power /powˈər or powr/

1. The skill, physical ability, opportunity or authority to do something
2. Strength or energy
3. Force or effectiveness
4. An individual faculty or skill
5. Capacity for producing an effect
6. The moving force of anything
7. Control or influence exercised over others
8. Right to command, authority
9. Political control
10. Rule
11. Governing office
12. Permission to act
13. A paper giving authority to act
14. Potentiality
15. A person or group wielding authority or strong influence
16. That in which such authority or influence resides
17. A state influential in international affairs
18. (a state having) military strength of a specified kind
19. An armed force (archaic)
20. (often in pl) a spiritual agent
21. A being of the sixth order of the celestial hierarchy (medieval theol)
22. A great deal or great many (now dialect or informal)
23. A mark of subjection (Bible, 1 Corinthians 11.10; New English Bible ‘a sign of authority’)
24. The sound value of a letter
25. The rate at which a system absorbs energy from, or passes energy into, another system, esp the rate of doing mechanical work, measured in watts or other unit of work done per unit of time (mechanics, physics, etc)
26. Any of the forms of energy, or any of these as the driving force of a machine, etc
27. Mechanical or electrical energy as distinct from manual effort
28. An instrument serving as a means of applying energy (see mechanical powers under mechanic)
29. The product of a number of equal factors (as in 12 to the power of 4, or 12⁴ = 12×12×12×12), generalized to include negative and fractional numbers (mathematics)
30. The specified number of such factors, the index or exponent
31. The potency (qv) of a point with respect to a circle (geometry)
32. Magnifying strength, or a lens possessing it (optics)

1. Concerned with power
2. (of eg a tool) worked, or assisted in working, by mechanical or electrical power
3. Motor-driven
4. Involving a high degree of physical strength and skill (esp sport, as in power tennis)

(often with up) to equip with mechanical or electrical power

To move or propel with great force, energy or speed

powˈered adjective

(often as combining form) equipped with mechanical, etc power, as in nuclear-powered

powˈerful adjective

1. Having great power
2. Mighty
3. Forcible
4. Efficacious
5. Intense
6. Impressive, noticeable
7. (of a smell) strong and usu disagreeable
8. Great in quantity (informal)

Exceedingly

powˈerfully adverb

powˈerfulness noun

powˈerless adjective

1. Without power, deprived of power
2. Weak
3. Impotent
4. Helpless

powˈerlessly adverb

powˈerlessness noun

powˈer-amplifier or (informal) powˈer-amp noun (electronics)

The stage or element in an amplifer that regulates power output (also power unit)

powˈer-assisted adjective

Helped by or using mechanical power

power base noun

An area, body of people, etc providing the foundation of a person or organization's power

power block noun

A politically important and powerful group or body

powˈerboat noun

A boat propelled by a motor, a motorboat

power breakfast, power lunch or power tea noun (informal)

A high-level business or political discussion held over breakfast, lunch or tea

power broker noun

A highly influential person able to sway the decisions, policies, etc of various groups

power cut noun

An interruption of, or diminution in, the electrical supply in a particular area

power dive noun

A usu steep dive by an aeroplane, made faster by using the engine(s)

powˈer-dive intransitive verb and transitive verb

powˈer-diving noun

powˈer-dressed adjective

power dressing noun

The wearing, by businesswomen, of smart suits tailored on austerely masculine lines so as to give an impression of confident efficiency and have a daunting effect on colleagues, contacts, etc

power drill, power lathe, power loom or power press noun

A drill, lathe, loom or press worked by electricity or other form of power such as water or steam

powˈer-driven adjective

Worked by (esp mechanical or electrical) power

power factor noun (elec eng)

The ratio of the total power dissipated in an electric circuit to the total equivalent volt-amperes applied to that circuit

powˈerhouse noun

1. A place where power is generated, a power station
2. A remarkably forceful or energetic person (informal)

powˈerlifting noun

The sport of weightlifting

power line noun

A cable or conductor supplying mains electricity, esp an overhead one supported on poles or pylons

power lunch see power breakfast above.

power nap noun

A short restorative sleep or rest in the middle of the day taken by a person involved in a demanding activity

power of attorney see under attorn

power-on self-test noun (computing)

The checks carried out automatically by the BIOS software when a computer is first switched on (abbrev POST)

power pack noun

A device for adjusting an electric current to the voltages required by a particular piece of electronic equipment

power plant noun

1. An industrial plant for generating power
2. The assemblage of parts generating motive power in a motor car, aeroplane, etc

powˈerplay noun

1. Strong, attacking play designed to put pressure on the defence, with players and action concentrated in one small area (team sport)
2. Similarly concentrated pressure applied as a tactic in eg military, political or business encounters
3. (in ice hockey) a temporary numerical superiority created by an opponent's absence while serving a penalty
4. A period in a limited-overs cricket match during which there are special restrictions on where fielders may be positioned

power point noun

1. A wall socket at which an electrical appliance may be connected to the mains
2. Formerly, a 15-amp socket as distinct from a 5-amp one
3. (PowerPoint®) a computer program for creating slides to be used in formal presentations

power politics singular noun

International politics in which the course taken by states depends upon their knowledge that they can back their decisions with force or other coercive action

power series noun (mathematics)

An infinite series of the form Σa_n xⁿ, or a₀+a₁ x¹+a₂ x²+a₃ x³…, ie whose terms are ascending integral powers of a variable multiplied by constants

• tirl
• tirled
• tirlie-wirlie
• tirlie-wirlies
• tirling
• tirling-pin
• tirling-pins
• tirls
• Tir nan-Og
• Tir-na-nOg
• tiro
• tirocinium
• tirociniums
• tiroes
• Tirolean
• Tirolese
• Tirolienne
• Tironensian
• therapeutic
• therapeutically
• therapeutics
• therapeutist
• therapeutists
• therapies
• therapist