12-letter words containing str
- plane stress — Plane stress is a two-dimensional state of stress in which all stress is applied in a single plane.
- polyoestrous — polyestrous.
- postmistress — a woman in charge of a post office.
- postromantic — of or relating to the period after Romanticism
- power-stream — to stream and watch (multiple videos, episodes of a TV show, etc.) in one sitting or over a short period of time.
- preconstruct — to construct beforehand
- premenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
- prestriction — the obstruction of sight
- prestructure — mode of building, construction, or organization; arrangement of parts, elements, or constituents: a pyramidal structure.
- proof stress — the load per unit area that a structure can withstand without being permanently deformed by more than a specified amount.
- pull strings — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- queer street — a condition of financial instability or embarrassment: Such extravagance will surely put them in Queer Street.
- rectirostral — (of a bird) having a straight bill.
- redistribute — to distribute again or anew: The corporation will redistribute its share of the profits to its stockholders.
- registrating — to select and combine pipe organ stops.
- registration — the act of registering.
- reillustrate — to furnish (a book, magazine, etc.) with drawings, pictures, or other artwork intended for explanation, elucidation, or adornment.
- remonstrance — an act or instance of remonstrating.
- restrainable — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
- restrainings — acts of restraining
- restrengthen — to strengthen again or return to strength
- ribbon strip — ribbon (def 8).
- roman strike — a striking mechanism of c1700, giving the equivalent in tones of Roman numerals, a bell of one pitch striking once for each number I, a bell of another pitch striking once for V, twice for X.
- rostropovich — Mstislav (Leopoldovich) [mis-tuh-slahv lee-uh-pohl-duh-vich;; Russian mstyi-slahf lyi-uh-pawl-duh-vyich] /ˈmɪs təˌslɑv ˌli əˈpoʊl də vɪtʃ;; Russian mstyɪˈslɑf lyɪ əˈpɔl də vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1927–2007, Soviet cellist and conductor (husband of Galina Vishnevskaya).
- rumble strip — one of a series of rough or slightly raised strips of pavement on a highway, intended to slow down the speed of vehicles, as before a toll booth.
- semiabstract — of or relating to art or sculpture which is abstract but in which the subject can still be recognized
- semilustrous — partially or somewhat lustrous
- sense strand — that strand of a double-stranded DNA molecule which serves as the template from which RNA, esp. messenger RNA, is transcribed
- sense stress — the stress pattern or patterns associated with words as arranged in sentences in a particular language.
- sequestrated — Law. to sequester (property). to confiscate.
- set straight — to give the correct facts to; inform properly
- shear stress — the external force acting on an object or surface parallel to the slope or plane in which it lies; the stress tending to produce shear.
- sinistrality — the state or quality of having the left side or its parts or members different from and, usually, more efficient than the right side or its parts or members; left-handedness.
- sinistration — the quality or state of being left-handed.
- stage-struck — obsessed with the desire to become an actor or actress.
- straddleback — astride, on horseback
- stradivarius — a violin or other instrument made by Stradivari or his family.
- straight bat — a bat held vertically
- straight man — an entertainer who plays the part of a foil for a comic partner.
- straight off — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- straight out — thoroughgoing: a straight-out Democrat.
- straight pin — pin (sense 2)
- straight-arm — Football. to push (a potential tackler) away by holding the arm out straight; stiff-arm.
- straight-out — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- straightaway — straight onward, without turn or curve, as a racecourse.
- straightbred — (of animals) purebred; having parents of the same breed
- straightedge — a bar or strip of wood, plastic, or metal having at least one long edge of sufficiently reliable straightness for use in drawing or testing straight lines, plane surfaces, etc.
- straightneck — a variety of summer squash related to the crookneck but not having a recurved neck.
- straightness — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- straightways — in a direct course