Definition of power

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Power (n.) A mechanical agent; that from which useful mechanical energy is derived; as, water power; steam power; hand power, etc..

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Originative :: Originative (a.) Having power, or tending, to originate, or bring into existence; originating..
District :: District (n.) The territory within which the lord has the power of coercing and punishing.
Panic :: Panic (a.) A sudden, overpowering fright; esp., a sudden and groundless fright; terror inspired by a trifling cause or a misapprehension of danger; as, the troops were seized with a panic; they fled in a panic..
Dejectory :: Dejectory (a.) Having power, or tending, to cast down..
Tongue-tie :: Tongue-tie (v. t.) To deprive of speech or the power of speech, or of distinct articulation..
Unorganized :: Unorganized (a.) Not organized; being without organic structure; specifically (Biol.), not having the different tissues and organs characteristic of living organisms, nor the power of growth and development; as, the unorganized ferments. See the Note under Ferment, n., 1..
Ascensional :: Ascensional (a.) Relating to ascension; connected with ascent; ascensive; tending upward; as, the ascensional power of a balloon..
Jurisdiction :: Jurisdiction (a.) The authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate; the right of making or enforcing laws; the power or right of exercising authority.
Subjugation :: Subjugate (v. t.) To subdue, and bring under the yoke of power or dominion; to conquer by force, and compel to submit to the government or absolute control of another; to vanquish..
Blunt :: Blunt (v. t.) To repress or weaken, as any appetite, desire, or power of the mind; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of; as, to blunt the feelings..
Quo Warranto :: Quo warranto () A writ brought before a proper tribunal, to inquire by what warrant a person or a corporation acts, or exercises certain powers..
Pancreas :: Pancreas (n.) The sweetbread, a gland connected with the intestine of nearly all vertebrates. It is usually elongated and light-colored, and its secretion, called the pancreatic juice, is discharged, often together with the bile, into the upper part of the intestines, and is a powerful aid in digestion. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus..
Lever :: Lever (n.) A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (the fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; -- used for transmitting and modifying force and motion. Specif., a bar of metal, wood, or other rigid substance, used to exert a pressure, or sustain a weight, at one point of its length, by receiving a force or power at a second, and turning at a third on a fixed point called a fulcrum. It is usually named as the first of the six mecha
Strong :: Strong (superl.) Vigorous; effective; forcible; powerful.
Attraction :: Attraction (n.) An invisible power in a body by which it draws anything to itself; the power in nature acting mutually between bodies or ultimate particles, tending to draw them together, or to produce their cohesion or combination, and conversely resisting separation..
Coagulative :: Coagulative (a.) Having the power to cause coagulation; as, a coagulative agent..
Force :: Force (n.) Strength or power exercised without law, or contrary to law, upon persons or things; violence..
Organ :: Organ (n.) A medium of communication between one person or body and another; as, the secretary of state is the organ of communication between the government and a foreign power; a newspaper is the organ of its editor, or of a party, sect, etc..
Pancratic :: Pancratic (a.) Having all or many degrees of power; having a great range of power; -- said of an eyepiece made adjustable so as to give a varying magnifying power.
Overpotent :: Overpotent (a.) Too potent or powerful.
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