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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

Coumarouna
genus Coumarouna noun tropical American trees: tonka beans

council
noun a meeting of people for consultation; `emergency council`

Council Bluffs
noun a town in southwest Iowa on the Missouri River across from Omaha

council member
councillor noun a member of a council

Council of Basel-Ferrara-Florence
noun the council in 1431-1439 that concentrated on the elimination of heresies and on reforms within the Roman Catholic Church

Council of Economic Advisors
noun an executive agency responsible for providing economic advice to the President

Council of Trent
noun a council of the Roman Catholic Church convened in Trento in three sessions between 1545 and 1563 to examine and condemn the teachings of Martin Luther and other Protestant reformers; redefined the Roman Catholic doctrine and abolished various ecclesiastical abuses and strengthened the papacy

Council on Environmental Policy
noun the executive agency that advises the President on protecting the environment

council tax
noun a tax levied on households by local authorities; based on the estimated value of the property and the number of people living in it

councillorship
councilorship noun the position of council member

councilman
noun a man who is a council member

councilwoman
noun a woman who is a council member

counsel
counselor noun a lawyer who pleads cases in court

Counsel to the Crown
noun a barrister selected to serve as counsel to the British ruler

counselorship
counsellorship noun the position of counselor

count
counting noun the act of counting; `the counting continued for several hours`

count
depend verb have faith or confidence in; `you can count on me to help you any time`; `Look to your friends for support`; `You can bet on that!`; `Depend on your family in times of crisis`

count down
verb count backwards; before detonating a bomb, for example

Count Fleet
noun thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1943

count noun
noun a noun that forms plurals

count off
verb call in turn from right to left or from back to front numbers that determine some position or function

count on
verb judge to be probable

count out
verb declare the loser

count palatine
noun a count who exercised royal authority in his own domains

count per minute
counts/minute noun frequency per minute

countable
denumerable adjective that can be counted; `countable sins`; `numerable assets`

countdown
noun counting backward from an arbitrary number to indicate the time remaining before some event (such as launching a space vehicle)

countenance
visage noun the appearance conveyed by a person`s face; `a pleasant countenance`; `a stern visage`

counter
adverb in the opposite direction; `run counter`

counter
noun a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot; `a counter may be used to stiffen the material around the heel and to give support to the foot`

counter check
noun a blank check provided by a bank for the convenience of customers who are making withdrawals

counter conditioning
noun conditioning in which a second incompatible response is conditioned to an already conditioned stimulus; `counter conditioning lies behind many of the procedures used in behavior therapy`

Counter Reformation
noun the reaction of the Roman Catholic Church to the Reformation reaffirming the veneration of saints and the authority of the Pope (to which Protestants objected); many leaders were Jesuits

counter tube
noun a measuring instrument for counting individual ionizing events

counter-drill
verb drill in an opposite direction

counter-sabotage
noun counterintelligence designed to detect and counteract sabotage

counteract
neutralize 2 counterbalance verb oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions; `This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues`

counteractive
adjective opposing or neutralizing or mitigating an effect by contrary action

counteractively
adverb in a counteractive manner

counterargument
noun an argument offered in opposition to another argument

counterattack
countermove noun an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc.

counterattack
noun (chess) an attack that is intended to counter the opponent`s advantage in another part of the board

counterattraction
noun a rival attraction

counterbalance
offset noun a compensating equivalent

counterbalanced
counterpoised adjective brought into equipoise by means of a weight or force that offsets another

counterbalancing
adjective serving to equilibrate; `he added a counterbalancing weight`

counterbattery fire
noun fire delivered to neutralize or destroy indirect fire weapon systems

counterblast
noun a vigorous and unrestrained response; `her tirade provoked a counterblast from her husband`

counterblow
noun a return blow; a retaliatory blow

counterbombardment
noun bombardment intended to destroy or neutralize enemy weapons

counterbore
countersink noun a bit for enlarging the upper part of a hole

counterchallenge
verb challenge in turn; `The authentication was counterchallenged`

counterchange
verb cause to change places; `interchange this screw for one of a smaller size`

countercharge
noun a retaliatory charge

countercheck
double check noun something that checks the correctness of a previous check

counterclaim
noun a claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal action

counterclockwise
anticlockwise adjective in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock

countercoup
noun a sudden and decisive overthrow of a government that gained power by a coup d`etat

counterculture
noun a culture with lifestyles and values opposed to those of the established culture

countercurrent
crosscurrent noun actions counter to the main group activity; `political crosscurrents disrupted the conference`

counterdemonstration
noun a demonstration held in opposition to another demonstration; `supporters of the president organized a counterdemonstration in his support`

counterdemonstrator
noun someone who demonstrates in opposition to another demonstration

counterespionage
noun spying on the spies

counterexample
noun refutation by example

counterfactual
contrary to fact adjective going counter to the facts (usually as a hypothesis)

counterfactuality
noun the quality of being contrary to fact

counterfeit
adjective not genuine; imitating something superior; `counterfeit emotion`; `counterfeit money`; `counterfeit works of art`; `a counterfeit prince`

counterfeiter
noun someone who makes copies illegally

counterfire
noun fire intended to neutralize or destroy enemy weapons

counterglow
gegenschein noun a faint spot of light in the night sky that appears directly opposite the position of the sun; a reflection of sunlight by micrometeoric material in space

counterinsurgent
adjective of or relating or characteristic of actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency

counterinsurgency
noun actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency

counterintelligence
noun intelligence activities concerned with identifying and counteracting the threat to security posed by hostile intelligence organizations or by individuals engaged in espionage or sabotage or subversion or terrorism

counterintuitive
adjective contrary to what common sense would suggest

counterintuitively
adverb in a counterintuitive manner

counterirritant
noun a medicine applied locally to produce superficial inflammation in order to reduce deeper inflammation

countermand
noun a contrary command cancelling or reversing a previous command

countermarch
noun (military) a march in the reverse direction or back along the same route

countermeasure
noun an action taken to offset another action

countermine
noun (military) a tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by the enemy

countermortar fire
noun mortar fire intended to destroy or neutralize enemy weapons

counteroffensive
noun a large scale offensive (more than a counterattack) undertaken by a defending force to seize the initiative from an attacking force

counteroffer
noun an offer made by someone who has rejected a prior offer

counterpart
similitude noun a duplicate copy

counterperson
counterwoman noun someone who attends a counter (as in a diner)

counterplay
noun (chess) an attack that is intended to counter the opponent`s advantage in another part of the board

counterplea
noun a plaintiff`s reply to a defendant`s plea

counterplot
counterplan noun a plot intended to subvert another plot

counterpoint
noun a musical form involving the simultaneous sound of two or more melodies

counterpreparation fire
noun intensive prearranged fire delivered when the immanence of enemy attack is discovered

counterproductive
adjective tending to hinder the achievement of a goal

counterproposal
noun a proposal offered as an alternative to an earlier proposal

counterpunch
parry noun a return punch (especially by a boxer)

counterreformation
noun a reformation intended to counter the results of a prior reformation

counterrevolutionary
adjective marked by opposition or antipathy to revolution; `ostracized for his counterrevolutionary tendencies`

counterrevolution
noun a revolution whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by a previous revolution

counterrevolutionist
counter-revolutionist noun a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution

countershot
noun a return shot; a retaliatory shot

countersign
verb add one`s signature to after another`s to attest authenticity; `You must countersign on this line of the contract`

countersignature
countersign noun a second confirming signature endorsing a document already signed