11-letter words containing tr
- string bean — any of various kinds of bean, as the green bean, the unripe pods of which are used as food, usually after stripping off the fibrous thread along the side.
- string line — string (def 17b).
- stringboard — a board or facing covering the ends of the steps in a staircase.
- stringently — rigorously binding or exacting; strict; severe: stringent laws.
- stringiness — resembling a string or strings; consisting of strings or stringlike pieces: stringy weeds; a stringy fiber.
- stringpiece — a long, usually horizontal piece of timber, beam, etc., for strengthening, connecting, or supporting a framework.
- strip joint — a nightclub or other establishment featuring striptease performances.
- strip light — A strip light is an electric light in the form of a long tube.
- strip poker — a game of poker in which the losers in a hand remove an article of clothing.
- strip steak — cut of beef: sirloin
- stripe rust — a disease of wheat, barley, rye, and other grasses, characterized by elongated rows of yellow spores on the affected parts, caused by a rust fungus, Puccinia glumarum.
- stripe smut — a disease of grasses, characterized by stripes of black spores on the leaves, caused by any of several smut fungi of the genera Urocystis and Ustilago.
- strippagram — a greetings message delivered by a stripper who does a striptease on delivery
- stripteaser — stripper (def 3).
- stroboscope — a device for studying the motion of a body, especially a body in rapid revolution or vibration, by making the motion appear to slow down or stop, as by periodically illuminating the body or viewing it through widely spaced openings in a revolving disk.
- stroke hole — (in a handicap match) a hole at which players with a handicap deduct a stroke from the number taken to play the hole.
- stroke play — medal play.
- stromateoid — resembling or related to the Stromateidae.
- strombolian — relating to or denoting a type of volcanic eruption characterized by repeated fountaining or jetting of fluid lava into the air
- strong gale — a wind of 47–54 miles per hour (21–24 m/sec).
- strong meat — anything arousing fear, anger, repulsion, etc, except among a tolerant or receptive minority
- strong side — the side of the offensive line where the tight end is positioned, thereby the side having the greater number of players.
- strong suit — Bridge. a long suit that contains high cards.
- strongpoint — a fortified defensive position; stronghold.
- strongyloid — of or relating to a strongyle
- struck jury — a jury obtained by special agreement between the opposing attorneys, each taking turns in eliminating a member of the impaneled group until 12 members remain.
- struggle on — If you struggle on, you continue doing something rather than stopping, even though it is difficult.
- strumectomy — excision of part or all of a goiter.
- subcontract — a contract by which one agrees to render services or to provide materials necessary for the performance of another contract.
- subcontrary — one of two propositions that can both be true but cannot both be false.
- subdistrict — a division of a district.
- subindustry — a subdivision of an industry
- substractor — a person who subtracts or takes away
- subtraction — an act or instance of subtracting.
- subtractive — tending to subtract; having power to subtract.
- subtreasury — a subordinate or branch treasury.
- subtropical — bordering on the tropics; nearly tropical.
- subvitreous — of the nature of or resembling glass, as in transparency, brittleness, hardness, glossiness, etc.: vitreous china.
- superstrike — an exceptionally large strike
- superstring — any supersymmetric string theory in which each type of elementary particle is treated as a vibration of a single fundamental string (superstring) at a particular frequency.
- superstrong — extremely strong
- superstruct — to erect upon a foundation or on top of another building or part
- supportress — a female supporter
- surmistress — a female deputy headteacher
- swingletree — a whiffletree.
- sylvestrian — living in the woods; sylvan
- symmetrical — characterized by or exhibiting symmetry; well-proportioned, as a body or whole; regular in form or arrangement of corresponding parts.
- synchrotron — a type of cyclotron consisting of magnetic sections alternately spaced with sections in which particles are electrostatically accelerated.
- tacheometry — the measurement of distance, etc, using a tacheometer
- take strike — (of a batsman) to prepare to play a ball delivered by the bowler