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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Matter :: Matter (n.) Inducing cause or occasion, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing; difficulty; trouble..
Dulcinea :: Dulcinea (n.) A mistress; a sweetheart.
Ache :: Ache (v. i.) To suffer pain; to have, or be in, pain, or in continued pain; to be distressed..
Anguish :: Anguish (n.) Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress..
Pine :: Pine (v. i.) To languish; to lose flesh or wear away, under any distress or anexiety of mind; to droop; -- often used with away..
Recoil :: Recoil (v. i.) To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink..
Consolation :: Consolation (n.) The act of consoling; the state of being consoled; allevation of misery or distress of mind; refreshment of spirit; comfort; that which consoles or comforts the spirit.
Anxiety :: Anxiety (n.) A state of restlessness and agitation, often with general indisposition and a distressing sense of oppression at the epigastrium..
Taking :: Taking (n.) Agitation; excitement; distress of mind.
Schoolmistress :: Schoolmistress (n.) A woman who governs and teaches a school; a female school-teacher.
Dame :: Dame (n.) The mistress of a family in common life, or the mistress of a common school; as, a dame's school..
Emphatical :: Emphatical (a.) Uttered with emphasis; made prominent and impressive by a peculiar stress of voice; laying stress; deserving of stress or emphasis; forcible; impressive; strong; as, to remonstrate in am emphatic manner; an emphatic word; an emphatic tone; emphatic reasoning..
Sahibah :: Sahibah (n.) A lady; mistress.
Famish :: Famish (v. t.) To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to distress with hanger..
Impostress :: Impostress (n.) Alt. of Impostri.
Ministress :: Ministress (n.) A woman who ministers.
Cry :: Cry (v. i.) To utter lamentations; to lament audibly; to express pain, grief, or distress, by weeping and sobbing; to shed tears; to bawl, as a child..
Empress :: Empress (n.) A sovereign mistress.
Comfortless :: Comfortless (a.) Without comfort or comforts; in want or distress; cheerless.
Fantastic :: Fantastic (a.) Indulging the vagaries of imagination; whimsical; full of absurd fancies; capricious; as, fantastic minds; a fantastic mistress..
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