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Strait-Jacket
- - A dress of strong materials for restraining maniacs or those who are violently delirious. It has long sleeves, which are closed at the ends, confining the hands, and may be tied behind the back.
Strangulating
- verb - become constricted; "The hernia will strangulate"
- constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air
- kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air; "he tried to strangle his opponent"; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes"
Strangulation
- noun - (pathology) constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid; "strangulation of the intestine"
- the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe; "no evidence that the choking was done by the accused"
- the condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage
Stratocracies
- noun - government by the military and an army
Streets Apart
- unknown - Markedly different
Streptocarpus
- noun - any of various plants of the genus Streptocarpus having leaves in a basal rosette and flowers like primroses
Stretch Along
- verb - occupy a large, elongated area; "The park stretched beneath the train line"
Structuralism
- noun - a sociological theory based on the premise that society comes before individuals
- an anthropological theory that there are unobservable social structures that generate observable social phenomena
- linguistics defined as the analysis of formal structures in a text or discourse
Structuralist
- unknown - One studying patterns of thought, behaviour, etc
Styracosaurus
- noun - an unusual ceratopsian dinosaur having many large spikes around the edge of its bony frill and a long nose horn; late Cretaceous