Strong-water :: Strong-minded (a.) Having a vigorous mind; esp., having or affecting masculine qualities of mind; -- said of women..

Strong-water :: Strong-water (n.) An acid.

Stronghand :: Strong (superl.) Applied to forms in Anglo-Saxon, etc., which retain the old declensional endings. In the Teutonic languages the vowel stems have held the original endings most firmly, and are called strong; the stems in -n are called weak other constant stems conform, or are irregular..

Stronghold :: Stronghand (n.) Violence; force; power.

Strongish :: Stronghold (n.) A fastness; a fort or fortress; fortfield place; a place of security.

Strongly :: Strongish (a.) Somewhat strong.

Strongylid :: Strong-water (n.) Distilled or ardent spirits; intoxicating liquor.

Strongyloid :: Strongylid (a. & n.) Strongyloid.

Strongyloid :: Strongyloid (a.) Like, or pertaining to, Strongylus, a genus of parasitic nematode worms of which many species infest domestic animals. Some of the species, especially those living in the kidneys, lungs, and bronchial tubes, are often very injurious..

Strontia :: Strongyloid (n.) A strongyloid worm.

Strontian :: Strontia (n.) An earth of a white color resembling lime in appearance, and baryta in many of its properties. It is an oxide of the metal strontium..

Strontianite :: Strontian (n.) Strontia.

Strontic :: Strontianite (n.) Strontium carbonate, a mineral of a white, greenish, or yellowish color, usually occurring in fibrous massive forms, but sometimes in prismatic crystals..

Strontitic :: Strontic (a.) Of or pertaining to strontium; containing, or designating the compounds of, strontium..

Strontium :: Strontitic (a.) Strontic.

Strontium :: Strontium (n.) A metallic element of the calcium group, always naturally occurring combined, as in the minerals strontianite, celestite, etc. It is isolated as a yellowish metal, somewhat malleable but harder than calcium. It is chiefly employed (as in the nitrate) to color pyrotechnic flames red. Symbol Sr. Atomic weight 87.3..

Stroock :: Stricken () of Strik.

Strook :: Strontium (n.) A radioactive isotope of strontium produced by certain nuclear reactions, and constituting one of the prominent harmful components of radioactive fallout from nuclear explosions; also called radiostrontium. It has a half-life of 28 years..

Strook :: Strook () imp. of Strike.

Stroot :: Strook (n.) A stroke.

Strop :: Stroot (v. i.) To swell out; to strut.

Strop :: Stropping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stro.

Strop :: Strop (v. t.) To draw over, or rub upon, a strop with a view to sharpen; as, to strop a razor..

Strophanthus :: Strop (n.) A piece of rope spliced into a circular wreath, and put round a block for hanging it..

Strophe :: Strophes (pl. ) of Stroph.

Strophes :: Strophanthus (n.) A genus of tropical apocynaceous shrubs having singularly twisted flowers. One species (Strophanthus hispidus) is used medicinally as a cardiac sedative and stimulant.

Strophic :: Strophe (n.) In Greek choruses and dances, the movement of the chorus while turning from the right to the left of the orchestra; hence, the strain, or part of the choral ode, sung during this movement. Also sometimes used of a stanza of modern verse. See the Note under Antistrophe..

Strophiolate :: Strophic (a.) Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, strophes..

Strophiolated :: Strophiolate (a.) Alt. of Strophiolate.

Strophiole :: Strophiolated (a.) Furnished with a strophiole, or caruncle, or that which resembles it..

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