Index of English words, starting with "st"

(1) - Stroll (n.) A wandering on foot; an idle and leisurely walk; a ramble.
(2) - Stroll (v. i.) To wander on foot; to ramble idly or leisurely; to rove.

(1) - Stroller (n.) One who strolls; a vagrant.

(1) - Stroma (n.) A layer or mass of cellular tissue, especially that part of the thallus of certain fungi which incloses the perithecia.
(2) - Stroma (n.) The spongy, colorless framework of a red blood corpuscle or other cell.
(3) - Stroma (n.) The connective tissue or supporting framework of an organ; as, the stroma of the kidney.

(1) - Strong (superl.) Full of spirit; containing a large proportion of alcohol; intoxicating; as, strong liquors.
(2) - Strong (superl.) Having passive physical power; having ability to bear or endure; firm; hale; sound; robust; as, a strong constitution; strong health.
(3) - Strong (superl.) Solid; tough; not easily broken or injured; able to withstand violence; able to sustain attacks; not easily subdued or taken; as, a strong beam; a strong rock; a strong fortress or town.
(4) - Strong (superl.) Having great military or naval force; powerful; as, a strong army or fleet; a nation strong at sea.
(5) - Strong (superl.) Having great wealth, means, or resources; as, a strong house, or company of merchants.
(6) - Strong (superl.) Reaching a certain degree or limit in respect to strength or numbers; as, an army ten thousand strong.
(7) - Strong (superl.) Moving with rapidity or force; violent; forcible; impetuous; as, a strong current of water or wind; the wind was strong from the northeast; a strong tide.
(8) - Strong (superl.) Adapted to make a deep or effectual impression on the mind or imagination; striking or superior of the kind; powerful; forcible; cogent; as, a strong argument; strong reasons; strong evidence; a strong example; strong language.
(9) - Strong (superl.) Having active physical power, or great physical power to act; having a power of exerting great bodily force; vigorous.
(10) - Strong (superl.) Having virtues of great efficacy; or, having a particular quality in a great degree; as, a strong powder or tincture; a strong decoction; strong tea or coffee.
(11) - Strong (superl.) Applied to forms in Anglo-Saxon, etc., which retain the old declensional endings. In the Teutonic languages the vowel stems have held the original endings most firmly, and are called strong; the stems in -n are called weak other constant stems conform, or are irregular.
(12) - Strong (superl.) Affecting any sense powerfully; as, strong light, colors, etc.; a strong flavor of onions; a strong scent.
(13) - Strong (superl.) Solid; nourishing; as, strong meat.
(14) - Strong (superl.) Well established; firm; not easily overthrown or altered; as, a strong custom; a strong belief.
(15) - Strong (superl.) Violent; vehement; earnest; ardent.
(16) - Strong (superl.) Having great force, vigor, power, or the like, as the mind, intellect, or any faculty; as, a man of a strong mind, memory, judgment, or imagination.
(17) - Strong (superl.) Vigorous; effective; forcible; powerful.
(18) - Strong (superl.) Tending to higher prices; rising; as, a strong market.
(19) - Strong (superl.) Pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its preterit (imperfect) by a variation in the root vowel, and the past participle (usually) by the addition of -en (with or without a change of the root vowel); as in the verbs strive, strove, striven; break, broke, broken; drink, drank, drunk. Opposed to weak, or regular. See Weak.
(20) - Strong (superl.) Ardent; eager; zealous; earnestly engaged; as, a strong partisan; a strong Whig or Tory.