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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 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.ProcessInternal
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
Strengthnounthe power to induce the taking of a course of action or the embracing of a point of view by means of argument or entreatyverified
Strength of MechanismnounMWEA scale for measuring the relative strength of a security mechanism.Metric
Streptocarpusnounany of various plants of the genus Streptocarpus having leaves in a basal rosette and flowers like primrosesverified
Streptococcal Sore ThroatnounMWEan infection of the oral pharynx and tonsils by streptococcusverified
Streptococcus TonsilitisnounMWEan infection of the oral pharynx and tonsils by streptococcusverified
Streptodornasenounan enzyme produced by some hemolytic strains of streptococcus that dissolves fibrinous secretions from infectionsverified
Streptokinasenounan enzyme produced by some strains of streptococcus that can liquefy blood clots by converting plasminogen to plasminverified
Streptomycinnounan antibiotic produced by the actinomycete Streptomyces griseus and used to treat tuberculosisverified
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 requirementsProcess
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
Strianounany of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by a glacier on rocks or the streaks or ridges in 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
Striationnounany of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by a glacier on rocks or the streaks or ridges in muscle tissueverified
Striatumnouna striped mass of white and grey matter located in front of the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphereverified
Stridulationnouna shrill grating or chirping noise made by some insects by rubbing body parts togetherverified
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