Exhausting
91gru´e|ling|ly — gru|el|ing «GROO uh lihng», adjective, noun. –adj. very tiring; exhausting: »The marathon is a grueling contest. –n. an exhausting or very tiring experience. –gru´e|ling|ly, adverb …
92gru|el|ing — «GROO uh lihng», adjective, noun. –adj. very tiring; exhausting: »The marathon is a grueling contest. –n. an exhausting or very tiring experience. –gru´e|ling|ly, adverb …
93Air pump — 1. (Physics) A kind of pump for exhausting air from a vessel or closed space; also, a pump to condense air or force it into a closed space. [1913 Webster] 2. (Steam Engines) A pump used to exhaust from a condenser the condensed steam, the water… …
94Arduous — Ar du*ous (?; 135), a. [L. arduus steep, high; akin to Ir. ard high, height.] 1. Steep and lofty, in a literal sense; hard to climb. [1913 Webster] Those arduous paths they trod. Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. Attended with great labor, like the… …
95arduous backbreaking back-breaking grueling gruelling hard heavy laborious labourious punishing slavish strenuous toilsome — effortful effortful adj. 1. requiring great physical effort. Opposite of {effortless}. [Narrower terms: {arduous, backbreaking, back breaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious, punishing, slavish, strenuous, toilsome};… …
96Aspirator — As pi*ra tor, n. 1. (Chem.) An apparatus for passing air or gases through or over certain liquids or solids, or for exhausting a closed vessel, by means of suction. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) An instrument for the evacuation of the fluid contents… …
97Bdellometer — Bdel*lom e*ter, n. [Gr. bde lla leech + meter.] (Med.) A cupping glass to which are attached a scarificator and an exhausting syringe. Dunglison. [1913 Webster] || …
98effortful — adj. 1. requiring great physical effort. Opposite of {effortless}. [Narrower terms: {arduous, backbreaking, back breaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious, punishing, slavish, strenuous, toilsome}; {exhausting, tiring,… …
99Exhaust — Ex*haust , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exhausted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exhausting}.] [L. exhaustus, p. p. of exhaurire; ex out + haurire, haustum, to draw, esp. water; perhaps akin to Icel. asua to sprinkle, pump.] 1. To draw or let out wholly; to drain… …
100Exhausted — Exhaust Ex*haust , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exhausted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exhausting}.] [L. exhaustus, p. p. of exhaurire; ex out + haurire, haustum, to draw, esp. water; perhaps akin to Icel. asua to sprinkle, pump.] 1. To draw or let out wholly; to… …