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Stragulum
- - The mantle, or pallium, of a bird.
Straights
- noun - a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
- a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
- a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse
Strainers
- noun - a filter to retain larger pieces while smaller pieces and liquids pass through
Straining
- verb - alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy"
- an intense or violent exertion
- become stretched or tense or taut;
- cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious;
- remove by passing through a filter;
- rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender; "puree the vegetables for the baby"
- separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour"
- taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance; "his final, straining burst of speed"; "a strenuous task"; "your willingness after these six arduous days to remain here"- F.D.Roosevelt
- test the limits of; "You are trying my patience!"
- the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
- to exert much effort or energy;
- use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity;
Straitens
- verb - bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship
- squeeze together
Stranding
- verb -
- bring to the ground; "the storm grounded the ship"
- drive (a vessel) ashore
Strangely
- adverb - in a strange manner; "a queerly inscribed sheet of paper"
Strangers
- noun - an individual that one is not acquainted with
- anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
Strangest
- unknown - Most odd or peculiar
- most unusual
Strangled
- 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
- held in check with difficulty; "a smothered cough"; "a stifled yawn"; "a strangled scream"; "suppressed laughter"
- 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"