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stewardess /stju.des/ noun a
female member of airline staff who look after passengers during the flight. .
cabin crew, flight attendant, steward (NOTE: Different airlines use different terminology for their staff.)
stick /st.k/ noun the main hand con-trol used by the pilot to control the air-craft roll and pitch . Using fly-by-wire technology, the stalling angle cannot be exceeded regardless of stick input. . verb to become fixed, as if with glue .
Ice crystals and snowflakes do not stick to airframes, and so icing is a problem only when super-cooled water droplets are present.
stiff /st.f/ adjective 1. rigid or inflexi-ble . Kevlar 49 is stiffer than glass, but only about half as stiff as carbon fibres.
2. not easily bent or turned . control surfaces may become stiff as a result of icing control surfaces may become difficult to move 3. . a stiff wind a fairly strong wind