tension

1. A balanced relation between strongly opposing elements: "the continuing, and essential, tension between two of the three branches of government, judicial and legislative” ( Haynes Johnson).

2. A device for regulating tautness, especially a device that controls the tautness of thread on a sewing machine or loom.

3. A force tending to stretch or elongate something.

4. A measure of such a force: a tension on the cable of 50 pounds.

5. Barely controlled hostility or a strained relationship between people or groups: the dangerous tension between opposing military powers.

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1. To subject to tension.

2. To tighten to a desired or appropriate degree.

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1. To subject to tension; tighten.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
intones	7	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
intones	7
tension	7