English words: strangeness to straw-bottomed

300 English words, part 187 of 245 of the words starting with S, A to Z. 39 have a page of their own.

English words strangeness to straw-bottomed

strangeness noun: The state or quality of being strange, odd or weird.
strangening noun, verb: The act or process of making or becoming strange.
strangeon noun: A particle composed of strange quarks, down quarks, up quark. A strange cluster with three-light-flavor symmetry.
strangeon star noun: An extreme form of exotic degenerate star. An evolution of neutron stars. A star primarily composed of strangeons. Conceptually a giant atomic nucleus...
strangeonium noun: Any meson formed from a strange quark and its antiquark
stranger adjective, noun, verb /ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/: A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance.
stranger crime noun: A crime committed by someone who does not know the attacker
stranger danger noun /ˌstɹeɪn.d͡ʒɚˈdeɪn.d͡ʒɚ/: The totality of perceived dangers to children presented by strangers.
stranger in the night noun: A stranger; someone unknown to those around them.
stranger things have happened phrase: Used to express that even though an event or idea seems very unusual or surprising, it is still possible.
strangerdom noun: The condition or status of being a stranger.
strangeress noun: A female stranger.
strangerhood noun: The quality of being a stranger.
strangerlike adjective: Like a stranger; without familiarity or intimacy.
strangerly adjective: Of, befitting, or characteristic of a stranger; strangerlike.
strangership noun: The condition or status of being a stranger.
strangerwise adverb: As a stranger; unknown.
Strangeways proper noun: A surname transferred from the place name.
Strangford proper noun: A village at the entrance to Strangford Lough, County Down, Northern Ireland.
strangification noun: The act or process of making strange or exotic.
strangify verb: To make strange or exotic.
Strangio proper noun: A surname from Italian.
Strangite adjective, noun: A follower of James Strang, the American leader of a schismatic Mormon movement called the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite).
strangle noun, verb /ˈstɹæŋɡəl/: To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply.
strangle the parrot verb /ˌstɹæŋɡ(ə)l ðə ˈpæɹət/: To switch off the transponder, for example, because it is interfering with the radar system.
strangleable adjective: Capable or deserving of being strangled.
strangledly adverb: While or as if being strangled.
stranglehold noun, verb: A grip or control so strong as to stifle or cut off.
stranglement noun: Strangulation.
strangler noun /ˈstɹæŋɡ(ə)lə/: Someone who strangles, especially who murders by strangling.
strangler fig noun: Any of a number of kinds of figs (genus Ficus) that sprout on branches of other trees and crowd them out as they mature.
strangles noun, verb /ˈstɹæŋɡ(ə)lz/: A disease of horses caused by an infection by the bacterium Streptococcus equi.
strangleweed noun: dodder, a parasitic plant (genus Cuscuta)
strangling noun, verb: The crime of killing by strangling.
strangling angel of children noun: The disease diphtheria.
strangling fig noun: Alternative form of strangler fig.
stranglingly adverb: In a manner that strangles.
strangolapreti noun: any of several types of pasta or gnocchi having regional forms
strangth noun: Pronunciation spelling of strength.
stranguary noun: Alternative form of strangury.
strangulate verb /ˈstɹæŋɡ(j)əleɪ̯t/: To strangle.
strangulated adjective, verb: Having the circulation stopped by compression; attended with arrest or obstruction of circulation, caused by constriction or compression.
strangulated hernia noun: A medical condition in which herniated tissue (most often a portion of the intestines) has its blood supply cut off.
strangulation noun /ˈstɹæŋɡ(j)əˌleɪ̯ʃ(ə)n/: The act of strangling or the state of being strangled.
strangulative adjective: That strangles, or gives a sensation of strangling.
strangulatory adjective: That strangles, or gives a sensation of strangling.
strangullion noun: Synonym of strangury.
stranguric adjective: Relating to, or afflicted with, strangury.
strangurious adjective: Of or pertaining to strangury.
strangury noun /ˈstɹæŋɡjəɹi/: A painful, frequent need to urinate, when the bladder is largely empty or with little urine production.
Strangways proper noun: A locality in the Shire of Mount Alexander and the Shire of Hepburn, central Victoria, Australia
stranik noun: Alternative form of strannik.
Stranmillis proper noun: A southern suburb of Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref J 3371).
strannik noun: A religious pilgrim in Russia.
Stranraer proper noun /stɹænɹɑː/: A town in western Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland.
stranskiite noun: A triclinic-pinacoidal cyanic blue mineral containing arsenic, copper, oxygen, and zinc.
