More Words

stress

Definitions of stress
v. t. - To subject to phonetic stress; to accent. ²
v. t. - To place emphasis on; to make emphatic; emphasize. ²
n. - Distress. ²
n. - Pressure, strain; -- used chiefly of immaterial things; except in mechanics; hence, urgency; importance; weight; significance. ²
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. ²
n. - Force of utterance expended upon words or syllables. Stress is in English the chief element in accent and is one of the most important in emphasis. See Guide to pronunciation, // 31-35. ²
n. - Distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained. ²
v. t. - To press; to urge; to distress; to put to difficulties. ²
v. t. - To subject to stress, pressure, or strain. ²

The word "stress" uses 6 letters: E R S S S T.

No direct anagrams for stress found in this word list.

Words formed by adding one letter before or after stress (in bold), or to erssst in any order:
a -   asserts   trasses   e -   tresses   i -   resists   sisters   o -   tossers   u -   russets   trusses   tussers  

Shorter words found within stress:
er   ers   erst   es   ess   et   re   res   rest   rests   ret   rets   ser   sers   set   sets   tress  

List shorter words within stress, sorted by length

Words formed from any letters in stress, plus an optional blank or existing letter

List all words starting with stress, words containing stress or words ending with stress

All words formed from stress by changing one letter

Other words with the same letter pairs: st   tr   re   es   ss  

Browse words starting with stress by next letter

Previous word in list: streptothricins  
Next word in list: stressed  

New Search

Some random words: golem   veal   plan   jiao   feal   geognosies   kelep