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Stretchers
- noun - a litter for transporting people who are ill or wounded or dead; usually consists of a sheet of canvas stretched between two poles
- a mechanical device used to make something larger (as shoes or gloves) by stretching it
- a stone that forms the top of wall or building
- a wooden framework on which canvas is stretched and fixed for oil painting
Stretchier
- adjective - capable of being easily stretched and resuming former size or shape
Stretching
- verb - act of expanding by lengthening or widening
- become longer by being stretched and pulled; "The fabric stretches"
- corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor"
- exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent
- extend one's body or limbs; "Let's stretch for a minute--we've been sitting here for over 3 hours"
- extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body; "Stretch your legs!"; "Extend your right arm above your head"
- extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length; "Unfold the newspaper"; "stretch out that piece of cloth"; "extend the TV antenna"
- extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly; "Stretch the limits"; "stretch my patience"; "stretch the imagination"
- increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance; "stretch the soup by adding some more cream"; "extend t
Striations
- noun - a stripe or stripes of contrasting color; "chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands"; "the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps"
- any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by a glacier on rocks or the streaks or ridges in muscle tissue
Strickland
- noun - United States architect and student of Latrobe (1787-1854)
Strickling
- verb - level off with a strickle in a measuring container; "strickle sand"
- smooth with a strickle; "strickle the grain in the measure"
Strictness
- noun - conscientious attention to rules and details
- uncompromising resolution
Strictured
- - Affected with a stricture; as, a strictured duct.
Strictures
- noun - abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway
- severe criticism