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Street DrugnounMWEa drug that is taken for nonmedicinal reasons, usually for mind-altering effectsverified
Street FighternounMWEsomeone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxingverified
Street NamenounMWEthe name of a brokerage firm in which stock is held on behalf of a customerverified
Street OrgannounMWEa musical instrument that makes music by rotation of a cylinder studded with pegsverified
Street SmartadjectiveMWEhaving the shrewd resourcefulness needed to survive in an urban environmentcandidate
Street SweepernounMWEa worker employed to clean streets (especially one employed by a municipal sanitation department)verified
Street testsnounMWEStreet tests are also called cross-market tests or market-wide tests that are sponsored by the Securities Industry Association, Bond Market Association, and Futures Industry Association. These tests validate the connectivity from alternate sites and include transaction, settlement, and payment processes, to the extent practical.verified
Street UrchinnounMWEa child who spends most of his time in the streets especially in slum areasverified
Strelitzia FamilynounMWEwoody plants with erect stems of tropical South America and South Africa and Madagascarverified
Strength of MechanismnounMWEA scale for measuring the relative strength of a security mechanism.verified
Streptococcal Sore ThroatnounMWEan infection of the oral pharynx and tonsils by streptococcusverified
Streptococcus TonsilitisnounMWEan infection of the oral pharynx and tonsils by streptococcusverified
Stress FracturenounMWEfracture resulting from excessive activity rather than a specific injuryverified
Stress IncontinencenounMWEurinary incontinence that occurs when involuntary pressure is put on the bladder by coughing or laughing or sneezing or lifting or strainingverified
Stress TestnounMWEType of performance efficiency testing conducted to evaluate a test item's behavior under conditions of loading above anticipated or specified capacity requirements, or of resource availability below minimum specified requirementsverified
Stretch MarknounMWEa narrow band resulting from tension on the skin (as on abdominal skin after pregnancy)verified
Stretch ReceptornounMWEa receptor in a muscle that responds to stretching of the muscle tissueverified
Striate AreanounMWEthe part of the occipital cortex that receives the fibers of the optic radiation from the lateral geniculate body and is the primary receptive area for visionverified
Striate BodynounMWEa striped mass of white and grey matter located in front of the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphereverified
Striate CortexnounMWEthe part of the occipital cortex that receives the fibers of the optic radiation from the lateral geniculate body and is the primary receptive area for visionverified
Striated MusclenounMWEa muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeletonverified
strike hardverbMWEdeliver a sharp blow or push :'He knocked the glass clear across the room'verified
strike outverbMWEmake a motion as with one's fist or foot towards an object or away from one's bodyverified
Strike ZonenounMWE(baseball) the area over home plate between a batter's knees and shoulders through which a pitch must pass in order to be called a strikeverified
Strike-Slip FaultnounMWEa geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontallyverified
String LinenounMWEline across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a gameverified
String TheorynounMWE(particle physics) a theory that postulates that subatomic particles are one-dimensional stringsverified
Stringed InstrumentnounMWEa musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of soundverified
Strip CroppingnounMWEcultivation of crops in strips following the contours of the land to minimize erosionverified
Strip LightingnounMWElight consisting of long tubes (instead of bulbs) that provide the illuminationverified
Strip MallnounMWEa mercantile establishment consisting of a row of various stores and business and restaurants along a road or busy streetverified
Strip PokernounMWEpoker in which a player's losses are paid by removing an article of clothingverified
Strip SearchnounMWEsearching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs by having them remove their clothesverified
Strip ShownounMWEa form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to musicverified
Striped Coral RootnounMWEnearly leafless wildflower with erect reddish-purple stems bearing racemes of pale pinkish and brownish-striped flowersverified
Striped CorenounMWEA network architecture in which user data traversing a core IP network is decrypted, filtered and re-encrypted one or more times. Note: The decryption, filtering, and re-encryption are performed within a “Red gateway”; consequently, the core is “striped” because the data path is alternately Black, Red, and Black.verified
Striped DogwoodnounMWEmaple of eastern North America with striped bark and large two-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumnverified
Striped KillifishnounMWEblack-barred fish of bays and coastal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast of the United Statesverified
Striped MaplenounMWEmaple of eastern North America with striped bark and large two-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumnverified