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11-letter words containing str

  • obstriction — the condition of being under an obligation, or a duty or compulsion that causes obligation
  • obstructing — Present participle of obstruct.
  • obstruction — something that obstructs, blocks, or closes up with an obstacle or obstacles; obstacle or hindrance: obstructions to navigation.
  • obstructive — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
  • on a string — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
  • open string — a staircase string whose top follows the profile of the steps in such a way that the treads project beyond its outer face.
  • orchestrate — Arrange or score (music) for orchestral performance.
  • orchestrina — (musical instruments) orchestrion.
  • orchestrion — a mechanical musical instrument, resembling a barrel organ but more elaborate, for producing the effect of an orchestra.
  • organistrum — a stringed instrument played by two people
  • ostracising — Present participle of ostracise.
  • ostracizing — Simple past tense and past participle of ostracize.
  • ostracoderm — any of several extinct jawless fishes of the Ordovician, Silurian, and Devonian periods, having the body enclosed in an armor of bony plates.
  • ostreaceous — oyster-like
  • ostreophage — someone who loves or eats oysters
  • ostreophagy — the consumption of oysters
  • ostrich egg — the large egg produced by a fast-running flightless African bird, Struthio camelus, that is the largest living bird, with stout two-toed feet and dark feathers, except on the naked head, neck, and legs: order Struthioniformes
  • ostrichlike — a large, two-toed, swift-footed flightless bird, Struthio camelus, indigenous to Africa and Arabia, domesticated for its plumage: the largest of living birds.
  • outstripped — Simple past tense and past participle of outstrip.
  • overstretch — to stretch excessively.
  • palk strait — a strait in the Bay of Bengal between SE India and N Sri Lanka, to the N of Adam's Bridge. 40–85 miles (64–137 km) wide.
  • panel strip — one of a number of strips of wood or metal laid upon the surface of a wall, ceiling, etc., so as to divide it into a number of broad areas, usually in order to conceal joints between sheets of composition material forming the surface.
  • pastry case — a case made of pastry that is filled with fruit, custard etc to make a tart or flan
  • pastry chef — cook who specializes in patisserie
  • pastry tube — a conical tube with a patterned hole at one end, fitted over the opening of a cloth funnel (pastry bag) for shaping icings, food pastes, etc., as they are forced through by squeezing the bag.
  • perestroika — Russian. the program of economic and political reform in the Soviet Union initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1986.
  • perigastric — located near or around the gastric system (predominantly the stomach)
  • perlustrate — to inspect thoroughly; to make a thorough examination of (something), esp to intercept and read (letters) for purposes of surveillance; to travel through and survey (a region)
  • pinstriping — a design, as on a fabric or surface, consisting of pinstripes: There's a surcharge if the car has pinstriping.
  • pipistrelle — any of numerous insectivorous bats of the genus Pipistrellus, especially P. pipistrellus of Europe and Asia.
  • pisistratus — c605–527 b.c, tyrant of Athens 560–527 (father of Hipparchus and Hippias).
  • polyestrous — having several estrus cycles annually or during a breeding season.
  • prestressed — (of steel cables, wires, etc, of a precast concrete part) that has been prestressed
  • pro-oestrus — proestrus.
  • prostrating — to cast (oneself) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration.
  • prostration — the act of prostrating.
  • puff pastry — a light, flaky, rich pastry made by rolling dough with butter and folding it to form layers: used for tarts, napoleons, etc.
  • rail strike — a strike by railway workers
  • reconstruct — to construct again; rebuild; make over.
  • registrable — a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
  • registrated — to select and combine pipe organ stops.
  • remonstrant — remonstrating; expostulatory.
  • remonstrate — to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.
  • rent strike — a temporary, organized refusal by tenants, as of an apartment building, to pay their rent, as in protest over inadequate services.
  • restriction — something that restricts; a restrictive condition or regulation; limitation.
  • restrictive — tending or serving to restrict.
  • restringent — (of medicines and chemicals) causing contraction of body tissues, checking blood flow, or restricting secretions of fluids
  • restructure — to change, alter, or restore the structure of: to restructure a broken nose.
  • ringstraked — ring-streaked.
  • rion strait — Lepanto (def 3).
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