8-Letter Words Containing STR

Here's the list of all the 319 8-Letter Words Containing STR in the English Language.

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industry
1. the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise
2. the organized action of making of goods and services for sale
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district
1. regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns
2. a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
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strategy
1. an elaborate and systematic plan of action
2. the branch of military science dealing with military command and the planning and conduct of a war
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abstract
1. a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
2. a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
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straight
1. a person having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
2. a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
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ministry
1. religious ministers collectively (especially Presbyterian)
2. building where the business of a government ministry is transacted
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strength
1. the property of being physically or mentally strong
2. capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war
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registry
1. an official written record of names or events or transactions
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strongly
1. with strength or in a strong manner
2. in a powerful manner
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struggle
1. make a strenuous or labored effort
2. to exert strenuous effort against opposition
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strictly
1. restricted to something
2. in a stringent manner
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stronger
1. not faint or feeble
2. having or wielding force or authority
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forestry
1. the science of planting and caring for forests and the management of growing timber
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mistress
1. an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man
2. a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict)
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striking
1. the physical coming together of two or more things
2. the act of contacting one thing with another
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stranger
1. anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
2. an individual that one is not acquainted with
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restrict
1. place restrictions on
2. place under restrictions; limit access to by law
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upstream
1. in the direction against a stream's current
2. toward the source or against the current
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stressed
1. bearing a stress or accent
2. suffering severe physical strain or distress
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ancestry
1. the hereditary derivation of an individual
2. inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
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distress
1. psychological suffering
2. a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need)
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stroller
1. someone who walks at a leisurely pace
2. a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around
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stripped
1. take away possessions from someone
2. get undressed
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tapestry
1. something that resembles a tapestry in its intricacy
2. a heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery
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estrogen
1. a general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics
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striving
1. an effortful attempt to attain a goal
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stranded
1. cut off or left behind
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stripper
1. a chemical compound used to remove paint or varnish
2. a worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves and binds the leaves together into books
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instruct
1. impart skills or knowledge to
2. give instructions or directions for some task
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stricken
1. grievously affected especially by disease
2. (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
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strained
1. lacking natural ease
2. showing signs of mental and emotional tension
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strapped
1. tie with a strap
2. beat severely with a whip or rod
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restroom
1. a toilet that is available to the public
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artistry
1. a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation
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restrain
1. to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
2. restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult
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distract
1. draw someone's attention away from something
2. disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
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distrust
1. doubt about someone's honesty
2. the trait of not trusting others
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stringer
1. a member of a squad on a team
2. a worker who strings
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stroking
1. a light touch with the hands
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striping
1. the act of marking with stripes
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strainer
1. a filter to retain larger pieces while smaller pieces and liquids pass through
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obstruct
1. hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
2. block passage through
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lustrous
1. made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow
2. brilliant
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minstrel
1. a singer of folk songs
2. a performer in a minstrel show
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streamer
1. light that streams
2. a newspaper headline that runs across the full page
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unstrung
1. remove the strings from
2. emotionally upset
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mistrust
1. doubt about someone's honesty
2. the trait of not trusting others
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stretchy
1. capable of being easily stretched and resuming former size or shape
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destruct
1. destroy (one's own missile or rocket)
2. do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
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straddle
1. sit or stand astride of
2. range or extend over; occupy a certain area
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cadastre
1. a public register showing the details of ownership and value of land; made for the purpose of taxation
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airstrip
1. an airfield without normal airport facilities
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streaked
1. marked with or as if with stripes or linear discolorations
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strangle
1. kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
2. suppress in order to conceal or hide
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construe
1. make sense of; assign a meaning to
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striatum
1. a striped mass of white and grey matter located in front of the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere; consists of the caudate nucleus and the lenticular nucleus
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strident
1. conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry
2. of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')
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straying
1. unable to find your way
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angstrom
1. a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation
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mistrial
1. a trial that is invalid or inconclusive
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stressor
1. any agent that causes stress to an organism
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8-Letter Words Containing STR