Phrase Hound found 743 phrases and 202 compound words that contain power. The most common are listed below. Open power in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 743
- power supplyUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see power, supply.
- nuclear powerPower, especially electrical power, obtained using nuclear fission or nuclear fusion.
- purchasing powerThe amount of goods and services that can be bought with a unit of currency.
- balance of powerA situation of equilibrium in which no country is powerful enough to control, or threaten the interests of, the others.
- power stationSynonym of power plant: A station built for the production of electric power.
- power plantA station built for the production of electric power.
- great powerA state that has the ability to exert its influence on a global scale.
- power of attorneyThe legal authorization of one person to act as the agent of another.
- power lineAn electrical wire, cable or conduit, suspended in air by utility poles or transmission towers, or buried underground, used for the carrying of electricity either from a power source such as a generating station to a substation, or from a …
- power playTactics used to magnify power or influence.
- power steeringA system for reducing the driver's effort to steer, by using a power source to assist in turning the wheels. (Traditionally hydraulic; now sometimes electric.)
- power setThe set whose elements comprise all the subsets of S (including the empty set and S itself).
- solar powerThe conversion of energy from sunlight into electricity, either directly using photovoltaics, indirectly using concentrated solar power, or a combination of the two.
- power sourceA source of power such as a generator or mains outlet.
- market powerThe ability of a firm to profitably raise the market price of a good or service over marginal cost; also, the ability to raise it even further above marginal cost than it already is, even despite competitors' attempts to undersell.
- power levelA symbolic and often arbitrary unit of measurement representing strength and fighting ability.
- power failureAn unscheduled or accidental break in the supply of electricity.
- power plantsplural of power plant: A station built for the production of electric power.
- power cableAn insulated cable which carries electrical current.
- power struggleA situation where two or more people or groups fight to gain dominance over each other.
- will to powerThe vital energy in all living things which propels them to seek to grow, create, and thrive.
- power gridThe infrastructure for distributing electrical power throughout a region.
- nuclear power plantA power plant that obtains its primary energy from the heat generated in nuclear reactions.
- power toolAny of a wide class of tools powered by a motor (usually an electric motor); most especially such tools as are handheld, portable, and not stationary.
- Night of PowerSynonym of Laylatul Qadr: A night during Ramadan that commemorates the initial revelation of the Qur'an, usually on the 27th of Ramadan.
Compound words 202
- horsepowerPower derived from the motion of a horse.
- superpowerA sovereign state with dominant status on the globe and a very advanced military, especially the United States or formerly the Soviet Union.
- powerlessLacking sufficient power or strength.
- manpowerThe total number of all available workers; the workforce.
- powerhouseA power station; the building housing a power station
- firepowerThe capacity of a weapon to deliver fire onto a target.
- powerliftingA strength sport, consisting of three events: the squat, the bench press, and the deadlift. The maximum weight lifted in each event is totalled for a final score.
- powerboatA small, fast motorboat.
- powerballSynonym of speedball (“mixture of drugs”).
- cyberpowerPower exerted in or through the Internet or cyberspace.