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1 pressure
['preʃə]1) ((the amount of force exerted by) the action of pressing: to apply pressure to a cut to stop bleeding; A barometer measures atmospheric pressure.) þrÿstingur2) ((a) strain or stress: The pressures of her work are sometimes too much for her.) álag3) (strong persuasion; compulsion or force: He agreed under pressure.) þrÿstingur, álag•- pressurise
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2 pressure cooker
(a type of saucepan in which food is cooked quickly by steam kept under great pressure.) hraðsuðupottur -
3 blood pressure
(the (amount of) pressure of the blood on the walls of the blood-vessels: The excitement will raise his blood pressure.) blóðþrÿstingur -
4 compressed air
(air which is at a pressure higher than atmospheric pressure: Deep sea divers breathe compressed air.) þrÿstiloft -
5 imprint
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6 ridge
[ri‹]1) (a long narrow piece of ground etc raised above the level of the ground etc on either side of it.) kambur, ás, hryggur2) (a long narrow row of hills.) (fjalls)hryggur3) (anything like a ridge in shape: A ridge of high pressure is a long narrow area of high pressure as shown on a weather map.) hæðarhryggur4) (the top edge of something where two sloping surfaces meet, eg on a roof.) hryggur -
7 safety valve
(a valve eg on a pressure cooker that opens if the pressure of the steam in it becomes too great.) öryggisventill -
8 aerosol
['eərəsol](a mixture of liquid or solid particles and gas under pressure which is released from a container in the form of a mist: Many deodorants come in the form of aerosols; ( also adjective) an aerosol spray.) (brúsa)úði -
9 air-gun
noun (a gun that is worked by air under pressure.) loftbyssa -
10 barometric
[bærə'metrik]adjective barometric pressure.) loftvogar-, loftþrÿsti- -
11 bear down on
1) (to approach quickly and often threateningly: The angry teacher bore down on the child.) æða að2) (to exert pressure on: The weight is bearing down on my chest.) þrÿsta á -
12 blood
1) (the red fluid pumped through the body by the heart: Blood poured from the wound in his side.) blóð2) (descent or ancestors: He is of royal blood.) ætt, uppruni•- bloody
- bloodcurdling
- blood donor
- blood group/type
- blood-poisoning
- blood pressure
- bloodshed
- bloodshot
- bloodstained
- bloodstream
- blood test
- bloodthirsty
- bloodthirstiness
- blood transfusion
- blood-vessel
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13 brainwash
verb (to force (a person) to confess etc by putting great (psychological) pressure on him: The terrorists brainwashed him into believing in their ideals.) heilaþvo -
14 dent
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15 depression
[-ʃən]1) (a state of sadness and low spirits: She was treated by the doctor for depression.) geðlægð, sjúklegt þunglyndi2) (lack of activity in trade: the depression of the 1930s.) samdráttur, kreppa3) (an area of low pressure in the atmosphere: The bad weather is caused by a depression.) lægð4) (a hollow.) dæld -
16 give way
1) (to stop in order to allow eg traffic to pass: Give way to traffic coming from the right.) víkja2) (to break, collapse etc under pressure: The bridge will give way any day now.) láta undan, bresta3) (to agree against one's will: I have no intention of giving way to demands like that.) láta undan -
17 glass
1) (a hard usually breakable transparent substance: The bottle is made of glass; ( also adjective) a glass bottle.) gler2) (a usually tall hollow object made of glass, used for drinking: There are six glasses on the tray; sherry-glasses.) glas3) ((also looking-glass) a mirror.) spegill4) (a barometer, or the atmospheric pressure shown by one: The glass is falling.) loftvog•- glasses- glassful
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18 hydraulic
1) (worked by the pressure of water or some other liquid: hydraulic brakes.) vökva-2) (relating to hydraulics: a hydraulic engineer.) sem varðar (hagnÿta) vökvafræði•- hydraulics -
19 pressurise
1) (to fit (an aeroplane etc) with a device that keeps air pressure normal: The cabins have all been pressurized) útbúa með loftþrÿstingsjafnara2) (to force: He was pressurized into giving up his job.) þvinga -
20 pressurize
1) (to fit (an aeroplane etc) with a device that keeps air pressure normal: The cabins have all been pressurized) útbúa með loftþrÿstingsjafnara2) (to force: He was pressurized into giving up his job.) þvinga
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