drive thrust driving force | the act of applying force to propel something, after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off |
influence | causing something without any direct or apparent effort |
driving | the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal |
maltreatment ill-treatment ill-usage abuse | cruel or inhumane treatment, the child showed signs of physical abuse |
child abuse | the physical or emotional or sexual mistreatment of children |
drive driving | hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver, he sliced his drive out of bounds |
sexual assault sexual abuse sex crime sex offense | a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat, most states have replaced the common law definition of rape with statutes defining sexual assault |
statutory rape carnal abuse | sexual intercourse with a person (girl or boy) who has not reached the age of consent (even if both parties participate willingly) |
carnal abuse | any lascivious contact by an adult with the sexual organs of a child (especially not involving sexual intercourse) |
self-stimulation self-abuse | manual stimulation of your own genital organ for sexual pleasure |
misuse abuse | improper or excessive use, alcohol abuse, the abuse of public funds |
substance abuse drug abuse habit | excessive use of drugs |
alcohol abuse alcoholic abuse alcoholism abuse | excessive use of alcohol and alcoholic drinks |
alcohol thermometer alcohol-in-glass thermometer | thermometer consisting of a glass capillary tube marked with degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit and containing alcohol which rises or falls as it expands or contracts with changes in temperature |
driving belt | a belt that carries motion from a motor to the machinery |
driving iron one iron | (golf) the long iron with the most nearly vertical face |
driving wheel | a wheel that drives a motor vehicle (transforms torque into a tractive force) |
drug of abuse street drug | a drug that is taken for nonmedicinal reasons (usually for mind-altering effects), drug abuse can lead to physical and mental damage and (with some substances) dependence and addiction |
golf range driving range | a practice range for practicing golf shots |
live axle driving axle | the axle of a self-propelled vehicle that provides the driving power |
rubbing alcohol | lotion consisting of a poisonous solution of isopropyl alcohol or denatured ethanol alcohol for external use |
tribromoethanol tribromoethyl alcohol | an intravenous anesthetic |
influence | a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc, used her parents' influence to get the job |
influence | a cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do, her wishes had a great influence on his thinking |
driver's license driver's licence driving license driving licence | a license authorizing the bearer to drive a motor vehicle |
abuse insult revilement contumely vilification | a rude expression intended to offend or hurt, when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse, they yelled insults at the visiting team |
alcohol alcoholic drink alcoholic beverage intoxicant inebriant | a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent, alcohol (or drink) ruined him |
neutral spirits ethyl alcohol | nonflavored alcohol of percent orproof used for blending with straight whiskies and in making gin and liqueurs |
Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms ATF | the law enforcement and tax collection agency of the Treasury Department that enforces federal laws concerning alcohol and tobacco products and firearms and explosives and arson |
driving school | a school where people are taught to drive automobiles |
sphere sphere of influence | the geographical area in which one nation is very influential |
fixer influence peddler | someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee) |
influence | one having power to influence another, she was the most important influence in my life, he was a bad influence on the children |
influence | the effect of one thing (or person) on another, the influence of mechanical action |
alcoholism alcohol addiction inebriation drunkenness | habitual intoxication, prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms |
fetal alcohol syndrome FAS | a congenital medical condition in which body deformation occurs or facial development or mental ability is impaired because the mother drinks alcohol during pregnancy |
alcoholic dementia alcohol amnestic disorder Korsakoff's psychosis Korsakoff's syndrome Korsakov's psychosis Korsakov's syndrome polyneuritic psychosis | dementia observed during the last stages of severe chronic alcoholism, involves loss of memory for recent events although long term memory is intact |
alcohol group alcohol radical | the chemical group -OH |
methanol methyl alcohol wood alcohol wood spirit | a light volatile flammable poisonous liquid alcohol, used as an antifreeze and solvent and fuel and as a denaturant for ethyl alcohol |
alcohol | any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation |
ethyl alcohol ethanol fermentation alcohol grain alcohol | the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors, used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel, proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline |
absolute alcohol | pure ethyl alcohol (containing no more than % water) |
isopropyl alcohol isopropanol | alcohol used as antifreeze or a solvent |
denatured alcohol | ethyl alcohol that is unfit for drinking but is still useful for other purposes |
aldol aldehyde-alcohol | an oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde, contains an alcohol group (-OH) and an aldehyde group (-CHO) |
allyl alcohol propenyl alcohol | an unsaturated primary alcohol present in wood spirit, use to make resins and plasticizers and pharmaceuticals |
amyl alcohol | a mixture of or more isomeric alcohols, used as a solvent and in organic synthesis |
butyl alcohol butanol | a flammable alcohol derived from butanes and used for solvents |
diol glycol dihydric alcohol | any of a class of alcohols having hydroxyl groups in each molecule |
lauryl alcohol -dodecanol | a colorless insoluble solid alcohol used to make detergents and pharmaceuticals |