STRONG
First name STRONG's origin is Other. STRONG means "powerful". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with STRONG below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of strong.(Brown names are of the same origin (Other) with STRONG and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
First Names Rhyming STRONG
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES STRONG AS A WHOLE:
armstrongNAMES RHYMING WITH STRONG (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 5 Letters (trong) - Names That Ends with trong:
trongRhyming Names According to Last 4 Letters (rong) - Names That Ends with rong:
Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (ong) - Names That Ends with ong:
dong hong huong phuong suong cuong duong tong vuongRhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (ng) - Names That Ends with ng:
carling hang lang nhung sang fenyang starling sterling frang dung hung quang thang trang trung tung aisling ashling blerung bletsung eacnung lintang armstrang banning bing cumming erving faing fang felding harding irving king leng lotharing lyfing rang rawling redding sheiling spelding staerling strang yung loring ing stirling spalding reading fielding erling cyning banaing henning fereng blessing dreng fleming wolfgang ewing golding hring manning ring channingNAMES RHYMING WITH STRONG (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 5 Letters (stron) - Names That Begins with stron:
Rhyming Names According to First 4 Letters (stro) - Names That Begins with stro:
strod stroudRhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (str) - Names That Begins with str:
strahan stratford stre strephon strephonn struan struana struthersRhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (st) - Names That Begins with st:
stacey stacie stacy stacyann stafford stamfo stamford stamitos stan stanb stanbeny stanburh stanbury stanciyf stancliff stanclyf standa standish stanedisc stanfeld stanfield stanford stanhop stanhope stanislav stanley stanly stanton stantu stantun stanway stanweg stanwi stanwic stanwick stanwik stanwode stanwood stanwyk star starbuck starla starlene starls starr stasia staunton stayton steadman stearc stearn steathford stedeman stedman steele stefan stefana stefania stefanie stefano stefford stefn stefon stein steiner steise stela stem step stepan stephan stephana stephania stephanie stephen stephenie stephenson stephon sterlyn stern sterne stetson stevan steve steven stevenson stevie stevon stevyn stewardNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH STRONG:
First Names which starts with 'st' and ends with 'ng':
First Names which starts with 's' and ends with 'g':
saelig seabrig secg selig sig sigilwig slecg solvigEnglish Words Rhyming STRONG
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES STRONG AS A WHOLE:
headstrong | adjective (a.) Not easily restrained; ungovernable; obstinate; stubborn. |
adjective (a.) Directed by ungovernable will, or proceeding from obstinacy. |
headstrongness | noun (n.) Obstinacy. |
stronghand | noun (n.) Violence; force; power. |
stronghold | noun (n.) A fastness; a fort or fortress; fortfield place; a place of security. |
strongish | adjective (a.) Somewhat strong. |
strongylid | noun (a. & n.) Strongyloid. |
strongyloid | noun (n.) A strongyloid worm. |
adjective (a.) Like, or pertaining to, Strongylus, a genus of parasitic nematode worms of which many species infest domestic animals. Some of the species, especially those living in the kidneys, lungs, and bronchial tubes, are often very injurious. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH STRONG (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 5 Letters (trong) - English Words That Ends with trong:
Rhyming Words According to Last 4 Letters (rong) - English Words That Ends with rong:
binturong | noun (n.) A small Asiatic civet of the genus Arctilis. |
barong | noun (n.) A kind of cutting weapon with a thick back and thin razorlike edge, used by the Moros of the Philippine Islands. |
prong | noun (n.) A sharp-pointed instrument. |
noun (n.) The tine of a fork, or of a similar instrument; as, a fork of two or three prongs. | |
noun (n.) A sharp projection, as of an antler. | |
noun (n.) The fang of a tooth. |
rong | noun (n.) Rung (of a ladder). |
() imp. & p. p. of Ring. |
sarong | noun (n.) A sort of petticoat worn by both sexes in Java and the Malay Archipelago. |
throng | noun (n.) A multitude of persons or of living beings pressing or pressed into a close body or assemblage; a crowd. |
noun (n.) A great multitude; as, the heavenly throng. | |
adjective (a.) Thronged; crowded; also, much occupied; busy. | |
verb (v. i.) To crowd together; to press together into a close body, as a multitude of persons; to gather or move in multitudes. | |
verb (v. t.) To crowd, or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings. | |
verb (v. t.) To crowd into; to fill closely by crowding or pressing into, as a hall or a street. | |
(imp.) of Thring |
ularburong | noun (n.) A large East Indian nocturnal tree snake (Dipsas dendrophila). It is not venomous. |
wrong | adjective (a.) Twisted; wry; as, a wrong nose. |
adjective (a.) Not according to the laws of good morals, whether divine or human; not suitable to the highest and best end; not morally right; deviating from rectitude or duty; not just or equitable; not true; not legal; as, a wrong practice; wrong ideas; wrong inclinations and desires. | |
adjective (a.) Not fit or suitable to an end or object; not appropriate for an intended use; not according to rule; unsuitable; improper; incorrect; as, to hold a book with the wrong end uppermost; to take the wrong way. | |
adjective (a.) Not according to truth; not conforming to fact or intent; not right; mistaken; erroneous; as, a wrong statement. | |
adjective (a.) Designed to be worn or placed inward; as, the wrong side of a garment or of a piece of cloth. | |
adjective (a.) That which is not right. | |
adjective (a.) Nonconformity or disobedience to lawful authority, divine or human; deviation from duty; -- the opposite of moral right. | |
adjective (a.) Deviation or departure from truth or fact; state of falsity; error; as, to be in the wrong. | |
adjective (a.) Whatever deviates from moral rectitude; usually, an act that involves evil consequences, as one which inflicts injury on a person; any injury done to, or received from; another; a trespass; a violation of right. | |
adverb (adv.) In a wrong manner; not rightly; amiss; morally ill; erroneously; wrongly. | |
verb (v. t.) To treat with injustice; to deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice from; to do undeserved harm to; to deal unjustly with; to injure. | |
verb (v. t.) To impute evil to unjustly; as, if you suppose me capable of a base act, you wrong me. | |
() imp. of Wring. Wrung. |
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (ong) - English Words That Ends with ong:
aphthong | noun (n.) A letter, or a combination of letters, employed in spelling a word, but in the pronunciation having no sound. |
balachong | noun (n.) A condiment formed of small fishes or shrimps, pounded up with salt and spices, and then dried. It is much esteemed in China. |
bettong | noun (n.) A small, leaping Australian marsupial of the genus Bettongia; the jerboa kangaroo. |
biltong | noun (n.) Lean meat cut into strips and sun-dried. |
billabong | noun (n.) In Australia, a blind channel leading out from a river; -- sometimes called an anabranch. This is the sense of the word as used in the Public Works Department; but the term has also been locally applied to mere back-waters forming stagnant pools and to certain water channels arising from a source. |
bultong | noun (n.) Biltong. |
cacholong | noun (n.) An opaque or milk-white chalcedony, a variety of quartz; also, a similar variety of opal. |
cong | noun (n.) An abbreviation of Congius. |
convenong | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Convene |
dingdong | noun (n.) The sound of, or as of, repeated strokes on a metallic body, as a bell; a repeated and monotonous sound. |
noun (n.) An attachment to a clock by which the quarter hours are struck upon bells of different tones. |
diphthong | noun (n.) A coalition or union of two vowel sounds pronounced in one syllable; as, ou in out, oi in noise; -- called a proper diphthong. |
noun (n.) A vowel digraph; a union of two vowels in the same syllable, only one of them being sounded; as, ai in rain, eo in people; -- called an improper diphthong. | |
verb (v. t.) To form or pronounce as a diphthong; diphthongize. |
dugong | noun (n.) An aquatic herbivorous mammal (Halicore dugong), of the order Sirenia, allied to the manatee, but with a bilobed tail. It inhabits the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, East Indies, and Australia. |
evensong | noun (n.) A song for the evening; the evening service or form of worship (in the Church of England including vespers and compline); also, the time of evensong. |
furlong | adjective (a.) A measure of length; the eighth part of a mile; forty rods; two hundred and twenty yards. |
flong | noun (n.) A compressed mass of paper sheets, forming a matrix or mold for stereotype plates. |
() imp. & p. p. of Fling. |
gong | noun (n.) A privy or jakes. |
noun (n.) An instrument, first used in the East, made of an alloy of copper and tin, shaped like a disk with upturned rim, and producing, when struck, a harsh and resounding noise. | |
noun (n.) A flat saucerlike bell, rung by striking it with a small hammer which is connected with it by various mechanical devices; a stationary bell, used to sound calls or alarms; -- called also gong bell. |
headlong | adjective (a.) Rash; precipitate; as, headlong folly. |
adjective (a.) Steep; precipitous. | |
adverb (a. & adv.) With the head foremost; as, to fall headlong. | |
adverb (a. & adv.) Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation. | |
adverb (a. & adv.) Hastily; without delay or respite. |
hong | noun (n.) A mercantile establishment or factory for foreign trade in China, as formerly at Canton; a succession of offices connected by a common passage and used for business or storage. |
verb (v. t. & i.) To hang. |
kalong | noun (n.) A fruit bat, esp. the Indian edible fruit bat (Pteropus edulis). |
lifelong | adjective (a.) Lasting or continuing through life. |
livelong | adjective (a.) Whole; entire; long in passing; -- used of time, as day or night, in adverbial phrases, and usually with a sense of tediousness. |
adjective (a.) Lasting; durable. |
long | noun (n.) A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve. |
noun (n.) A long sound, syllable, or vowel. | |
noun (n.) The longest dimension; the greatest extent; -- in the phrase, the long and the short of it, that is, the sum and substance of it. | |
adjective (a.) To feel a strong or morbid desire or craving; to wish for something with eagerness; -- followed by an infinitive, or by after or for. | |
adjective (a.) To belong; -- used with to, unto, or for. | |
adjective (a.) Having a supply of stocks or goods; prepared for, or depending for a profit upon, advance in prices; as, long of cotton. Hence, the phrases: to be, or go, long of the market, to be on the long side of the market, to hold products or securities for a rise in price, esp. when bought on a margin. | |
superlative (superl.) Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length; protracted; extended; as, a long line; -- opposed to short, and distinguished from broad or wide. | |
superlative (superl.) Drawn out or extended in time; continued through a considerable tine, or to a great length; as, a long series of events; a long debate; a long drama; a long history; a long book. | |
superlative (superl.) Slow in passing; causing weariness by length or duration; lingering; as, long hours of watching. | |
superlative (superl.) Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away. | |
superlative (superl.) Extended to any specified measure; of a specified length; as, a span long; a yard long; a mile long, that is, extended to the measure of a mile, etc. | |
superlative (superl.) Far-reaching; extensive. | |
superlative (superl.) Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in utterance; -- said of vowels and syllables. See Short, a., 13, and Guide to Pronunciation, // 22, 30. | |
adverb (adv.) To a great extent in apace; as, a long drawn out line. | |
adverb (adv.) To a great extent in time; during a long time. | |
adverb (adv.) At a point of duration far distant, either prior or posterior; as, not long before; not long after; long before the foundation of Rome; long after the Conquest. | |
adverb (adv.) Through the whole extent or duration. | |
adverb (adv.) Through an extent of time, more or less; -- only in question; as, how long will you be gone? | |
prep (prep.) By means of; by the fault of; because of. |
lotong | noun (n.) An East Indian monkey (Semnopithecus femoralis). |
maikong | noun (n.) A South American wild dog (Canis cancrivorus); the crab-eating dog. |
monophthong | noun (n.) A single uncompounded vowel sound. |
noun (n.) A combination of two written vowels pronounced as one; a digraph. |
moong | noun (n.) Same as Mung. |
mullingong | noun (n.) See Duck mole, under Duck. |
nightlong | adjective (a.) Lasting all night. |
oblong | noun (n.) A rectangular figure longer than it is broad; hence, any figure longer than it is broad. |
adjective (a.) Having greater length than breadth, esp. when rectangular. |
oolong | noun (n.) A fragrant variety of black tea having somewhat the flavor of green tea. |
quandong | noun (n.) The edible drupaceous fruit of an Australian tree (Fusanus acuminatus) of the Sandalwood family; -- called also quandang. |
noun (n.) The edible drupaceous fruit of an Australian tree (Fusanus acuminatus) of the Sandalwood family; -- called also quandang. |
packfong | noun (n.) A Chinese alloy of nickel, zinc, and copper, resembling German silver. |
pakfong | noun (n.) See Packfong. |
petong | noun (n.) See Packfong. |
pouchong | noun (n.) A superior kind of souchong tea. |
prolong | adjective (a.) To extend in space or length; as, to prolong a line. |
adjective (a.) To lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue; as, to prolong one's days. | |
adjective (a.) To put off to a distant time; to postpone. |
scuppernong | noun (n.) An American grape, a form of Vitis vulpina, found in the Southern Atlantic States, and often cultivated. |
sidelong | adjective (a.) Lateral; oblique; not being directly in front; as, a sidelong glance. |
adverb (adv.) Laterally; obliquely; in the direction of the side. | |
adverb (adv.) On the side; as, to lay a thing sidelong. |
singsong | noun (n.) Bad singing or poetry. |
noun (n.) A drawling or monotonous tone, as of a badly executed song. | |
adjective (a.) Drawling; monotonous. | |
verb (v. i.) To write poor poetry. |
song | noun (n.) That which is sung or uttered with musical modulations of the voice, whether of a human being or of a bird, insect, etc. |
noun (n.) A lyrical poem adapted to vocal music; a ballad. | |
noun (n.) More generally, any poetical strain; a poem. | |
noun (n.) Poetical composition; poetry; verse. | |
noun (n.) An object of derision; a laughingstock. | |
noun (n.) A trifle. |
soochong | noun (n.) Same as Souchong. |
sooshong | noun (n.) See Souchong. |
souchong | noun (n.) A kind of black tea of a fine quality. |
spacong | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Space |
spong | noun (n.) An irregular, narrow, projecting part of a field. |
teeong | noun (n.) The mino bird. |
thong | noun (n.) A strap of leather; especially, one used for fastening anything. |
tong | noun (n.) Alt. of Tonge |
noun (n.) In China, an association, secret society, or organization of any kind; in the United States, usually, a secret association of Chinese such as that of the highbinders. |
triphthong | noun (n.) A combination of three vowel sounds in a single syllable, forming a simple or compound sound; also, a union of three vowel characters, representing together a single sound; a trigraph; as, eye, -ieu in adieu, -eau in beau, are examples of triphthongs. |
undersong | noun (n.) The burden of a song; the chorus; the refrain. |
noun (n.) Accompanying strain; subordinate and underlying meaning; accompaniment; undertone. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH STRONG (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 5 Letters (stron) - Words That Begins with stron:
strond | noun (n.) Strand; beach. |
strontia | noun (n.) An earth of a white color resembling lime in appearance, and baryta in many of its properties. It is an oxide of the metal strontium. |
strontian | noun (n.) Strontia. |
strontianite | noun (n.) Strontium carbonate, a mineral of a white, greenish, or yellowish color, usually occurring in fibrous massive forms, but sometimes in prismatic crystals. |
strontic | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to strontium; containing, or designating the compounds of, strontium. |
strontitic | adjective (a.) Strontic. |
strontium | noun (n.) A metallic element of the calcium group, always naturally occurring combined, as in the minerals strontianite, celestite, etc. It is isolated as a yellowish metal, somewhat malleable but harder than calcium. It is chiefly employed (as in the nitrate) to color pyrotechnic flames red. Symbol Sr. Atomic weight 87.3. |
noun (n.) A radioactive isotope of strontium produced by certain nuclear reactions, and constituting one of the prominent harmful components of radioactive fallout from nuclear explosions; also called radiostrontium. It has a half-life of 28 years. |
Rhyming Words According to First 4 Letters (stro) - Words That Begins with stro:
strobila | noun (n.) A form of the larva of certain Discophora in a state of development succeeding the scyphistoma. The body of the strobila becomes elongated, and subdivides transversely into a series of lobate segments which eventually become ephyrae, or young medusae. |
noun (n.) A mature tapeworm. |
strobilaceous | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a strobile or cone. |
adjective (a.) Producing strobiles. |
strobilation | noun (n.) The act or phenomenon of spontaneously dividing transversely, as do certain species of annelids and helminths; transverse fission. See Illust. under Syllidian. |
strobile | noun (n.) A scaly multiple fruit resulting from the ripening of an ament in certain plants, as the hop or pine; a cone. See Cone, n., 3. |
noun (n.) An individual asexually producing sexual individuals differing from itself also in other respects, as the tapeworm, -- one of the forms that occur in metagenesis. | |
noun (n.) Same as Strobila. |
strobiliform | adjective (a.) Shaped like a strobile. |
strobiline | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a strobile; strobilaceous; strobiliform; as, strobiline fruits. |
stroboscope | noun (n.) An instrument for studying or observing the successive phases of a periodic or varying motion by means of light which is periodically interrupted. |
noun (n.) An optical toy similar to the phenakistoscope. See Phenakistoscope. |
strockle | noun (n.) A shovel with a turned-up edge, for frit, sand, etc. |
strode | noun (n.) See Strude. |
(imp.) of Stride | |
() imp. of Stride. |
strokeing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stroke |
stroker | noun (n.) One who strokes; also, one who pretends to cure by stroking. |
strokesman | noun (n.) The man who rows the aftermost oar, and whose stroke is to be followed by the rest. |
(pl. ) of Strokesman |
stroking | noun (n.) The act of rubbing gently with the hand, or of smoothing; a stroke. |
noun (n.) The act of laying small gathers in cloth in regular order. | |
noun (n.) See Stripping, 2. |
strolling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stroll |
stroll | noun (n.) A wandering on foot; an idle and leisurely walk; a ramble. |
verb (v. i.) To wander on foot; to ramble idly or leisurely; to rove. |
stroller | noun (n.) One who strolls; a vagrant. |
stroma | noun (n.) The connective tissue or supporting framework of an organ; as, the stroma of the kidney. |
noun (n.) The spongy, colorless framework of a red blood corpuscle or other cell. | |
noun (n.) A layer or mass of cellular tissue, especially that part of the thallus of certain fungi which incloses the perithecia. |
stromatic | adjective (a.) Miscellaneous; composed of different kinds. |
stromatology | noun (n.) The history of the formation of stratified rocks. |
stromb | noun (n.) Any marine univalve mollusk of the genus Strombus and allied genera. See Conch, and Strombus. |
strombite | noun (n.) A fossil shell of the genus Strombus. |
stromboid | adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or like, Strombus. |
strombuliform | adjective (a.) Formed or shaped like a top. |
adjective (a.) Coiled into the shape of a screw or a helix. |
strombus | noun (n.) A genus of marine gastropods in which the shell has the outer lip dilated into a broad wing. It includes many large and handsome species commonly called conch shells, or conchs. See Conch. |
stromeyerite | noun (n.) A steel-gray mineral of metallic luster. It is a sulphide of silver and copper. |
strook | noun (n.) A stroke. |
() imp. of Strike. |
strop | noun (n.) A strap; specifically, same as Strap, 3. |
noun (n.) A piece of rope spliced into a circular wreath, and put round a block for hanging it. | |
verb (v. t.) To draw over, or rub upon, a strop with a view to sharpen; as, to strop a razor. |
stropping | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Strop |
strophanthus | noun (n.) A genus of tropical apocynaceous shrubs having singularly twisted flowers. One species (Strophanthus hispidus) is used medicinally as a cardiac sedative and stimulant. |
strophe | noun (n.) In Greek choruses and dances, the movement of the chorus while turning from the right to the left of the orchestra; hence, the strain, or part of the choral ode, sung during this movement. Also sometimes used of a stanza of modern verse. See the Note under Antistrophe. |
strophic | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, strophes. |
strophiolate | adjective (a.) Alt. of Strophiolated |
strophiolated | adjective (a.) Furnished with a strophiole, or caruncle, or that which resembles it. |
strophiole | noun (n.) A crestlike excrescence about the hilum of certain seeds; a caruncle. |
strophulus | noun (n.) See Red-gum, 1. |
stroud | noun (n.) A kind of coarse blanket or garment used by the North American Indians. |
strouding | noun (n.) Material for strouds; a kind of coarse cloth used in trade with the North American Indians. |
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (str) - Words That Begins with str:
strabism | noun (n.) Strabismus. |
strabismometer | noun (n.) An instrument for measuring the amount of strabismus. |
strabismus | noun (n.) An affection of one or both eyes, in which the optic axes can not be directed to the same object, -- a defect due either to undue contraction or to undue relaxation of one or more of the muscles which move the eyeball; squinting; cross-eye. |
strabotomy | noun (n.) The operation for the removal of squinting by the division of such muscles as distort the eyeball. |
straddling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Straddle |
adjective (a.) Applied to spokes when they are arranged alternately in two circles in the hub. See Straddle, v. i., and Straddle, v. t., 3. |
straddle | noun (n.) The act of standing, sitting, or walking, with the feet far apart. |
noun (n.) The position, or the distance between the feet, of one who straddles; as, a wide straddle. | |
noun (n.) A stock option giving the holder the double privilege of a "put" and a "call," i. e., securing to the buyer of the option the right either to demand of the seller at a certain price, within a certain time, certain securities, or to require him to take at the same price, and within the same time, the same securities. | |
verb (v. i.) To part the legs wide; to stand or to walk with the legs far apart. | |
verb (v. i.) To stand with the ends staggered; -- said of the spokes of a wagon wheel where they join the hub. | |
verb (v. t.) To place one leg on one side and the other on the other side of; to stand or sit astride of; as, to straddle a fence or a horse. |
stradometrical | adjective (a.) Of, or relating to, the measuring of streets or roads. |
straggling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Straggle |
() a. & n. from Straggle, v. |
straggle | noun (n.) The act of straggling. |
verb (v. t.) To wander from the direct course or way; to rove; to stray; to wander from the line of march or desert the line of battle; as, when troops are on the march, the men should not straggle. | |
