Related Words for strain

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stress
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Noun, Noun
extend
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Noun, Noun
reach
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Noun, Noun
striving
/x
Noun, Noun
distort
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
try
/
Adjective, Noun
pains
/
Noun, Noun
sift
/
Noun, Noun
filtrate
/x
Noun, Noun
stock
/
Noun, Noun
deform
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
form
/
Adjective, Noun
filter
/x
Noun, Noun
sieve
/
Noun, Noun
breed
/
Noun, Noun
variant
/xx
Noun, Noun
variety
x/xx
Noun, Noun
line
/
Noun, Noun
song
/
Noun, Noun
tense
/
Noun, Noun
melody
/xx
Noun, Noun
tune
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Noun, Noun
air
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Noun, Noun
tenor
/x
Noun, Noun
puree
x/
Noun, Noun
unwind
x/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
tension
/x
Noun
pressure
/x
Noun
dislocation
x//x
Noun
fatigue
x/
Noun
burden
/x
Noun
muscle
/x
Noun
virulent
/xx
Adjective
susceptibility
xxx/xx
Noun
deformation
xx/x
Noun
discomfort
x/x
Noun
isolates
/xx
Noun
relieve
x/
Verb
ease
/
Noun, Verb
shear
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
distortion
x/x
Noun
ligament
/xx
Noun
instability
xx/xx
Noun
stiffness
/x
Noun
virulence
/xx
Noun
flexing
/x
Noun
credulity
x/xx
Noun
hamstring
/x
Noun
heavy
/x
Adjective
aggravation
xx/x
Noun
bacterium
x/xx
Noun
constraint
x/
Noun
bottleneck
/xx
Noun
fracture
/x
Noun
inbred
/x
Adjective
gnat
/
Noun
heat
/
Noun
strife
/
Noun
alleviate
x/xx
Verb
rupture
/x
Noun
bending
/x
Noun
dependence
x/x
Noun
resistance
x/x
Noun
misery
/xx
Noun
anguish
/x
Noun
anxiety
x/xx
Noun
workload
/x
Noun
tightness
/x
Noun
swelling
/x
Verb
tendon
/x
Noun
irritation
xx/x
Noun
cramp
/
Noun
sprain
/
Noun
unease
x/
Noun
stiffening
/xx
Noun
loosening
/xx
Noun
isolation
xx/x
Noun
chronic
/x
Adjective
strength
/
Noun
vibration
x/x
Noun
suffering
/xx
Noun
undue
x/
Adjective
hardship
/x
Noun
infection
x/x
Noun
spasm
/x
Noun
headache
/x
Noun
uneasiness
x/xx
Noun
stretch
/
Noun
influenza
xx/x
Noun
debilitating
x/xxx
Adjective
rigidity
x/xx
Noun
vibrio
/xx
Name
tensile
/x
Noun, Adjective
inoculation
xxx/x
Noun
pathogen
/xx
Noun
discord
/x
Noun
muddle
/x
Noun
race
/
Noun
kind
/
Noun
seed
/
Noun
stem
/
Noun
extract
/x
Verb
descent
x/
Noun
pedigree
/xx
Noun
ancestry
/xx
Noun
origin
/xx
Noun
name
/
Noun
household
/x
Noun
extraction
x/x
Noun
branch
/
Noun
bloodline
/x
Noun
genealogy
xx/xx
Noun
family
/xx
Noun
people
/x
Noun
succession
x/x
Noun
family tree
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
roots
/
Noun
family name
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
strand
/
Noun
gentry
/x
Noun
affine
x/
Noun
sept
/
Name
fatherland
/xx
Noun
ellipsoid
x/x
Adverb
streptomyces
xxxx
Name
overwork
xx/
Noun
hardening
/xx
Verb
staphylococcus
xxx/x
Name
streptococcus
xx/x
Noun
pandemic
x/x
Adjective
attenuated
x/xxx
Adjective
creep
/
Adjective
probiotic
xx/x
Adjective
biaxial
x/xx
Adjective
role
/
Adjective
bacillus
x/x
Noun
microorganism
xx/xxx
Noun
sweeten
/x
Verb
aureus
/xx
Noun
coli
/x
Noun, Verb
mutant
/x
Noun
flu
/
Noun
virus
/x
Noun
uniaxial
xx/xx
Adjective
compressive
x/x
Adjective
volumetric
/x/x
Adjective
inoculated
x/xxx
Verb
recoverable
x/xxx
Adjective
extensional
x/xx
Adjective
intolerable
x/xxx
Adjective
mice
/
Noun
torsional
/xx
Adjective
vigorously
/xxx
Adverb
resistant
x/x
Adjective
plasmid
x/
