strabotomyThe surgical procedure of cutting or making an incision in a muscle or tendon of the eye to correct strabismus, or squint.
stracchinoA type of Italian cow's-milk cheese, typical of Lombardy
stracciatellaAn Italian soup consisting of a meat broth and small shreds of an egg-based mixture, prepared by drizzling the mixture into boiling broth and stirring.
stradiotA mercenary unit from the Balkans, recruited mainly by states of southern and central Europe from the 15th century until the middle of the 18th century.
StradivarianOf or relating to the Stradivari family who built stringed instruments in the 17th and 18th centuries.
StradivariusA stringed instrument built by members of the Stradivari family, particularly Antonio Stradivari.
straightNot crooked, curly, or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.
straightawayExtending into the distance in a straight line.
straightbaitingThe practice of creating romantic tension between two opposite-gender characters in a narrative work (particularly a television series) without the intention of ever developing it into an actual romantic relationship.
straightbillAny of the birds in the genus Timeliopsis, found in Australia.
straightbredProduced by breeding from a single breed, variety or species.
straightdarThe ability to detect whether or not a person is heterosexual by observing that person.
straightedgeA flat, rectangular tool used to draw, cut or check the straightness of straight lines.
straighterSynonym of straight (“a cigarette, particularly one containing tobacco instead of marijuana”).
straightfaceAn obvious, apparent, or stereotypical appearance of heterosexuality based on a person's countenance, often characterized by femininity in females and masculinity in males.
straightphobicSynonym of heterophobic (“relating to, or exhibiting, heterophobia”)
straightsplainTo explain LGBT issues, people or behavior to someone who is not of a heterosexual orientation (i.e. an LGBT individual) in a condescending manner, presuming the listener's inferior understanding.
straightsplainingCondescending explanation of something by a heterosexual to a non-heterosexual person.
straightwashTo interpret or present a queer figure, relationship, or situation as exclusively heterosexual.
straightwashedWith references to nonstraight sexual orientations omitted or removed.
straightwashingThe act of removing or omitting nonstraight sexual orientations from an account of a person, relationship, or situation.
strainerA device through which a liquid is passed for purification, filtering or separation from solid matter; anything (including a screen or a cloth) used to strain a liquid.
straintronicsA situation, observed in graphene and elsewhere, in which an applied strain causes electrons to behave as if they were in a magnetic field.
straitNarrow; restricted as to space or room; close.
straitenTo make strait; to narrow or confine to a smaller space.
straitjacketA jacketlike garment with very long sleeves which can be secured in place, thus preventing the wearer from moving their arms; formerly often used in psychiatric hospitals to prevent patients from injuring themselves or others.