7-letter words containing str
- monstre — Obsolete form of monster.
- nastran — NAsa STRess ANalysis program. A program for solving large stress analysis problems.
- nostril — either of the two external openings of the nose.
- nostrum — our sea, especially the Mediterranean to the ancient Romans.
- oestrum — Alternative spelling of estrum.
- oestrus — estrus.
- olestra — a synthetic oil used as a substitute for dietary fat: not digested or absorbed by the human body.
- ostraca — (in ancient Greece) a potsherd, especially one used as a ballot on which the name of a person voted to be ostracized was inscribed.
- ostrava — a city in N Moravia, in the NE Czech Republic.
- ostrich — a large, two-toed, swift-footed flightless bird, Struthio camelus, indigenous to Africa and Arabia, domesticated for its plumage: the largest of living birds.
- piastre — a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- rastrum — a pen for drawing the five lines of a musical stave simultaneously
- rostral — of or relating to a rostrum.
- rostrum — any platform, stage, or the like, for public speaking.
- shastra — any of the sacred books of Hinduism.
- shastri — Lal Bahadur [lahl bah-hah-doo r] /lɑl bɑˈhɑ dʊər/ (Show IPA), 1904–66, Indian statesman: prime minister 1964–66.
- sistrum — an ancient Egyptian percussion instrument consisting of a looped metal frame set in a handle and fitted with loose crossbars that rattle when shaken.
- strains — the sound of music being played
- straint — pressure or strain
- straked — having a strake
- strange — unusual, extraordinary, or curious; odd; queer: a strange remark to make.
- strappy — A strappy dress or top has thin shoulder straps.
- stratal — of a stratum or strata.
- strati- — indicating stratum or strata
- strato- — denoting stratus
- stratum — a layer of material, naturally or artificially formed, often one of a number of parallel layers one upon another: a stratum of ancient foundations.
- stratus — a cloud of a class characterized by a gray, horizontal layer with a uniform base, found at a lower altitude than altostratus, usually below 8000 feet (2400 meters).
- strauss — David Friedrich [dah-veet free-drikh] /ˈdɑ vit ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1808–74, German theologian, philosopher, and author.
- strawen — of straw or strawlike
- strawer — a single stalk or stem, especially of certain species of grain, chiefly wheat, rye, oats, and barley.
- strayve — to wander aimlessly
- streaky — occurring in streaks or a streak.
- streams — (operating system) A collection of system calls, kernel resources, and kernel utility routines that can create, use, and dismantle a stream. A "stream head" provides the interface between the stream and the user processes. Its principal function is to process STREAMS-related user system calls. A "stream module" processes data that travel bewteen the stream head and driver. The "stream end" provides the services of an external input/output device or an internal software driver. The internal software driver is commonly called a pseudo-device driver. The STREAMS concept has been formalised in Unix System V. For example, SVR4 implements sockets and pipes using STREAMS, resulting in pipe(2) openning bidirectional pipes.
- streamy — abounding in streams or watercourses: streamy meadows.
- streety — of or relating to streets
- stressy — displaying or characterized by stress
- stretch — to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground.
- stretta — a concluding passage played at a faster tempo.
- stretto — the close overlapping of statements of the subject in a fugue, each voice entering immediately after the preceding one.
- strewth — an expression of surprise or dismay
- striate — to mark with striae; furrow; stripe; streak.
- stricks — a group of any of the major bast fibers, as flax or jute, prepared for conversion into sliver form.
- strider — to walk with long steps, as with vigor, haste, impatience, or arrogance.
- strides — men's trousers
- stridor — a harsh, grating, or creaking sound.
- strigil — an instrument with a curved blade, used especially by the ancient Greeks and Romans for scraping the skin at the bath and in the gymnasium.
- striker — a person or thing that strikes.
- strimon — Struma
- strings — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- stringy — resembling a string or strings; consisting of strings or stringlike pieces: stringy weeds; a stringy fiber.