| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| straddled | imp. & past participle | of Straddle |
| straggled | imp. & past participle | of Straggle |
| straggler | noun | One who straggles, or departs from the direct or proper course, or from the company to which he belongs; one who falls behind the rest; one who rambles without any settled direction., A roving vagabond., Something that shoots, or spreads out, beyond the rest, or too far; an exuberant growth., Something that stands alone or by itself. |
| stragulum | noun | The mantle, or pallium, of a bird. |
| straining | present participle & vb. noun | of Strain, a. & n. from Strain. |
| stranding | present participle & vb. noun | of Strand |
| strangely | adverb | As something foreign, or not one’s own; in a manner adapted to something foreign and strange., In the manner of one who does not know another; distantly; reservedly; coldly., In a strange manner; in a manner or degree to excite surprise or wonder; wonderfully. |
| strangled | imp. & past participle | of Strangle |
| strangler | noun | One who, or that which, strangles. |
| strangles | noun | A disease in horses and swine, in which the upper part of the throat, or groups of lymphatic glands elsewhere, swells. |
| strangury | noun | A painful discharge of urine, drop by drop, produced by spasmodic muscular contraction., A swelling or other disease in a plant, occasioned by a ligature fastened tightly about it. |
| strapping | present participle & vb. noun | of Strap, Tall; strong; lusty; large; as, a strapping fellow. |
| strappado | noun | A military punishment formerly practiced, which consisted in drawing an offender to the top of a beam and letting him fall to the length of the rope, by which means a limb was often dislocated., To punish or torture by the strappado. |
| strapwork | noun | A kind of ornament consisting of a narrow fillet or band folded, crossed, and interlaced. |
| stratagem | noun | An artifice or trick in war for deceiving the enemy; hence, in general, artifice; deceptive device; secret plot; evil machination. |
| strategic | adjective | Alt. of Strategical |
| strategus | noun | The leader or commander of an army; a general. |
| stratonic | adjective | Of or pertaining to an army. |
| stratotic | adjective | Warlike; military. |
| strawworm | noun | A caddice worm. |
| streaking | present participle & vb. noun | of Streak |
| streaming | present participle & vb. noun | of Stream, Sending forth streams., The act or operation of that which streams; the act of that which sends forth, or which runs in, streams., The reduction of stream tin; also, the search for stream tin. |
| streamful | adjective | Abounding in streams, or in water. |
| streamlet | noun | A small stream; a rivulet; a rill. |
| strengest | the original compar. & superl. of Strong. | |
| strengthy | adjective | Having strength; strong. |
| strenuity | noun | Strenuousness; activity. |
| strenuous | adjective | Eagerly pressing or urgent; zealous; ardent; earnest; bold; valiant; intrepid; as, a strenuous advocate for national rights; a strenuous reformer; a strenuous defender of his country. |
| stressful | adjective | Having much stress. |
| stretched | imp. & past participle | of Stretch |
| stretcher | noun | One who, or that which, stretches., A brick or stone laid with its longer dimension in the line of direction of the wall., A piece of timber used in building., A narrow crosspiece of the bottom of a boat against which a rower braces his feet., A crosspiece placed between the sides of a boat to keep them apart when hoisted up and griped., A litter, or frame, for carrying disabled, wounded, or dead persons., An overstretching of the truth; a lie., One of the rods in an umbrella, attached at one end to one of the ribs, and at the other to the tube sliding upon the handle., An instrument for stretching boots or gloves., The frame upon which canvas is stretched for a painting. |
| strewment | noun | Anything scattered, as flowers for decoration. |
| striating | present participle & vb. noun | of Striate |
| striation | noun | The quality or condition of being striated., A stria; as, the striations on a shell. |
| striature | noun | A stria. |
| strickler | noun | See Strickle. |
| striction | noun | The act of constricting, or the state of being constricted. |
| stricture | noun | Strictness., A stroke; a glance; a touch., A touch of adverse criticism; censure., A localized morbid contraction of any passage of the body. Cf. Organic stricture, and Spasmodic stricture, under Organic, and Spasmodic. |
| strifeful | adjective | Contentious; discordant. |
| strigment | noun | Scraping; that which is scraped off. |
| stringing | present participle & vb. noun | of String |
| stringent | adjective | Binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive; rigid; severe; as, stringent rules. |
| stripping | present participle & vb. noun | of Strip, The act of one who strips., The last milk drawn from a cow at a milking. |
| stripling | noun | A youth in the state of adolescence, or just passing from boyhood to manhood; a lad. |
| strisores | noun pl. | A division of passerine birds including the humming birds, swifts, and goatsuckers. It is now generally considered an artificial group. |
| strobilae | plural | of Strobila |
| strokeing | present participle & vb. noun | of Stroke |
| strolling | present participle & vb. noun | of Stroll |
| stromatic | adjective | Miscellaneous; composed of different kinds. |
| strombite | noun | A fossil shell of the genus Strombus. |
| stromboid | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or like, Strombus. |
| strongish | adjective | Somewhat strong. |
| strontian | noun | Strontia. |
| strontium | noun | A metallic element of the calcium group, always naturally occurring combined, as in the minerals strontianite, celestite, etc. It is isolated as a yellowish metal, somewhat malleable but harder than calcium. It is chiefly employed (as in the nitrate) to color pyrotechnic flames red. Symbol Sr. Atomic weight 87.3., A radioactive isotope of strontium produced by certain nuclear reactions, and constituting one of the prominent harmful components of radioactive fallout from nuclear explosions; also called radiostrontium. It has a half-life of 28 years. |
| stropping | present participle & vb. noun | of Strop |
| strouding | noun | Material for strouds; a kind of coarse cloth used in trade with the North American Indians. |
| structure | noun | The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction., Manner of building; form; make; construction., Arrangement of parts, of organs, or of constituent particles, in a substance or body; as, the structure of a rock or a mineral; the structure of a sentence., Manner of organization; the arrangement of the different tissues or parts of animal and vegetable organisms; as, organic structure, or the structure of animals and plants; cellular structure., That which is built; a building; esp., a building of some size or magnificence; an edifice. |
| struggled | imp. & past participle | of Struggle |
| struggler | noun | One who struggles. |
| strumming | present participle & vb. noun | of Strum |
| strumatic | adjective | Scrofulous; strumous. |
| struntian | noun | A kind of worsted braid, about an inch broad. |
| strutting | present participle & vb. noun | of Strut, a. & n. from Strut, v. |
| struthian | adjective | Struthious. |
| strychnia | noun | Strychnine. |
| strychnic | adjective | Of or pertaining to strychnine; produced by strychnine; as, strychnic compounds; strychnic poisoning, used to designate an acid, called also igasuric acid. |
| strychnos | noun | A genus of tropical trees and shrubs of the order Loganiaceae. See Nux vomica. |
| stryphnic | adjective | Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid, obtained by the action of acetic acid and potassium nitrite on uric acid, as a yellow crystalline substance, with a bitter, astringent taste. |