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Spud(n.) A dagger.
Spume(n.) Frothy matter raised on liquids by boiling, effervescence, or agitation
(v. i.) To froth
Spun(imp. & p. p.) of Spin
Spur(n.) A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, as a rafter or crossbeam
(v. i.) To spur on one' horse
(v. t.) To prick with spurs
Sputter(n.) Moist matter thrown out in small detached particles
(v. i.) To spit, or to emit saliva from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking
(v. t.) To spit out hastily by quick, successive efforts, with a spluttering sound
Sputum(n.) That which is expectorated
Spy(n.) A person sent secretly into an enemy's camp, territory, or fortifications, to inspect his works, ascertain his strength, movements, or designs, and to communicate such intelligence to the proper officer
(v. i.) To search narrowly
(v. t.) To discover by close search or examination.
Spyglass(n.) A small telescope for viewing distant terrestrial objects.
Squab(a.) Fat
(adv.) With a heavy fall
(n.) A neatling of a pigeon or other similar bird, esp. when very fat and not fully fledged.
(v. i.) To fall plump
Squad(n.) A small party of men assembled for drill, inspection, or other purposes.
Squalid(a.) Dirty through neglect
Squall(n.) A loud scream
(v. i.) To cry out
Squalor(n.) Squalidness
Squama(n.) A scale cast off from the skin
Squamiform(a.) Having the shape of a scale.
Squamosal(a.) Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone.
(n.) The squamous part of the temporal bone, or a bone correspondending to it, under Temporal
Squamulose(a.) Having little scales
Squander(n.) The act of squandering
(v. i.) To spend lavishly
(v. t.) To scatter
Square(a.) At right angles with the mast or the keel, and parallel to the horizon
(n.) A body of troops formed in a square, esp. one formed to resist a charge of cavalry
(v. i.) To accord or agree exactly
Squarrose(a.) Consisting of scales widely divaricating
Squash(n.) A game much like rackets, played in a walled court with soft rubber balls and bats like tennis rackets
(v. i.) To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass
Squat(a.) Short and thick, like the figure of an animal squatting.
(n.) A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar.
(v. t.) To bruise or make flat by a fall.
Squawk(n.) Act of squawking
(v. i.) To utter a shrill, abrupt scream
Squawroot(n.) A scaly parasitic plant (Conopholis Americana) found in oak woods in the United States
Squeak(n.) A sharp, shrill, disagreeable sound suddenly utered, either of the human voice or of any animal or instrument, such as is made by carriage wheels when dry, by the soles of leather shoes, or by a pipe or reed
(v. i.) To break silence or secrecy for fear of pain or punishment
Squeal(n.) A shrill, somewhat prolonged cry.
(v. i.) To cry with a sharp, shrill, prolonged sound, as certain animals do, indicating want, displeasure, or pain
Squeamish(a.) Having a stomach that is easily or nauseated
Squeegee(v. t.) To smooth, press, or treat with a squeegee
Squeeze(n.) A facsimile impression taken in some soft substance, as pulp, from an inscription on stone
(v. i.) To press
Squelch(n.) A heavy fall, as of something flat
(v. i.) To make a sound like that made by the feet of one walking in mud or slush
(v. t.) To quell
Squeteague(n.) An American sciaenoid fish (Cynoscion regalis), abundant on the Atlantic coast of the United States, and much valued as a food fish
Squib(a.) A kind of slow match or safety fuse.
(v. i.) To throw squibs
Squid(n.) A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance, fastened on its shank to imitate a squid
Squiggle(v. i.) To move about like an eel
Squill(n.) A European bulbous liliaceous plant (Urginea, formerly Scilla, maritima), of acrid, expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties used in medicine
Squinch(n.) A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower
Squint(a.) Looking obliquely. Specifically (Med.), not having the optic axes coincident
(n.) A want of coincidence of the axes of the eyes
(v. i.) To deviate from a true line
(v. t.) To cause to look with noncoincident optic axes.
Squirarchy(n.) The gentlemen, or gentry, of a country, collectively.
Squire(n.) A male attendant on a great personage
(v. t.) To attend as a beau, or gallant, for aid and protection
Squirm(v. i.) To twist about briskly with contor/ions like an eel or a worm
Squirrel(v. i.) Any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging to the genus Sciurus and several allied genera of the family Sciuridae
Squirt(n.) An instrument out of which a liquid is ejected in a small stream with force.
