Counterview (n.) A position in which two dissimilar things illustrate each other by opposition; contrast.
Countervote (v. t.) To vote in opposition to; to balance or overcome by voting; to outvote.
Counterwait (v. t.) To wait or watch for; to be on guard against.
Counterweigh (v. t.) To weigh against; to counterbalance.
Counter weight (n.) A counterpoise.
Counterwheel (v. t.) To cause to wheel or turn in an opposite direction.
Counterwork (v. t.) To work in opposition to; to counteract.
Countesses (pl. ) of Countess
Countess (n.) The wife of an earl in the British peerage, or of a count in the Continental nobility; also, a lady possessed of the same dignity in her own right. See the Note under Count.
Countinghouse (v.) Alt. of Countingroom
Countingroom (v.) The house or room in which a merchant, trader, or manufacturer keeps his books and transacts business.
Countless (a.) Incapable of being counted; not ascertainable; innumerable.
Countor (v. t.) An advocate or professional pleader; one who counted for his client, that is, orally pleaded his cause.
Countour (n.) Alt. of Countourhouse
Countourhouse (n.) A merchant's office; a countinghouse.
Countre- () Same as prefix Counter-.
Countreplete (v. t.) To counterplead.
Countretaille (n.) A counter tally; correspondence (in sound).
Countrified (p. a.) Having the appearance and manners of a rustic; rude.
Countrify (v. t.) To give a rural appearance to; to cause to appear rustic.
Countries (pl. ) of Country
Country (adv.) A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronoun) the region of one's birth, permanent residence, or citizenship.
Country (adv.) Rural regions, as opposed to a city or town.
Country (adv.) The inhabitants or people of a state or a region; the populace; the public. Hence: (a) One's constituents. (b) The whole body of the electors of state; as, to dissolve Parliament and appeal to the country.
Country (adv.) A jury, as representing the citizens of a country.
Country (adv.) The inhabitants of the district from which a jury is drawn.
Country (adv.) The rock through which a vein runs.
Country (a.) Pertaining to the regions remote from a city; rural; rustic; as, a country life; a country town; the country party, as opposed to city.
Country (a.) Destitute of refinement; rude; unpolished; rustic; not urbane; as, country manners.
Country (a.) Pertaining, or peculiar, to one's own country.
Country-base (n.) Same as Prison base.
Country-dance (n.) See Contradance.
Countrymen (pl. ) of Countryman
Countryman (n.) An inhabitant or native of a region.
Countryman (n.) One born in the same country with another; a compatriot; -- used with a possessive pronoun.
Countryman (n.) One who dwells in the country, as distinguished from a townsman or an inhabitant of a city; a rustic; a husbandman or farmer.
Country seat () A dwelling in the country, used as a place of retirement from the city.
Countryside (n.) A particular rural district; a country neighborhood.
Countrywomen (pl. ) of Countrywoman
Countrywoman (n.) A woman born, or dwelling, in the country, as opposed to the city; a woman born or dwelling in the same country with another native or inhabitant.
Count-wheel (n.) The wheel in a clock which regulates the number of strokes.
Counties (pl. ) of County
County (n.) An earldom; the domain of a count or earl.
County (n.) A circuit or particular portion of a state or kingdom, separated from the rest of the territory, for certain purposes in the administration of justice and public affairs; -- called also a shire. See Shire.
County (n.) A count; an earl or lord.
Coup (n.) A sudden stroke; an unexpected device or stratagem; -- a term used in various ways to convey the idea of promptness and force.
Coupable (a.) Culpable.
Coupe (n.) The front compartment of a French diligence; also, the front compartment (usually for three persons) of a car or carriage on British railways.
Coupe (n.) A four-wheeled close carriage for two persons inside, with an outside seat for the driver; -- so called because giving the appearance of a larger carriage cut off.
Couped (a.) Cut off smoothly, as distinguished from erased; -- used especially for the head or limb of an animal. See Erased.
Coupee (n.) A motion in dancing, when one leg is a little bent, and raised from the floor, and with the other a forward motion is made.
Coupe-gorge (n.) Any position giving the enemy such advantage that the troops occupying it must either surrender or be cut to pieces.
