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IMPACT |
Effect upon |
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COUNTERCHARM |
To destroy the effect of a charm upon. |
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TOUCH |
To make an impression on; to have effect upon. |
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AFFECT |
To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon. |
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ACT |
To exert power; to produce an effect; as, the stomach acts
upon food. |
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GORGONIZE |
To have the effect of a Gorgon upon; to turn into
stone; to petrify. |
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CROWN |
To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the glacis,
or the summit of the breach. |
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REACT |
To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a
reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition. |
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DIPYRE |
A mineral of the scapolite group; -- so called from the
double effect of fire upon it, in fusing it, and rendering it
phosphorescent. |
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TAKE |
To take hold; to fix upon anything; to have the natural or
intended effect; to accomplish a purpose; as, he was inoculated, but
the virus did not take. |
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IMPULSE |
The action of a force during a very small interval of
time; the effect of such action; as, the impulse of a sudden blow upon
a hard elastic body. |
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ELECTRO-THERMANCY |
That branch of electrical science which treats
of the effect of an electric current upon the temperature of a
conductor, or a part of a circuit composed of two different metals. |
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POISON |
...organism,
is capable of producing a morbid, noxious, or deadly effect upon it;
as, morphine is a deadly poison; the poison of pestilential disea... |
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EXPERIENCE |
The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by
any event, whether witnessed or participated in; personal and direct
impressions as contra... |
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ORGANOLEPTIC |
Making an impression upon an organ; plastic; -- said
of the effect or impression produced by any substance on the organs of
touch, taste, or smell, and also on the organism as a whole. |
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AMPLIFICATION |
...ity
of description, the use of epithets, etc., for rhetorical effect;
diffuse narrative or description, or a dilating upon all the
particular... |
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CHANCE |
The supposed effect of such an agent; something that
befalls, as the result of unknown or unconsidered forces; the issue of
uncertain condition... |
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VEST |
To come or descend; to be fixed; to take effect, as a
title or right; -- followed by in; as, upon the death of the ancestor,
the estate, or the right to the estate, vests in the heir at law. |
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IVORYTYPE |
...int,
rendered translucent by varnish, and tinted upon the back, upon a
stronger print, so as to give the effect of a photograph in natural
co... |
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PERSPECTIVE |
The effect of distance upon the appearance of objects,
by means of which the eye recognized them as being at a more or less
measurable distance... |
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HYSTERESIS |
A lagging or retardation of the effect, when the forces
acting upon a body are changed, as if from velocity or internal
friction; a temporary r... |
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CLOSURE |
... an
immediate vote upon a measure before a legislative body. It is similar
in effect to the previous question. It was first introduced into the
... |
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INVERSE |
Opposite in nature and effect; -- said with reference to
any two operations, which, when both are performed in succession upon
any quantity, re... |
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STEREOPTICON |
...so, a pair of magic
lanterns for producing the effect of dissolving views. ... |
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MEDIUM |
A substance through which an effect is transmitted from one
thing to another; as, air is the common medium of sound. Hence: The
condition upon ... |