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Definition of stress

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Stress (n.) The force, or combination of forces, which produces a strain; force exerted in any direction or manner between contiguous bodies, or parts of bodies, and taking specific names according to its direction, or mode of action, as thrust or pressure, pull or tension, shear or tangential stress..

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Hungry :: Hungry (superl.) Feeling hunger; having a keen appetite; feeling uneasiness or distress from want of food; hence, having an eager desire..

Relieve :: Relieve (v. t.) To free, wholly or partly, from any burden, trial, evil, distress, or the like; to give ease, comfort, or consolation to; to give aid, help, or succor to; to support, strengthen, or deliver; as, to relieve a besieged town..

Cardialgy :: Cardialgy (n.) A burning or gnawing pain, or feeling of distress, referred to the region of the heart, accompanied with cardiac palpitation; heartburn. It is usually a symptom of indigestion..

Succor :: Succor (v. t.) Aid; help; assistance; esp., assistance that relieves and delivers from difficulty, want, or distress..

Housewifery :: Housewifery (n.) The business of the mistress of a family; female management of domestic concerns.

Afflictive :: Afflictive (a.) Giving pain; causing continued or repeated pain or grief; distressing.

Refuge :: Refuge (n.) Shelter or protection from danger or distress.

Tenacity :: Tenacity (n.) The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder, -- usually expressed with reference to a unit area of the cross section of the substance, as the number of pounds per square inch, or kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce rupture..

Taking :: Taking (n.) Agitation; excitement; distress of mind.

Inamorata :: Inamorata (n.) A woman in love; a mistress.

Schoolmistress :: Schoolmistress (n.) A woman who governs and teaches a school; a female school-teacher.

Replevin :: Replevin (n.) A personal action which lies to recover possession of goods and chattle wrongfully taken or detained. Originally, it was a remedy peculiar to cases for wrongful distress, but it may generally now be brought in all cases of wrongful taking or detention..

Distressing :: Distressing (a.) Causing distress; painful; unpleasant.

Seamstressy :: Seamstressy (n.) The business of a seamstress.

Tenesmus :: Tenesmus (n.) An urgent and distressing sensation, as if a discharge from the intestines must take place, although none can be effected; -- always referred to the lower extremity of the rectum..

Needful :: Needful (a.) Full of need; in need or want; needy; distressing.

Anguish :: Anguish (v. t.) To distress with extreme pain or grief.

Lampoon :: Lampoon (n.) A personal satire in writing; usually, malicious and abusive censure written only to reproach and distress..

Tine :: Tine (n.) Trouble; distress; teen.

Evil :: Evil (a.) Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous; as, evil tidings; evil arrows; evil days..