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Strip MinenounMWEan open mine (usually for coal) where the seams run close to the surfaceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Strip MinernounMWEa miner who does strip miningverifiedMay 18, 2026
Strip MiningnounMWEthe mining of ore or coal from an open mineverifiedMay 18, 2026
Strip PokernounMWEpoker in which a player's losses are paid by removing an article of clothingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Strip SearchnounMWEsearching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs by having them remove their clothesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Strip ShownounMWEa form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to musicverifiedMay 18, 2026
Strip SteaknounMWEsteak from upper part of the short loinverifiedMay 18, 2026
Strip-Jack-Nakednouna card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cardsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Stripe BlightnounMWEa disease of oatsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Striped BassnounMWEmarine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Striped Button QuailnounMWEa variety of button quail having stripesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Striped Coral RootnounMWEnearly leafless wildflower with erect reddish-purple stems bearing racemes of pale pinkish and brownish-striped flowersverifiedMay 18, 2026
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.NetworkRegulatedCUIMay 9, 2026
Striped DogwoodnounMWEmaple of eastern North America with striped bark and large two-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumnverifiedMay 18, 2026
Striped DrumnounMWEa kind of drumfishverifiedMay 18, 2026
Striped GentiannounMWEa perennial marsh gentian of eastern North AmericaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Striped HyenanounMWEof northern Africa and Arabia and IndiaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Striped KillifishnounMWEblack-barred fish of bays and coastal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast of the United StatesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Striped MaplenounMWEmaple of eastern North America with striped bark and large two-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumnverifiedMay 18, 2026
Striped MarlinnounMWEPacific food and game fish marked with dark blue vertical stripesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Striped MuishondnounMWEferret-sized muishond often tamedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Striped MulletnounMWEmost important commercial mullet in eastern United StatesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Striped SkunknounMWEmost common and widespread North American skunkverifiedMay 18, 2026
Striped SquirrelnounMWEsmall striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouchesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Striped VioletnounMWEleafy-stemmed violet of eastern North America having large white or creamy flowers faintly marked with purpleverifiedMay 18, 2026
Stripernouna serviceman who wears stripes on the uniform to indicate rank or years of serviceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Stripingnounthe act of marking with stripesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Striplingnouna juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturityverifiedMay 18, 2026
Strippernouna performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to musicverifiedMay 18, 2026
Stripper WellnounMWEan oil well whose production has declined to less than ten barrels a dayverifiedMay 18, 2026
Strippingnounthe removal of coveringverifiedMay 18, 2026
Stripteasenouna form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to musicverifiedMay 18, 2026
Striptease ArtistnounMWEa performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to musicverifiedMay 18, 2026
Stripteasernouna performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to musicverifiedMay 18, 2026
Strivernounsomeone who works as hard as a slaveverifiedMay 18, 2026
Strivingnounan effortful attempt to attain a goalverifiedMay 18, 2026
Strobenounscientific instrument that provides a flashing light synchronized with the periodic movement of an objectverifiedMay 18, 2026
Strobe LightnounMWEscientific instrument that provides a flashing light synchronized with the periodic movement of an objectverifiedMay 18, 2026
Strobilenouncone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bractsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Strobilusnouncone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bractsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Stroboscopenounscientific instrument that provides a flashing light synchronized with the periodic movement of an objectverifiedMay 18, 2026
Stroke PlaynounMWEgolf scoring by total strokes takenverifiedMay 18, 2026
Strokingnouna light touch with the handsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Strollernouna small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed aroundverifiedMay 18, 2026
Stromanouna mass of fungal tissue that has spore-bearing structures embedded in it or on itverifiedMay 18, 2026
Stromateidnounsmall marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spinesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Stromateid FishnounMWEsmall marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spinesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Strong AuthenticationnounMWEThe requirement to use multiple factors for authentication and advanced technology, such as dynamic passwords or digital certificates, to verify an entity’s identity.ControlRegulatedMay 9, 2026
Strong BeliefnounMWEan unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidenceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Strong BreezenounMWEwind moving 25-31 knotsverifiedMay 18, 2026
strong cryptographynounMWECryptographic techniques that make it almost impossible to decrypt without having the key. The strength relies on the cryptographic key used. Effective size of the key should meet the minimum key size of comparable strengths recommendations based on industry-tested and accepted algorithms and strong key lengths. Examples of industry-tested and accepted standards and algorithms for encryption include AES (128 bits and higher), TDES (minimum double-length keys), RSA (1024 bits and higher), ECC (160 bits and higher), and ElGamal (1024 bits and higher). See NIST Special Publication 800-57 (http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/) for more information.ControlRegulatedMay 12, 2026
Strong DrinknounMWEan alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermentedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Strong ForcenounMWE(physics) the interaction that binds protons and neutrons together in the nuclei of atomsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Strong GalenounMWEwind moving 47-54 knotsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Strong PointnounMWEan asset of special worth or utilityverifiedMay 18, 2026
Strong Star PropertynounMWEIn Strong Star Property, a user cannot write data to higher or lower classifications levels than their own.RequirementRegulatedMay 12, 2026
Strong SuitnounMWEan asset of special worth or utilityverifiedMay 18, 2026
Strong-Armernounan aggressive and violent young criminalverifiedMay 18, 2026
Strongboxnouna strongly made box for holding money or valuablesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Strongholdnouna strongly fortified defensive structureverifiedMay 18, 2026
Strongmannouna powerful political figure who rules by the exercise of force or violenceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Strongroomnouna burglarproof and fireproof room in which valuables are keptverifiedMay 18, 2026
Strontianitenouna mineral consisting of strontium carbonateverifiedMay 18, 2026
Strontiumnouna soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal groupverifiedMay 18, 2026
Strontium 90nounMWEa radioactive isotope of strontium (with the mass number 90) that is present in the fallout from nuclear explosionsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Strophanthinnouna bitter and very toxic glycoside derived from plants of the genus StrophanthusverifiedMay 18, 2026
Strophanthusnounany of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Strophanthus having whorled leaves and showy flowers of various colors in dense and corymbose clustersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Strophenounone section of a lyric poem or choral ode in classical Greek dramaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Structural AnthropologynounMWEan anthropological theory that there are unobservable social structures that generate observable social phenomenaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Structural FormulanounMWEan expanded molecular formula showing the arrangement of atoms within the moleculeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Structural GenenounMWEa gene that controls the production of a specific protein or peptideverifiedMay 18, 2026
Structural GenomicsnounMWEthe branch of genomics that determines the three-dimensional structures of proteinsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Structural IronnounMWEiron that has been cast or worked in structural shapesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Structural LinguisticsnounMWElinguistics defined as the analysis of formal structures in a text or discourseverifiedMay 18, 2026
Structural MembernounMWEsupport that is a constituent part of any structure or buildingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Structural SociologynounMWEa sociological theory based on the premise that society comes before individualsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Structural SteelnounMWEa strong steel that is rolled into shapes that are used in constructionverifiedMay 18, 2026
Structuralismnounan anthropological theory that there are unobservable social structures that generate observable social phenomenaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Structured DatanounMWEData that has a predefined data model or is organized in a predefined way.DataMay 18, 2026
Strudelnounthin sheet of filled dough rolled and bakedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Strugglernouna person who struggles with difficulties or with great effortverifiedMay 18, 2026
Strumanouna form of tuberculosis characterized by swellings of the lymphatic glandsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Strumpetnouna woman adultererverifiedMay 18, 2026
Struthiomimusnounsmall light-boned toothless dinosaur resembling an ostrich in size and proportionsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Strychninenounan alkaloid plant toxin extracted chiefly from nux vomicaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Stub NailnounMWEa short thick nailverifiedMay 18, 2026
Stubbinessnounthe property of being short and broadverifiedMay 18, 2026
Stubblenounmaterial consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seedsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Stubbornnessnounthe trait of being difficult to handle or overcomeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Stud FarmnounMWEa farm where horses are bredverifiedMay 18, 2026
Stud FindernounMWEa small permanent magnet in a metal containerverifiedMay 18, 2026
Stud MarenounMWEa female horse used for breedingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Studbooknounofficial record of the pedigree of purebred animals especially horsesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Studentnouna learner who is enrolled in an educational institutionverifiedMay 18, 2026
Student CenternounMWEa center for student activities at a college or universityverifiedMay 18, 2026
Student LampnounMWEa reading lamp with a flexible neckverifiedMay 18, 2026
Student LodgingnounMWEinexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Student NursenounMWEa nurse in training who is undergoing a trial periodverifiedMay 18, 2026
Student ResidencenounMWEa college or university building containing living quarters for studentsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Student TeachernounMWEa college student who is teaching under the supervision of a certified teacher in order to qualify for a degree in educationverifiedMay 18, 2026