strelitzia family
— Noun
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~ woody plants with erect stems of tropical South America and South Africa and Madagascar; in some classifications included in the family Musaceae
Strelitzia reginae
— Noun
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~ ornamental plant of tropical South Africa and South America having stalks of orange and purplish-blue flowers resembling a bird
strelitzia
— Noun
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~ small genus of large perennial evergreen herbs having leaves resembling those of banana plants; sometimes placed in family Musaceae
Strelitziaceae
— Noun
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~ woody plants with erect stems of tropical South America and South Africa and Madagascar; in some classifications included in the family Musaceae
strength
— Noun
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~ capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war; "we faced an army of great strength"; "politicians have neglected our military posture"
strength
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~ permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force; "they advertised the durability of their products"
strength
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~ the condition of financial success; "the strength of the company's stock in recent weeks"
strength
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~ the power to induce the taking of a course of action or the embracing of a point of view by means of argument or entreaty; "the strength of his argument settled the matter"
strength
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~ physical energy or intensity; "he hit with all the force he could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man"
strength
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~ the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation); "he adjusted the intensity of the sound"; "they measured the station's signal strength"
strength
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~ the property of being physically or mentally strong; "fatigue sapped his strength"
strength
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~ capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects; "the toxin's potency"; "the strength of the drinks"
strength
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~ an asset of special worth or utility; "cooking is his forte"
strengthen
— Verb
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~ gain strength; "His body strengthened"
strengthen
— Verb
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~ make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries"
strengthen
— Verb
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~ give a healthy elasticity to; "Let's tone our muscles"
strengthened
— Adjective
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~ given added strength or support; "reinforced concrete contains steel bars or metal netting"
strengthener
— Noun
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~ a device designed to provide additional strength; "the cardboard backing was just a strengthener"; "he used gummed reinforcements to hold the page in his notebook"
strengthening
— Noun
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~ the act of increasing the strength of something