verb (v. t.) To wander at large; to roam idly about; to ramble. | |
verb (v. t.) To escape or stretch beyond proper limits, as the branches of a plant; to spread widely apart; to shoot too far or widely in growth. | |
verb (v. t.) To be dispersed or separated; to occur at intervals. |
straggler | noun (n.) One who straggles, or departs from the direct or proper course, or from the company to which he belongs; one who falls behind the rest; one who rambles without any settled direction. |
noun (n.) A roving vagabond. | |
noun (n.) Something that shoots, or spreads out, beyond the rest, or too far; an exuberant growth. | |
noun (n.) Something that stands alone or by itself. |
stragulum | noun (n.) The mantle, or pallium, of a bird. |
straight | noun (n.) A hand of five cards in consecutive order as to value; a sequence. When they are of one suit, it is calles straight flush. |
adjective (a.) A variant of Strait, a. | |
superlative (superl.) Right, in a mathematical sense; passing from one point to another by the nearest course; direct; not deviating or crooked; as, a straight line or course; a straight piece of timber. | |
superlative (superl.) Approximately straight; not much curved; as, straight ribs are such as pass from the base of a leaf to the apex, with a small curve. | |
superlative (superl.) Composed of cards which constitute a regular sequence, as the ace, king, queen, jack, and ten-spot; as, a straight hand; a straight flush. | |
superlative (superl.) Conforming to justice and rectitude; not deviating from truth or fairness; upright; as, straight dealing. | |
superlative (superl.) Unmixed; undiluted; as, to take liquor straight. | |
superlative (superl.) Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party; as, a straight Republican; a straight Democrat; also, containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a party and no others; as, a straight ballot. | |
adverb (adv.) In a straight manner; directly; rightly; forthwith; immediately; as, the arrow went straight to the mark. | |
verb (v. t.) To straighten. |
straightedge | noun (n.) A board, or piece of wood or metal, having one edge perfectly straight, -- used to ascertain whether a line is straight or a surface even, and for drawing straight lines. |
straighting | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Straighten |
straightener | noun (n.) One who, or that which, straightens. |
straightforward | adjective (a.) Proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating; honest; frank. |
adverb (adv.) In a straightforward manner. |
straighthorn | noun (n.) An orthoceras. |
straightness | noun (n.) The quality, condition, or state, of being straight; as, the straightness of a path. |
noun (n.) A variant of Straitness. |
straik | noun (n.) A strake. |
strain | noun (n.) Race; stock; generation; descent; family. |
noun (n.) Hereditary character, quality, or disposition. | |
noun (n.) Rank; a sort. | |
noun (n.) The act of straining, or the state of being strained. | |
noun (n.) A violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles; as, he lifted the weight with a strain; the strain upon a ship's rigging in a gale; also, the hurt or injury resulting; a sprain. | |
noun (n.) A change of form or dimensions of a solid or liquid mass, produced by a stress. | |
noun (n.) A portion of music divided off by a double bar; a complete musical period or sentence; a movement, or any rounded subdivision of a movement. | |
noun (n.) Any sustained note or movement; a song; a distinct portion of an ode or other poem; also, the pervading note, or burden, of a song, poem, oration, book, etc.; theme; motive; manner; style; also, a course of action or conduct; as, he spoke in a noble strain; there was a strain of woe in his story; a strain of trickery appears in his career. | |
noun (n.) Turn; tendency; inborn disposition. Cf. 1st Strain. | |
noun (n.) A cultural subvariety that is only slightly differentiated. | |
adjective (a.) To draw with force; to extend with great effort; to stretch; as, to strain a rope; to strain the shrouds of a ship; to strain the cords of a musical instrument. | |
adjective (a.) To act upon, in any way, so as to cause change of form or volume, as forces on a beam to bend it. | |
adjective (a.) To exert to the utmost; to ply vigorously. | |
adjective (a.) To stretch beyond its proper limit; to do violence to, in the matter of intent or meaning; as, to strain the law in order to convict an accused person. | |
adjective (a.) To injure by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force; as, the gale strained the timbers of the ship. | |
adjective (a.) To injure in the muscles or joints by causing to make too strong an effort; to harm by overexertion; to sprain; as, to strain a horse by overloading; to strain the wrist; to strain a muscle. | |
adjective (a.) To squeeze; to press closely. | |
adjective (a.) To make uneasy or unnatural; to produce with apparent effort; to force; to constrain. | |
adjective (a.) To urge with importunity; to press; as, to strain a petition or invitation. | |
adjective (a.) To press, or cause to pass, through a strainer, as through a screen, a cloth, or some porous substance; to purify, or separate from extraneous or solid matter, by filtration; to filter; as, to strain milk through cloth. | |
verb (v. i.) To make violent efforts. | |
verb (v. i.) To percolate; to be filtered; as, water straining through a sandy soil. |
straining | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Strain |
() a. & n. from Strain. |
strainable | adjective (a.) Capable of being strained. |
adjective (a.) Violent in action. |
strained | adjective (a.) Subjected to great or excessive tension; wrenched; weakened; as, strained relations between old friends. |
adjective (a.) Done or produced with straining or excessive effort; as, his wit was strained. | |
(imp. & p. p.) of Strain |
strainer | noun (n.) One who strains. |
noun (n.) That through which any liquid is passed for purification or to separate it from solid matter; anything, as a screen or a cloth, used to strain a liquid; a device of the character of a sieve or of a filter; specifically, an openwork or perforated screen, as for the end of the suction pipe of a pump, to prevent large solid bodies from entering with a liquid. |
