"nine-point scale for test scores," introduced by the U.S. Air Force in 1942, from sta(ndard) + nine.
stand-pipe
standpoint
standstill
stand-up
Stanford-Binet
stanine
Stanislavsky
stank
stannate
stannic
stannous
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