Index of English words, starting with "st"

(1) - Strained (a.) Done or produced with straining or excessive effort; as, his wit was strained.
(2) - Strained (a.) Subjected to great or excessive tension; wrenched; weakened; as, strained relations between old friends.
(3) - Strained (imp. & p. p.) of Strain

(1) - Strainer (n.) That through which any liquid is passed for purification or to separate it from solid matter; anything, as a screen or a cloth, used to strain a liquid; a device of the character of a sieve or of a filter; specifically, an openwork or perforated screen, as for the end of the suction pipe of a pump, to prevent large solid bodies from entering with a liquid.
(2) - Strainer (n.) One who strains.

(1) - Strait (v. t.) To put to difficulties.
(2) - Strait (a.) Fig.: A condition of narrowness or restriction; doubt; distress; difficulty; poverty; perplexity; -- sometimes in the plural; as, reduced to great straits.
(3) - Strait (a.) A neck of land; an isthmus.
(4) - Strait (a.) A (comparatively) narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water; -- often in the plural; as, the strait, or straits, of Gibraltar; the straits of Magellan; the strait, or straits, of Mackinaw.
(5) - Strait (a.) A narrow pass or passage.
(6) - Strait (adv.) Strictly; rigorously.
(7) - Strait (superl.) Parsimonious; niggargly; mean.
(8) - Strait (superl.) Difficult; distressful; straited.
(9) - Strait (superl.) Strict; scrupulous; rigorous.
(10) - Strait (superl.) Close; intimate; near; familiar.
(11) - Strait (superl.) Tight; close; closely fitting.
(12) - Strait (superl.) Narrow; not broad.
(13) - Strait (a.) A variant of Straight.