straint | noun (n.) Overexertion; excessive tension; strain. |
strait | adjective (a.) A variant of Straight. |
adjective (a.) A narrow pass or passage. | |
adjective (a.) A (comparatively) narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water; -- often in the plural; as, the strait, or straits, of Gibraltar; the straits of Magellan; the strait, or straits, of Mackinaw. | |
adjective (a.) A neck of land; an isthmus. | |
adjective (a.) Fig.: A condition of narrowness or restriction; doubt; distress; difficulty; poverty; perplexity; -- sometimes in the plural; as, reduced to great straits. | |
superlative (superl.) Narrow; not broad. | |
superlative (superl.) Tight; close; closely fitting. | |
superlative (superl.) Close; intimate; near; familiar. | |
superlative (superl.) Strict; scrupulous; rigorous. | |
superlative (superl.) Difficult; distressful; straited. | |
superlative (superl.) Parsimonious; niggargly; mean. | |
adverb (adv.) Strictly; rigorously. | |
verb (v. t.) To put to difficulties. |
straitening | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Straiten |
straitness | noun (n.) The quality or condition of being strait; especially, a pinched condition or situation caused by poverty; as, the straitnessof their circumstances. |
strake | noun (n.) A streak. |
noun (n.) An iron band by which the fellies of a wheel are secured to each other, being not continuous, as the tire is, but made up of separate pieces. | |
noun (n.) One breadth of planks or plates forming a continuous range on the bottom or sides of a vessel, reaching from the stem to the stern; a streak. | |
noun (n.) A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand; a launder. | |
() imp. of Strike. |
strale | noun (n.) Pupil of the eye. |
stramash | noun (n.) A turmoil; a broil; a fray; a fight. |
verb (v. t.) To strike, beat, or bang; to break; to destroy. |
stramazoun | noun (n.) A direct descending blow with the edge of a sword. |
stramineous | adjective (a.) Strawy; consisting of straw. |
adjective (a.) Chaffy; like straw; straw-colored. |
stramonium | noun (n.) A poisonous plant (Datura Stramonium); stinkweed. See Datura, and Jamestown weed. |
stramony | noun (n.) Stramonium. |
strand | noun (n.) One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed. |
noun (n.) The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river. | |
verb (v. t.) To break a strand of (a rope). | |
verb (v. t.) To drive on a strand; hence, to run aground; as, to strand a ship. | |
verb (v. i.) To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground; as, the ship stranded at high water. |
stranding | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Strand |
strang | adjective (a.) Strong. |
strangeness | noun (n.) The state or quality of being strange (in any sense of the adjective). |
stranger | noun (n.) One who is strange, foreign, or unknown. |
noun (n.) One who comes from a foreign land; a foreigner. | |
noun (n.) One whose home is at a distance from the place where he is, but in the same country. | |
noun (n.) One who is unknown or unacquainted; as, the gentleman is a stranger to me; hence, one not admitted to communication, fellowship, or acquaintance. | |
noun (n.) One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor. | |
noun (n.) One not privy or party an act, contract, or title; a mere intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without right; as, actual possession of land gives a good title against a stranger having no title; as to strangers, a mortgage is considered merely as a pledge; a mere stranger to the levy. | |
verb (v. t.) To estrange; to alienate. |
strangling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Strangle |
strangleable | adjective (a.) Capable of being strangled. |
strangler | noun (n.) One who, or that which, strangles. |
strangles | noun (n.) A disease in horses and swine, in which the upper part of the throat, or groups of lymphatic glands elsewhere, swells. |
strangulate | adjective (a.) Strangulated. |
strangulated | adjective (a.) Having the circulation stopped by compression; attended with arrest or obstruction of circulation, caused by constriction or compression; as, a strangulated hernia. |
adjective (a.) Contracted at irregular intervals, if tied with a ligature; constricted. |
strangulation | noun (n.) The act of strangling, or the state of being strangled. |
noun (n.) Inordinate compression or constriction of a tube or part, as of the throat; especially, such as causes a suspension of breathing, of the passage of contents, or of the circulation, as in cases of hernia. |
strangurious | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to strangury. |
strangury | noun (n.) A painful discharge of urine, drop by drop, produced by spasmodic muscular contraction. |
noun (n.) A swelling or other disease in a plant, occasioned by a ligature fastened tightly about it. |
strany | noun (n.) The guillemot. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH STRONG:
English Words which starts with 'st' and ends with 'ng':
stabbing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stab |
stabling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stable |
noun (n.) The act or practice of keeping horses and cattle in a stable. | |
noun (n.) A building, shed, or room for horses and cattle. |
stacking | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stack |
() a. & n. from Stack. |
staggering | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stagger |
staging | noun (n.) A structure of posts and boards for supporting workmen, etc., as in building. |
noun (n.) The business of running stagecoaches; also, the act of journeying in stagecoaches. |
stagnating | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stagnate |
staining | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stain |
staking | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stake |
staling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stale |
stalking | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stalk |