Stransky proper noun /ˈstɹænski/: A surname.
strap noun, verb /stɹæp/: A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.
strap brake noun: A brake that pulls a strap positioned around a rotating object.
strap game noun: Synonym of fast and loose (“fraudulent game”).
strap-hang verb: Alternative form of straphang.
strap-hanging adjective, noun, verb: Relating to standing passengers, hanging on to a strap or rail provided in a bus or train.
strap in verb: To fasten a seatbelt
strap line noun: Alternative form of strapline.
strap mount noun: One of the buckles, etc., fitted on leather straps.
strap-off noun: The penis of a trans woman.
strap oil noun: A thrashing.
strap on adjective, noun, verb /ˈstɹæpɒn/: That can be attached using one or more straps.
strap on the boots phrase: To prepare to play a field sport; to take up playing a field sport.
strap on the feedbag verb: Synonym of put the feedbag on (“to dine; to eat”).
strap rail noun: A flat railroad laid containing a metal strap, and placed upon a wooden rail.
strap strategy noun: A bullish options strategy that is established by buying a two calls and one put option with the same exercise price. The trader is betting on volatility.
strap up verb: To fasten with a strap
strap warming noun: Alternative form of strapwarming.
strap work noun: Alternative form of strapwork.
strapadictomy noun: A supposed operation that transforms a woman into a man.
strapatsada noun: A Greek dish of tomatoes fried with olive oil, pepper, and beaten eggs.
strapdown noun: An inertial navigation system that eliminates the gimbal in favour of a lightweight digital computer having sensors that are simply strapped to the vehicle.
straphang verb: To ride public transport while standing and holding onto a strap.
straphanger noun: A person who travels using public transportation (often standing up and holding on to a strap).
strapless adjective, noun /ˈstrapləs/: Without a strap or straps; usually describing women's clothing without shoulder straps.
straplessly adverb: Without a strap or straps; in a strapless manner.
straplessness noun: Absence of straps.
straplike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a strap.
strapline noun: A secondary heading or headline, especially one printed above another.
straplined adjective: Having a strapline.
strapoff noun: Alternative form of strap-off.
strapon noun: Alternative spelling of strap-on.
strappable adjective: Able to be strapped on.
strappado noun, verb: A form of torture in which the victim is hung from the ceiling by a rope attached to the hands, which are tied together behind the victim's back.
strapped adjective, verb: Having a strap or straps.
strapped for cash adjective: Having little money; poor.
strapped for money adjective: Having little money; poor
strapped up verb: simple past and past participle of strap up
strapper noun: A large, strong, robust person (usually a man).
strappies noun: strappy shoes for women
strappin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of strapping.
strappiness noun: The state of being strappy
strapping adjective, noun, verb: Having a sturdy muscular physique; robust.
strapping tape noun: Synonym of filament tape.
strappingly adverb: In a strapping way; robustly.
strapple verb /ˈstɹæp.əl/: To bind with a strap; strap; entangle.
strappy adjective /ˈstɹapi/: Of or characterized by straps.
strappy top noun: An item of women's clothing with thin straps over the shoulders.
strapwarm verb /ˈstɹæpˌwɔːm/: To keep one's strap-on (sex toy with a dildo) in one's partner's anus, mouth, or vagina, typically for a prolonged period of time, without moving to create...
strapwarming noun, verb /ˈstɹæpˌwɔː.mɪŋ/: The act or an instance of keeping one's strap-on (sex toy with a dildo) in the other partner's anus, mouth, or vagina, typically for a prolonged period of...
strapwork noun: A stylized representation of strips or bands of curling leather parchment or metal cut into elaborate shapes, with piercings and often interwoven.
strapwort noun: The plant Corrigiola litoralis.
strasberry noun: A variety of strawberry with a raspberrylike appearance.
Strasbourg proper noun /ˈstɹæzbɜːɡ/: The capital city of Bas-Rhin department, France; the capital city of the region of Grand Est; located in the historic region of Alsace, near the border with...
Strasbourg pie noun: A pie filled with foie gras and other ingredients.
Strasbourg turpentine noun: Alternative form of Strasburg turpentine.
Strasburg proper noun: A city in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
Strasburg pie noun: Dated form of Strasbourg pie.
Strasburg turpentine noun: The resin obtained from the European silver fir (Abies taxifolia syn. Abies picea, now considered synonymous to Abies alba) which was used for a brilliant...
Strasburgh turpentine noun: Alternative form of Strasburg turpentine.
strashimirite noun: A monoclinic mineral containing arsenic, copper, hydrogen, and oxygen.
strass noun /stɹas/: A rhinestone, brilliant glass used in the manufacture of artificial paste gemstones, consisting essentially of a complex borosilicate of lead and potassium.