(v. i.) Hence, to throw out or utter words rapidly
(v. t.) To drive or eject in a stream out of a narrow pipe or orifice
Stab(n.) A wound with a sharp-pointed weapon
(v. i.) To give a wound with a pointed weapon
Staccato(a.) Disconnected
Stack(a.) A data structure within random-access memory used to simulate a hardware stack
(n.) To lay in a conical or other pile
Stacte(n.) One of the sweet spices used by the ancient Jews in the preparation of incense. It was perhaps an oil or other form of myrrh or cinnamon, or a kind of storax
Staddle(v. i.) Anything which serves for support
(v. t.) To form into staddles, as hay.
Stadimeter(n.) A horizontal graduated bar mounted on a staff, used as a stadium, or telemeter, for measuring distances
Stadium(n.) A Greek measure of length, being the chief one used for itinerary distances, also adopted by the Romans for nautical and astronomical measurements
Stadtholder(n.) Formerly, the chief magistrate of the United Provinces of Holland
Staff(n.) A long piece of wood
Stag(n.) A castrated bull
(v. i.) To act as a "stag", or irregular dealer in stocks.
(v. t.) To watch
Staid(a.) Sober
Stain(n.) A discoloration by foreign matter
(v. i.) To give or receive a stain
(v. t.) To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.
Stair(n.) A series of steps, as for passing from one story of a house to another
Stake(n.) A territorial division
(v. t.) A piece of wood, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a support or stay
Stalactite(n.) A pendent cone or cylinder of calcium carbonate resembling an icicle in form and mode of attachment
Stalagmite(n.) A deposit more or less resembling an inverted stalactite, formed by calcareous water dropping on the floors of caverns
Stale(a.) To make water
(n.) The stock or handle of anything
(v. i.) A prostitute.
(v. t.) A laughingstock
Stalk(n.) A high, proud, stately step or walk.
(v. i.) To walk behind something as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game
(v. t.) To approach under cover of a screen, or by stealth, for the purpose of killing, as game.
Stall(n.) A covering or sheath, as of leather, horn, of iron, for a finger or thumb
(v. i.) A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale.
(v. t.) To fatten
Stamen(n.) A thread
Staminate(a.) Furnished with stamens
(v. t.) To indue with stamina.
Staminode(n.) A staminodium.
Stammel(a.) Of the color of stammel
(n.) A kind of woolen cloth formerly in use. It seems to have been often of a red color.
Stammer(n.) Defective utterance, or involuntary interruption of utterance
(v. i.) To make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words
(v. t.) To utter or pronounce with hesitation or imperfectly
Stamp(n.) that which is marked
(v. t.) A character or reputation, good or bad, fixed on anything as if by an imprinted mark
Stance(n.) A stanza.
Stanch(n.) A flood gate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release
(v. i.) To cease, as the flowing of blood.
(v. t.) Close
Stand(n.) To adhere to fixed principles
(v. i.) A halt or stop for the purpose of defense, resistance, or opposition
(v. t.) To abide by
Stanhope(n.) A light two-wheeled, or sometimes four-wheeled, carriage, without a top
Stank(a.) Weak
(imp.) Stunk.
(n.) A dam or mound to stop water.
(v. i.) To sigh.
Stannic(a.) Of or pertaining to tin
Stanniferous(a.) Containing or affording tin.
Stannite(n.) A mineral of a steel-gray or iron-black color
Stannous(a.) Pertaining to, or containing, tin
Stanza(n.) An apartment or division in a building
Stapelia(n.) An extensive and curious genus of African plants of the natural order Asclepiadaceae (Milkweed family)
Stapes(n.) The innermost of the ossicles of the ear
Staple(a.) Established in commerce
(n.) A district granted to an abbey.
(v. t.) To sort according to its staple
Star(n.) A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding in the air, presents a starlike appearance
(v. i.) To be bright, or attract attention, as a star
(v. t.) To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies
Stasis(n.) A slackening or arrest of the blood current in the vessels, due not to a lessening of the heart's beat, but presumably to some abnormal resistance of the capillary walls
State(a.) Belonging to the state, or body politic
(n.) A chair with a canopy above it, often standing on a dais
(v. t.) To express the particulars of
Statics(n.) That branch of mechanics which treats of the equilibrium of forces, or relates to bodies as held at rest by the forces acting on them
Station(n.) A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers
(v. t.) To place
Statism(n.) The art of governing a state
Statistician(n.) One versed in statistics
Statistics(n.) Classified facts respecting the condition of the people in a state, their health, their longevity, domestic economy, arts, property, and political strength, their resources, the state of the country, etc
Stative(a.) Of or pertaining to a fixed camp, or military posts or quarters.
