strain2 |
all the descendants of a common ancestor; race. [4 definitions] |
strained |
produced by straining. [3 definitions] |
strainer |
a device used for straining or filtering. [2 definitions] |
strait |
a narrow channel of water between two larger bodies. [2 definitions] |
straiten |
to impose hardships, restrictions, or limitations, esp. financial ones, on. |
straitjacket |
a restraining device shaped like a jacket, in which the sleeves are bound behind the wearer's back, preventing use of the arms and hands. [3 definitions] |
strait-laced |
tightly bound by morality, convention, or received opinion; strict or prudish. |
strake |
a single continuous line of planking or metal plating that extends the entire length of a ship's hull from stem to stern. |
stramonium |
a coarse, foul-smelling weed with trumpet-shaped white or lavender flowers, prickly fruit, and poisonous leaves; jimson weed. [2 definitions] |
strand1 |
to beach, or leave behind on the shore. [5 definitions] |
strand2 |
a length of fibers, threads, filaments, wires, or hairs braided or twisted together to form yarn, rope, cable, or the like. [5 definitions] |
strange |
unusual; curious; odd. [3 definitions] |
stranger |
a person with whom one is unacquainted. [4 definitions] |
strangle |
to kill by stopping the breathing of, esp. by squeezing shut the windpipe; choke. [3 definitions] |
stranglehold |
a wrestling hold that cuts off an opponent's breath and that is prohibited in the sport of wrestling. [2 definitions] |
strangulate |
to choke or stifle; strangle. [2 definitions] |
strap |
a thin, flat strip of flexible material, often with a fastener such as a buckle at one end, used to fasten or hold objects together or in position. [7 definitions] |
strapless |
without straps or covering over the shoulders, as a woman's evening gown. |
strapped |
(informal) short of funds or other resources. |
strapping1 |
large and strong; robust. |
strapping2 |
a whipping with, or as though with, a strap. [2 definitions] |