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160 Nouns That Start With STR

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strabismus (noun) abnormal alignment of one or both eyes Synonyms: squint
strabotomy (noun) the surgical operation of cutting a muscle or tendon of the eye in order to correct strabismus
straddle (noun) the act of sitting or standing astride Synonyms: span
(noun) the option to buy or sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date; consists of an equal number of put and call options
(noun) a gymnastic exercise performed with a leg on either side of the parallel bars
(noun) a noncommittal or equivocal position
strafe (noun) an attack of machine-gun fire or cannon fire from a low flying airplane
strafer (noun) a combat pilot who strafes the enemy
straggle (noun) a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons)
straggler (noun) someone who strays or falls behind Synonyms: strayer
straight (noun) a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse Synonyms: straightaway
(noun) a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
(noun) a person having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex Synonyms: heterosexual, heterosexual person, straight person
straightaway (noun) a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse Synonyms: straight
straightedge (noun) hand tool consisting of a flat rigid rectangular bar (metal or wood) that can be used to draw straight lines (or test their straightness)
straightener (noun) a device for straightening
straightforwardness (noun) the quality of being direct and straightforward Synonyms: downrightness
(noun) without hypocrisy Synonyms: singleness
straightjacket (noun) a garment similar to a jacket that is used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person Synonyms: straitjacket
straightness (noun) a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the opposite sex Synonyms: heterosexualism, heterosexuality
(noun) freedom from crooks or curves or bends or angles
(noun) (of hair) lack of a tendency to curl
(noun) having honest intentions Synonyms: good faith
(noun) trueness of course toward a goal Synonyms: directness
strain (noun) an effortful attempt to attain a goal Synonyms: nisus, pains, striving
(noun) the act of singing Synonyms: song
(noun) an intense or violent exertion Synonyms: straining
(noun) the general meaning or substance of an utterance Synonyms: tenor
(noun) a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence Synonyms: air, line, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, tune
(noun) a special variety of domesticated animals within a species Synonyms: breed, stock
(noun) (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups Synonyms: form, var., variant
(noun) (physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces
(noun) injury to a muscle (often caused by overuse); results in swelling and pain
(noun) (psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress Synonyms: mental strain, nervous strain
(noun) difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension Synonyms: stress
strainer (noun) a filter to retain larger pieces while smaller pieces and liquids pass through
straining (noun) the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean Synonyms: distortion, overrefinement, torture, twisting
(noun) an intense or violent exertion Synonyms: strain
strait (noun) a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water Synonyms: sound
(noun) a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs Synonyms: pass, straits
straitjacket (noun) a garment similar to a jacket that is used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person Synonyms: straightjacket
(noun) anything immaterial that severely hinders or confines
straits (noun) a difficult juncture Synonyms: head, pass
(noun) a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs Synonyms: pass, strait
strake (noun) thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship Synonyms: wale
strand (noun) a necklace made by stringing objects together Synonyms: chain, string
(noun) line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable
(noun) a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole
(noun) a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides)
(noun) a very slender natural or synthetic fiber Synonyms: fibril, filament
strangeness (noun) unusualness as a consequence of not being well known Synonyms: unfamiliarity
(noun) the quality of being alien or not native Synonyms: curiousness, foreignness
(noun) (physics) one of the six flavors of quark, the third lightest of all quarks
stranger (noun) anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found Synonyms: alien, unknown
(noun) an individual that one is not acquainted with
stranglehold (noun) a wrestling hold in which the arms are pressed against the opponent's windpipe
(noun) complete power over a person or situation Synonyms: chokehold, throttlehold
strangler (noun) someone who kills by strangling Synonyms: choker, garroter, garrotter, throttler
(noun) an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree Synonyms: strangler tree
strangles (noun) an acute bacterial disease of horses characterized by inflammation of the mucous membranes Synonyms: equine distemper
strangling (noun) the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe Synonyms: choking, strangulation, throttling
strangulation (noun) the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe Synonyms: choking, strangling, throttling
(noun) (pathology) constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid
(noun) the condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage
strap (noun) whip consisting of a strip of leather used in flogging
(noun) an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position
(noun) a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag Synonyms: shoulder strap
(noun) hanger consisting of a loop of leather suspended from the ceiling of a bus or train; passengers hold onto it
strapado (noun) a form of torture in which the hands are tied behind a person's back and they are lifted off the ground by a rope tied to their wrists, then allowed to drop until their fall is checked with a jerk by the rope Synonyms: strappado
straphanger (noun) a standing subway or bus passenger who grips a hanging strap for support
(noun) a commuter who uses public transportation
strapless (noun) a woman's garment that exposes the shoulders and has no shoulder straps
strapline (noun) a secondary heading, especially one printed above another.
