What it means
- (noun) (Cause of) discomfort.
- (noun) Serious danger.
- (noun) An aversive state of stress to which a person cannot fully adapt.
- (noun) A seizing of property without legal process to force payment of a debt.
- (noun) The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.
- (noun) A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.
- (noun) Aggression toward an organism resulting in a response in an attempt to restore previous conditions.
- (noun) The internal distribution of force across a small boundary per unit area of that boundary (pressure) within a body. It causes strain or deformation and is typically symbolised by σ or τ.
- (noun) Force externally applied to a body which cause internal stress within the body.
- (noun) Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal. “Go easy on him, he's been under a lot of stress lately.”
- (noun) The emphasis placed on a syllable of a word. “Some people put the stress on the first syllable of “controversy”; others put it on the second.”
- (noun) Emphasis placed on words in speaking.
Letter analysis
- Stresses contains 8 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 6 consonant(s).
- It uses 4 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 2.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 8.
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- abalones
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- abashing
- abattoir
- abbesses
- abdicate
- abdomens
- abducted
- abductee
- abductor
- aberrant
- abetters
- abetting
- abettors
- abeyance
- abhorred
Words starting with STR
- straddle
- straddled
- straddles
- straddling
- strafe
- strafed
- strafes
- strafing
- straggle
- straggled
- straggler
- stragglers
- straggles
- stragglier
- straggliest
- straggling
- straggly
- straight
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Words ending with SES
Common questions
What does Stresses mean?
(Cause of) discomfort.
How many letters are in Stresses?
Stresses has 8 letters.
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