Strassburg proper noun: A surname.
Strassburgian adjective, noun: Of, from or relating to Strassburg
Strasser proper noun: A surname from German.
Strasserian adjective: Of or relating to Strasserism.
Strasserism noun: The political philosophy and practices of Otto Strasser and his Black Front, characterized by support of German National Socialism, but opposition to Hitlerism.
Strasserist adjective, noun: Of, or pertaining to, Strasserism.
Strasserite noun: A proponent of Strasserism.
strat noun /stɹæt/: Clipping of strategy
strat shag noun: An act of sex intended to advance one's own personal aims.
strata noun /ˈstɹeɪtə/: Condominium unit, condominium building, condominium title.
strata title noun: (law) A form of title over parts of real property, originally designed to facilitate ownership and mortgage of separate parts of a building, often on...
stratabound adjective: Exclusively confined within a certain stratum.
stratagem noun /ˈstɹæt.ə.d͡ʒəm/: A tactic or artifice designed to gain the upper hand, especially one involving underhanded dealings or deception.
stratagematic adjective: strategic
stratagematical adjective: strategic
stratagematist noun: strategist
stratagemic adjective: Synonym of stratagemical.
stratagemical adjective: strategic; involving stratagem
stratagemically adverb: In terms of, or by means of, a stratagem; strategically.
stratal adjective: of or pertaining to a stratum
stratally adverb: In terms of strata or layers.
stratarchical adjective: Of or relating to stratarchy.
stratarchy noun: An organization having a number of different strata within which power and influence are distributed.
Strate proper noun: A surname.
strategery noun: Alternative form of strategy.
strategetic adjective /stɹatəˈdʒɛtɪk/: Strategic.
strategetical adjective: Strategic.
strategetically adverb: In terms of, or by means of, strategy.
strategetics noun: Strategy.
strategian noun: A strategist.
strategic adjective /stɹəˈti.dʒɪk/: Of or pertaining to strategy.
strategic competence noun: An aspect of communicative competence consisting of the ability to organize one's communicated ideas effectively and to compensate for any communication...
strategic depth noun: The distances between the front lines or battle sectors and the combatants' core industrial areas, capital cities, or heartlands.
strategic management noun: The art and science of formulating, implementing and evaluating cross-functional decisions that will enable an organization to achieve its objectives.
strategic material noun: Any material considered crucial to national security concerns and military applications. Examples include natural resources, such as oil; alloys, such as...
strategic pluralism noun: A theory suggesting that women have evolved to pursuit a dual-mating strategy, by forming long-term pair-bonds with men who are good providers, while...
strategic warning noun: A warning, relatively far in advance, of a potential attack.
strategical adjective: Strategic.
strategically adverb /stɹəˈtiː.d͡ʒɪ.kli/: In a strategic manner.
strategicness noun: The characteristic of being strategic.
strategics noun: The field or activity of using strategy.
strategise verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of strategize.
strategiser noun: One who strategises.
strategism noun: An excessive emphasis on strategy.
strategist noun /ˈstɹætəd͡ʒɪst/: A person who devises strategies.
strategizable adjective: Able to be strategized.
strategization noun: The formulation of a strategy.
strategize verb /ˈstɹætəd͡ʒaɪz/: To formulate a strategy.
strategizer noun: One who strategizes.
strategizing noun, verb: The formulation of a strategy.
Stratego proper noun /strəˈtiːɡoʊ/: A two-player strategy board game in which each player controls an army that tries to capture the other player's flag.
strategos noun: Alternative form of strategus.
strategus noun: The leader or commander of an army; a general.
strategy noun /ˈstɹæt.ɪ.d͡ʒɪ/: The science and art of military command as applied to the overall planning and conduct of warfare.
strategy game noun: A game in which the players' decision-making skills have a high significance in determining the outcome, such as chess, checkers or go.
strategy guide noun: A guide that contains hints or solutions for video games.
strategy of tension noun: A political policy wherein violent struggle is encouraged rather than suppressed.
strategy pattern noun: A creational design pattern where algorithms can be selected at runtime.
strategyless adjective: Without a strategy.
strategylessness noun: The lack of a strategy; the property of being strategyless.
strategylike adjective: Resembling a strategy.
strategyproof adjective: Of an asymmetric game where players have private information: such that there is no incentive for any of the players to hide or lie about their private...
strategyproofness noun: The quality of being strategyproof.
Straten proper noun: A locality in the Shire of Buloke, north western Victoria, Australia
Stratford proper noun /ˈstɹæt.fəd/: The name of various cities, towns and boroughs in the USA, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. See the full list.
