Vocabulary : Strontium to Strophiolate

Strontium : 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. ;; 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.
Stroock : of Strike
Strook : imp. of Strike. ;; A stroke.
Stroot : To swell out; to strut.
Strop : A strap; specifically, same as Strap, 3. ;; To draw over, or rub upon, a strop with a view to sharpen; as, to strop a razor. ;; A piece of rope spliced into a circular wreath, and put round a block for hanging it.

Strophanthus : A genus of tropical apocynaceous shrubs having singularly twisted flowers. One species (Strophanthus hispidus) is used medicinally as a cardiac sedative and stimulant.
Strophe : 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.
Strophes : of Strophe
Strophic : Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, strophes.
Strophiolate : Alt. of Strophiolated

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