stalling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stall |
noun (n.) Stabling. |
stammering | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stammer |
noun (n.) A disturbance in the formation of sounds. It is due essentially to long-continued spasmodic contraction of the diaphragm, by which expiration is preented, and hence it may be considered as a spasmodic inspiration. | |
adjective (a.) Apt to stammer; hesitating in speech; stuttering. |
stamping | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stamp |
() a. & n. from Stamp, v. |
stanching | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stanch |
standing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stand |
noun (n.) The act of stopping, or coming to a stand; the state of being erect upon the feet; stand. | |
noun (n.) Maintenance of position; duration; duration or existence in the same place or condition; continuance; as, a custom of long standing; an officer of long standing. | |
noun (n.) Place to stand in; station; stand. | |
noun (n.) Condition in society; relative position; reputation; rank; as, a man of good standing, or of high standing. | |
adjective (a.) Remaining erect; not cut down; as, standing corn. | |
adjective (a.) Not flowing; stagnant; as, standing water. | |
adjective (a.) Not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting; as, a standing color. | |
adjective (a.) Established by law, custom, or the like; settled; continually existing; permanent; not temporary; as, a standing army; legislative bodies have standing rules of proceeding and standing committees. | |
adjective (a.) Not movable; fixed; as, a standing bed (distinguished from a trundle-bed). |
stang | noun (n.) A long bar; a pole; a shaft; a stake. |
noun (n.) In land measure, a pole, rod, or perch. | |
verb (v. i.) To shoot with pain. | |
() imp. of Sting. | |
() of Sting |
stapling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Staple |
starring | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Star |
starching | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Starch |
staring | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stare |
stargasing | noun (n.) The act or practice of observing the stars with attention; contemplation of the stars as connected with astrology or astronomy. |
noun (n.) Hence, absent-mindedness; abstraction. |
starling | noun (n.) Any passerine bird belonging to Sturnus and allied genera. The European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) is dark brown or greenish black, with a metallic gloss, and spotted with yellowish white. It is a sociable bird, and builds about houses, old towers, etc. Called also stare, and starred. The pied starling of India is Sternopastor contra. |
noun (n.) A California fish; the rock trout. | |
noun (n.) A structure of piles driven round the piers of a bridge for protection and support; -- called also sterling. |
starting | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Start |
() a. & n. from Start, v. |
startling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Startle |
starving | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Starve |
starveling | noun (n.) One who, or that which, pines from lack or food, or nutriment. |
adjective (a.) Hungry; lean; pining with want. |
stating | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of State |
noun (n.) The act of one who states anything; statement; as, the statingof one's opinions. |
stationing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Station |
statuing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Statue |
staving | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stave |
noun (n.) A cassing or lining of staves; especially, one encircling a water wheel. |
staying | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stay |
steading | noun (n.) The brans, stables, cattle-yards, etc., of a farm; -- called also onstead, farmstead, farm offices, or farmery. |
steadying | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Steady |
stealing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Steal |
noun (n.) The act of taking feloniously the personal property of another without his consent and knowledge; theft; larceny. | |
noun (n.) That which is stolen; stolen property; -- chiefly used in the plural. |
steaming | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Steam |
steamboating | noun (n.) The occupation or business of running a steamboat, or of transporting merchandise, passengers, etc., by steamboats. |
noun (n.) The shearing of a pile of books which are as yet uncovered, or out of boards. |
steeling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Steel |
noun (n.) The process of pointing, edging, or overlaying with steel; specifically, acierage. See Steel, v. |
steening | noun (n.) A lining made of brick, stone, or other hard material, as for a well. |
steeping | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Steep |
steepening | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Steepen |
steeplechasing | noun (n.) The act of riding steeple chases. |
steering | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Steer |
() a. & n. from Steer, v. |
steerling | noun (n.) A young small steer. |
steeving | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Steeve |
noun (n.) The act or practice of one who steeves. | |
noun (n.) See Steeve, n. (a). |
steining | noun (n.) See Steening. |
stemming | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stem |
stenciling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stencil |
stenographing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stenograph |
stenting | noun (n.) An opening in a wall in a coal mine. |
stepping | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Step |
stereotyping | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stereotype |
sterilizing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sterilize |
sterling | noun (n.) Same as Starling, 3. |
noun (n.) Any English coin of standard value; coined money. | |
noun (n.) A certain standard of quality or value for money. | |
