High-pressure
Definition of High-pressure
High´-pres`sure | a. | 1. | Having or involving a pressure greatly exceeding that of the atmosphere; - said of steam, air, water, etc., and of steam, air, or hydraulic engines, water wheels, etc. | | 2. | Fig.: Urgent; intense; as, a high-pressure business or social life. | | 3. | Using intense psychological pressure or other incentives to convince others to do things; aggressively persistent; as, high-pressure salesmen; high-pressure tactics. |
Related Words
aggressive, hard-hitting
|
Browse
High-churchman-ship
High-colored
High-embowed
High-energy physics
High-fed
High-finished
High-flown
High-flushed
High-go
High-handed
High-hearted
High-hoe
High-holder
High-low
High-mettled
High-minded
High-mindedness
High-palmed
high-pitched
high-power
-High-pressure-
High-pressure engine
High-priesthood
High-priestship
High-principled
High-proof
High-raised
High-reaching
High-red
High-seasoned
High-sighted
High-souled
High-sounding
high-speed
High-spirited
High-stepper
high-stepping
High-stomached
High-strung
High-swelling
High-toned
|
|
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
|