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).