stirps /stûrps/, also stirp /stûrp/

1. (a person and his or her descendants forming) a branch of a family (esp law)
2. Pedigree
3. A category in biological classification, eg (zoology) a superfamily, family or subfamily, or (botany) a rootstock that retains characteristics in cultivation

stirpˈiculture noun

Selective breeding

• high-vacuum
• high-velocity
• high-viced
• high-voltage
• high water
• high-water mark
• high-water marks
• high waters
• highway
• Highway Code
• highwayman
• highwaymen
• highway patrol
• highways
• high-wing monoplane
• high-wing monoplanes
• high wire
• high wires
• in the club
• in the clutch
• in the cold light of day
• in the course of
• in the course of time
• in the dark
• in the dock