the branch of a nation’s armed services that conducts military operations in the air
an elite US Army unit whose main responsibilities are rescue operations and special forces work
(chiefly in science fiction) an invisible barrier of exerted strength or impetus
a play in which a runner must advance when a ball is hit, thereby allowing a fielder to put the runner out by touching the approached base before the runner gets there
(of a person) old or mature in certain respects without having developed fully in others
all the members of a particular organization or population who are able to work, viewed collectively
a political group or party acting as a check on conflict between two extreme or opposing groups
the South African armed services, consisting of the army, navy, air force, and medical service
unforeseeable circumstances that prevent someone from fulfilling a contract
a strong attractive force between nucleons in the atomic nucleus that holds the nucleus together
an organized body of police officers responsible for a country, district, or town
impose or press something on (a person or organization)
the simulation of physical attributes such as weight in computer gaming and virtual reality, allowing the user to interact directly with virtual objects using touch
the designation (when the president of the US is aboard) of any of several specially equipped jetliners maintained by the US Air Force
an apparent force that acts outward on a body moving around a center, arising from the body’s inertia
a force that acts on a body moving in a circular path and is directed toward the center around which the body is moving
adopt a fast pace in a race in order to tire out one’s opponents quickly
an imaginary line that represents the strength and direction of a magnetic, gravitational, or electric field at any point
a demonstration of the forces at one’s command and of one’s readiness to use them
an impressive performance or achievement that has been accomplished or managed with great skill
a difference in potential that tends to give rise to an electric current
a quantity representing the line integral of the magnetic intensity around a closed line (e.g., the sum of the magnetizing forces along a circuit)
a British force made available by the army reform of 1908 for service overseas against foreign countries. Such forces were sent to France at the outbreak of both world wars
force ideas or material on a person’s attention by repeatedly putting them forward
an officer of the highest rank in the US Air Force, ranking above general (awarded only in wartime)
the people engaged in or available for work, either in a country or area or in a particular company or industry