Statoblast(n.) One of a peculiar kind of internal buds, or germs, produced in the interior of certain Bryozoa and sponges, especially in the fresh-water species
Stator(n.) A stationary part in or about which another part (the rotor) revolves, esp. when both are large
Statuary(n.) A collection of statues
Statue(n.) A portrait.
(v. t.) To place, as a statue
Stature(n.) The natural height of an animal body
Status(n.) State
Statutable(a.) Made or being in conformity to statute
Statute(a.) An act of a corporation or of its founder, intended as a permanent rule or law
(n.) An act of the legislature of a state or country, declaring, commanding, or prohibiting something
Statutory(a.) Enacted by statute
Staurolite(n.) A mineral of a brown to black color occurring in prismatic crystals, often twinned so as to form groups resembling a cross
Stave(n.) A metrical portion
(v. i.) To burst in pieces by striking against something
Stay(n.) A corset stiffened with whalebone or other material, worn by women, and rarely by men.
(v. i.) To bear up under
Stead(n.) A farmhouse and offices.
(v. t.) To fill place of.
Steak(v. t.) A slice of beef, broiled, or cut for broiling
Steal(n.) A handle
(v. i.) To practice, or be guilty of, theft
(v. t.) To accomplish in a concealed or unobserved manner
Steam(n.) Any exhalation.
(v. i.) To emit steam or vapor.
(v. t.) To exhale.
Steapsin(n.) An unorganized ferment or enzyme present in pancreatic juice. It decomposes neutral fats into glycerin and fatty acids
Stearate(n.) A salt of stearic acid
Stearic(a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, stearin or tallow
Stearin(n.) One of the constituents of animal fats and also of some vegetable fats, as the butter of cacao
Steatite(n.) A massive variety of talc, of a grayish green or brown color. It forms extensive beds, and is quarried for fireplaces and for coarse utensils
Steed(n.) A horse, especially a spirited horse for state of war
Steel(n.) A chalybeate medicine.
Steep(a.) Bright
(n.) A precipitous place, hill, mountain, rock, or ascent
(v. i.) To undergo the process of soaking in a liquid
(v. t.) Difficult of access
Steer(a.) A young male of the ox kind
(n.) A helmsman, a pilot.
(v. i.) To be directed and governed
(v. t.) A rudder or helm.
Steeve(n.) A spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cotton bales, and similar kinds of cargo which need to be packed tightly
(v. i.) To project upward, or make an angle with the horizon or with the line of a vessel's keel
(v. t.) To elevate or fix at an angle with the horizon
Stela(n.) A small column or pillar, used as a monument, milestone, etc.
Stele(n.) A stale, or handle
Steller(n.) The rytina
Stelliform(a.) Like a star
Stellular(a.) Having the shape or appearance of little stars
Stem(n.) A branch of a family.
(v. t.) To oppose or cut with, or as with, the stem of a vessel
Stench(n.) To cause to emit a disagreeable odor
(v. i.) An ill smell
(v. t.) To stanch.
Stencil(n.) A thin plate of metal, leather, or other material, used in painting, marking, etc. The pattern is cut out of the plate, which is then laid flat on the surface to be marked, and the color brushed over it
(v. t.) To mark, paint, or color in figures with stencils
Stenograph(n.) A production of stenography
(v. t.) To write or report in stenographic characters.
Stenosis(n.) A narrowing of the opening or hollow of any passage, tube, or orifice
Stentor(n.) A herald, in the Iliad, who had a very loud voice
Step(n.) At Eton College, England, a shallow step dividing the court into an inner and an outer portion
(v. i.) A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.
(v. t.) To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step
Stercoraceous(a.) Of or pertaining to dung
Stere(n.) A rudder.
(v. t. & i.) To stir.
Sterilization(n.) The act or process of sterilizing, or rendering sterile
Sterilize(v. t.) To deprive of the power of reproducing
Sterlet(n.) A small sturgeon (Acipenser ruthenus) found in the Caspian Sea and its rivers, and highly esteemed for its flavor
Sterling(a.) Belonging to, or relating to, the standard British money of account, or the British coinage
(n.) A certain standard of quality or value for money.
