| compel |
to force or drive to some action or attitude; pressure. [1/3 definitions] |
| compress |
to become flatter or denser due to pressure. [1/4 definitions] |
| compressed air |
air subjected to greater pressure than the surrounding atmosphere, esp. by mechanical means. |
| compression |
the reduction in volume and increase in pressure of air or air mixed with fuel in the cylinder of an internal combustion engine prior to ignition, or the engine cycle in which this process takes place. [1/3 definitions] |
| constriction |
a tightness or pressure, as in the chest or an artery. [1/3 definitions] |
| counterpressure |
combined form of pressure. |
| crack |
to collapse or lose control under pressure. [1/15 definitions] |
| cracking |
the process of breaking down heavier hydrocarbons into lighter ones by heat, pressure, or catalysts, as in distilling petroleum to make gasoline. [1/3 definitions] |
| crease |
a groove or fold, produced by heat or pressure. [1/6 definitions] |
| crowd |
to exert pressure on. [1/9 definitions] |
| crush |
great pressure, as from pressing or squeezing. [2/11 definitions] |
| cyclone |
a large system of winds that rotates around a center of low barometric pressure, moving counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern, and usu. producing destructive storms. (Cf. anticyclone.) [1/2 definitions] |
| dead load |
the fixed or permanent weight of a structure that exerts a uniform, constant pressure on the supports. (Cf. live load.) |
| decompress |
to reduce pressure or compression on. [2/3 definitions] |
| decompression |
the relieving of excess pressure, as in a body cavity, by surgery. [1/2 definitions] |
| decompression sickness |
a painful and sometimes fatal condition caused by the formation of nitrogen bubbles in the blood, resulting from returning to atmospheric pressure too quickly from deep water or a compression chamber; aeroembolism; bends. |
| deform |
to alter the shape of, as by pressure; transform. [1/4 definitions] |
| dent1 |
a hollow or depression made in a surface by or as if by pressure or a blow. [1/3 definitions] |
| depression |
a region with lower atmospheric pressure than nearby regions. [1/7 definitions] |
| depressor |
a nerve that decreases blood pressure and heartbeat when stimulated. [1/3 definitions] |
| detector |
a device that records or identifies something, esp. changes in radiation, temperature, pressure, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |