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Straight TicketnounMWEa ballot cast by a voter who votes for all the candidates of one partyverified
Straight-Armnoun(American football) the act of warding off a tackler by holding the arm fully extended with the hand against the opponentverified
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.Network
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]).ProcessRegulated
Straightedgenounhand tool consisting of a flat rigid rectangular bar (metal or wood) that can be used to draw straight lines (or test their straightness)verified
Straightjacketnouna garment similar to a jacket that is used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent personverified
Straightnessnouna sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the opposite sexverified
Straitjacketnouna garment similar to a jacket that is used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent personverified
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
Strangleholdnouna wrestling hold in which the arms are pressed against the opponent's windpipeverified
Stranglernounan epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the treeverified
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
Stranglesnounan acute bacterial disease of horses characterized by inflammation of the mucous membranesverified
Strangulationnoun(pathology) constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluidverified
Strapadonouna form of torture in which the hands are tied behind a person's back and they are lifted off the ground by a rope tied to their wrists, then allowed to drop until their fall is checked with a jerk by the ropeverified
Strappadonouna form of torture in which the hands are tied behind a person's back and they are lifted off the ground by a rope tied to their wrists, then allowed to drop until their fall is checked with a jerk by the ropeverified
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.Process
Strategic Planning and Policy DevelopmentnounMWEIn the NICE Workforce Framework, cybersecurity work where a person: Applies knowledge of priorities to define an entity.Process
Strategynounthe branch of military science dealing with military command and the planning and conduct of a warverified
Stratificationnounthe placing of seeds in damp sand or sawdust or peat moss in order to preserve them or promote germinationverified
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
Stratumnounone of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock)verified
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
Strawberrynounany of various low perennial herbs with many runners and bearing white flowers followed by edible fruits having many small achenes scattered on the surface of an enlarged red pulpy berryverified
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
Strawflowernounplant of southern and southeastern United States grown for its yellow flowers that can be driedverified
Strawpersonnouna fallacious argument which irrelevantly attacks a position that appears similar to, but is actually different from, an opponent's position, and concludes that the opponent's real position has thereby been refuted.verified
Stream CiphernounMWEA stream cipher works by encryption a message a single bit, byte, or computer word at a time.Capability
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