Definitions for high-pressure

high-pressure high-pres·sure

Spelling: [hahy-presh-er]
IPA: /ˈhaɪˈprɛʃ ər/

High-Pressure is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 517 anagrams from letters in high-pressure (-eeghhiprrssu).

Definitions for high-pressure

adjective

  1. having or involving a pressure above the normal:
  2. vigorous; persistent; aggressive:

verb (used with object)

  1. to employ aggressively forceful and unrelenting sales tactics on (a prospective customer):

Origin of high-pressure

First recorded in 1815-25

Examples for high-pressure

Here the meat is digerated by high-pressure steam of 75 lbs.

Both Trevithick and Evans invented the high-pressure engine.

To raise oil from the depths, rigs often inject water at high-pressure into the wells.

I am the same Trevithick that invented the high-pressure engine.

It was a high-pressure engine, and produced motion by a double screw.

He recognized the signs of high-pressure, and the light in Wrayson's eyes puzzled him.

This was the first mishap from the use of high-pressure steam.

Steam was supplied to the high-pressure cylinders at 320 lbs.

It is a high-pressure engine, and there is no way of slowing it down materially.

The University of Phoenix says high-pressure tactics are not tolerated.

Word Value for high-pressure
Scrable

11

Words with friends

10

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