16-letter words containing str
- mainstream media — newspapers, magazines, television, and radio, as opposed to social media
- malacostracology — (obsolete) carcinology, the study of crustaceans.
- mass destruction — devastation on a large scale
- mechanochemistry — the field of chemistry that deals with the direct conversion of chemical into mechanical energy.
- menstrual cramps — pain in the lower abdomen as well as possibly in the lower back and legs associated with menstruation
- menstrual period — the bleeding from the womb that occurs approximately monthly in nonpregnant women of reproductive age
- microinstruction — an instruction that defines part of a machine-language instruction in terms of simpler operations.
- minstrel gallery — a gallery in a building meant for use by musicians playing to provide background music or entertainment at a feast or other event
- misconstructions — Plural form of misconstruction.
- mistranscription — the act or process of transcribing.
- moravska ostrava — former name of Ostrava.
- non-constructive — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
- non-instrumental — serving or acting as an instrument or means; useful; helpful.
- nondestructively — In a nondestructive manner; without causing destruction.
- nuclear industry — the industry involving nuclear weapons, nuclear power stations, etc
- obsequent stream — a stream flowing in a direction opposite to that of the dip of the local strata.
- obstreperousness — resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.
- obstructionistic — a person who deliberately delays or prevents progress.
- oesophagogastric — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the oesophagus and the stomach.
- off one's stroke — performing or working less well than usual
- on the stroke of — punctually at
- phrase structure — the hierarchical arrangement of the constituent words and phrases of a sentence.
- piscis austrinus — a small constellation in the S hemisphere lying between Aquarius and Grus and containing the first-magnitude star Fomalhaut
- postremogeniture — a system of inheritance under which the estate of a deceased person goes to his youngest son. Also called ultimogeniture. Compare primogeniture (def 2).
- poverty-stricken — suffering from poverty; extremely poor: poverty-stricken refugees.
- pre-registration — the act of registering.
- primary industry — an industry, as agriculture, forestry, or fishing, that deals in obtaining natural materials.
- process industry — business of treating raw materials
- pull the strings — be in control
- redistributional — a distribution performed again or anew.
- registration fee — a fee paid to register, enrol or sign up for (a course, etc)
- report structure — A report structure is a structure containing a reporting clause and a reported clause or a quote.
- restricted class — a class of yachts that, although differing somewhat in design and rigging, are deemed able to race together because of conformity to certain standards.
- restricted stock — unregistered stock, as that issued privately as compensation to corporate executives subject to special conditions.
- restriction play — a limited number of opening moves that are predetermined by their chance selection from an accepted list.
- restriction site — the place on a DNA molecule where a restriction enzyme acts.
- secondary stress — Engineering. a stress induced by the elastic deformation of a structure under a temporary load.
- selective strike — a partial strike against a particular area of a business or against one employer or a small number of employers in a collective bargaining situation
- self-destruction — the destruction or ruination of oneself or one's life.
- self-destructive — harmful, injurious, or destructive to oneself: His constant arguing with the boss shows he's a self-destructive person.
- self-restriction — something that restricts; a restrictive condition or regulation; limitation.
- serra da estrela — a mountain range in N central Portugal. Highest peak, Malhão da Estrela, 6532 feet (1991 meters).
- service industry — business providing a service
- sheffer's stroke — a function of two sentences, equivalent to the negation of their conjunction, and written p|q (p and q are both not true) where p,q, are the arguments: p|q is false only when p,q are both true. It is possible to construct all truth functions out of this one alone
- shoestring catch — a catch of a ball on the fly, made close to the ground while running.
- sidestream smoke — secondhand smoke.
- singapore strait — a strait between Singapore Island and the Riau Archipelago at the S end of the Malay Peninsula: shipping channel between the South China Sea and the Malacca Strait. 65 miles (105 km) long and 10 miles (16 km) wide.
- social structure — structure (def 9).
- south australian — a state in S Australia. 380,070 sq. mi. (984,380 sq. km). Capital: Adelaide.
- spectrochemistry — the branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical analysis of substances by means of the spectra of light they absorb or emit.