| ACUPRESSURE | • acupressure n. (Uncountable) An alternative medicine technique, derived from acupuncture, in which physical pressure… • acupressure n. (Countable) An act or instance of applying an acupressure technique.
 • acupressure n. (Dated) A mode of arresting hemorrhage resulting from wounds or surgical operations, by passing under…
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| ASSURE | • assure v. (Transitive) To make sure and secure; ensure. • assure v. (Transitive, followed by that or of) To give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of (something).
 • assure v. (Obsolete) To guarantee, promise (to do something).
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| CHAUSSURE | • chaussure n. (Dated) A foot covering of any kind. • CHAUSSURE n. (French) a foot covering of any kind.
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| COMMISSURE | • commissure n. (Anatomy) The joint between two bones. • commissure n. (Neuroanatomy) A band of nerve tissue connecting the hemispheres of the brain, the two sides of the spinal cord, etc.
 • commissure n. (Anatomy) The line where the upper and lower lips or eyelids meet.
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| COMPRESSURE | • compressure n. (Archaic) Compression. • COMPRESSURE n. the act of compressing.
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| COUNTERPRESSURE | • counterpressure n. Pressure applied in one direction to counterbalance pressure from another. • counterpressure v. (Transitive) To apply pressure to (something) in one direction to counterbalance pressure from another.
 • COUNTERPRESSURE n. an opposing pressure.
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| EXPRESSURE | • expressure n. (Obsolete) Expression; utterance; representation. • EXPRESSURE n. the act of expressing.
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| FISSURE | • fissure n. A long, narrow crack or opening made by breaking or splitting, especially in rock or earth. • fissure n. (Anatomy) A groove, deep furrow, elongated cleft or tear between body parts or in the substance of an organ; a sulcus.
 • fissure n. (Anatomy) A break or slit in tissue usually at the junction of skin and mucous membrane.
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| IMPRESSURE | • impressure n. (Obsolete) dent; impression. • IMPRESSURE n. (archaic) an impression.
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| OVERPRESSURE | • overpressure n. Excess or markedly elevated pressure, especially a transient high pressure due to a shock wave. • overpressure v. To subject to a high pressure.
 • OVERPRESSURE n. pressure significantly above what is usual or normal.
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| PREASSURE | • PREASSURE v. to assure in advance. | 
| PRESSURE | • pressure n. A pressing; a force applied to a surface. • pressure n. A contrasting force or impulse of any kind.
 • pressure n. Distress.
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| REASSURE | • reassure v. (Transitive) To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or self-doubt. • reassure v. (Transitive) To reinsure.
 • REASSURE v. to assure again.
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| SCISSURE | • scissure n. A longitudinal opening made by cutting; a cleft; a fissure. • SCISSURE n. a lengthwise cut.
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| TRESSURE | • tressure n. (Heraldry) A narrow border near the edge of a shield or banner. • TRESSURE n. a type of heraldic design, like plaited lilies, also TRESSOUR.
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