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Strains
- noun - A group of bacteria or viruses that are genetically distinct from other groups of the same species.
- (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups;
- (physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces
- (psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress;
- a special variety of domesticated animals within a species;
- a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence;
- alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy"
- an effortful attempt to attain a goal
- an intense or violent exertion
- become stretched or tense or taut;
- cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious;
- difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension;
- injury to a muscle (often caused by overuse); results in swelling and pain
- remove by passing through a filter;
- rub through a strainer or proce
Straits
- noun - a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
- a difficult juncture; "a pretty pass"; "matters came to a head yesterday"
- a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
Strakes
- noun - thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship
Strands
- noun -
- a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls";
- a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole; "he tried to pick up the strands of his former life"; "I could hear several melodic strands simultaneously"
- a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides)
- a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels
- a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
- bring to the ground; "the storm grounded the ship"
- drive (a vessel) ashore
- leaves without transport.
- line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable
Stratus
- noun - a large dark low cloud
Strauss
- noun - Austrian composer and son of Strauss the Elder; composed many famous waltzes and became known as the `waltz king' (1825-1899)
- Austrian composer of waltzes (1804-1849)
- German composer of many operas; collaborated with librettist Hugo von Hoffmannsthal to produce several operas (1864-1949)
Straves
- noun - an attack of machine-gun fire or cannon fire from a low flying airplane; "the next morning they carried out a strafe of enemy airfields"
Streaks
- noun - a distinctive characteristic; "he has a stubborn streak"; "a streak of wildness"
- a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background; "a green toad with small black stripes or bars"; "may the Stars and Stripes forever wave"
- a sudden flash (as of lightning)
- an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies"
- mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained
- move quickly in a straight line; "The plane streaked across the sky"
- run naked in a public place
Streams
- noun - a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
- a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes); "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air"; "the hose ejected a stream of water"
- dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas; "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history"
- exude profusely; "She was streaming with sweat"; "His nose streamed blood"
- flow freely and abundantly; "Tears streamed down her face"
- move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza"
- rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!"
- something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously; "a stream of people emptied from the terminal"; "the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors"
- the act of f
Streets
- noun - a situation offering opportunities; "he worked both sides of the street"; "cooperation is a two-way street"
- a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings; "they walked the streets of the small town"; "he lives on Nassau Street"
- people living or working on the same street; "the whole street protested the absence of street lights"
- the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel; "be careful crossing the street"
- the streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction; "she tried to keep her children off the street"