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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

stress test
noun a test measuring how a system functions when subjected to controlled amounts of stress

stressed
accented adjective bearing a stress or accent; `an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in `delay``

stressor
noun any agent that causes stress to an organism

stretch
adjective easily stretched; `stretch hosiery`

stretch
verb extend one`s limbs or muscles, or the entire body; `Stretch your legs!`; `Extend your right arm above your head`

stretch mark
noun a narrow band resulting from tension on the skin (as on abdominal skin after pregnancy)

stretch pants
noun trousers made of a stretchy fabric

stretch receptor
noun a receptor in a muscle that responds to stretching of the muscle tissue

stretch reflex
myotactic reflex noun reflex contraction of a muscle when an attached tendon is pulled; important in maintaining erect posture

stretch(a)
adjective having an elongated seating area; `a stretch limousine`

stretchable
stretchy adjective capable of being easily stretched and resuming former size or shape

stretched
adjective (of muscles) relieved of stiffness by stretching; `well-stretched muscles are less susceptible to injury`

stretcher
noun a litter for transporting people who are ill or wounded or dead; usually consists of a sheet of canvas stretched between two poles

stretcher party
noun a party of people with stretchers to carry an injured person

stretcher-bearer
litter-bearer noun one who helps carry a stretcher

stria
striation noun any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by a glacier on rocks or the streaks or ridges in muscle tissue

striate
adjective marked with stria or striations

striated muscle cell
striated muscle fiber noun an elongated contractile cell in striated muscle tissue

striated muscle tissue
noun muscle tissue characterized by transverse stripes

Strickland
William Strickland noun United States architect and student of Latrobe (1787-1854)

strickle
noun a tool used in a foundry to shape a mold in sand

strictly
purely adverb restricted to something; `we talked strictly business`

strictly
adverb in a stringent manner; `the laws are stringently enforced`; `stringently controlled`

strictness
noun conscientious attention to rules and details

stricture
noun severe criticism

strident
shrill adjective being sharply insistent on being heard; `strident demands`; `shrill criticism`

stridently
adverb in a strident manner; `the cheap clock ticked stridently`

strider
noun a person who walks rapidly with long steps; `he was such a strider that she couldn`t keep up without running`

stridor
noun a whistling sound when breathing (usually heard on inspiration); indicates obstruction of the trachea or larynx

stridulation
noun a shrill grating or chirping noise made by some insects by rubbing body parts together

strife
noun bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension

Strigidae
family Strigidae noun a family of nocturnal birds of the order Strigiformes

Strigiformes
order Strigiformes noun owls

strike
work stoppage noun a group`s refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions; `the strike lasted more than a month before it was settled`

strike
noun a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball; `he finished with three strikes in the tenth frame`

strike a blow
verb affect adversely; `The court ruling struck a blow at the old segregation laws`

strike a chord
verb create an emotional response; `The music struck a chord with the listeners`

strike hard
verb deliver a sharp blow or push :`He knocked the glass clear across the room`

strike leader
noun someone who leads a strike

strike pay
noun money paid to strikers from union funds

strike zone
noun (baseball) the area over home plate between a batter`s knees and shoulders through which a pitch must pass in order to be called a strike

strike-slip fault
noun a geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally

strikebound
adjective closed or immobilized by a strike; `a strikebound airline`

strikebreaking
noun confrontational activities intended to break up a strike by workers

strikeout
noun an out resulting from the batter getting three strikes

striker
noun the part of a mechanical device that strikes something

strikingly
adverb in a striking manner; `this was strikingly demonstrated`; `the evidence was strikingly absent`

strikingness
noun the quality of standing out strongly and distinctly

Strindberg
August Strindberg noun Swedish dramatist and novelist (1849-1912)

string
twine noun a lightweight cord

string bean
noun green beans with strings that must be removed

string cheese
noun cheese formed in long strings twisted together

string of words
word string noun a linear sequence of words as spoken or written

string orchestra
noun an orchestra playing only string instruments

string quartet
string quartette noun an instrumental quartet with 2 violins and a viola and a cello

string section
strings noun the section of an orchestra that plays stringed instruments

string theory
noun (cosmology) a theory that postulates that subatomic particles are one-dimensional strings

string tie
noun a very narrow necktie usually tied in a bow

stringed instrument
noun a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound

stringency
tightness noun a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit

stringency
noun conscientious attention to rules and details

stringently
adverb in a stringent manner; `the laws are stringently enforced`; `stringently controlled`

stringer
noun a long horizontal timber to connect uprights

stringy
wiry adjective lean and sinewy

stringybark
noun any of several Australian eucalypts having fibrous inner bark

stringybark pine
Callitris parlatorei noun Australian cypress pine with fibrous inner bark

strip
striptease noun a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music; `she did a strip right in front of everyone`

strip
verb take off or remove; `strip a wall of its wallpaper`

strip alert
noun a state of readiness for domestic defense aircraft; `the Air Force will keep fighters on strip alert at bases around the country`

strip cropping
noun cultivation of crops in strips following the contours of the land to minimize erosion

strip lighting
noun light consisting of long tubes (instead of bulbs) that provide the illumination

strip mall
noun a mercantile establishment consisting of a row of various stores and business and restaurants along a road or busy street; usually opening on a parking lot

strip mine
noun an open mine (usually for coal) where the seams run close to the surface

strip miner
noun a miner who does strip mining

strip mining
opencast mining noun the mining of ore or coal from an open mine

strip poker
noun poker in which a player`s losses are paid by removing an article of clothing

strip search
noun searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs by having them remove their clothes

strip steak
New York strip noun steak from upper part of the short loin

strip-mined
adjective mined near the earth`s surface by stripping

stripe
streak noun a marking of a different color or texture from the background

stripe blight
noun a disease of oats

striped
stripy adjective marked or decorated with stripes

striped bass
striper noun marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone

striped button quail
Turnix sylvatica noun a variety of button quail having stripes

striped coral root
Corallorhiza striata noun nearly leafless wildflower with erect reddish-purple stems bearing racemes of pale pinkish and brownish-striped flowers; western Canada to Mexico

striped drum
Equetus pulcher noun a kind of drumfish

striped gentian
Gentiana villosa noun a perennial marsh gentian of eastern North America

striped hyena
Hyaena hyaena noun of northern Africa and Arabia and India

striped killifish
mayfish noun black-barred fish of bays and coastal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast of the United States

striped maple
striped dogwood noun maple of eastern North America with striped bard and large two-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumn

striped marlin
Makaira mitsukurii noun Pacific food and game fish marked with dark blue vertical stripes

striped muishond
Ictonyx striata noun ferret-sized muishond often tamed

striped mullet
Mugil cephalus noun most important commercial mullet in eastern United States

striped skunk
Mephitis mephitis noun most common and widespread North American skunk

striper
noun a serviceman who wears stripes on the uniform to indicate rank or years of service; `he`s a four-striper`

striping
noun the act of marking with stripes

stripped
stripped-down adjective having only essential or minimal features; `a stripped new car`; `a stripped-down budget`

stripper
striptease artist noun a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music

stripper
noun a worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves and binds the leaves together into books

stripper well
stripper noun an oil well whose production has declined to less than ten barrels a day