (ストストーン, Sto-Stone, Stostone) is a Nikoli logic puzzle from Puzzle Communication Nikoli Vol. 156: shade one connected stone per room so dropped stones fill the grid's bottom half; its solvability decision problem is NP-complete.

Stoa Poikile

The Stoa Poikile, or Painted Porch, was a fifth-century BC painted colonnade on the northwest side of the Athenian Agora that gave the philosophy of Stoicism its name.