Stern(a.) Being in the stern, or being astern
(n.) The black tern.
(superl.) Having a certain hardness or severity of nature, manner, or aspect
Stet(subj. 3d pers. sing.) Let it stand
(v. t.) To cause or direct to remain after having been marked for omission
Stevedore(n.) One whose occupation is to load and unload vessels in port
Stew(n.) An artificial bed of oysters.
(v. i.) To be seethed or cooked in a slow, gentle manner, or in heat and moisture.
(v. t.) A brothel
Stibine(n.) Antimony hydride, or hydrogen antimonide, a colorless gas produced by the action of nascent hydrogen on antimony
Stibnite(n.) A mineral of a lead-gray color and brilliant metallic luster, occurring in prismatic crystals
Stich(n.) A line in the Scriptures
Stick(n.) To attach by causing to adhere to the surface
(v. i.) To adhere
(v. t.) A composing stick.
Stiffen(v. i.) To become stiff or stiffer, in any sense of the adjective.
(v. t.) To inspissate
Stifle(n.) The joint next above the hock, and near the flank, in the hind leg of the horse and allied animals
(v. i.) To die by reason of obstruction of the breath, or because some noxious substance prevents respiration
(v. t.) To stop
Stigma(v. t.) A mark made with a burning iron
Stilbene(n.) A hydrocarbon, C14H12, produced artificially in large, fine crystals
Stilbite(n.) A common mineral of the zeolite family, a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime, usually occurring in sheaflike aggregations of crystals, also in radiated masses
Stile(n.) A pin set on the face of a dial, to cast a shadow
(v. i.) A step, or set of steps, for ascending and descending, in passing a fence or wall.
Still(a.) After that
(adv.) Comparatively quiet or silent
(n.) A steep hill or ascent.
(v.) A house where liquors are distilled
(v. i.) To drop, or flow in drops
(v. t.) To cause to fall by drops.
Stilt(n.) A crutch
(v. t.) To raise on stilts, or as if on stilts.
Stimulant(a.) Produced increased vital action in the organism, or in any of its parts.
(n.) An agent which produces a temporary increase of vital activity in the organism, or in any of its parts
Stimulate(v. t.) To excite
Stimulus(v. t.) A goad
Sting(v. t.) A goad
Stink(n.) A strong, offensive smell
(v. i.) To emit a strong, offensive smell
(v. t.) To cause to stink
Stint(n.) Any one of several species of small sandpipers, as the sanderling of Europe and America, the dunlin, the little stint of India (Tringa minuta), etc
(v. i.) To stop
(v. t.) Limit
Stipe(n.) The stalk of a pistil.
Stipitate(a.) Supported by a stipe
Stipple(v. t.) To engrave by means of dots, in distinction from engraving in lines.
Stipulate(a.) Furnished with stipules
(v. i.) To make an agreement or covenant with any person or company to do or forbear anything
Stipule(n.) An appendage at the base of petioles or leaves, usually somewhat resembling a small leaf in texture and appearance
Stir(n.) Agitation of thoughts
(v. i.) To become the object of notice
(v. t.) To bring into debate
Stitch(n.) An arrangement of stitches, or method of stitching in some particular way or style
(v. i.) A contortion, or twist.
(v. t.) To form land into ridges.
Stithy(n.) An anvil.
(v. t.) To forge on an anvil.
Stiver(n.) A Dutch coin, and money of account, of the value of two cents, or about one penny sterling
Stoat(n.) The ermine in its summer pelage, when it is reddish brown, but with a black tip to the tail
Stochastic(a.) Conjectural
Stock(a.) Used or employed for constant service or application, as if constituting a portion of a stock or supply
(n.) A block of wood
(v. t.) To lay up
Stodgy(a.) Wet.
Stogy(a.) heavy
(n.) A kind of cheap, but not necessary inferior, cigar made in the form of a cylindrical roll.
Stoic(n.) A disciple of the philosopher Zeno
Stoke(v. i.) To poke or stir up a fire
(v. t.) To poke or stir up, as a fire
Stole(imp.) of Steal
(n.) A long, loose garment reaching to the feet.
Stolid(a.) Hopelessly insensible or stupid
Stolon(n.) An extension of the integument of the body, or of the body wall, from which buds are developed, giving rise to new zooids, and thus forming a compound animal in which the zooids usually remain united by the stolons
Stoma(n.) A stigma.
