Vis.

Viscount

vis /vis, vēs or wēs/ (Latin)

Force, power

vis a tergo /ā tûrˈgō or ä terˈgō/ noun

Compulsion from behind

vis comica /komˈik-ə or kōmˈik-a/ noun

Comic power

vis inertiae /in-ûrˈshi-ē or in-ertˈi-ī/ noun

1. The power of inertia
2. Passive resistance

vis major /māˈjər or mäˈyor/ noun

Superior force

vis mortua /mörˈtū-ə or morˈtŭ-a/ noun

Force of pressure, dead force

vis viva /vīˈvə, vēˈva or wēˈwa/ noun

Living force, equal to the mass of a moving body multiplied by the square of its velocity

• strafes
• straff
• straffed
• straffing
• straffs
• strafing
• strag
• straggle
• straggled
• straggler
• stragglers
• straggles
• stragglier
• straggliest
• straggling
• stragglingly
• stragglings
• straggly
• strags
• straicht
• straight
• straight angle
• straight angles
• straight-arm
• straight arrow