Vocabulary : Strutted to Stub

Strutted : of Strut
Strutter : One who struts.
Strutting : of Strut ;; a. & n. from Strut, v.
Struvite : A crystalline mineral found in guano. It is a hydrous phosphate of magnesia and ammonia.
Strychnia : Strychnine.

Strychnic : Of or pertaining to strychnine; produced by strychnine; as, strychnic compounds; strychnic poisoning ;; used to designate an acid, called also igasuric acid.
Strychnine : A very poisonous alkaloid resembling brucine, obtained from various species of plants, especially from species of Loganiaceae, as from the seeds of the St. Ignatius bean (Strychnos Ignatia) and from nux vomica. It is obtained as a white crystalline substance, having a very bitter acrid taste, and is employed in medicine (chiefly in the form of the sulphate) as a powerful neurotic stimulant. Called also strychnia, and formerly strychnina.
Strychnos : A genus of tropical trees and shrubs of the order Loganiaceae. See Nux vomica.
Stryphnic : Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid, obtained by the action of acetic acid and potassium nitrite on uric acid, as a yellow crystalline substance, with a bitter, astringent taste.
Stub : The stump of a tree; that part of a tree or plant which remains fixed in the earth when the stem is cut down; -- applied especially to the stump of a small tree, or shrub. ;; A log; a block; a blockhead. ;; The short blunt part of anything after larger part has been broken off or used up; hence, anything short and thick; as, the stub of a pencil, candle, or cigar. ;; A part of a leaf in a check book, after a check is torn out, on which the number, amount, and destination of the check are usually recorded. ;; A pen with a short, blunt nib. ;; A stub nail; an old horseshoe nail; also, stub iron. ;; To grub up by the roots; to extirpate; as, to stub up edible roots. ;; To remove stubs from; as, to stub land. ;; To strike as the toes, against a stub, stone, or other fixed object.

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