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Strabane
- unknown - Town in county Tyrone
Strachey
- noun - English biographer and leading member of the Bloomsbury Group (1880-1932)
Straddle
- noun - a gymnastic exercise performed with a leg on either side of the parallel bars
- a noncommittal or equivocal position
- be noncommittal
- range or extend over; occupy a certain area; "The plants straddle the entire state"
- sit or stand astride of
- the act of sitting or standing astride
- the option to buy or sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date; consists of an equal number of put and call options
Strafers
- noun - a combat pilot who strafes the enemy
Strafing
- verb - attack with machine guns or cannon fire from a low-flying plane; "civilians were strafed in an effort to force the country's surrender"
Straggle
- noun - a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons); "a straggle of outbuildings"; "a straggle of followers"
- go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way; "Branches straggling out quite far"
- wander from a direct or straight course
Straggly
- adjective - growing or spreading sparsely or irregularly; "straggly ivy"
- spreading out in different directions; "sprawling handwriting"; "straggling branches"; "straggly hair"
Straight
- adjective - (of hair) having no waves or curls; "her naturally straight hair hung long and silky"
- a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
- A narrow body of water between to larger seas.
- a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
- a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse
- accurately fitted; level; "the window frame isn't quite true"
- characterized by honesty and fairness; "straight dealing"; "a square deal"
- erect in posture; "sit straight"; "stood defiantly with unbowed back"
- following a correct or logical method; "straight reasoning"
- free from curves or angles; "a straight line"
- having no deviations; "straight lines"; "straight roads across the desert"; "straight teeth"; "straight shoulders"
- in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly; "he didn't answer directly"; "told me straight out"; "came out flat for less work and more
Strained
- verb - alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy"
- become stretched or tense or taut;
- cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious;
- lacking natural ease; "a labored style of debating"
- lacking spontaneity; not natural; "a constrained smile"; "forced heartiness"; "a strained smile"
- remove by passing through a filter;
- rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender; "puree the vegetables for the baby"
- separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour"
- showing signs of mental and emotional tension; "her voice was strained as she asked the question"
- struggling for effect; "agonistic poses"
- test the limits of; "You are trying my patience!"
- to exert much effort or energy;
- use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity;