Words starting with strai
6 letter words starting with strai
- strain — to draw tight or taut, especially to the utmost tension; stretch to the full: to strain a rope.
- strait — Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- strain at a gnat — to hesitate or have scruples about trifles: Matt. 23:24
- strain at the leash — to be impatient to have freedom from restraint
- strain gage — A strain gage is a sensor for measuring the amount of strain on a solid surface.
7 letter words starting with strai
- strains — the sound of music being played
- straint — pressure or strain
- straits dollar — a former silver coin and monetary unit of the Straits Settlements.
- straits of florida — a sea passage between the Florida Keys and Cuba, linking the Atlantic with the Gulf of Mexico
- straits settlements — a former British crown colony in SE Asia: included the settlements of Singapore, Penang, Malacca, and Labuan.
8 letter words starting with strai
- straicht — straight
- straight — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- strained — affected or produced by effort; not natural or spontaneous; forced: strained hospitality.
- strainer — a person or thing that strains.
- straiten — to put into difficulties, especially financial ones: His obligations had straitened him.
9 letter words starting with strai
- straights — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- straining — to draw tight or taut, especially to the utmost tension; stretch to the full: to strain a rope.
- straining arch — an arch for resisting thrusts, as in a flying buttress.
- straining at the leash — eagerly impatient to begin something
- straining piece — (in a queen-post roof) a horizontal beam uniting the tops of the two queen posts, and resisting the thrust of the roof.
10 letter words starting with strai
- straighten — make straight
- straighter — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- strainedly — in a strained manner
- strainless — to draw tight or taut, especially to the utmost tension; stretch to the full: to strain a rope.
- straitened — to put into difficulties, especially financial ones: His obligations had straitened him.
11 letter words starting with strai
- straichtest — straightest
- straight-up — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- straightest — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- straightish — almost but not quite straight
- straightway — straightaway.
12 letter words starting with strai
- straight-arm — Football. to push (a potential tackler) away by holding the arm out straight; stiff-arm.
- straight-out — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- straightaway — straight onward, without turn or curve, as a racecourse.
- straightbred — (of animals) purebred; having parents of the same breed
- straightedge — a bar or strip of wood, plastic, or metal having at least one long edge of sufficiently reliable straightness for use in drawing or testing straight lines, plane surfaces, etc.
13 letter words starting with strai
- straight-edge — advocating abstinence from alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, and sex and sometimes advocating vegetarianism.
- straight-line — (of a machine) having components that are arranged in a row or that move in a straight line when in operation
- straightforth — straight or directly forward
- strait-jacket — a garment made of strong material and designed to bind the arms, as of a violently disoriented person.
- straight-line depreciation — Straight-line depreciation is a method of depreciation in which an equal amount of depreciation is taken each year.
14 letter words starting with strai
- straight-ahead — not deviating from what is usual or expected; conventional or traditional; standard: a straight-ahead novel with a happy ending.
- straight-chain — an open chain of atoms, usually carbon, with no side chains attached to it.
- straight-faced — a serious or impassive facial expression that conceals one's true feelings about something, especially a desire to laugh.
- straight-laced — strait-laced (sense 2)
- straightjacket — to put in or as in a straitjacket: Her ambition was straitjacketed by her family.
15 letter words starting with strai
- straight-acting — (of a gay person) having the mannerisms of a heterosexual person: used esp by gay people of other gay people
- straight-backed — having a straight, usually high, back: a straight-backed chair.
- straightforward — going or directed straight ahead: a straightforward gaze.
16 letter words starting with strai
- strait-lacedness — the state or quality of being strait-laced
19 letter words starting with strai
- straightforwardness — going or directed straight ahead: a straightforward gaze.
26 letter words starting with strai
- straight-from-the-shoulder — direct, honest, and forceful in expression; outspoken.
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