type of light, rapid-fire submachine gun, 1942, from initials of surnames of designers R.V. Shepherd and H.J. Turpin + En(field); compare Bren.
Stella
stellar
stellate
stem
stem-winder
Sten
stench
stencil
steno-
stenographer
stenography
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