10-letter words containing str
- strictness — characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles: a strict observance of rituals.
- stridulate — to produce a shrill, grating sound, as a cricket does, by rubbing together certain parts of the body; shrill.
- stridulous — Also, stridulant. making or having a harsh or grating sound.
- strifeless — without strife
- strigiform — of, pertaining, or belonging to the order Strigiformes, comprising the owls.
- strigilate — an instrument with a curved blade, used especially by the ancient Greeks and Romans for scraping the skin at the bath and in the gymnasium.
- strike off — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- strike oil — any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- strike out — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- strike pay — strike benefit.
- strikeover — an act or instance of typing over a character, as one typed in error, without erasing it.
- strikingly — attractive; impressive: a scene of striking beauty.
- strindberg — Johan August [yoo-hahn ou-goo st] /ˈyu hɑn ˈaʊ gʊst/ (Show IPA), 1849–1912, Swedish novelist, dramatist, and essayist.
- string bag — an openwork bag made of string, especially one with handles.
- string out — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- string tie — a short, very narrow, and unflared necktie, usually tied in a bow.
- stringbean — any of various kinds of bean, as the green bean, the unripe pods of which are used as food, usually after stripping off the fibrous thread along the side.
- stringency — stringent character or condition: the stringency of poverty.
- stringendo — to be performed with increasing speed
- stringhalt — a nerve disorder in horses, causing exaggerated flexing movements of the hind legs in walking.
- stringless — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- strip away — remove entirely
- strip bond — a bond that has been stripped into its principal certificate and interest coupons, each part to be sold separately.
- strip city — a continuous area of urban development lying between or embracing two or more large cities and having a population of at least one million; megalopolis.
- strip club — strip joint.
- strip down — remove paint or wallpaper from
- strip farm — a tract of land where strip cropping is done.
- strip mall — a retail complex consisting of stores or restaurants in adjacent spaces in one long building, typically having a narrow parking area directly in front of the stores.
- strip mill — a mill in which steel slabs are rolled into strips
- strip mine — A strip mine is a mine in which the coal, metal, or mineral is near the surface, and so underground passages are not needed.
- strip show — a form of entertainment in which one or more people take off their clothes in a titillating and erotic manner, often to music
- strip-wash — a thorough, all-over wash with a flannel, sponge, etc, and water but without getting into a bath or shower
- stripeless — without stripes
- stripiness — the state or quality of being stripy
- striplight — a row of lamps, provided with a reflector for floodlighting the stage, used as border lights, footlights, backing lights, etc.
- strippable — Mining. of or relating to ore or coal that can be produced by strip mining.
- striptease — a burlesque act in which a dancer removes garments one at a time to the accompaniment of music.
- strivingly — in a striving manner
- strobilate — to undergo strobilation
- strobiline — of or relating to a strobilus
- strobiloid — resembling a strobila
- strobotron — a glow lamp, used in stroboscopes, that gives very bright flashes of light in response to voltage pulses.
- stroessner — Alfredo [al-frey-doh;; Spanish ahl-fre-th aw] /ælˈfreɪ doʊ;; Spanish ɑlˈfrɛ ðɔ/ (Show IPA), 1912–2006, Paraguayan general and statesman: president 1954–89.
- stroganoff — a dish of meat sautéed with onion and cooked in a sauce of sour cream, seasonings, and, usually, mushrooms: beef stroganoff.
- stroke oar — the oar nearest to the stern of the boat.
- stromateid — any of numerous small marine fishes of the family Stromateidae, having a laterally compressed body and an expanded muscular esophagus, often lined with teeth.
- strong-arm — using, involving, or threatening the use of physical force or violence to gain an objective: strong-arm methods.
- strongbark — any of the several tropical American shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Bourreria, of the borage family, especially B. ovata, of southern Florida and the West Indies, having elliptic leaves and fragrant, white flowers.
- stronghold — a well-fortified place; fortress.
- strongness — having, showing, or able to exert great bodily or muscular power; physically vigorous or robust: a strong boy.