in+distress
81distress call — call for help …
82distress signal — sign of danger or trouble, cry for help …
83distress phase — A situation wherein there is reasonable certainty that an aircraft and its occupants are threatened by grave and imminent danger or require immediate assistance (ICAO). The code word for this phase is DETRESFA. This phase begins when the fuel on… …
84distress — , distressed Distressed material that is nicked and scratched, or in other ways shows signs of age, received through use, abuse, exposure to the weather, etc., or through artifice. Also see abrasive, antiquing, carve, dent, discoloration,… …
85distress warrant — noun Law a warrant authorizing distraint …
86distress — I. n. 1. Affliction, calamity, disaster, misery, misfortune, adversity, hardship, trial, trouble, perplexity. 2. Anguish, agony, suffering, sorrow, grief. 3. Pain, anguish, agony, torture, gripe, griping. 4. Privation, destitution, poverty,… …
87distress — n 1. anguish, misery, Archaic. bale, dolor, grief, sorrow, Archaic. dole; sadness, woe, ruth, heartache, heartbreak; ache, hurt, pain, suffering; torture, torment, agony; bereavement, mourning; woefulness, wretchedness, heaviness of heart,… …
88distress — dis·tress …
89distress — dis•tress [[t]dɪˈstrɛs[/t]] n. 1) acute anxiety, pain, or sorrow 2) anything that causes anxiety, pain, or sorrow 3) a state of extreme necessity, trouble, or misfortune 4) the state of a ship or airplane requiring immediate assistance, as when… …
90DISTRESS — • Dispatch Stent Restenosis Study …