strappado (noun) a form of torture in which the hands are tied behind a person's back and they are lifted off the ground by a rope tied to their wrists, then allowed to drop until their fall is checked with a jerk by the rope Synonyms: strapado
strapper (noun) a large and strong and heavyset man Synonyms: bruiser, bull, Samson
stratagem (noun) a maneuver in a game or conversation Synonyms: gambit, ploy
(noun) an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade Synonyms: contrivance, dodge
strategian (noun) an expert in strategy (especially in warfare) Synonyms: strategist
strategics (noun) the science or art of strategy
strategist (noun) an expert in strategy (especially in warfare) Synonyms: strategian
strategy (noun) an elaborate and systematic plan of action Synonyms: scheme
(noun) the branch of military science dealing with military command and the planning and conduct of a war
stratification (noun) the act or process or arranging persons into classes or social strata
(noun) the placing of seeds in damp sand or sawdust or peat moss in order to preserve them or promote germination
(noun) a layered configuration
(noun) forming or depositing in layers
(noun) the condition of being arranged in social strata or classes within a group Synonyms: social stratification
stratigraphy (noun) the branch of geology that studies the arrangement and succession of strata
stratocracy (noun) government by the military and an army Synonyms: military government
stratosphere (noun) the atmospheric layer between the troposphere and the mesosphere
stratum (noun) an abstract place usually conceived as having depth Synonyms: layer, level
(noun) a subpopulation divided into a stratified sampling
(noun) people having the same social, economic, or educational status Synonyms: class, social class, socio-economic class
(noun) one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock)
stratus (noun) a large dark low cloud Synonyms: stratus cloud
straw (noun) a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth Synonyms: drinking straw
(noun) a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white Synonyms: pale yellow, wheat
(noun) plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder
(noun) material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds Synonyms: chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, stubble
strawberry (noun) a soft red birthmark Synonyms: hemangioma simplex, strawberry mark
(noun) sweet fleshy red fruit
(noun) any of various low perennial herbs with many runners and bearing white flowers followed by edible fruits having many small achenes scattered on the surface of an enlarged red pulpy berry
strawboard (noun) a coarse yellow cardboard made of straw pulp
strawflower (noun) Australian plant naturalized in Spain having flowers of lemon yellow to deep gold; the frequent choice of those who love dried flowers Synonyms: golden everlasting, Helichrysum bracteatum, yellow paper daisy
(noun) any of various plants of the genus Helipterum
(noun) plant of southern and southeastern United States grown for its yellow flowers that can be dried Synonyms: cornflower, Uvularia grandiflora
strawman (noun) an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds Synonyms: bird-scarer, scarecrow, scarer, straw man
(noun) a weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted Synonyms: straw man
(noun) a person used as a cover for some questionable activity Synonyms: figurehead, front, front man, nominal head, straw man
strawworm (noun) larva of chalcid flies injurious to the straw of wheat and other grains Synonyms: jointworm
(noun) larva of the caddis fly; constructs a case of silk covered with sand or plant debris Synonyms: caddisworm
stray (noun) an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal)
strayer (noun) someone who strays or falls behind Synonyms: straggler
streak (noun) a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background Synonyms: bar, stripe
(noun) a distinctive characteristic
(noun) a sudden flash (as of lightning)
(noun) an unbroken series of events Synonyms: run
streaker (noun) someone who takes off all their clothes and runs naked through a public place
stream (noun) the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression Synonyms: flow
(noun) a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes) Synonyms: current
(noun) dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas Synonyms: current, flow
(noun) a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth Synonyms: watercourse
(noun) something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously Synonyms: flow
streambed (noun) a channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a stream Synonyms: creek bed
streamer (noun) long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising Synonyms: banner
(noun) a long flag; often tapering Synonyms: pennant, pennon, waft
(noun) a newspaper headline that runs across the full page Synonyms: banner
(noun) light that streams
streaming (noun) the circulation of cytoplasm within a cell Synonyms: cyclosis
streamlet (noun) a small stream Synonyms: rill, rivulet, run, runnel
streamliner (noun) a streamlined train
street (noun) a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
(noun) the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel
(noun) people living or working on the same street
(noun) the streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction
(noun) a situation offering opportunities
streetcar (noun) a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity Synonyms: tram, tramcar, trolley, trolley car
streetlight (noun) a lamp supported on a lamppost; for illuminating a street Synonyms: street lamp
streetwalker (noun) a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets Synonyms: floozie, floozy, hooker, hustler, slattern, street girl
strength (noun) the property of being physically or mentally strong
