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[1] Carl B(urton), 1927–1996, U.S. politician: the first black mayor of a major U.S. city (Cleveland, Ohio, 1967–71).
[2] Sir Frederick Wilfrid Scott, 1860–1927, British inventor and engineer.
[3] Sir George Gabriel, 1819–1903, British physicist and mathematician, born in Ireland.
[4] to poke, stir up, and feed (a fire).
[5] to tend the fire of (a furnace, especially one used with a boiler to generate steam for an engine); supply with fuel.
[6] to shake up the coals of a fire.
[7] to tend a fire or furnace.
[8] a unit of kinematic viscosity, equal to the viscosity of a fluid in poises divided by the density of the fluid in grams per cubic centimeter.
[9] the cgs unit of kinematic viscosity, equal to the viscosity of a fluid in poise divided by its density in grams per cubic centimetre. 1 stokes is equivalent to 10 –4 square metre per second Symbol: St
[10] to feed, stir, and tend (a fire, furnace, etc)
[11] (tr) to tend the furnace of; act as a stoker for

Words related to Stokes

feed, stir, poke, tend

Words nearby Stokes

stoke-on-trent, stoked, stokehold, stokehole, stoker, Stokes, stokes' amputation, stokes' aster, stokes' law, stokes-adams disease, stokes-adams syndrome

Origin of Stokes

2after Sir G. Stokes

Word origin for Stokes

C17: back formation from stoker

Synonyms for Stokes

feed, stir, poke, tend