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Jack :: "Jack (n.) A portable machine variously constructed, for exerting great pressure, or lifting or moving a heavy body through a small distance. It consists of a lever, screw, rack and pinion, hydraulic press, or any simple combination of mechanical powers, working in a compact pedestal or support and operated by a lever, crank, capstan bar, etc. The name is often given to a jackscrew, which is a kind of jack..

Forceps :: Forceps (n.) A pair of pinchers, or tongs; an instrument for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction upon, bodies which it would be inconvenient or impracticable to seize with the fingers, especially one for delicate operations, as those of watchmakers, surgeons, accoucheurs, dentists, etc..

Wrench :: Wrench (v. t.) An instrument, often a simple bar or lever with jaws or an angular orifice either at the end or between the ends, for exerting a twisting strain, as in turning bolts, nuts, screw taps, etc.; a screw key. Many wrenches have adjustable jaws for grasping nuts, etc., of different sizes..

Overruling :: Overruling (a.) Exerting controlling power; as, an overruling Providence..

Exerting :: Exerting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Exer.

Energetical :: Energetical (a.) Having energy or energies; possessing a capacity for vigorous action or for exerting force; active.

Forceful :: Forceful (a.) Full of or processing force; exerting force; mighty.

Elective :: Elective (a.) Exerting the power of choice; selecting; as, an elective act..

Strong :: Strong (superl.) Having active physical power, or great physical power to act; having a power of exerting great bodily force; vigorous..

Agency :: Agency (n.) The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality.

Exertion :: Exertion (n.) The act of exerting, or putting into motion or action; the active exercise of any power or faculty; an effort, esp. a laborious or perceptible effort; as, an exertion of strength or power; an exertion of the limbs or of the mind; it is an exertion for him to move, to-day..

Influent :: Influent (a.) Exerting influence; influential.

Torpedinous :: Torpedinous (a.) Of or pertaining to a torpedo; resembling a torpedo; exerting a benumbing influence; stupefying; dull; torpid.

Single-acting :: Single-acting (a.) Having simplicity of action; especially (Mach.), acting or exerting force during strokes in one direction only; -- said of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc..

Specific :: Specific (a.) Exerting a peculiar influence over any part of the body; preventing or curing disease by a peculiar adaption, and not on general principles; as, quinine is a specific medicine in cases of malaria..

Delivery :: Delivery (n.) The act of exerting one's strength or limbs.

Creative :: Creative (a.) Having the power to create; exerting the act of creation.

Inflential :: Inflential (a.) Exerting or possessing influence or power; potent; efficacious; effective; strong; having authority or ascendency; as, an influential man, station, argument, etc..

Jackscrew :: "Jackscrew (n.) A jack in which a screw is used for lifting, or exerting pressure. See Illust. of 2d Jack, n., 5..

Powerable :: Powerable (a.) Capable of exerting power; powerful.

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