(noun) an asset of special worth or utility Synonyms: forte, long suit, metier, speciality, specialty, strong point, strong suit
(noun) permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force Synonyms: durability, enduringness, lastingness
(noun) the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation) Synonyms: intensity, intensity level
(noun) capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war Synonyms: military capability, military posture, military strength, posture
(noun) physical energy or intensity Synonyms: force, forcefulness
(noun) capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects Synonyms: effectiveness, potency
(noun) the power to induce the taking of a course of action or the embracing of a point of view by means of argument or entreaty Synonyms: persuasiveness
(noun) the condition of financial success
strengthener (noun) a device designed to provide additional strength Synonyms: reinforcement
strengthening (noun) the act of increasing the strength of something
(noun) becoming stronger
strenuosity (noun) intense energy Synonyms: athleticism
strenuousness (noun) extreme effortfulness Synonyms: arduousness
strep (noun) spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis Synonyms: streptococci, streptococcus
streptobacillus (noun) any of various rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria
streptocarpus (noun) any of various plants of the genus Streptocarpus having leaves in a basal rosette and flowers like primroses
streptococci (noun) spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis Synonyms: strep, streptococcus
streptococcus (noun) spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis Synonyms: strep, streptococci
streptodornase (noun) an enzyme produced by some hemolytic strains of streptococcus that dissolves fibrinous secretions from infections; used medicinally (often in combination with streptokinase)
streptokinase (noun) an enzyme produced by some strains of streptococcus that can liquefy blood clots by converting plasminogen to plasmin; used medicinally in some cases of myocardial infarction and pulmonary embolism
streptolysin (noun) any of several hemolysins derived from strains of streptococcus
streptomyces (noun) aerobic bacteria (some of which produce the antibiotic streptomycin)
streptomycin (noun) an antibiotic produced by the actinomycete Streptomyces griseus and used to treat tuberculosis
streptothricin (noun) a basic antibiotic derived from a soil actinomycete
stress (noun) the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch) Synonyms: accent, emphasis
(noun) (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body
(noun) (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense Synonyms: tenseness, tension
(noun) difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension Synonyms: strain
(noun) special emphasis attached to something Synonyms: focus
stressor (noun) any agent that causes stress to an organism
stretch (noun) exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent Synonyms: stretching
(noun) the act of physically reaching or thrusting out Synonyms: reach, reaching
(noun) extension to or beyond the ordinary limit
(noun) a straightaway section of a racetrack
(noun) the capacity for being stretched Synonyms: stretchability, stretchiness
(noun) a large and unbroken expanse or distance
(noun) an unbroken period of time during which you do something Synonyms: stint
stretchability (noun) the capacity for being stretched Synonyms: stretch, stretchiness
stretcher (noun) a litter for transporting people who are ill or wounded or dead; usually consists of a sheet of canvas stretched between two poles
(noun) a stone that forms the top of wall or building Synonyms: capstone, copestone, coping stone
(noun) a mechanical device used to make something larger (as shoes or gloves) by stretching it
(noun) a wooden framework on which canvas is stretched and fixed for oil painting
stretchiness (noun) the capacity for being stretched Synonyms: stretch, stretchability
stretching (noun) exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent Synonyms: stretch
(noun) act of expanding by lengthening or widening
streusel (noun) a crumbly topping for a pastry
(noun) pastry with a topping of streusel
strewing (noun) the act of scattering Synonyms: scatter, scattering
stria (noun) a stripe or stripes of contrasting color Synonyms: band, banding, striation
(noun) any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by a glacier on rocks or the streaks or ridges in muscle tissue Synonyms: striation
striation (noun) a stripe or stripes of contrasting color Synonyms: band, banding, stria
(noun) any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by a glacier on rocks or the streaks or ridges in muscle tissue Synonyms: stria
striatum (noun) a striped mass of white and grey matter located in front of the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere; consists of the caudate nucleus and the lenticular nucleus Synonyms: corpus striatum, striate body
strickle (noun) a tool used in a foundry to shape a mold in sand
(noun) a tool or rod used to level off grain or other granular material that is heaped in a measure
(noun) an implement for sharpening scythes
strictness (noun) uncompromising resolution Synonyms: sternness
(noun) conscientious attention to rules and details Synonyms: stringency
stricture (noun) severe criticism
(noun) abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway Synonyms: stenosis
stride (noun) a step in walking or running Synonyms: pace, tread
(noun) significant progress (especially in the phrase `make strides')
(noun) the distance covered by a step Synonyms: footstep, pace, step
stridence (noun) having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound Synonyms: shrillness, stridency

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