strangling, n. strangulation, choking, [suffocation], [suppression], constriction.
strap, n. thong, strop, leash.
strapping, a. (Colloq.) [stalwart], [able-bodied], [large], [muscular], [brawny].
stratagem, n. [artifice], [device], machination, [maneuver], [intrigue], [ruse], [finesse].
straw, n. [stalk], culm; [litter], mulch; sennet, platting.
straw roof. thatch, thatching.
strawy, a. stramineous.
stray, v. [wander], [rove], [roam], [swerve], [deviate]; [err], [sin].
stray, n. estray, [waif].