| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| straint | noun | Overexertion; excessive tension; strain. |
| straits | plural | of Strait |
| strange | superl. | Belonging to another country; foreign., Of or pertaining to others; not one’s own; not pertaining to one’s self; not domestic., Not before known, heard, or seen; new., Not according to the common way; novel; odd; unusual; irregular; extraordinary; unnatural; queer., Reserved; distant in deportment., Backward; slow., Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced., Strangely., To alienate; to estrange., To be estranged or alienated., To wonder; to be astonished. |
| stratum | noun | A bed of earth or rock of one kind, formed by natural causes, and consisting usually of a series of layers, which form a rock as it lies between beds of other kinds. Also used figuratively., A bed or layer artificially made; a course. |
| stratus | noun | A form of clouds in which they are arranged in a horizontal band or layer. See Cloud. |
| strawed | imp. & p. p. of Straw. | |
| strayed | imp. & past participle | of Stray |
| strayer | noun | One who strays; a wanderer. |
| streaky | adjective | Same as Streaked, 1. |
| streamy | adjective | Abounding with streams, or with running water; streamful., Resembling a stream; issuing in a stream. |
| streite | adverb | Narrowly; strictly; straitly. |
| stretch | verb t. | To reach out; to extend; to put forth., To draw out to the full length; to cause to extend in a straight line; as, to stretch a cord or rope., To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as, to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings., To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly., To draw or pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or muscle., To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the truth; to stretch one’s credit., To be extended; to be drawn out in length or in breadth, or both; to spread; to reach; as, the iron road stretches across the continent; the lake stretches over fifty square miles., To extend or spread one’s self, or one’s limbs; as, the lazy man yawns and stretches., To be extended, or to bear extension, without breaking, as elastic or ductile substances., To strain the truth; to exaggerate; as, a man apt to stretch in his report of facts., To sail by the wind under press of canvas; as, the ship stretched to the eastward., Act of stretching, or state of being stretched; reach; effort; struggle; strain; as, a stretch of the limbs; a stretch of the imagination., A continuous line or surface; a continuous space of time; as, grassy stretches of land., The extent to which anything may be stretched., The reach or extent of a vessel’s progress on one tack; a tack or board., Course; direction; as, the stretch of seams of coal. |
| stretto | noun | The crowding of answer upon subject near the end of a fugue., In an opera or oratorio, a coda, or winding up, in an accelerated time. |
| strewed | imp. & past participle | of Strew |
| striate | adjective | To mark with striaae., Alt. of Striated |
| stridor | noun | A harsh, shrill, or creaking noise. |
| striges | noun pl. | The tribe of birds which comprises the owls. |
| strigil | noun | An instrument of metal, ivory, etc., used for scraping the skin at the bath. |
| stroock | of Strike | |
| striker | noun | One who, or that which, strikes; specifically, a blacksmith’s helper who wields the sledge., A harpoon; also, a harpooner., A wencher; a lewd man., A workman who is on a strike., A blackmailer in politics; also, one whose political influence can be bought. |
| strikle | noun | See Strickle. |
| stringy | adjective | Consisting of strings, or small threads; fibrous; filamentous; as, a stringy root., Capable of being drawn into a string, as a glutinous substance; ropy; viscid; gluely. |
| striped | imp. & past participle | of Stripe, Having stripes of different colors; streaked. |
| striven | past participle | of Strive, p. p. of Strive. |
| strived | past participle | Striven. |
| striver | noun | One who strives. |
| stroker | noun | One who strokes; also, one who pretends to cure by stroking. |
| strophe | noun | In Greek choruses and dances, the movement of the chorus while turning from the right to the left of the orchestra; hence, the strain, or part of the choral ode, sung during this movement. Also sometimes used of a stanza of modern verse. See the Note under Antistrophe. |
| strowed | imp. | of Strow, of Strow |