| resistance opposition | the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with, he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens, despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead |
| cold turkey | complete and abrupt withdrawal of all addictive drugs or anything else on which you have become dependent, he quit smoking cold turkey, she quit her job cold turkey |
line of least resistance
path of least resistance | the easiest way, In marrying him she simply took the path of least resistance |
least effort
least resistance | the least effortful way to do something |
| cold storage | refrigerated storage for preservation |
| resistance | the military action of resisting the enemy's advance, the enemy offered little resistance |
| resistance | group action in opposition to those in power |
| sales resistance | resistance by potential customers to aggressive selling practices |
snub
cut cold shoulder | a refusal to recognize someone you know, the snub was clearly intentional |
passive resistance
nonviolent resistance
nonviolence | peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate |
| cold cathode | a cathode that is a source of electrons without being heated |
cold chisel
set chisel | narrow chisel made of steel, used to cut stone or bricks |
cold cream
coldcream
face cream
vanishing cream | a cream used cosmetically (mostly by women) for softening and cleaning the skin |
| cold frame | protective covering consisting of a wooden frame with a glass top in which small plants are protected from the cold |
| cold medicine | medicine intended to relieve the symptoms of the common cold |
| cold-water flat | an apartment without modern conveniences |
collector's item
showpiece
piece de resistance | the outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collection |
| resistance pyrometer | pyrometer that measures high temperatures by the resistance in a heated wire |
resistance thermometer
platinum thermometer | thermometer that measures temperature by changes in the resistance of a spiral of platinum wire |
resistor
resistance | an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current |
| resistance | (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness |
coldness
cold
low temperature
frigidity frigidness | the absence of heat, the coldness made our breath visible, come in out of the cold, cold is a vasoconstrictor |
| resistance | the degree of unresponsiveness of a diseaseausing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillinesistant bacteria) |
cold
coldness | the sensation produced by low temperatures, he shivered from the cold, the cold helped clear his head |
| cold water | disparagement of a plan or hope or expectation, she poured cold water on the whole idea of going to Africa |
| cold turkey | a blunt expression of views, I told him cold turkey |
| cold comfort | very limited consolation or empathy, he told me that time heals all wounds but that was cold comfort to me |
| cold feet | timidity that prevents the continuation of a course of action, I was going to tell him but I got cold feet |
| piece de resistance | the most important dish of a meal |
| cold cuts | sliced assorted cold meats |
cold cereal
dry cereal | a cereal that is not heated before serving |
| stuffed tomato cold stuffed tomato | tomato cases filled with various salad mixtures and served cold |
| cold duck | pink sparkling wine originally from Germany |
First of October Antifascist Resistance Group
GRAPO | an armed wing of the (illegal) Communist Party of Spain, seeks to overthrow the Spanish government and replace it with a Marxist-Leninist regime, GRAPO is vehemently opposed to the United States |
Hamas
Islamic Resistance Movement | a militant Islamic fundamentalist political movement that opposes peace with Israel and uses terrorism as a weapon, seeks to create an Islamic state in place of Israel, is opposed to the PLO and has become a leading perpetrator of terrorist activity in Israel, pioneered suicide bombing |
| Lord's Resistance Army | a quasieligious rebel group in Uganda that terrorized and raped women and kidnapped children who were forced to serve in the army |
underground
resistance | a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force |
| cold fish | an aloof unemotional person |
| cold wave | a wave of unusually cold weather |
| cold weather | a period of unusually cold weather |
cold front
polar front | the front of an advancing mass of colder air |
| resistance | any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion |
electric resistance
electrical resistance
impedance
resistance resistivity
ohmic resistance | a material's opposition to the flow of electric current, measured in ohms |
acoustic resistance
acoustic impedance
acoustic reactance | opposition to the flow of sound through a surface, acoustic resistance is the real component of acoustic impedance and acoustic reactance is the imaginary component |
ready cash
cold cash
ready money | money in the form of cash that is readily available, his wife was always a good source of ready cash, he paid cold cash for the TV set |
| cold fusion | nuclear fusion at or near room temperatures, claims to have discovered it are generally considered to have been mistaken |
| resistance unit | the reciprocal of conductance |
| cold war | a state of political hostility between countries using means short of armed warfare |
| Cold War | a state of political hostility that existed from untilbetween countries led by the Soviet Union and countries led by the United States |
| cold storage | in a state of abeyance or postponement |