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Thlipsis :: Thlipsis (n.) Compression, especially constriction of vessels by an external cause..

Pinch :: Pinch (n.) A close compression, as with the ends of the fingers, or with an instrument; a nip..

Popgun :: Popgun (n.) A child's gun; a tube and rammer for shooting pellets, with a popping noise, by compression of air..

Twitch :: Twitch (n.) A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse. By twisting the stick the compression is made sufficiently painful to keep the animal quiet during a slight surgical operation..

Smack :: Smack (v. t.) To open, as the lips, with an inarticulate sound made by a quick compression and separation of the parts of the mouth; to make a noise with, as the lips, by separating them in the act of kissing or after tasting..

Pressure :: Pressure (n.) The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand..

Crush :: Crush (n.) A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.

Windage :: Windage (n.) The sudden compression of the air caused by a projectile in passing close to another body.

Squeeze :: Squeeze (n.) The act of one who squeezes; compression between bodies; pressure.

Squeeze :: Squeeze (v. t.) To force, or cause to pass, by compression; often with out, through, etc.; as, to squeeze water through felt..

Incompressible :: Incompressible (a.) Not compressible; incapable of being reduced by force or pressure into a smaller compass or volume; resisting compression; as, many liquids and solids appear to be almost incompressible..

Compressure :: Compressure (n.) Compression.

Settlement :: Settlement (n.) The gradual sinking of a building, whether by the yielding of the ground under the foundation, or by the compression of the joints or the material..

Constriction :: Constriction (n.) The act of constricting by means of some inherent power or by movement or change in the thing itself, as distinguished from compression..

Squeezing :: Squeezing (n.) The act of pressing; compression; oppression.

Set :: Set (n.) Permanent change of figure in consequence of excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.; as, the set of a spring..

Shear :: Shear (v. t.) A strain, or change of shape, of an elastic body, consisting of an extension in one direction, an equal compression in a perpendicular direction, with an unchanged magnitude in the third direction..

Implosion :: Implosion (n.) A sudden compression of the air in the mouth, simultaneously with and affecting the sound made by the closure of the organs in uttering p, t, or k, at the end of a syllable (see Guide to Pronunciation, //159, 189); also, a similar compression made by an upward thrust of the larynx without any accompanying explosive action, as in the peculiar sound of b, d, and g, heard in Southern Germany..

Digital :: Digital (a.) Of or performance to the fingers, or to digits; done with the fingers; as, digital compression; digital examination..

Vibrate :: Vibrate (v. i.) To have the constituent particles move to and fro, with alternate compression and dilation of parts, as the air, or any elastic body; to quiver..

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