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Sternson
- - The end of a ship's keelson, to which the sternpost is bolted; -- called also stern knee.
Sternway
- - The movement of a ship backward, or with her stern foremost.
Stibnite
- noun - a soft grey mineral; the chief ore of antimony
Stranded
- verb -
- bring to the ground; "the storm grounded the ship"
- cut off or left behind; "an isolated pawn"; "several stranded fish in a tide pool"; "travelers marooned by the blizzard"
- drive (a vessel) ashore
Stranger
- noun - an individual that one is not acquainted with
- anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
Strangle
- verb - conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
- constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
- die from strangulation
- 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"
- prevent the progress or free movement of; "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries"
- struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
Strength
- noun - an asset of special worth or utility; "cooking is his forte"
- capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war; "we faced an army of great strength";
- capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects; "the strength of the drinks"
- permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force; "they advertised the durability of their products"
- physical energy or intensity;
- the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation); "they measured the station's signal strength"
- the condition of financial success; "the strength of the company's stock in recent weeks"
- the power to induce the taking of a course of action or the embracing of a point of view by means of argument or entreaty; "the strength of his argument settled the matter"
- the property of being physically or mentally strong; "fatigue sapped his strength"
Stringed
- - Having strings; as, a stringed instrument.
Stringer
- noun - a long horizontal timber to connect uprights
- a member of a squad on a team; "a first stringer"; "a second stringer"
- a worker who strings; "a stringer of beads"
- brace consisting of a longitudinal member to strengthen a fuselage or hull
- Newspaper correspondent retained on a part-time basis to report on events at a particular place.
Stronger
- adjective - being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content; "hard liquor"
- freshly made or left; "a warm trail"; "the scent is warm"
- having a strong physiological or chemical effect; "a potent toxin"; "potent liquor"; "a potent cup of tea", "a stiff drink"
- having or wielding force or authority; "providing the ground soldier with increasingly potent weapons"
- having strength or power greater than average or expected; "a strong radio signal"; "strong medicine"; "a strong man"
- immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with; "an impregnable fortress"; "fortifications that made the frontier inviolable"; "a secure telephone connection"
- not faint or feeble; "a strong odor of burning rubber"
- of good quality and condition; solidly built; "a solid foundation"; "several substantial timber buildings"
- of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection; "`sing' is a strong verb"
- strong and sure;