Word Meanings - SUBCOMPRESSED - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Not fully compressed; partially or somewhat compressed.

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• SOMEWHAT
  1. More or less; a certain quantity or degree; a part, more or less; something. These salts have somewhat of a nitrous taste. Grew. Somewhat of his good sense will suffer, in this transfusion, and much of the beauty of his thoughts will be lost.
• COMPRESSIVE
  Compressing, or having power or tendency to compress; as, a compressive force.
• FULLY
  In a full manner or degree; completely; entirely; without lack or defect; adequately; satisfactorily; as, to be fully persuaded of the truth of a proposition. Fully committed , committed to prison for trial, in distinction from being detained for
• COMPRESSIBILITY
  The quality of being compressible of being compressible; as, the compressibility of elastic fluids.
• COMPRESSION PROJECTILE
  A projectile constructed so as to take the grooves of a rifle by means of a soft copper band firmly attached near its base or, formerly, by means of an envelope of soft metal. In small arms the modern projectile, having a soft core and
• COMPRESSOR
  Anything which serves to compress; as: A muscle that compresses certain parts. An instrument for compressing an artery (esp., the femoral artery) or other part. An apparatus for confining or flattening between glass plates an object to be examined
• COMPRESSURE
  Compression.
• COMPRESSIBLE
  Capable of being pressed together or forced into a narrower compass, as an elastic or spongy substance.
• COMPRESS
  1. To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense; as, to compress air or water. Events of centuries . . . compressed within the compass of a single life. D. Webster.
• COMPRESSION
  The act of compressing, or state of being compressed. "Compression of thought." Johnson.
• PARTIALLY
  1. In part; not totally; as, partially true; the sun partially eclipsed. Sir T. Browne. 2. In a partial manner; with undue bias of mind; with unjust favor or dislike; as, to judge partially. Shak.
• COMPRESSIBLENESS
  The quality of being compressible; compressibility.
• COMPRESSED YEAST
  A cake yeast made by filtering the cells from the liquid in which they are grown, subjecting to heavy pressure, and mixing with starch or flour.
• COMPRESSED
  Flattened lengthwise. Compessed air engine, an engine operated by the elastic force of compressed air. (more info) 1. Pressed together; compacted; reduced in volume by pressure.
• DISREGARDFULLY
  Negligently; heedlessly.
• INCOMPRESSIBLE
  Not compressible; incapable of being reduced by force or pressure into a smaller compass or volume; resisting compression; as, many liquids and solids appear to be almost incompressible. -- In`com*press"i*ble*ness, n.
• DOUBTFULLY
  In a doubtful manner. Nor did the goddess doubtfully declare. Dryden.
• HEALTHFULLY
  In health; wholesomely.
• RAPFULLY
  Violently.
• CAREFULLY
  In a careful manner.
• FRIGHTFULLY
  In a frightful manner; to a frightful dagree.
• FEARFULLY
  In a fearful manner.
• MASTERFULLY
  In a masterful manner; imperiously. A lawless and rebellious man who held lands masterfully and in high contempt of the royal authority. Macaulay.
• BALEFULLY
  In a baleful manner; perniciously.
• INCOMPRESSIBILITY
  The quality of being incompressible, or incapable of reduction in volume by pressure; -- formerly supposed to be a property of liquids. The incompressibility of water is not absolute. Rees.
• TRISTFULLY
  In a tristful manner; sadly.
• BASHFULLY
  In a bashful manner.
• IMPARTIALLY
  In an impartial manner.
• SUBCOMPRESSED
  Not fully compressed; partially or somewhat compressed.
• OBCOMPRESSED
  Compressed or flattened antero-posteriorly, or in a way opposite to the usual one.
• DEVICEFULLY
  In a deviceful manner.