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Strass
- - A brilliant glass, used in the manufacture of artificial paste gems, which consists essentially of a complex borosilicate of lead and potassium. Cf. Glass.
Stress
- noun - (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body; "the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area"
- (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense; "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"; "stress is a vasoconstrictor"
- difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension;
- Pressure
- put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"
- special emphasis attached to something; "the stress was more on accuracy than on speed"
- test the limits of; "You are trying my patience!"
- the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"
- to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"
Struse
- - A Russian river craft used for transporting freight.
Suisse
- noun - a landlocked federal republic in central Europe
Surest
- unknown - most certain
- Most sure
Swoosh
- noun - move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound; "The bubbles swoshed around in the glass"; "The curtain swooshed open"
- the noise produced by the sudden rush of a fluid (a gas or liquid)
Tamest
- unknown - superlative of tame. most tame.
Tanist
- - In Ireland, a lord or proprietor of a tract of land or of a castle, elected by a family, under the system of tanistry.
- the heir apparent to a Celtic chief, typically the most vigorous adult of his kin, elected during the chief's lifetime.
Taoism
- noun - a Chinese sect claiming to follow the teaching of Lao-tzu but incorporating pantheism and sorcery in addition to Taoism
- philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events
- popular Chinese philosophical system based in teachings of Lao-tzu but characterized by a pantheism of many gods and the practices of alchemy and divination and magic
- religion adhering to the teaching of Lao-tzu