Couple (a.) That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.
Couple (a.) Two of the same kind connected or considered together; a pair; a brace.
Couple (a.) A male and female associated together; esp., a man and woman who are married or betrothed.
Couple (a.) See Couple-close.
Couple (a.) One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery; -- called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.
Couple (a.) Two rotations, movements, etc., which are equal in amount but opposite in direction, and acting along parallel lines or around parallel axes.
Coupled (imp. & p. p.) of Couple
Coupling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Couple
Couple (v.) To link or tie, as one thing to another; to connect or fasten together; to join.
Couple (v.) To join in wedlock; to marry.
Couple (v. i.) To come together as male and female; to copulate.
Couple-beggar (n.) One who makes it his business to marry beggars to each other.
Couple-closes (pl. ) of Couple-close
Couple-close (n.) A diminutive of the chevron, containing one fourth of its surface. Couple-closes are generally borne one on each side of a chevron, and the blazoning may then be either a chevron between two couple-closes or chevron cottised.
Couple-close (n.) A pair of rafters framed together with a tie fixed at their feet, or with a collar beam.
Couplement (n.) Union; combination; a coupling; a pair.
Coupler (n.) One who couples; that which couples, as a link, ring, or shackle, to connect cars.
Couplet (n.) Two taken together; a pair or couple; especially two lines of verse that rhyme with each other.
Coupling (n.) The act of bringing or coming together; connection; sexual union.
Coupling (n.) A device or contrivance which serves to couple or connect adjacent parts or objects; as, a belt coupling, which connects the ends of a belt; a car coupling, which connects the cars in a train; a shaft coupling, which connects the ends of shafts.
Coupon (n.) A certificate of interest due, printed at the bottom of transferable bonds (state, railroad, etc.), given for a term of years, designed to be cut off and presented for payment when the interest is due; an interest warrant.
Coupon (n.) A section of a ticket, showing the holder to be entitled to some specified accomodation or service, as to a passage over a designated line of travel, a particular seat in a theater, or the like.
Coupure (n.) A passage cut through the glacis to facilitate sallies by the besieged.
Courage (n.) The heart; spirit; temper; disposition.
Courage (n.) Heart; inclination; desire; will.
Courage (n.) That quality of mind which enables one to encounter danger and difficulties with firmness, or without fear, or fainting of heart; valor; boldness; resolution.
Couage (v. t.) To inspire with courage.
Courageous (a.) Possessing, or characterized by, courage; brave; bold.
Courageously (adv.) In a courageous manner.
Courageousness (n.) The quality of being courageous; courage.
Courant (a.) Represented as running; -- said of a beast borne in a coat of arms.
Courant (p. pr.) A piece of music in triple time; also, a lively dance; a coranto.
Courant (p. pr.) A circulating gazette of news; a newspaper.
Couranto (n.) A sprightly dance; a coranto; a courant.
Courap (n.) A skin disease, common in India, in which there is perpetual itching and eruption, esp. of the groin, breast, armpits, and face.
Courb (a.) Curved; rounded.
Courb (v. i.) To bend; to stop; to bow.
Courbaril (n.) See Anime, n.
Courche (n.) A square piece of linen used formerly by women instead of a cap; a kerchief.
Courier (n.) A messenger sent with haste to convey letters or dispatches, usually on public business.
Courier (n.) An attendant on travelers, whose business it is to make arrangements for their convenience at hotels and on the way.
Courlan (n.) A South American bird, of the genus Aramus, allied to the rails.
Course (n.) The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.
Course (n.) The ground or path traversed; track; way.
Course (n.) Motion, considered as to its general or resultant direction or to its goal; line progress or advance.
Course (n.) Progress from point to point without change of direction; any part of a progress from one place to another, which is in a straight line, or on one direction; as, a ship in a long voyage makes many courses; a course measured by a surveyor between two stations; also, a progress without interruption or rest; a heat; as, one course of a race.
Course (n.) Motion considered with reference to manner; or derly progress; procedure in a certain line of thought or action; as, the course of an argument.
Course (n.) Customary or established sequence of events; recurrence of events according to natural laws.