You can make 26 words from stress according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
Definitions and meaning of stress
stress
Etymology
From a shortening of Middle Englishdestresse, borrowed from Old Frenchdestrecier, from Latindistringō(“to stretch out”). This form probably coalesced with Middle Englishstresse, from Old Frenchestrece(“narrowness”), from Vulgar Latin*strictia, from Latinstrictus(“narrow”).
In the sense of "mental strain" or “disruption”, used occasionally in the 1920s and 1930s by psychologists, including Walter Cannon (1934); in “biological threat”, used by endocrinologist Hans Selye, by metaphor with stress in physics (force on an object) in the 1930s, and popularized by same in the 1950s.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /stɹɛs/
Rhymes: -ɛs
Noun
stress (countable and uncountable, pluralstresses)
(biology) A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.
(biology) Aggression toward an organism resulting in a response in an attempt to restore previous conditions.
(countable, physics) The internal distribution of force across a small boundary per unit area of that boundary (pressure) within a body. It causes strain or deformation and is typically symbolised by σ or τ.
(countable, physics) Force externally applied to a body which cause internal stress within the body.
(uncountable) Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.
(countable, phonetics, loosely) A suprasegmental feature of a language having additional attention raised to a sound, word or word group by means of of loudness, duration or pitch; phonological prominence.
Synonym:accent
(countable, phonetics, strictly) The suprasegmental feature of a language having additional attention raised to a sound by means of of loudness and/or duration; phonological prominence phonetically achieved by means of dynamics as distinct from pitch.
Synonym:stress accent
Antonyms:pitch, pitch accent
(uncountable) Emphasis placed on a particular point in an argument or discussion (whether spoken or written).
Obsolete form of distress.
(Scots law) distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.
Synonyms
(phonetics):accent, emphasis
(on words in speaking):emphasis
(on a point):emphasis
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
stress (third-person singular simple presentstresses, present participlestressing, simple past and past participlestressed)
(transitive) To apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain.
(transitive) To apply emotional pressure to (a person or animal).
(intransitive, informal) To suffer stress; to worry or be agitated.
(transitive) To emphasise (a syllable of a word).
(transitive) To emphasise (words in speaking).
(transitive) To emphasise (a point) in an argument or discussion.
Synonyms
(phonetics):emphasise/emphasize
(on words in speaking):emphasise/emphasize
(on a point):emphasise/emphasize, underline
Derived terms
de-stress, destress
stressed
stress out
Translations
References
Related terms
strain
strait
strict
stringent
stringency
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from Englishstress.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈsd̥ʁɛs], [ˈsd̥ʁas], [ˈsd̥ʁɑs]
Noun
stressc or n (singular definitestressenorstresset, not used in plural)
stress
Derived terms
stresse(verb)
stresset(adjective)
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Englishstress.
Pronunciation
Rhymes: -ɛs
Noun
stressm (uncountable)
stress
Derived terms
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Englishstress.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /stʁɛs/
Noun
stressm (uncountable)
stress (emotional pressure)
Derived terms
Further reading
“stress”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Englishstress. First attested in the 1950s.