| alpestrine | (adj) growing at high altitudes, Syn. subalpine |
| loestrin | (n) trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone |
| norlestrin | (n) trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone |
| palestrina | (n) Italian composer (1526-1594), Syn. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina |
| shoestring | (n) a small amount of money, Syn. shoe string, Example: he managed it on a shoestring |
| shoestring catch | (n) (baseball) a running catch made near the ground |
| shoestring fungus | (n) any of several fungi of the genus Armillaria that form brown stringy rhizomorphs and cause destructive rot of the roots of some trees such as apples or maples |
| rupestral plant | (n) plants growing among rocks, Syn. rupestrine plant, saxicolous plant, rupicolous plant |
| shoelace | (n) a lace used for fastening shoes, Syn. shoe lace, shoe string, shoestring |
| Alpestrine | a. [ L. Alpestris. ] 1. Pertaining to the Alps, or other high mountains; as, Alpestrine diseases, etc. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Bot.) Growing on the elevated parts of mountains, but not above the timber line; subalpine. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
| Eyestring | n. The tendon by which the eye is moved. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Fiddlestring | n. One of the catgut strings of a fiddle. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Lifestring | n. A nerve, or string, that is imagined to be essential to life. Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Lutestring | n. [ Corrupted fr. lustring. ] A plain, stout, lustrous silk, used for ladies' dresses and for ribbon. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Restringe | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Restringed p. pr. & vb. n. Restringing ] [ L. restringere. See Restrain. ] To confine; to contract; to stringe. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Restringency | n. Quality or state of being restringent; astringency. [ Obs. ] Sir W. Petty. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Restringent | a. [ L. restringens, p. pr.: cf. F. restringent. ] Restringing; astringent; styptic. [ Obs. ] -- n. A restringent medicine. [ Obs. ] Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Shoestring | n. 1. same as shoelace. [ PJC ] 2. a sum of money, inadequate or barely adequate for the purpose to which it is put to use; as, to start up an enterprise on a shoestring. [ PJC ] |
