Nouns

stoolpigeon

noun

someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police

stooper

noun

a person at a racetrack who searches for winning parimutuel...

stopes

noun

birth-control campaigner who in 1921 opened the first birth...

storeria

noun

a genus of Colubridae

storksbill

noun

any of various plants of the genus Erodium

stoutheartedness

noun

the trait of having a courageous spirit

stoutness

noun

the property of excessive fatness

stovepiping

noun

retrieval of information from unconnected databases; the sit...

stradavarius

noun

a violin made by Antonio Stradivari or a member of his famil...

strafer

noun

a combat pilot who strafes the enemy

straightness

noun

a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of...

strapado

noun

a form of torture in which the hands are tied behind a perso...

strassburg

noun

city on the Rhine in eastern France near the German border;...

strategian

noun

an expert in strategy (especially in warfare)

strawman

noun

a weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted

strayer

noun

someone who strays or falls behind

streambed

noun

a channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a stream

strekelia

noun

a monocotyledonous genus of the amaryllis family

strelitzia

noun

small genus of large perennial evergreen herbs having leaves...

strelitziaceae

noun

woody plants with erect stems of tropical South America and...

strengthener

noun

a device designed to provide additional strength

strepera

noun

bell magpies

strepsiceros

noun

African antelopes: kudus; bongos; nyalas; bushbucks

strepsirhini

noun

in some classifications either coextensive with the Lemuroid...

streptobacillus

noun

any of various rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria

streptocarpus

noun

any of various plants of the genus Streptocarpus having leav...

streptococci

noun

spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or chain...

streptolysin

noun

any of several hemolysins derived from strains of streptococ...

streptomycetaceae

noun

higher bacteria typically aerobic soil saprophytes

streptopelia

noun

turtledoves

streptosolen

noun

one species: marmalade bush

stretchability

noun

the capacity for being stretched

stretchiness

noun

the capacity for being stretched

strewing

noun

the act of scattering

striatum

noun

a striped mass of white and grey matter located in front of...

stridence

noun

having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound

stridency

noun

having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound

stridor

noun

a whistling sound when breathing (usually heard on inspirati...

stridulation

noun

a shrill grating or chirping noise made by some insects by r...

strigidae

noun

a family of nocturnal birds of the order Strigiformes

strigiformes

noun

owls

strikingness

noun

the quality of standing out strongly and distinctly

stringybark

noun

any of several Australian eucalypts having fibrous inner bar...

striver

noun

someone who works as hard as a slave

strobilomyces

noun

fungi similar to Boletus but with a shaggy scaly cap

stromateidae

noun

butterfishes: harvest fishes; dollar fishes

strombidae

noun

the family of conchs

strombus

noun

type genus of the family Strombidae

strongylodon

noun

genus of Polynesian or southeastern Asian shrubs or vines

stropharia

noun

genus of gill fungi with brown spores that is closely relate...