point resistance
Civil Engin.
noun
The upward force exerted by soil on the base of a pile.
Origin
1940s.
- marriage bureau
- marriage ceremony
- marriage certificate
- marriage contract
- marriage counseling
- marriage counselling
- marriage counsellor
- marriage counselor
- marriage dress
- marriage encounter
- marriage equality
- marriage finger
- marriage guidance
- marriage guidance counsellor
- marriage licence
- marriage lines
- marriage money
- marriage noose
- marriage of convenience
- Marriage of the Adriatic
- marriage partnership
- marriage payment
- marriage portion
- marriage proposal
- marriage rate