These are the meanings of the letters STELA when you unscramble them.
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Least (a.)
Smallest, either in size or degree; shortest; lowest; most unimportant; as, the least insect; the least mercy; the least space.
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Least (adv.)
In the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all others; as, to reward those who least deserve it.
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Least (conj.)
See Lest, conj.
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Slate (v. t.)
An argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin plates; argillite; argillaceous schist.
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Slate (v. t.)
Any rock or stone having a slaty structure.
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Slate (v. t.)
A prepared piece of such stone.
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Slate (v. t.)
A thin, flat piece, for roofing or covering houses, etc.
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Slate (v. t.)
A tablet for writing upon.
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Slate (v. t.)
An artificial material, resembling slate, and used for the above purposes.
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Slate (v. t.)
A thin plate of any material; a flake.
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Slate (v. t.)
A list of candidates, prepared for nomination or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of action, devised beforehand.
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Slate (v. t.)
To cover with slate, or with a substance resembling slate; as, to slate a roof; to slate a globe.
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Slate (v. t.)
To register (as on a slate and subject to revision), for an appointment.
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Slate (v. t.)
To set a dog upon; to bait; to slat. See 2d Slat, 3.
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Stale (n.)
The stock or handle of anything; as, the stale of a rake.
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Stale (v. i.)
Vapid or tasteless from age; having lost its life, spirit, and flavor, from being long kept; as, stale beer.
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Stale (v. i.)
Not new; not freshly made; as, stele bread.
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Stale (v. i.)
Having lost the life or graces of youth; worn out; decayed.
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Stale (v. i.)
Worn out by use or familiarity; having lost its novelty and power of pleasing; trite; common.
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Stale (v. t.)
To make vapid or tasteless; to destroy the life, beauty, or use of; to wear out.
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Stale (a.)
To make water; to discharge urine; -- said especially of horses and cattle.
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Stale (v. i.)
That which is stale or worn out by long keeping, or by use.
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Stale (v. i.)
A prostitute.
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Stale (v. i.)
Urine, esp. that of beasts.
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Stale (v. t.)
Something set, or offered to view, as an allurement to draw others to any place or purpose; a decoy; a stool pigeon.
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Stale (v. t.)
A stalking-horse.
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Stale (v. t.)
A stalemate.
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Stale (v. t.)
A laughingstock; a dupe.
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Steal (n.)
A handle; a stale, or stele.
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Steal (v. t.)
To take and carry away, feloniously; to take without right or leave, and with intent to keep wrongfully; as, to steal the personal goods of another.
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Steal (v. t.)
To withdraw or convey clandestinely (reflexive); hence, to creep furtively, or to insinuate.
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Steal (v. t.)
To gain by insinuating arts or covert means.
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Steal (v. t.)
To get into one's power gradually and by imperceptible degrees; to take possession of by a gradual and imperceptible appropriation; -- with away.
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Steal (v. t.)
To accomplish in a concealed or unobserved manner; to try to carry out secretly; as, to steal a look.
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Steal (v. i.)
To practice, or be guilty of, theft; to commit larceny or theft.
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Steal (v. i.)
To withdraw, or pass privily; to slip in, along, or away, unperceived; to go or come furtively.
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Stela (n.)
A small column or pillar, used as a monument, milestone, etc.
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Tales (n.)
Persons added to a jury, commonly from those in or about the courthouse, to make up any deficiency in the number of jurors regularly summoned, being like, or such as, the latter.
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Tales (syntactically sing.)
The writ by which such persons are summoned.