15-letter words containing str
- constructionist — a person who interprets constitutional law in a certain way, esp strictly
- constructivists — Plural form of constructivist.
- consumer strike — a boycott of a product by consumers, often in protest over a raise in its price.
- corpora striata — corpus striatum
- corpus striatum — a striped mass of white and grey matter situated in front of the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere
- cotton industry — the business of spinning and weaving cotton
- counterstrategy — a strategy designed to counter the effectiveness of another strategy or action
- dead-end street — a street blocked at one end
- deindustrialise — Alternative spelling of deindustrialize.
- deindustrialize — to reduce the importance of manufacturing industry in the economy of (a nation or area)
- demonstrability — The quality of being demonstrable.
- demonstrational — the act or circumstance of proving or being proved conclusively, as by reasoning or a show of evidence: a belief incapable of demonstration.
- demonstratively — characterized by or given to open exhibition or expression of one's emotions, attitudes, etc., especially of love or affection: She wished her fiancé were more demonstrative.
- dendrochemistry — (chemistry) the science, related to dendrochronology, that uses the analysis of trace minerals in tree rings to study air pollution in past times.
- destruct button — a button that, when pressed, causes a missile or rocket to destruct
- destructibility — The condition of being destructible.
- destructiveness — tending to destroy; causing destruction or much damage (often followed by of or to): a very destructive windstorm.
- dextrosinistral — left-handed, but having the right hand trained for writing.
- diastrophically — in a diastrophic fashion
- distractibility — inability to sustain one's attention or attentiveness, which is rapidly diverted from one topic to another: a symptom of a variety of mental disorders, as manic disorder, schizophrenia, or anxiety states.
- distress rocket — a rocket fired from a ship to warn others nearby that it is in distress
- distress signal — a signal used, or designed to be used, by persons in peril, for the purpose of summoning aid, indicating their position, etc., as a radio code sign, aerial flare, flag hoist, or the like. Compare distress call (def 1).
- distressed area — a region so severely damaged by a flood, hurricane, or other natural catastrophe that its inhabitants need food, clothing, shelter, and economic aid from national charities or the federal government.
- distressfulness — The state or quality of being distressful; the state of having or causing anxiety or strain.
- distributor cap — the cap of an engine's distributor that holds in place the wires from the distributor to the sparking plugs
- distributorship — a franchise held by a distributor.
- distrustfulness — The state or quality of being distrustful or doubtful; distrust; mistrust.
- dolphin striker — a short vertical strut between the bowsprit and a rope or cable (martingale) from the end of the jib boom to the stem or bows, used for maintaining tension and preventing upward movement of the jib boom
- dr. strangelove — a person, especially a military or government official, who advocates initiating nuclear warfare.
- dystrophication — the process by which a body of water becomes dystrophic.
- economic strike — a strike called in protest over wages, hours, or working conditions.
- eta abstraction — eta conversion
- fragrance strip — a folded, usually sealed strip on a page or card, impregnated with fragrance that is released when pulled or torn open: The magazine is full of fragrance strips in the advertisements.
- garboard strake — the first strake on each side of a keel.
- gastric balloon — an inflatable rubber bag placed in the stomach to reduce its capacity as an aid to losing weight
- gastroenteritis — inflammation of the stomach and intestines.
- gastronomically — the art or science of good eating.
- geostrophically — By means of, or in terms of, geostrophy.
- grasp at straws — a single stalk or stem, especially of certain species of grain, chiefly wheat, rye, oats, and barley.
- growth industry — an industry that is experiencing rapid growth
- horror-stricken — Horror-stricken means the same as horror-struck.
- housemistresses — Plural form of housemistress.
- hystricomorphic — relating to a suborder of rodents
- illustriousness — The state of being illustrious.
- immunochemistry — the study of the chemistry of immunologic substances and reactions.
- in the abstract — When you talk or think about something in the abstract, you talk or think about it in a general way, rather than considering particular things or events.
- indistributable — of a nature that cannot be distributed
- industrial arts — (used with a plural verb) the methods of using tools and machinery, as taught in secondary and technical schools.
- industrial park — an industrial complex, typically in a suburban or rural area and set in parklike surroundings with such facilities as parking lots, restaurants, and recreation areas.
- industrialising — Present participle of industrialise.