12-letter words containing stri
- nature strip — a grass strip in front of a house between a fence or footpath and a roadway
- orchestrions — Plural form of orchestrion.
- ostrich fern — a tall North American fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris, with large mature leaves that resemble ostrich plumes, a popular landscaping plant whose curled new leaves, called fiddleheads, are eaten as a vegetable.
- outstripping — to outdo; surpass; excel.
- physogastric — pertaining to the swollen, membranous abdomen of certain insects, especially termite and ant queens.
- prestriction — the obstruction of sight
- pull strings — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- redistribute — to distribute again or anew: The corporation will redistribute its share of the profits to its stockholders.
- 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.
- 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.
- stride piano — a style of jazz piano playing in which the right hand plays the melody while the left hand plays a single bass note or octave on the strong beat and a chord on the weak beat, developed in Harlem during the 1920s, partly from ragtime piano playing.
- strike fault — a fault that trends parallel to the strike of the strata that it offsets.
- strike force — a military force armed and trained for attack.
- strike hands — to show agreement by clasping hands
- strike lucky — If you strike lucky or strike it lucky, you have some good luck.
- strike plate — strike (def 67).
- strike price — The strike price is the price of an option when it is exercised.
- string along — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- stringcourse — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
- stringencies — stringent character or condition: the stringency of poverty.
- stringhalted — afflicted with stringhalt
- stringholder — an oblong piece of wood at the lower end of the body of a viol or other stringed instrument to which the strings are attached.
- stringy-bark — any of several eucalyptus trees having a fibrous bark
- strip mining — excavation method
- strip-search — to search (a suspect who has been required to remove all clothing) especially for concealed weapons, contraband, or evidence of drug abuse.
- striped bass — an important American game fish, Morone saxatilis, having blackish stripes along each side.
- striped drum — a North American marine and freshwater sciaenid fish, Equetus pulcher, that utters a drumming sound
- token strike — a brief strike intended to convey strength of feeling on a disputed issue
- transnistria — a region of E Moldova: unilaterally declared itself independent in 1990 and was the scene of fighting between government troops and separatists in 1992; to a large extent it functions as a separate republic, but without international recognition
- unrestricted — confined; limited.
- velcro strip — a strip or roll of Velcro, able to be cut to the required length
- weatherstrip — A strip of rubber, metal, or other material used to seal the edges of a door or window against the cold.