Noun
albino
x/x
Adjective
sacroiliac
//xx
Adjective
circumferential
x/x/x
Adjective
steric
/x
Adjective
unbearable
x/xx
Adjective
loftier
/xx
Adjective
lumbosacral
/x/x
Adjective
axial
/xx
Adjective
diploid
/x
Adjective
inelastic
xx/x
Adjective
infecting
x/x
Verb
elastic
x/x
Adjective
increment
/xx
Noun
worry
/x
Noun
recipient
x/xx
Adjective
adversity
x/xx
Noun
amplitude
/xx
Noun
ankle
/x
Noun, Verb
aria
/xx
Noun
back
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
bother
/x
Verb, Noun
burnout
/x
Noun
calculated
/xxx
Adjective
cargo
/x
Noun
carol
/x
Name, Verb
charge
/
Noun, Verb
clog
/
Verb, Noun
clone
/
Noun, Verb
coercion
x/x
Noun
coercive
x/x
Adjective
compulsion
x/x
Noun
computed
x/x
Adjective
concentration
xx/x
Noun
consequent
/xx
Adjective, Noun
constipation
xx/x
Noun
crick
/
Noun, Verb
curvature
/xx
Noun
defecate
x/x
Verb, Adjective
deflection
x/x
Noun
deformity
x/xx
Noun
difficulty
/xxx
Noun
disfigurement
x/xx
Noun
displacement
x/x
Noun
drain
/
Verb, Noun
drift
/
Noun, Verb
duress
/x
Noun, Verb
dynasty
/xx
Noun
easy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
ece
/
Name
effort
/x
Noun, Verb
electromotive
xxx/x
Adjective
elongation
xx/x
Noun
emotional
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
emphasis
/xx
Noun
encumber
x/x
Verb
ethnic
/x
Adjective, Noun
ethnicity
x/xx
Noun
exercise
/xx
Noun, Verb
exert
x/
Verb
exhaustion
x/x
Noun
eyes
/
Noun
faction
/x
Noun
fan
/
Noun, Verb
fanfare
/x
Noun, Verb
flourish
/x
Verb, Noun
flow
/
Noun, Verb
frequency
/xx
Noun
gage
/
Noun, Verb
handicap
/xx
Noun, Verb
hard
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
hiv
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Name
hurt
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
idea
x/x
Noun
indigenous
x/xx
Adjective
jaundice
/x
Noun, Verb
kinetic
x/x
Adjective
leitmotif
/xx
Noun
lengthening
/xx
Noun
lift
/
Verb, Noun
lineage
/xx
Noun
load
/
Noun, Verb
lobby
/x
Noun, Verb
log
/
Noun, Verb
loosen up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
loudness
/x
Noun
lullaby
/xx
Noun, Verb
mainstream
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
master
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
misrepresentation
xxxx/x
Noun
native
/x
Adjective, Noun
neck
/
Noun, Verb
observed
x/
Verb
offspring
/x
Noun
onus
/x
Noun
organism
/xxx
Noun
overburden
/x/x
Verb, Noun
overhead
/x/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
overload
/xx
Noun, Verb
overuse
xx/
Noun, Verb
part
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
peas
/
Noun
perversion
x/x
Noun
phrase
/
Noun, Verb
pool
/
Noun, Verb
predictable
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
press
/
Noun, Verb
pression
/x
Noun
progenitor
x/xx
Noun
protector
x/x
Noun
provider
x/x
Noun
pull
/
Verb, Noun
purport
/x
Verb, Noun
rack
/
Noun, Verb
re
/
Noun
relax
x/
Verb
release
x/
Noun, Verb
restraint
x/
Noun
results
x/
Noun
riddle
/x
Noun, Verb
screen
/
Noun, Verb
shock
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
shrinkage
/x
Noun
signature
/xx
Noun, Adjective
signature tune
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
spaghetti
x/x
Noun, Verb
spanning
/x
Noun
species
/x
Noun
struggle
/x
Noun, Verb
stub
/
Noun, Verb
stump
/
Noun, Verb
supplier
x/x
Noun
task
/
Noun, Verb
tax
/
Noun, Verb
die
/
Verb, Noun
fall
/
Verb, Noun
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
get
/
Verb, Noun
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
save
/
Verb, Noun
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective