Anatreptic :: Anatreptic (a.) Overthrowing; defeating; -- applied to Plato's refutative dialogues.

Centrepiece :: Centrepiece (n.) An ornament to be placed in the center, as of a table, ceiling, atc.; a central article or figure..

Countreplete :: Countreplete (v. t.) To counterplead.

Electrepeter :: Electrepeter (n.) An instrument used to change the direction of electric currents; a commutator.

Entrepot :: Entrepot (n.) A warehouse; a magazine for depositing goods, stores, etc.; a mart or place where merchandise is deposited; as, an entrepot for shipping goods in transit..

Entrepreneur :: Entrepreneur (n.) One who creates a product on his own account; whoever undertakes on his own account an industrial enterprise in which workmen are employed.

Estrepe :: Estrepe (v. t.) To strip or lay bare, as land of wood, houses, etc.; to commit waste..

Estrepement :: Estrepement (n.) A destructive kind of waste, committed by a tenant for life, in lands, woods, or houses..

Intrepid :: Intrepid (a.) Not trembling or shaking with fear; fearless; bold; brave; undaunted; courageous; as, an intrepid soldier; intrepid spirit..

Intrepidity :: Intrepidity (n.) The quality or state of being intrepid; fearless bravery; courage; resoluteness; valor.

Intrepidly :: Intrepidly (adv.) In an intrepid manner; courageously; resolutely.

Obstreperous :: Obstreperous (a.) Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise; clamorous; noisy; vociferous..

Peristrephic :: Peristrephic (a.) Turning around; rotatory; revolving; as, a peristrephic painting (of a panorama)..

Perstreperous :: Perstreperous (a.) Noisy; obstreperous.

Protreptical :: Protreptical (a.) Adapted to persuade; hortatory; persuasive.

Strepent :: Strenuous (a.) Eagerly pressing or urgent; zealous; ardent; earnest; bold; valiant; intrepid; as, a strenuous advocate for national rights; a strenuous reformer; a strenuous defender of his country..

Streperous :: Strepent (a.) Noisy; loud.

Strepitores :: Streperous (a.) Loud; boisterous.

Strepsipter :: Strepitores (n. pl.) A division of birds, including the clamatorial and picarian birds, which do not have well developed singing organs..

Strepsiptera :: Strepsipteran (n.) One of the Strepsiptera.

Strepsipteran :: Strepsipter (n.) Alt. of Strepsiptera.

Strepsipterous :: Strepsiptera (n. pl.) A group of small insects having the anterior wings rudimentary, and in the form of short and slender twisted appendages, while the posterior ones are large and membranous. They are parasitic in the larval state on bees, wasps, and the like; -- called also Rhipiptera. See Illust. under Rhipipter..

Strepsorhina :: Strepsipterous (a.) Of or pertaining to Strepsiptera.

Strepsorhine :: Strepsorhina (n. pl.) Same as Lemuroidea.

Strepsorhine :: Strepsorhine (a.) Having twisted nostrils; -- said of the lemurs.

Streptobacteria :: Strepsorhine (n.) One of the Strepsorhina; a lemur. See Illust. under Monkey.

Streptococci :: Streptobacteria (n. pl.) A so-called variety of bacterium, consisting in reality of several bacteria linked together in the form of a chain..

Streptococcus :: Streptococci (pl. ) of Streptococcu.

Streptoneura :: Streptococcus (n.) A long or short chain of micrococci, more or less curved..

Streptothrix :: Streptoneura (n. pl.) An extensive division of gastropod Mollusca in which the loop or visceral nerves is twisted, and the sexes separate. It is nearly to equivalent to Prosobranchiata..

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