adjective (a.) Belonging to, or relating to, the standard British money of account, or the British coinage; as, a pound sterling; a shilling sterling; a penny sterling; -- now chiefly applied to the lawful money of England; but sterling cost, sterling value, are used. | |
adjective (a.) Genuine; pure; of excellent quality; conforming to the highest standard; of full value; as, a work of sterling merit; a man of sterling good sense. |
stetting | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stet |
stewing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stew |
sticking | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stick |
() a. & n. from Stick, v. |
stickling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stickle |
stiffening | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stiffen |
noun (n.) Act or process of making stiff. | |
noun (n.) Something used to make anything stiff. |
stifling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stifle |
stigmatizing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stigmatize |
stilettoing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stiletto |
stilling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Still |
noun (n.) A stillion. |
stilting | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stilt |
stimulating | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stimulate |
stinging | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sting |
adjective (a.) Piercing, or capable of piercing, with a sting; inflicting acute pain as if with a sting, goad, or pointed weapon; pungent; biting; as, stinging cold; a stinging rebuke. |
stinking | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stink |
() a. & n. from Stink, v. |
stinting | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stint |
stippling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stipple |
noun (n.) A mode of execution which produces the effect by dots or small points instead of lines. | |
noun (n.) A mode of execution in which a flat or even tint is produced by many small touches. |
stipulating | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stipulate |
stirring | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stir |
adjective (a.) Putting in motion, or being in motion; active; active in business; habitually employed in some kind of business; accustomed to a busy life. |
stitching | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stitch |
noun (n.) The act of one who stitches. | |
noun (n.) Work done by sewing, esp. when a continuous line of stitches is shown on the surface; stitches, collectively. |
stiving | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stive |
stocking | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stock |
noun (n.) A close-fitting covering for the foot and leg, usually knit or woven. | |
noun (n.) Any of various things resembling, or likened to, a stocking; as: (a) A broad ring of color, differing from the general color, on the lower part of the leg of a quadruped; esp., a white ring between the coronet and the hock or knee of a dark-colored horse. (b) A knitted hood of cotton thread which is eventually converted by a special process into an incandescent mantle for gas lighting. | |
verb (v. t.) To dress in GBs. |
stockading | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stockade |
stockjobbing | noun (n.) The act or art of dealing in stocks; the business of a stockjobber. |
stomaching | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stomach |
noun (n.) Resentment. |
stoning | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stone |
stonecutting | noun (n.) Hewing or dressing stone. |
stooking | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stook |
stooping | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stoop |
() a. & n. from Stoop. |
stopping | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stop |
noun (n.) Material for filling a cavity. | |
noun (n.) A partition or door to direct or prevent a current of air. | |
noun (n.) A pad or poultice of dung or other material applied to a horse's hoof to keep it moist. |
stoping | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stope |
noun (n.) The act of excavating in the form of stopes. |
stoppering | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stopper |
stoppling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stopple |
storing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Store |
storming | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Storm |
() a. & n. from Storm, v. |
storthing | noun (n.) The Parliament of Norway, chosen by indirect election once in three years, but holding annual sessions. |
storying | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Story |
stoving | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stove |
stowing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stow |
noun (n.) A method of working in which the waste is packed into the space formed by excavating the vein. |
strapping | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Strap |
adjective (a.) Tall; strong; lusty; large; as, a strapping fellow. |
stratifying | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stratify |
straying | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stray |
streaking | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Streak |
streaming | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stream |
noun (n.) The act or operation of that which streams; the act of that which sends forth, or which runs in, streams. | |
noun (n.) The reduction of stream tin; also, the search for stream tin. | |
adjective (a.) Sending forth streams. |
strengthening | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Strengthen |
adjective (a.) That strengthens; giving or increasing strength. |
strengthing | noun (n.) A stronghold. |
stretching | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stretch |
() a. & n. from Stretch, v. |
strewing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Strew |
noun (n.) The act of scattering or spreading. | |
noun (n.) Anything that is, or may be, strewed; -- used chiefly in the plural. |
striating | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Striate |