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Strix
- noun - owls lacking ear tufts
Strop
- noun - a leather strap used to sharpen razors
- sharpen on a strop; "strop razors"
- to be in or have a strop is an exhibition of temper, esp in a child or childish manner
Strum
- noun - sound of strumming; "the strum of a guitar"
- sound the strings of (a string instrument); "strum a guitar"
Strut
- noun - a proud stiff pompous gait
- brace consisting of a bar or rod used to resist longitudinal compression
- to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house"
Stubs
- noun - a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost
- a small piece; "a nub of coal"; "a stub of a pencil"
- a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt
- clear of weeds by uprooting them; "stub a field"
- extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigarette now"
- pull up (weeds) by their roots
- strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object; "She stubbed her toe in the dark and now it's broken"
- the part of a check that is retained as a record
- the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)
Stuck
- verb - baffled; "this problem has me completely stuck"
- be a devoted follower or supporter; "The residents of this village adhered to Catholicism"; "She sticks to her principles"
- be a mystery or bewildering to;
- be loyal to; "She stood by her husband in times of trouble"; "The friends stuck together through the war"
- be or become fixed; "The door sticks--we will have to plane it"
- caught or fixed; "stuck in the mud"
- come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"
- cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface; "stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it"
- endure; "The label stuck to her for the rest of her life"
- fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something; "stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress"
- fasten with an adhesive material like
Studs
- noun - a man who is virile and sexually active
- adult male horse kept for breeding
- an upright in house framing
- ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt)
- poker in which each player receives hole cards and the remainder are dealt face up; bets are placed after each card is dealt
- provide with or construct with studs; "stud the wall"
- scatter or intersperse like dots or studs; "Hills constellated with lights"
Study
- noun - a branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings"
- a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique; "a study in spiccato bowing"
- a detailed critical inspection
- a room used for reading and writing and studying; "he knocked lightly on the closed door of the study"
- a state of deep mental absorption; "she is in a deep study"
- a written document describing the findings of some individual or group; "this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale"
- applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading); "mastering a second language requires a lot of work"; "no schools offer graduate study in interior design"
- attentive consideration and meditation; "after much cogitation he rejected the offer"
- be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the ba