Striation (n.) The quality or condition of being striated.
Striation (n.) A stria; as, the striations on a shell.
Striatum (n.) The corpus striatum.
Striature (n.) A stria.
Strich (n.) An owl.
Strick (n.) A bunch of hackled flax prepared for drawing into slivers.
Stricken (p. p. & a.) Struck; smitten; wounded; as, the stricken deer.
Stricken (n.) Worn out; far gone; advanced. See Strike, v. t., 21.
Stricken (v. t.) Whole; entire; -- said of the hour as marked by the striking of a clock.
Strickle (n.) An instrument to strike grain to a level with the measure; a strike.
Strickle (n.) An instrument for whetting scythes; a rifle.
Strickle (n.) An instrument used for smoothing the surface of a core.
Strickle (n.) A templet; a pattern.
Strickle (n.) An instrument used in dressing flax.
Strickler (n.) See Strickle.
Strickless (n.) See Strickle.
Strict (a.) Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature.
Strict (a.) Tense; not relaxed; as, a strict fiber.
Strict (a.) Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice; as, to keep strict watch; to pay strict attention.
Strict (a.) Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous; as, very strict in observing the Sabbath.
Strict (a.) Rigidly; interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted; as, to understand words in a strict sense.
Strict (a.) Upright, or straight and narrow; -- said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
Striction (n.) The act of constricting, or the state of being constricted.
Strictly (adv.) In a strict manner; closely; precisely.
Strictness (n.) Quality or state of being strict.
Stricture (n.) Strictness.
Stricture (n.) A stroke; a glance; a touch.
Stricture (n.) A touch of adverse criticism; censure.
Stricture (n.) A localized morbid contraction of any passage of the body. Cf. Organic stricture, and Spasmodic stricture, under Organic, and Spasmodic.
Strictured (a.) Affected with a stricture; as, a strictured duct.
Strid (n.) A narrow passage between precipitous rocks or banks, which looks as if it might be crossed at a stride.
Strode (imp.) of Stride
Strid () of Stride
Stridden (p. p.) of Stride
Strid () of Stride
Striding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stride
Stride (v. t.) To walk with long steps, especially in a measured or pompous manner.
Stride (v. t.) To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle.
Stride (v. t.) To pass over at a step; to step over.
Stride (v. t.) To straddle; to bestride.
Stride (n.) The act of stridding; a long step; the space measured by a long step; as, a masculine stride.
Strident (a.) Characterized by harshness; grating; shrill.
Stridor (n.) A harsh, shrill, or creaking noise.
Stridulate (v. t.) To make a shrill, creaking noise
Stridulate (v. t.) to make a shrill or musical sound, such as is made by the males of many insects.
Stridulation (n.) The act of stridulating.
Stridulation (n.) The act of making shrill sounds or musical notes by rubbing together certain hard parts, as is done by the males of many insects, especially by Orthoptera, such as crickets, grasshoppers, and locusts.
Stridulation (n.) The noise itself.
Stridulator (n.) That which stridulates.
Stridulatory (a.) Stridulous; able to stridulate; used in stridulating; adapted for stridulation.
Stridulous (a.) Making a shrill, creaking sound.
Strife (n.) The act of striving; earnest endeavor.
Strife (n.) Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts.
Strife (n.) Altercation; violent contention; fight; battle.
Strife (n.) That which is contended against; occasion of contest.
Strifeful (a.) Contentious; discordant.
Strigate (a.) Having transverse bands of color.
Striges (n. pl.) The tribe of birds which comprises the owls.
Strigil (n.) An instrument of metal, ivory, etc., used for scraping the skin at the bath.
Strigillose (a.) Set with stiff, slender bristles.
Strigine (a.) Of or pertaining to owls; owl-like.
Strigment (n.) Scraping; that which is scraped off.
Strigose (a.) Set with stiff, straight bristles; hispid; as, a strigose leaf.
Strigous (a.) Strigose.
Struck (imp.) of Strike
Struck (p. p.) of Strike
Stricken () of Strike
Stroock () of Strike
Strucken () of Strike
Striking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Strike
Strike (v. t.) To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument or missile.
Strike (v. t.) To come in collision with; to strike against; as, a bullet struck him; the wave struck the boat amidships; the ship struck a reef.
Strike (v. t.) To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.
Strike (v. t.) To stamp or impress with a stroke; to coin; as, to strike coin from metal: to strike dollars at the mint.
Strike (v. t.) To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate; to set in the earth; as, a tree strikes its roots deep.
Strike (v. t.) To punish; to afflict; to smite.
Strike (v. t.) To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes; as, the clock strikes twelve; the drums strike up a march.
Strike (v. t.) To lower; to let or take down; to remove; as, to strike sail; to strike a flag or an ensign, as in token of surrender; to strike a yard or a topmast in a gale; to strike a tent; to strike the centering of an arch.
Strike (v. t.) To make a sudden impression upon, as by a blow; to affect sensibly with some strong emotion; as, to strike the mind, with surprise; to strike one with wonder, alarm, dread, or horror.
Strike (v. t.) To affect in some particular manner by a sudden impression or impulse; as, the plan proposed strikes me favorably; to strike one dead or blind.
Strike (v. t.) To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke; as, to strike a light.
Strike (v. t.) To cause to ignite; as, to strike a match.
Strike (v. t.) To make and ratify; as, to strike a bargain.
Strike (v. t.) To take forcibly or fraudulently; as, to strike money.
Strike (v. t.) To level, as a measure of grain, salt, or the like, by scraping off with a straight instrument what is above the level of the top.
Strike (v. t.) To cut off, as a mortar joint, even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
Strike (v. t.) To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly; as, my eye struck a strange word; they soon struck the trail.
Strike (v. t.) To borrow money of; to make a demand upon; as, he struck a friend for five dollars.
Strike (v. t.) To lade into a cooler, as a liquor.
Strike (v. t.) To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
Strike (v. t.) To advance; to cause to go forward; -- used only in past participle.
Strike (v. i.) To move; to advance; to proceed; to take a course; as, to strike into the fields.
Strike (v. i.) To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.
Strike (v. i.) To hit; to collide; to dush; to clash; as, a hammer strikes against the bell of a clock.
Strike (v. i.) To sound by percussion, with blows, or as with blows; to be struck; as, the clock strikes.
Strike (v. i.) To make an attack; to aim a blow.
Strike (v. i.) To touch; to act by appulse.
Strike (v. i.) To run upon a rock or bank; to be stranded; as, the ship struck in the night.
Strike (v. i.) To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
Strike (v. i.) To break forth; to commence suddenly; -- with into; as, to strike into reputation; to strike into a run.