Stomp(v. i.) To stamp with the foot.
Stone(n.) A calculous concretion, especially one in the kidneys or bladder
Stony(superl.) Converting into stone
Stood(imp. & p. p.) of Stand
Stool(n.) A bench or form for resting the feet or the knees
(v. i.) To ramfy
Stoop(n.) A post fixed in the earth.
(v. i.) To bend the upper part of the body downward and forward
(v. t.) To bend forward and downward
Stoor(v. i.) To rise in clouds, as dust.
Stop(n.) A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for determining the position to which another part shall be brought
(v. i.) To cease from any motion, or course of action.
(v. t.) To arrest the progress of
Storage(n.) Space for the safe keeping of goods.
Storax(n.) Any one of a number of similar complex resins obtained from the bark of several trees and shrubs of the Styrax family
Store(a.) Accumulated
(v. t.) Any place where goods are sold, whether by wholesale or retail
Storied(a.) Having (such or so many) stories
Stork(n.) Any one of several species of large wading birds of the family Ciconidae, having long legs and a long, pointed bill
Storm(n.) A heavy shower or fall, any adverse outburst of tumultuous force
(v. i.) To blow with violence
(v. t.) To assault
Story(n.) A euphemism or child's word for "a lie
(v. t.) A set of rooms on the same floor or level
Stoup(n.) A basin at the entrance of Roman Catholic churches for containing the holy water with which those who enter, dipping their fingers in it, cross themselves
Stour(a.) Tall
(n.) A battle or tumult
Stout(n.) A strong malt liquor
(superl.) Firm
Stove(n.) A house or room artificially warmed or heated
(v. t.) To heat or dry, as in a stove
Stow(v. t.) To arrange anything compactly in
Strabismus(n.) An affection of one or both eyes, in which the optic axes can not be directed to the same object
Straddle(n.) A stock option giving the holder the double privilege of a "put" and a "call," i. e., securing to the buyer of the option the right either to demand of the seller at a certain price, within a certain time, certain securities, or to require him to take at the same price, and within the same time, the same securities
(v. i.) To part the legs wide
(v. t.) To place one leg on one side and the other on the other side of
Straggle(n.) The act of straggling.
(v. t.) To be dispersed or separated
Straight(a.) A variant of Strait, a.
(adv.) In a straight manner
(n.) A hand of five cards in consecutive order as to value
(superl.) Approximately straight
(v. t.) To straighten.
Strain(a.) To act upon, in any way, so as to cause change of form or volume, as forces on a beam to bend it
(n.) A change of form or dimensions of a solid or liquid mass, produced by a stress.
(v. i.) To make violent efforts.
Strait(a.) A (comparatively) narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water
(adv.) Strictly
(superl.) Close
(v. t.) To put to difficulties.
Strake(n.) An iron band by which the fellies of a wheel are secured to each other, being not continuous, as the tire is, but made up of separate pieces
Stramonium(n.) A poisonous plant (Datura Stramonium)
Strand(n.) One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed.
(v. i.) To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground
(v. t.) To break a strand of (a rope).
Strange(adv.) Strangely.
(superl.) Backward
(v. i.) To be estranged or alienated.
(v. t.) To alienate
Strangle(v. i.) To be strangled, or suffocated.
(v. t.) To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until death results from stoppage of respiration
Strangulate(a.) Strangulated.
Strangury(n.) A painful discharge of urine, drop by drop, produced by spasmodic muscular contraction.
Strap(n.) A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.
(v. t.) To beat or chastise with a strap.
Strass(n.) A brilliant glass, used in the manufacture of artificial paste gems, which consists essentially of a complex borosilicate of lead and potassium
Strata(n.) pl. of Stratum.
Strategics(n.) Strategy.
Strategist(n.) One skilled in strategy, or the science of directing great military movements.
Strategy(n.) The science of military command, or the science of projecting campaigns and directing great military movements
Straticulate(a.) Characterized by the presence of thin parallel strata, or layers, as in an agate.
Stratification(n.) The act or process of laying in strata, or the state of being laid in the form of strata, or layers
Stratiform(a.) Having the form of strata.
Stratify(v. t.) To form or deposit in strata, or layers, as substances in the earth
Stratigraphy(n.) That branch of geology which treats of the arrangement and succession of strata.
