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Strident
- adjective - being sharply insistent on being heard; "strident demands"; "shrill criticism"
- conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident demands"; "a vociferous mob"
- of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')
- unpleasantly loud and harsh
Striders
- noun - a person who walks rapidly with long steps; "he was such a strider that she couldn't keep up without running"
Striding
- verb - cover or traverse by taking long steps; "She strode several miles towards the woods"
- walk with long steps; "He strode confidently across the hall"
Stridors
- noun - a whistling sound when breathing (usually heard on inspiration); indicates obstruction of the trachea or larynx
Strigate
- - Having transverse bands of color.
Strigine
- - Of or pertaining to owls; owl-like.
Strigose
- - Set with stiff, straight bristles; hispid; as, a strigose leaf.
Strikers
- noun - a forward on a soccer team
- an employee on strike against an employer
- someone receiving intensive training for a naval technical rating
- someone who hits; "a hard hitter"; "a fine striker of the ball"; "blacksmiths are good hitters"
- the part of a mechanical device that strikes something
Striking
- verb - affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely; "We were hit by really bad weather"; "He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager"; "The earthquake struck at midnight"
- arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing; "strike a balance"; "strike a bargain"
- attain; "The horse finally struck a pace"
- cause to experience suddenly; "Panic struck me"; "An interesting idea hit her"; "A thought came to me"; "The thought struck terror in our minds"; "They were struck with fear"
- cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp; "strike an arc"
- deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon; "The teacher struck the child"; "the opponent refused to strike"; "The boxer struck the attacker dead"
- drive something violently into a location; "he hit his fist on the table"; "she struck her head on the low ceiling"
- find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a