Words that rhyme with chesher

n 1: a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters [syn: are, ar]

n 1: a first-year undergraduate [syn: freshman, fresher]

n 1: the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit); "the compressed gas exerts an increased pressure" [syn: pressure, pressure level, force per unit area] 2: a force that compels; "the public brought pressure to bear on the government" 3: the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure; "he gave the button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding"; "at the pressing of a button" [syn: press, pressure, pressing] 4: the state of demanding notice or attention; "the insistence of their hunger"; "the press of business matters" [syn: imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press, pressure] 5: the somatic sensation that results from applying force to an area of skin; "the sensitivity of his skin to pressure and temperature was normal" [syn: pressure, pressure sensation] 6: an oppressive condition of physical or mental or social or economic distress 7: the pressure exerted by the atmosphere [syn: atmospheric pressure, air pressure, pressure] v 1: to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information" [syn: coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force] 2: exert pressure on someone through threats [syn: blackmail, blackjack, pressure]

n 1: a fee (in addition to that marked on the brief) paid to counsel in a case that lasts more than one day 2: a drink that refreshes; "he stopped at the bar for a quick refresher" 3: a course that reviews and updates a topic for those who have not kept abreast of developments [syn: refresher course, refresher]

n 1: a farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw [syn: thresher, thrasher, threshing machine] 2: large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed [syn: thresher, thrasher, thresher shark, fox shark, Alopius vulpinus]