All English words - page 2882

Meanings of Presolar:

adjective

Existing, occurring, or originating before the formation of the sun or another star; specifically constituting material from which the sun was subsequently formed.

Meanings of Presolution:

noun

A preliminary or prior solution.

Meanings of Prespinal:

adjective

Situated anterior to the spinal column; situated anterior or proximal to the spinal cord.

Meanings of Press-ahead:

phrasal verb

To start or continue doing something in a determined way, although it is difficult

Usage examples:

Press ahead/on with sth most of the delegates said they wanted to press ahead with the talks., the …

Meanings of Press-into-service:

idiom

To use something or someone that is not completely suitable because nothing or no one more suitable is available

Usage examples:

The car's broken down so i've had to press my old bike back into service.

Meanings of Press-release:

noun

A written statement from a person or group that is given to newspapers and broadcasting organizations to become part of the news

Meanings of Press-someone-into:

idiom

To use something or someone that is not completely suitable because nothing or no one more suitable is available

Usage examples:

The car's broken down so i've had to press my old bike back into service.

Meanings of Pressed:

adjective

Past and past participle of press1.

verb

Move or cause to move into a position of contact with something by exerting continuous physical force.

Usage examples:

He pressed his face to the glass

Meanings of Pressel:

noun

An electric switch that is operated by a push-button; (originally) one hanging from the end of a length of flexible wire; (in later use) especially one on a piece of radio communication equipment, typically permitting transmission when depressed and reception when released. now chiefly "pressel switch".

Meanings of Pressers:

noun

A press conference.

Usage examples:

He recently fielded similar questions in his presser

Meanings of Pressingness:

noun

The quality of being pressing; urgency; importunity.

Meanings of Pressings:

noun

An act or instance of applying force or weight to something.

Usage examples:

Pure-grade olive oil is the product of the second or third pressings

adjective

Requiring quick or immediate action or attention.

Usage examples:

Inflation was the most pressing problem

Meanings of Pressmanship:

noun

The occupation of printer; skill or quality of printing work.

Meanings of Pressmark:

noun

(especially in older libraries) a mark on a library book indicating its location.

Usage examples:

The authors have consciously excluded library pressmarks, and this may be disappointing to some rea…

Meanings of Pressmaster:

noun

A person authorized to press recruits into military service in the navy or army; the officer in command of a press-gang.

Meanings of Pressor:

adjective

Producing an increase in blood pressure by stimulating constriction of the blood vessels.

Usage examples:

A pressor response

Meanings of Pressure cooker:

noun

Autoclave for cooking at temperatures above the boiling point of water

Meanings of Pressured:

verb

Attempt to persuade or coerce (someone) into doing something.

Usage examples:

It might be possible to pressure him into resigning

noun

Continuous physical force exerted on or against an object by something in contact with it.

Usage examples:

The gate was buckling under the pressure of the crowd outside

Meanings of Pressures:

noun

Continuous physical force exerted on or against an object by something in contact with it.

Usage examples:

The gate was buckling under the pressure of the crowd outside

verb

Attempt to persuade or coerce (someone) into doing something.

Usage examples:

It might be possible to pressure him into resigning

Meanings of Pressurization:

noun

The state in which something is pressurized

Meanings of Pressurized:

verb

Produce or maintain raised pressure artificially in (a gas or its container).

Usage examples:

The mixture was pressurized to 1,900 atmospheres

adjective

(of a gas or its container) having artificially raised pressure.

Usage examples:

A pressurized can

Meanings of Pressurizers:

noun

A person who or thing which applies pressure; an apparatus used for pressurizing.

Meanings of Pressurizes:

verb

Produce or maintain raised pressure artificially in (a gas or its container).

Usage examples:

The mixture was pressurized to 1,900 atmospheres

Meanings of Prest:

noun

A payment or wages in advance; money paid on account to enable a person to proceed with an undertaking. compare "imprest", press money .

Meanings of Prestant:

noun

A rank of open flue pipes on the organ, of 4-foot, 8-foot, or 16-foot pitch, corresponding to the principal or open diapason stop on english organs.