pa
(ɑ, pɔ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
press agent.
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p.a.
(ɑ, pɔ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
press agent.
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publicist
(ˈpʌb lə sɪst)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a person who publicizes, esp. a press agent or public-relations consultant.
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press
Webster Dictionary
to urge, or act upon, with force, as weight; to act upon by pushing or thrusting, in distinction from pulling; to crowd or compel by a gradual and continued exertion; to bear upon; to squeeze; to compress; as, we press the ground with the feet when we walk; we press the couch on which we repose; we press substances with the hands, fingers, or arms; we are pressed in a crowd
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printing press
(ˈprɪn tɪŋ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a machine, as a cylinder press or rotary press, for printing on paper or the like from type, plates, etc.
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sterhydraulic
Webster Dictionary
pertaining to, or designating, a kind of hydraulic press; resembling such a press in action or principle
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pressurage
Webster Dictionary
the juice of the grape extracted by the press; also, a fee paid for the use of a wine press
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press
Webster Dictionary
the art or business of printing and publishing; hence, printed publications, taken collectively, more especially newspapers or the persons employed in writing for them; as, a free press is a blessing, a licentious press is a curse
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alligator
Webster Dictionary
a kind of job press, called also alligator press
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pressman
Webster Dictionary
one who manages, or attends to, a press, esp. a printing press
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carrier
(ˈkær i ər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an individual harboring specific pathogenic organisms who, though often immune to the agent harbored, may transmit the agent to others.
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detergent
(ɪˈtɜr dʒənt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any synthetic organic cleaning agent that is liquid or water-soluble and has wetting-agent and emulsifying properties.
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agency
Webster Dictionary
the office of an agent, or factor; the relation between a principal and his agent; business of one intrusted with the concerns of another
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-eur
(ˈyu plɔɪd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a suffix occurring in loanwords from French, usu. agent nouns formed from verbs (entrepreneur; voyeur), less commonly adjectives (agent provocateur).
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press
Webster Dictionary
to squeeze in or with suitable instruments or apparatus, in order to compact, make dense, or smooth; as, to press cotton bales, paper, etc.; to smooth by ironing; as, to press clothes
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huddle
Webster Dictionary
to press together promiscuously, from confusion, apprehension, or the like; to crowd together confusedly; to press or hurry in disorder; to crowd
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power
Webster Dictionary
the agent exercising an ability to act; an individual invested with authority; an institution, or government, which exercises control; as, the great powers of Europe; hence, often, a superhuman agent; a spirit; a divinity
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hypochlorous acid
(hypochlorous acid)
Princeton's WordNet
a weak unstable acid known only in solution and in its salts; used as a bleaching agent and as an oxidizing agent
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commercial bribery
(commercial bribery)
Princeton's WordNet
bribery of a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into a transaction
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reflexive pronoun
(reflexive pronoun, reflexive)
Princeton's WordNet
a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent
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reflexive
(reflexive pronoun, reflexive)
Princeton's WordNet
a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent
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premunition
(ˌpri myuˈnɪʃ ən)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a state of balance between host and infectious agent such that the immune defense of the host is sufficient to resist further infection but insufficient to destroy the agent.
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kickback
(kickback)
Princeton's WordNet
a commercial bribe paid by a seller to a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into the transaction
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squeeze
Webster Dictionary
to press between two bodies; to press together closely; to compress; often, to compress so as to expel juice, moisture, etc.; as, to squeeze an orange with the fingers; to squeeze the hand in friendship
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agent
Webster Dictionary
an active power or cause; that which has the power to produce an effect; as, a physical, chemical, or medicinal agent; as, heat is a powerful agent
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signature
Webster Dictionary
a resemblance between the external characters of a disease and those of some physical agent, for instance, that existing between the red skin of scarlet fever and a red cloth; -- supposed to indicate this agent in the treatment of the disease
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reflexive verb
(reflexive verb)
Princeton's WordNet
a verb whose agent performs an action that is directed at the agent
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screw
Webster Dictionary
to turn, as a screw; to apply a screw to; to press, fasten, or make firm, by means of a screw or screws; as, to screw a lock on a door; to screw a press
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elisa
(ɪˈlaɪ zə, -sə)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a diagnostic test for detecting exposure to an infectious agent, as the AIDS virus, by combining a blood sample with antigen of the agent and probing with an enzyme that causes a color change when antibody to the infection is present in the sample.
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pressgang
Webster Dictionary
see Press gang, under Press
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