Definition of stria

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Stria (n.) A minute groove, or channel; a threadlike line, as of color; a narrow structural band or line; a striation; as, the striae, or groovings, produced on a rock by a glacier passing over it; the striae on the surface of a shell; a stria of nervous matter in the brain..

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Austro-hungarian :: Austro-Hungarian (a.) Of or pertaining to the monarchy composed of Austria and Hungary.
Terrestrious :: Terrestrious (a.) Terrestrial.
Equestrian :: Equestrian (a.) Of or pertaining to horses or horsemen, or to horsemanship; as, equestrian feats, or games..
Slug :: Slug (n.) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial pulmonate mollusks belonging to Limax and several related genera, in which the shell is either small and concealed in the mantle, or altogether wanting. They are closely allied to the land snails..
Bromeliaceous :: Bromeliaceous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a family of endogenous and mostly epiphytic or saxicolous plants of which the genera Tillandsia and Billbergia are examples. The pineapple, though terrestrial, is also of this family..
Campestral :: Campestral (a.) Alt. of Campestria.
Avesta :: Avesta (n.) The Zoroastrian scriptures. See Zend-Avesta.
Equestrian :: Equestrian (n.) One who rides on horseback; a horseman; a rider.
Zarathustric :: Zarathustric (a.) Of or pertaining to Zarathustra, or Zoroaster; Zoroastrian..
Terrestrial :: Terrestrial (a.) Consisting of land, in distinction from water; belonging to, or inhabiting, the land or ground, in distinction from trees, water, or the like; as, terrestrial serpents..
Polygastrian :: Polygastrian (n.) One of the Polygastrica.
Equestrian :: Equestrian (a.) Being or riding on horseback; mounted; as, an equestrian statue..
Zither :: Zither (n.) An instrument of music used in Austria and Germany. It has from thirty to forty wires strung across a shallow sounding-board, which lies horizontally on a table before the performer, who uses both hands in playing on it. [Not to be confounded with the old lute-shaped cittern, or cithern.].
Myophan :: Myophan (n.) A contractile striated layer found in the bodies and stems of certain Infusoria.
Giaour :: Giaour (n.) An infidel; -- a term applied by Turks to disbelievers in the Mohammedan religion, especially Christrians..
Campestrian :: Campestrian (a.) Relating to an open fields; drowing in a field; growing in a field, or open ground..
Sarcous :: Sarcous (a.) Fleshy; -- applied to the minute structural elements, called sarcous elements, or sarcous disks, of which striated muscular fiber is composed..
Mazdeism :: Mazdeism (n.) The Zoroastrian religion.
Zoroastrian :: Zoroastrian (a.) Of or pertaining to Zoroaster, or his religious system..
Striate :: Striate (a.) To mark with striaae.
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