Stratocracy(n.) A military government
Stratum(n.) A bed of earth or rock of one kind, formed by natural causes, and consisting usually of a series of layers, which form a rock as it lies between beds of other kinds
Stratus(n.) A form of clouds in which they are arranged in a horizontal band or layer.
Straw(n.) Anything proverbially worthless
(v. t.) To spread or scatter.
Stray(a.) Figuratively, to wander from the path of duty or rectitude
(n.) Any domestic animal that has an inclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost
(v. i.) Having gone astray
(v. t.) To cause to stray.
Streak(n.) A line or long mark of a different color from the ground
(v. t.) To form streaks or stripes in or on
Stream(n.) A beam or ray of light.
(v. i.) To extend
(v. t.) To mark with colors or embroidery in long tracts.
Street(a.) Originally, a paved way or road
Strelitzia(n.) A genus of plants related to the banana, found at the Cape of Good Hope. They have rigid glaucous distichous leaves, and peculiar richly colored flowers
Strength(n.) A strong place
(v. t.) To strengthen.
Strenuous(a.) Eagerly pressing or urgent
Streptococcus(n.) A long or short chain of micrococci, more or less curved.
Stress(n.) Distress.
(v. t.) To place emphasis on
Stretch(n.) A continuous line or surface
(v. i.) To be extended, or to bear extension, without breaking, as elastic or ductile substances
(v. t.) To cause to extend in breadth
Stretto(n.) In an opera or oratorio, a coda, or winding up, in an accelerated time.
Strew(v. t.) To cover more or less thickly by scattering something over or upon
Stria(n.) A fillet between the flutes of columns, pilasters, or the like.
Stricken(n.) Worn out
(p. p. & a.) Struck
(v. t.) Whole
Strickle(n.) An instrument for whetting scythes
Strict(a.) Exact
Stride(n.) The act of stridding
(v. t.) To pass over at a step
Stridor(n.) A harsh, shrill, or creaking noise.
Stridulate(v. t.) To make a shrill, creaking noise
Stridulous(a.) Making a shrill, creaking sound.
Strife(n.) Altercation
Strigil(n.) An instrument of metal, ivory, etc., used for scraping the skin at the bath.
Strigose(a.) Set with stiff, straight bristles
Strike(n.) A bushel
(v. i.) To become attached to something
(v. t.) To advance
Striking(a.) Affecting with strong emotions
String(n.) Act of stringing for break.
(v. i.) To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc
(v. t.) To deprive of strings
Strip(n.) A narrow piece, or one comparatively long
(v. i.) To fail in the thread
(v. t.) To deprive
Strive(n.) An effort
(v. i.) To make efforts
Strobila(n.) A form of the larva of certain Discophora in a state of development succeeding the scyphistoma
Stroboscope(n.) An instrument for studying or observing the successive phases of a periodic or varying motion by means of light which is periodically interrupted
Strode(imp.) of Stride
Stroke(imp.) Struck.
(v. t.) A gentle, caressing touch or movement upon something
Stroll(n.) A wandering on foot
(v. i.) To wander on foot
Stroma(n.) A layer or mass of cellular tissue, especially that part of the thallus of certain fungi which incloses the perithecia
Strong(superl.) Adapted to make a deep or effectual impression on the mind or imagination
Strontia(n.) An earth of a white color resembling lime in appearance, and baryta in many of its properties
Strontium(n.) A metallic element of the calcium group, always naturally occurring combined, as in the minerals strontianite, celestite, etc
Strop(n.) A piece of rope spliced into a circular wreath, and put round a block for hanging it.
(v. t.) To draw over, or rub upon, a strop with a view to sharpen
Stroud(n.) A kind of coarse blanket or garment used by the North American Indians.
Strove(imp.) of Strive
Struck(imp.) of Strike
(p. p.) of Strike
Structural(a.) Of or pertaining to organit structure
Structure(n.) Arrangement of parts, of organs, or of constituent particles, in a substance or body
Struggle(n.) A violent effort or efforts with contortions of the body
(v. i.) To labor in pain or anguish
Strum(v. t. & i.) To play on an instrument of music, or as on an instrument, in an unskillful or noisy way
Strung(imp.) of String
(p. p.) of String
Strut(a.) Protuberant.
(n.) Any part of a machine or structure, of which the principal function is to hold things apart
(v. t.) To hold apart. Cf. Strut, n., 3.
Strychnine(n.) A very poisonous alkaloid resembling brucine, obtained from various species of plants, especially from species of Loganiaceae, as from the seeds of the St
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