Stratfordian adjective, noun /stɹætˈfɔːdi.ən/: An inhabitant of the town Stratford-upon-Avon, or any other town called Stratford.
strath noun /stɹæθ/: A wide, flat river valley.
Strathallan proper noun: A valley in Stirling council area and Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN80).
Stratham proper noun: A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States.
Strathaven proper noun: A town in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7044).
Strathbogie proper noun: A valley and district in north-west Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland; the valley is also spelt Strath Bogie.
Strathclyde proper noun /stɹæθˈklaɪd/: A former local government region in the west of Scotland, created in 1975, abolished in 1996.
Strathcona proper noun: A neighbourhood of Edmonton and former city in central Alberta; the business district of which is now called "Old Strathcona".
Strathearn proper noun: A strath in central Scotland.
Strathern proper noun: A surname.
Strathernian adjective: Of or relating to Marilyn Strathern (born 1941), British anthropologist.
Strathfield proper noun: A suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Strathmore proper noun: A large valley in Angus council area, and partly in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland.
Strathmore weed noun: Pimelea prostrata, a shrub from New Zealand.
Strathpeffer proper noun: A village and spa town in Ross and Cromarty, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH4858).
strathspey noun: A Scottish dance with gliding steps, slower than a reel.
Strathyre proper noun: A village in Stirling council area, Scotland, historically in Perthshire (OS grid ref NN5617).
stratic adjective: Of or pertaining to the order of strata, or to their deposition
straticulate adjective: Said of sedimentary rock exhibiting thin layers, whether or not they control how the rock breaks. Compare with laminated.
stratifiable adjective: Capable of being stratified.
stratification noun: The process leading to the formation or deposition of layers, especially of sedimentary rocks.
stratificational adjective: Relating to stratification.
stratificationally adverb: By means of, or in terms of, stratification.
stratified adjective, verb: Arranged in a sequence of layers or strata.
stratified columnar epithelium noun: Any of a series of secretive layers of cells found in the uterus, parts of the anus and eye, the male urethra and vas deferens and in parts of the pharynx.
stratifier noun: Something that stratifies; the agent or cause of stratification.
stratifin noun: A protein found in stratified keratinizing epithelial cells.
stratiform adjective: Occurring in layers
stratify verb /ˈstratɪfʌɪ/: To become separated out into distinct layers or strata.
stratigotus noun: A judicial official in medieval southern Italy.
stratigrapher noun: An expert in stratigraphy.
stratigraphic adjective /ˌstɹætɪˈɡɹæfɪk/: Of or pertaining to the arrangement of stratigraphy or strata.
stratigraphical adjective: Stratigraphic.
stratigraphically adverb: In a stratigraphic manner; with respect to stratigraphy
stratigraphist noun: A stratigrapher.
stratigraphy noun /stɹəˈtɪɡ.ɹəfi/: The study of rock layers and the layering process (stratification).
stratimetry noun: measurement of the strata of the Earth's crust
stratinomic adjective: Of or pertaining to stratinomy.
stratinomy noun: The description of the orientation of trace fossils in relation to rock strata
stratiomyid noun: Any fly of the family Stratiomyidae.
stratiomyiid noun: Alternative form of stratiomyid.
stratiote noun: A small landowner who had an obligation of military service in time of war.
Stratman proper noun: A surname.
strato- prefix /ˌstɹætə(ʊ)/: Strata; especially, stratus clouds.
stratoanalysis noun: An analytical theory that attempts to understand a subject in terms of stratification, or layers.
Stratocaster noun: A popular electric guitar manufactured by Fender.
stratocirrus noun /ˌstɹætə(ʊ)ˈsɪɹəs/: An altostratus cloud.
stratocladistic adjective: Relating to stratocladistics
stratocladistics noun: A combination of stratigraphy and cladistics
stratocladogram noun: A stratocladistic diagram
stratocone noun: A large volcano built up of material from successive lava flows
stratocracy noun: A military government.
stratocrat noun: One who governs or leads others through military force, or on account of their position as a military officer.
stratocratic adjective: Relating to stratocracy.
stratocumuliform adjective: Resembling cumulus but with extensive horizontal development.
stratocumulous adjective: Relating to a stratocumulus cloud.
stratocumulus noun: A principal low-level cloud type, predominantly stratiform, in the form of a gray and/or whitish layer or patch, which nearly always has dark parts and is...
stratographic adjective: Of or relating to stratography (geology term/army)
stratographical adjective: stratographic
stratographically adverb: In terms of stratography.
