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Storm LanternnounMWEan oil lamp with a glass chimney and perforated metal lid to protect the flame from high windsverified
Storm SashnounMWEa window outside an ordinary window to protect against severe weather or winterverified
Storm SignalnounMWEa signal announcing the approach of a storm (particularly a storm of marked violence)verified
Storm WindownounMWEa window outside an ordinary window to protect against severe weather or winterverified
Stovepipe applicationnounMWEStand-alone programs that may not easily integrate with other applications or systems.verified
Straight ArchnounMWEan arch with mutually supporting voussoirs that has a straight horizontal extrados and intradosverified
Straight HangnounMWEa hang performed on the rings or parallel bars with the body erect and the arms at the sidesverified
Straight Life InsurancenounMWEinsurance on the life of the insured for a fixed amount at a definite premium that is paid each year in the same amount during the entire lifetime of the insuredverified
Straight PinnounMWEpin consisting of a short straight stiff piece of wire with a pointed endverified
Straight PokernounMWEpoker in which each player gets 5 cards face down and bets are made without drawing any further cardsverified
Straight RazornounMWEa razor with a straight cutting edge enclosed in a case that forms a handle when the razor is opened for useverified
Straight ThrustnounMWE(fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forwardverified
Straight TicketnounMWEa ballot cast by a voter who votes for all the candidates of one partyverified
Straight-Line MethodnounMWE(accounting) a method of calculating depreciation by taking an equal amount of the asset's cost as an expense for each year of the asset's useful lifeverified
Straight-Line Method of DepreciationnounMWE(accounting) a method of calculating depreciation by taking an equal amount of the asset's cost as an expense for each year of the asset's useful lifeverified
Straight-Through CablenounMWEA straight-through cable is where the pins on one side of the connector are wired to the same pins on the other end. It is used for interconnecting nodes on the network.verified
Straight-Through Processing (STP)nounMWEThe successful execution of a service, process, or transaction performed entirely through traditional application platforms with predefined interfaces (i.e., application programming interfaces [APIs]).verified
Strange AttractornounMWEan attractor for which the approach to its final point in phase space is chaoticverified
Strange QuarknounMWEa quark with an electric charge of -1/3 and a mass 988 times that of an electron and a strangeness of -1verified
Strangler TreenounMWEan epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the treeverified
Strategic BuyoutnounMWEan acquisition based on analysis of the benefits of consolidation in anticipation of increased earning powerverified
Strategic IntelligencenounMWEintelligence that is required for forming policy and military plans at national and international levelsverified
strategic planningnounMWEThe purpose of this task is to determine long-term goals and identify the best method to achieve these goals.verified
Strategic Planning and Policy DevelopmentnounMWEIn the NICE Workforce Framework, cybersecurity work where a person: Applies knowledge of priorities to define an entity.verified
Stratified SamplenounMWEthe population is divided into strata and a random sample is taken from each stratumverified
Stratified SamplingnounMWEthe population is divided into subpopulations (strata) and random samples are taken of each stratumverified
Stratum CorneumnounMWEthe outermost layer of the epidermis consisting of dead cells that slough offverified
Stratum GranulosumnounMWEthe layer of epidermis just under the stratum corneum or (on the palms and soles) just under the stratum lucidumverified
Stratum LucidumnounMWEthe layer of epidermis immediately under the stratum corneum in the skin of the palms and solesverified
Straw MushroomnounMWEsmall tropical and subtropical edible mushroom having a white cap and long stemverified
Strawberry BlitenounMWEEuropean annual with clusters of greenish flowers followed by red pulpy berrylike fruitverified
Strawberry BushnounMWEhardy shrub of southeastern United States having clove-scented wood and fragrant red-brown flowersverified
Strawberry GeraniumnounMWEeastern Asiatic saxifrage with racemes of small red-and-white flowersverified
Strawberry HaemangiomanounMWEa congenital bright red superficial vascular tumor resembling a strawberryverified
Strawberry HemangiomanounMWEa congenital bright red superficial vascular tumor resembling a strawberryverified
Strawberry PigweednounMWEEuropean annual with clusters of greenish flowers followed by red pulpy berrylike fruitverified
Strawberry SaxifragenounMWEeastern Asiatic saxifrage with racemes of small red-and-white flowersverified
Strawberry ShrubnounMWEhardy shrub of southeastern United States having clove-scented wood and fragrant red-brown flowersverified
Strawberry TomatonounMWEdecorative American annual having round fleshy yellow berries enclosed in a bladderlike huskverified
Stream CiphernounMWEA stream cipher works by encryption a message a single bit, byte, or computer word at a time.verified
Stream of ConsciousnessnounMWEa literary genre that reveals a character's thoughts and feeling as they develop by means of a long soliloquyverified
Stream OrchidnounMWEorchid growing along streams or ponds of western North America having leafy stems and 1 greenish-brown and pinkish flower in the axil of each upper leafverified
Streamer FlynounMWEan artificial fly that has wings extending back beyond the crook of the fishhookverified
Streamline FlownounMWEflow of a gas or liquid in which the velocity at any point is relatively steadyverified
Street ArabnounMWE(sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streetsverified
Street CleanernounMWEa worker employed to clean streets (especially one employed by a municipal sanitation department)verified
Street ClothesnounMWEordinary clothing suitable for public appearances, as opposed to costumes, sports apparel, work clothes and so onverified