Phrase Hound found 56 phrases and 63 compound words that contain stress. The most common are listed below. Open stress in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 56
- shear stressThe component of stress that causes parallel layers of a material to move relative to each other in their own planes.
- oxidative stressdamage caused to cells or tissue by reactive oxygen species
- Stress Management
- Traumatic stress
- stress testA test of cardiac function after a standardized amount of exertion.
- stress outTo become stressed.
- stress ballA small, malleable toy ball filled with soft material, used to relieve muscle tension in one's palm and hand and alleviate general feelings of anxiety.
- secondary stressThe weaker of two degrees of stress in the pronunciation of a word.
- Stress-testing
- primary stressThe stronger of two degrees of stress in the pronunciation of a word.
- stress-freeAlternative form of stressfree: Without stress.
- storm and stressSynonym of Sturm und Drang: A proto-Romantic movement in German literature and music which occurred from the late 1760s to the early 1780s, emphasizing individual subjectivity and the free expression of emotions.
- stress woodA type of wood which provides structural solidity to a tree.
- post-traumatic stress disorderA psychological condition that develops following some stressful situation or event, with symptoms such as sleep disturbance, recurrent dreams, flashbacks, hypervigilance, depression, dissociation, withdrawal or a lack of concentration.
- residual stressA stress that remains in a solid material after the original cause of the stress has been removed.
- stress accentA method or application of realizing phonological prominence of a segment phonetically by loudness or duration.
- anti-stressAlternative spelling of antistress: Countering stress.
- engineering stressIn a tensile test, the ratio of the applied force to the initial cross-sectional area of the tensile specimen (ignoring the gradual decrease in area resulting from Poisson's ratio).
- flow stressThe instantaneous value of stress (pressure) required to continue plastically deforming a material past the yield point, typically denoted as Y_f or σ_f.
- internal stressSynonym of residual stress: A stress that remains in a solid material after the original cause of the stress has been removed.
- stress functionA function that finds a more tractable method for the elastic equations that describe the deformation of an elastic body subject only to boundary surface forces.
- stress functionsplural of stress function: A function that finds a more tractable method for the elastic equations that describe the deformation of an elastic body subject only to boundary surface forces.
- stress markA written mark to show which part of a word should be stressed.
- true stressThe instantaneous stress caused by a load acting on a unit cross section
- stress eatingSynonym of comfort eating (“the consumption of food for pleasure or self-reassurance, rather than for nutrition or to satisfy hunger.”).
Compound words 63
- stressfulIrritating; causing stress.
- misstressTo stress incorrectly.
- destressTo reduce the physical stresses in (a material).
- overstressTo place excessive emphasis on something.
- destressifyTo reduce or eliminate emotional stress.
- stresslessLacking stress.
- stressogenicCausing stress.
- stressaholicOne who lives a very stressful life and has trouble relaxing.
- stressheadOne prone to, or suffering from, psychological stress.
- eustressA healthful, stimulating kind and level of stress.