stratography noun: A description of an army, or of what belongs to an army.
stratonomic adjective: Of or pertaining to stratonomy.
stratonomy noun: Alternative spelling of stratinomy.
stratopause noun: In the atmosphere, the boundary between the stratosphere and the mesosphere.
stratophenetic adjective: Relating to relationships between organisms that exist only as fossils
stratoplane noun: A hypothetical airplane capable of travel in the stratosphere.
stratorotational adjective: Relating to the rotation of concentric layers of fluid
stratose adjective: Arranged in layers or strata
stratosphere noun /ˈstɹætəsfɪə/: The region of the uppermost atmosphere where the temperature increases along with the altitude due to the absorption of solar ultraviolet radiation by ozone.
stratospheric adjective /ˌstɹætəˈsfɛɹɪk/: Of, relating to, or occurring in the stratosphere (“the region of the uppermost atmosphere”).
stratospherically adverb: In a stratospheric manner, or to a stratospheric degree.
stratostat noun: A balloon, usually uncrewed and filled with helium or hydrogen, released into the stratosphere for purposes of meteorology, scientific experiment, etc.
stratotype noun: A stratigraphic section used to establish a reference point on a geologic time scale.
stratotypic adjective: Relating to a stratotype.
stratovolcanic adjective: Of or pertaining to a stratovolcano.
stratovolcano noun: A tall conical volcano, composed of layers (or strata) of hardened lava, tephra and ash.
stratta noun: Alternative form of strata (“layered casserole dish”).
Strattera proper noun: A brand name for the drug atomoxetine.
Stratton proper noun: A market town in Bude-Stratton parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SS2306).
Stratton Parker syndrome noun: A rare disorder characterized by short stature, Wormian bones, and dextrocardia.
stratula noun: Thin layers in rock strata.
stratum noun /ˈstɹɑː.təm/: One of several parallel horizontal layers of material arranged one on top of another.
stratum album intermediale noun: The main receptive layer of the superior colliculus, composed primarily of nerve of the internal corticotectal tract from the occipital and preoccipital cortex.
stratum basale noun: Synonym of basal layer.
stratum corneum noun: The outer layer of the epidermis, composed of dead cells that continually flake away.
stratum germinativum noun: Synonym of stratum basale.
stratum granulosum noun: A thin layer of cells in the epidermis.
stratum griseum intermediale noun: A layer of small nerve cells in the superior colliculus, forming the more superficial part of the stratum lemnisci.
stratum lemnisci noun: The portion of the superior colliculus composed of the stratum griseum intermediale and the stratum album intermediale.
stratum spinosum noun: A layer of the epidermis found between the stratum granulosum and stratum basale.
stratus noun /ˈstɹeɪtəs/: A principal, low-level cloud type in the form of a gray layer with a rather uniform base, usually not associated with precipitation, and capable of...
stratus fractus noun: Stratus clouds which are scattered or ragged.
Straub proper noun: A surname.
Straube proper noun: A surname.
Straughan proper noun: A surname.
Straughn proper noun: A surname.
straught adjective, verb /stɹɔːt/: To stretch; make straight.
'straunt noun: Clipping of restaurant.
Straus proper noun: A surname from German.
Strauss proper noun /stɹaʊs/: A surname from German.
Straussian adjective, noun: Of, or relating to Leo Strauss or his philosophy.
Straussianism noun: A political philosophy based on the works of History of Political Philosophy scholar Leo Strauss.
stravage noun, verb: Alternative spelling of stravaig.
stravaig noun, verb /stɹəˈveɪɡ/: To stroll or wander aimlessly on (a road, etc.); to ramble.
stravaige verb: Alternative spelling of stravaig.
stravaiger noun: One who stravaigs; one who takes a stroll.
stravenue noun: In Tucson, Arizona, a street that runs diagonally between and intersects a street (running east–west) and an avenue (running north–south).
Stravinskian adjective: Of or relating to Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971), influential Russian-born composer, pianist, and conductor.
Stravinsky proper noun: A surname from Russian.
Stravinskyan adjective: Alternative form of Stravinskian.
straw adjective, noun, verb /stɹɔː/: A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
straw bail noun: Worthless bail, as given by irresponsible persons.
straw ballot noun: Synonym of straw poll.
straw bed noun: Alternative form of strawbed.
straw bid noun: A worthless bid; a bid for a contract which the bidder is unable or unwilling to fulfill.
straw boss noun: A worker acting as a supervisor of other workers.
straw-bottomed adjective: Of a chair, having a seat of woven cane or with cushioning of straw.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under S: 73,223 words, in 245 parts.