song
strain | the act of singing, with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates |
| strain straining | an intense or violent exertion |
striving
nisus
pains
strain | an effortful attempt to attain a goal |
superbug Bemisia tabaci
poinsettia strain | a strain of pest accidentally imported into Florida from the Middle East then spread to California where it is a very serious pest feeding on almost all vegetable crops and poinsettias |
| cotton strain | feeds primarily on cotton |
| solar thermal system | a system that converts sunlight into heat |
strain gauge
strain gage | a gauge for measuring strain in a surface |
| thermal printer | a printer that produces characters by applying heat to special paper that is sensitive to heat |
| thermal reactor | a nuclear reactor in which nuclear fissions are caused by neutrons that are slowed down by a moderator |
thermistor
thermal resistor | a semiconductor device made of materials whose resistance varies as a function of temperature, can be used to compensate for temperature variation in other components of a circuit |
thermal barrier
heat barrier | a limit to high speed flight imposed by aerodynamic heating |
tenor
strain | the general meaning or substance of an utterance, although I disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument |
tune
melody
air strain
melodic line
line melodic phrase | a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence, she was humming an air from Beethoven |
breed
strain
stock | a special variety of domesticated animals within a species, he experimented on a particular breed of white rats, he created a new strain of sheep |
form variant
strain var. | (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups, a new strain of microorganisms |
hot spring
thermal spring | a natural spring of water at a temperature ofF or above |
| strain | (physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces |
| thermal | rising current of warm air |
| softening | the process of becoming softer, refrigeration delayed the softening of the fruit, he observed the softening of iron by heat |
thermionic emission
thermal emission | the emission of electrons from very hot substances |
British thermal unit
BTU
B.Th.U. | a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure, equivalent to . calories |
| thermal equilibrium | a state in which all parts of a system are at the same temperature |
| strain | injury to a muscle (often caused by overuse), results in swelling and pain |
strain mental strain
nervous strain | (psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress, his responsibilities were a constant strain, the mental strain of staying alert hour after hour was too much for him |
| stress strain | difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension, she endured the stresses and strains of life, he presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger- R.J.Samuelson |
| thermal pollution | harm to lakes and rivers resulting from the release of excessive waste heat into them |
tense
strain
tense up | cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious, he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up |
| deform distort strain | alter the shape of (something) by stress, His body was deformed by leprosy |
strive
reach
strain | to exert much effort or energy, straining our ears to hear |
strain
extend | use to the utmost, exert vigorously or to full capacity, He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro, Don't strain your mind too much |
puree
strain | rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender, puree the vegetables for the baby |
filter
filtrate
strain
separate out
filter out | remove by passing through a filter, filter out the impurities |
sift
sieve
strain | separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements, sift the flour |
| strain tense | become stretched or tense or taut, the bodybuilder's neck muscles tensed, the rope strained when the weight was attached |
try
strain
stress | test the limits of, You are trying my patience! |
demulcent
emollient
salving
softening | having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin |
| thermal | caused by or designed to retain heat, a thermal burn, thermal underwear |
| thermal | of or relating to a hot spring, thermal water |
thermal
thermic
caloric | relating to or associated with heat, thermal movements of molecules, thermal capacity, thermic energy, the caloric effect of sunlight |