Word Meanings - COUNTERSTAND - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Resistance; opposition; a stand against.

• Stander-by
  One who stands near; one who is present; a bystander.
• Standergrass
  A plant (Orchis mascula); -- called also standerwort, and long purple. See Long purple, under Long.
• Againstand
  To withstand.
• Standgale
  See Stannel.
• Opposition
  The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance.
• Oppositionist
  One who belongs to the opposition party.
• Standpipe
  A vertical pipe, open at the top, between a hydrant and a reservoir, to equalize the flow of water; also, a large vertical pipe, near a pumping engine, into which water is forced up, so as to give it sufficient head to rise to the required level a
• Resistance
  The act of resisting; opposition, passive or active.
• Standpoint
  A fixed point or station; a basis or fundamental principle; a position from which objects or principles are viewed, and according to which they are compared and judged.
• Standstill
  A standing without moving forward or backward; a stop; a state or rest.
• RESISTANCEFRAME
  A rheostat consisting of an open frame on which are stretched spirals of wire. Being freely exposed to the air, they radiate heat rapidly.
• STANDARDBRED
  Bred in conformity to a standard. Specif., applied to a registered trotting horse which comes up to the standard adopted by the National Association of Trotting-horse Breeders. [U. S.]
• STANDARDWING
  A curious paradise bird (Semioptera Wallacii) which has two long special feathers standing erect on each wing.

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