| streusel |
a topping of crumbly texture for coffeecake, sweet breads, or the like, made from flour, butter, sugar, cinnamon, and sometimes finely chopped nuts. |
| strew |
to scatter or sprinkle. [4 definitions] |
| stria |
a thin, narrow stripe, channel, or ridge, esp. one of several parallel marks or bands, as in certain muscles. [2 definitions] |
| striate |
to mark with striae or stripes; streak; furrow. [2 definitions] |
| striated |
having stripes, streaks, or furrows; consisting of striae, esp. in skeletal and cardiac muscle. |
| striation |
a pattern or arrangement of striae. [2 definitions] |
| stricken |
a past participle of strike. [3 definitions] |
| strict |
imposing severe discipline or requiring rigorous effort; unyielding; demanding. [4 definitions] |
| strict construction |
the judicial practice or principle of relying on literal interpretation of the language of a nation's constitution and other laws. |
| strictly |
strongly; absolutely. |
| stricture |
that which restricts or constrains. [3 definitions] |
| stride |
to walk with long, even steps, as in an energetic, hurried, or showy manner. [7 definitions] |
| strident |
harsh-sounding or loud; raucous; grating. [2 definitions] |
| stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |
| stridulous |
producing or characterized by a harsh grating, creaking, or chirping sound. |
| strife |
conflict or enmity, usu. intense and often violent. [2 definitions] |
| strifeless |
combined form of strife. |
| strike |
to hit (someone or something) with the hand or something used as a weapon. [31 definitions] |
| strikebreaker |
one who hires others, or one who is hired, to work in place of striking employees during a strike; scab. |
| strikeout |
in baseball, an out made by a batter who incurs three strikes, or an out credited to a pitcher who causes a batter to strike out. |
| striker |
someone or something that strikes. [3 definitions] |