| strong |
| 1. adj. Capable of producing great physical force. | |
| a big strong man; Jake was tall and strong | |
| 2. adj. Capable of withstanding great physical force. | |
| a strong foundation; good strong shoes | |
| 3. adj. (of water, wind, etc.) Having a lot of power. | |
| The man was nearly drowned after a strong undercurrent swept him out to sea. | |
| 4. adj. Determined; unyielding. | |
| He is strong in the face of adversity. | |
| 5. adj. Highly stimulating to the senses. | |
| a strong light; a strong taste | |
| 6. adj. Having an offensive or intense odor or flavor. | |
| a strong smell | |
| 7. adj. Having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient. | |
| a strong cup of coffee; a strong medicine | |
| 8. adj. (specifically) Having a high alcoholic content. | |
| a strong drink | |
| She gets up, and pours herself a strong one. - Eagles, Lying Eyes | |
| 9. adj. (grammar) Inflecting in a different manner than the one called weak, such as Germanic verbs which change vowels. | |
| a strong verb | |
| 10. adj. (chemistry) That completely ionizes into anions and cations in a solution. | |
| a strong acid; a strong base | |
| 11. adj. (military) Not easily subdued or taken. | |
| a strong position | |
| 12. adj. (slang) Impressive, good. | |
| You're working with troubled youth in your off time? That’s strong! | |
| 13. adj. Having a specified number of people or units. | |
| The enemy's army force was five thousand strong. | |
| 14. adj. (of a disease or symptom) severe (very bad or intense) | |
| 15. adj. (mathematics, logic) Having a wide range of logical consequences; widely applicable. (Often contrasted with a weak statement which it implies.) | |
| 16. adj. (of an argument) Convincing. | |
| 17. adv. In a strong manner. | |
| pincers |
| 1. n. plural of pincer | |
| 2. n. A gripping tool, pivoted like a pair of scissors, but with blunt jaws. | |
| 3. n. The front claws of crustaceans such as lobsters. | |
| or |
| 1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...) | |
| In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian. | |
| He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what. | |
| 2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or. | |
| 3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities. | |
| 4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false). | |
| It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold! | |
| 5. conj. Connects two equivalent names. | |
| The country Myanmar, or Burma | |
| 6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR | |
| 7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
| 8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
| 9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on). | |
| 10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously. | |
| 11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere. | |
| forceps |
| 1. n. An instrument used in surgery or medical procedures for grasping and holding objects, similar to tongs or pincers. | |
