11-letter words containing ress
- press agent — a person employed to promote the interests of an individual, organization, etc., by obtaining favorable publicity through advertisements, mentions in columns, and the like.
- press baron — an influential newspaper publisher or owner who usually controls more than one widely circulated newspaper.
- press brake — brake1 (def 6).
- press corps — a group of journalists representing various publications who regularly cover the same beat: the White House press corps.
- press money — prest money.
- press party — a party given for reporters and photographers exclusively or particularly to get publicity, as for the introduction of a new product, the maiden voyage of a liner, or the like.
- press proof — the last proof examined before matter goes to press.
- pressburger — Emeric (ˈɛmərɪk). 1902–88, Hungarian film writer and producer, living in Britain: best known for his collaboration (1942–57) with Michael Powell. Films include The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), I Know Where I'm Going (1945), and A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
- presstitute — a journalist or media source whose news coverage is considered to be inappropriately influenced by business interests, political motives, etc. (often used attributively): claims made by the industry and trumpeted by the corporate presstitute media.
- pressurized — brought to and maintained at an atmospheric pressure higher than that of the surroundings: cooking with pressurized steam.
- prestressed — (of steel cables, wires, etc, of a precast concrete part) that has been prestressed
- progressing — a movement toward a goal or to a further or higher stage: the progress of a student toward a degree.
- progression — the act of progressing; forward or onward movement.
- progressism — the philosophy of a progressist
- progressist — a person favoring progress, as in politics; progressive.
- progressive — favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, especially in political matters: a progressive mayor.
- protectress — a woman who guards or defends someone or something; protector.
- punch press — a power-driven machine used to cut, draw, or otherwise shape material, especially metal sheets, with dies, under pressure or by heavy blows.
- redressable — the setting right of what is wrong: redress of abuses.
- redressible — the setting right of what is wrong: redress of abuses.
- repressible — to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
- repressibly — in a repressible way
- screw press — a device for applying pressure by the turning of a threaded shaft.
- seamstressy — needlework
- shirt-dress — shirtwaist (def 2).
- stress ball — a small rubber ball squeezed in the hand as a means of relieving stress
- stress mark — a mark placed before, after, or over a syllable to indicate stress in pronunciation; accent mark.
- stress test — a simulation designed to show how a person or thing functions when affected by adverse circumstances
- stress-test — to subject to a stress test.
- subprioress — a nun junior to a prioress
- supportress — a female supporter
- suppressant — a substance that suppresses an undesirable action or condition: an appetite suppressant.
- suppressing — to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
- suppression — the act of suppressing.
- suppressive — to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
- surmistress — a female deputy headteacher
- thale cress — a small cruciferous plant, Arabidopsis thaliana
- topdressing — an application of fertiliser to soil
- trade dress — the total visual image and specific design of a product or service that distinguish it from others and identify its origin or source. Trade dress is protected under trademark law and consists of elements that are not functional, as product packaging or the décor of a business.
- unaddressed — a speech or written statement, usually formal, directed to a particular group of persons: the president's address on the state of the economy.
- undepressed — not despondent or sunken
- undressings — acts of undressing
- unexpressed — not expressed; not indicated or communicated, as in words, intimations, or the like: an unexpressed desire.
- unimpressed — finding sth unremarkable
- unit stress — a stress upon a structure at a certain place, expressed in units of force per unit of cross-sectional area, as in pounds per square inch.
- unoppressed — to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power: a people oppressed by totalitarianism.
- unpressured — the exertion of force upon a surface by an object, fluid, etc., in contact with it: the pressure of earth against a wall.
- unredressed — not made right or compensated for
- unrepressed — subjected to, affected by, or characteristic of psychological repression: repressed emotional conflicts.
- unstressful — full of stress or tension: the stressful days before a war.