Explosive
(a.) Driving or bursting out with violence and noise |
Explosive
(n.) An explosive agent |
Explosive
(n.) A sound produced by an explosive impulse of the breath |
Force
(v. t.) To stuff |
Force
(n.) A waterfall |
Force
(n.) Strength or energy of body or mind |
Force
(n.) Power exerted against will or consent |
Force
(n.) Strength or power for war |
Force
(n.) Strength or power exercised without law, or contrary to law, upon persons or things |
Force
(n.) Validity |
Force
(n.) Any action between two bodies which changes, or tends to change, their relative condition as to rest or motion |
Force
(n.) To constrain to do or to forbear, by the exertion of a power not resistible |
Force
(n.) To compel, as by strength of evidence |
Force
(n.) To do violence to |
Force
(n.) To obtain or win by strength |
Force
(n.) To impel, drive, wrest, extort, get, etc., by main strength or violence |
Force
(n.) To put in force |
Force
(n.) To exert to the utmost |
Force
(n.) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit of which he has none. |
Force
(n.) To provide with forces |
Force
(n.) To allow the force of |
Force
(v. i.) To use violence |
Force
(v. i.) To make a difficult matter of anything |
Force
(v. i.) To be of force, importance, or weight |
Force pump
() A pump having a solid piston, or plunger, for drawing and forcing a liquid, as water, through the valves |
Force pump
() A pump adapted for delivering water at a considerable height above the pump, or under a considerable pressure |
Horse power
() The power which a horse exerts. |
Horse power
() A unit of power, used in stating the power required to drive machinery, and in estimating the capabilities of animals or steam engines and other prime movers for doing work. It is the power required for the performance of work at the rate of 33,000 English units of work per minute |
Horse power
() A machine worked by a horse, for driving other machinery |
Power
(n.) Same as Poor, the fish. |
Power
(n.) Ability to act, regarded as latent or inherent |
Power
(n.) Ability, regarded as put forth or exerted |
Power
(n.) Capacity of undergoing or suffering |
Power
(n.) The exercise of a faculty |
Power
(n.) The agent exercising an ability to act |
Power
(n.) A military or naval force |
Power
(n.) A large quantity |
Power
(n.) The rate at which mechanical energy is exerted or mechanical work performed, as by an engine or other machine, or an animal, working continuously |
Power
(n.) A mechanical agent |
Power
(n.) Applied force |
Power
(n.) A machine acted upon by an animal, and serving as a motor to drive other machinery |
Power
(n.) The product arising from the multiplication of a number into itself |
Power
(n.) Mental or moral ability to act |
Power
(n.) The degree to which a lens, mirror, or any optical instrument, magnifies |
Power
(n.) An authority enabling a person to dispose of an interest vested either in himself or in another person |
Power
(n.) Hence, vested authority to act in a given case |
Water power
() The power of water employed to move machinery, etc. |
Water power
() A fall of water which may be used to drive machinery |
| tour de force | a masterly or brilliant feat |
drive thrust
driving force | the act of applying force to propel something, after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off |
force out
force-out
force play
force | a putout of a base runner who is required to run, the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base, the shortstop got the runner at second on a force |
| accession rise to power | the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne), Elizabeth's accession in |
| power dive | a dive of an airplane that is accelerated both by gravity and by the power of the engine |
| power play | (ice hockey) a play in which one team has a numerical advantage over the other as a result of penalties, the team was unable to capitalize on the power play |
| power play | a play in which there is a concentration of players in one location on the field of play, they used a power play to return the kickoff |
| power walking | a form of cardiopulmonary exercise consisting of rapid walking accompanied by vigorous swinging of the arms |
power play
squeeze play squeeze | an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power, she laughed at this sexual power play and walked away |
| power trip | (slang) a self-aggrandizing action undertaken simply for the pleasure of exercising control over other people |
| violence force | an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists), he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one |
| reconnaissance in force | an offensive operation designed to discover or test the enemy's strength (or to obtain other information) |
Air Force Research Laboratory
AFRL | a United States Air Force defense laboratory responsible for discovering and developing and integrating fighting technologies for aerospace forces |
charge
burster
bursting charge
explosive charge | a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time, this cartridge has a powder charge ofgrains |
disrupting explosive
bursting explosive | a high explosive that is used to damage the target that is under attack |
electric meter
power meter | a meter for measuring the amount of electric power used |
| explosive | a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck |
| explosive compound | a compound that is explosive |
explosive detection system
EDS | a rapid automatic system to detect plastic explosives in passengers' luggage using Xay technology and computers, designed for use in airports |
| explosive device | device that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy |
| explosive mixture | a mixture that is explosive |
explosive trace detection
ETD | a system for screening luggage in airports, an agent passes a swab around or inside luggage and then runs the swab through a machine that can detect trace amounts of explosives |
| force pump | pump used to force a liquid up and expel it under pressure |
fuel-air explosive
FAE | a device consisting of a container of fuel and two explosive charges, the first charge bursts open the fuel container at a predetermined height and spreads the fuel in a cloud that mixes with atmospheric oxygen, the second charge detonates the cloud which creates an enormous blast wave and incinerates whatever is below |
gearing
gear geartrain
power train
train | wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed, the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain |
| hammer power hammer | a power tool for drilling rocks |
improvised explosive device
I.E.D.
IED | an explosive device that is improvised |
lubricating system
force-feed lubricating system
force feed
pressure-feed lubricating system
pressure feed | mechanical system of lubricating internal combustion engines in which a pump forces oil into the engine bearings |
plastic explosive
plastique | an explosive material that is easily molded around the object it is intended to destroy |
| point power point | a wall socket |
| power brake | a brake on an automobile that magnifies a small force applied to the brake pedal into a proportionately larger force applied to slow or stop the vehicle |
| power cord | a cord to conduct power to an electrical appliance |
| power drill | a power tool for drilling holes into hard materials |
power line
power cable | cable used to distribute electricity |
| power loom | a loom operated mechanically |
| power module | module that provides power to operate other modules |
power mower
motor mower | a lawn mower powered by a gasoline motor |
| power pack | a device for converting a power supply to a voltage required by particular equipment |
power saw
saw sawing machine | a power tool for cutting wood |
power shovel
excavator
digger
shovel | a machine for excavating |
power station
power plant
powerhouse | an electrical generating station |
power steering
power-assisted steering | automotive steering where engineer power amplifies the torque applied to the steering wheel |
power system
power grid
grid | a system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region |
power takeoff
PTO | a device that transfers power from an engine (as in a tractor or other motor vehicle) to another piece of equipment (as to a pump or jackhammer) |
| power tool | a tool driven by a motor |
propellant explosive
impulse explosive | an explosive that is used to propel projectiles from guns or to propel rockets and missiles or to launch torpedos and depth charges |
pylon
power pylon | a large vertical steel tower supporting high-tension power lines, power pylons are a favorite target for terrorists |
| drawing power | the capacity for attracting people (customers or supporters) |
locomotion
motive power
motivity | the power or ability to move |
| effect force | (of a law) having legal validity, the law is still in effect |