straw vote an unofficial poll taken to determine opinion on some issue
starved suffering from lack of food
distraught deeply agitated especially from emotion
thorough painstakingly careful and accurate
drought a shortage of rainfall
derived formed or developed from something else; not original
atrophied diminished in size or strength from disease or injury
see-through so thin as to transmit light
sporophyte the spore-producing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations
throw a fit get very angry and fly into a rage
thrifty mindful of the future in spending money
Southern Tai a branch of the Tai languages
southernwood shrubby European wormwood naturalized in North America
surfeit indulge (one's appetite) to satiety
Theravada one of two great schools of Buddhist doctrine emphasizing personal salvation through your own efforts; a conservative form of Buddhism that adheres to Pali scriptures and the non-theistic ideal of self purification to nirvana; the dominant religion of Sri Lanka (Ceylon) and Myanmar (Burma) and Thailand and Laos and Cambodia
see through perceive the true nature of
Stropharia genus of gill fungi with brown spores that is closely related to Agaricus; here placed in its own family Strophariaceae
terrified thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation
Cervidae deer: reindeer; moose or elks; muntjacs; roe deer
striver someone who works as hard as a slave