Counter
(adv.) A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition |
Counter
(v. t.) One who counts, or reckons up |
Counter
(v. t.) A piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, etc. |
Counter
(v. t.) Money |
Counter
(v. t.) A prison |
Counter
(v. t.) A telltale |
Counter
(v. t.) A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted |
Counter
(adv.) Contrary |
Counter
(adv.) In the wrong way |
Counter
(adv.) At or against the front or face. |
Counter
(a.) Contrary |
Counter
(adv.) The after part of a vessel's body, from the water line to the stern, -- below and somewhat forward of the stern proper. |
Counter
(adv.) Same as Contra. Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to counter tenor. |
Counter
(adv.) The breast, or that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck. |
Counter
(adv.) The back leather or heel part of a boot. |
Counter
(n.) An encounter. |
Counter
(v. i.) To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing. |
Counter brace
() The brace of the fore-topsail on the leeward side of a vessel. |
Counter brace
() A brace, in a framed structure, which resists a strain of a character opposite to that which a main brace is designed to receive. |
Counter-compony
(a.) See Compony. |
Counter-couchant
(a.) Lying down, with their heads in opposite directions |
Counter-courant
(a.) Running in opposite directions |
Counter-paly
(a.) Paly, and then divided fesswise, so that each vertical piece is cut into two, having the colors used alternately or counterchanged. Thus the escutcheon in the illustration may also be blazoned paly of six per fess counterchanged argent and azure. |
Counter-roll
(n.) A duplicate roll (record or account) kept by an officer as a check upon another officer's roll. |
Counter-salient
(a.) Leaping from each other |
Counter tenor
() One of the middle parts in music, between the tenor and the treble |
Counter weight
(n.) A counterpoise. |
Hunt-counter
(n.) A worthless dog that runs back on the scent |
Re-sign
(v. t.) To affix one's signature to, a second time |
Re sign
(n.) Resignation. |
Sign
(n.) That by which anything is made known or represented |
Sign
(n.) A remarkable event, considered by the ancients as indicating the will of some deity |
Sign
(n.) An event considered by the Jews as indicating the divine will, or as manifesting an interposition of the divine power for some special end |
Sign
(n.) Something serving to indicate the existence, or preserve the memory, of a thing |
Sign
(n.) Any symbol or emblem which prefigures, typifles, or represents, an idea |
Sign
(n.) A word or a character regarded as the outward manifestation of thought |
Sign
(n.) A motion, an action, or a gesture by which a thought is expressed, or a command or a wish made known. |
Sign
(n.) Hence, one of the gestures of pantomime, or of a language of a signs such as those used by the North American Indians, or those used by the deaf and dumb. |
Sign
(n.) A military emblem carried on a banner or a standard. |
Sign
(n.) A lettered board, or other conspicuous notice, placed upon or before a building, room, shop, or office to advertise the business there transacted, or the name of the person or firm carrying it on |
Sign
(n.) The twelfth part of the ecliptic or zodiac. |
Sign
(n.) A character indicating the relation of quantities, or an operation performed upon them |
Sign
(n.) An objective evidence of disease |
Sign
(n.) Any character, as a flat, sharp, dot, etc. |
Sign
(n.) That which, being external, stands for, or signifies, something internal or spiritual |
Sign
(n.) To represent by a sign |
Sign
(n.) To make a sign upon |
Sign
(n.) To affix a signature to |
Sign
(n.) To assign or convey formally |
Sign
(n.) To mark |
Babinski
Babinski reflex
Babinski sign | extension upward of the toes when the sole of the foot is stroked firmly on the outer side from the heel to the front, normal in infants under the age of two years but a sign of brain or spinal cord injury in older persons |
counterpunch
parry
counter | a return punch (especially by a boxer) |
| counter-sabotage | counterintelligence designed to detect and counteract sabotage |
| boron counter tube | a proportional counter tube for counting neutrons |
buffet
counter sideboard | a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room, has shelves and drawers |
checkout
checkout counter | a counter in a supermarket where you pay for your purchases |
| counter | table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted |
| counter tabulator | a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens |
| counter heel counter | 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 | game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games |
| counter | (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers) |
| counter tube | a measuring instrument for counting individual ionizing events |
| crystal counter | a counter tube in which an ionizing event increases conductivity |
Geiger counter
Geiger-Muller counter | counter tube that detects ionizing radiations |
| meat counter | counter where meats are displayed for sale |
| notions counter | counter where notions are sold |
proportional counter tube
proportional counter | counter tube whose output pulse is proportional to number of ions produced |
| pulse counter | an electronic counter that counts the number of electric pulses |
| scintillation counter | counter tube in which light flashes when exposed to ionizing radiation |
signboard
sign | structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted, the highway was lined with signboards |
snack bar
snack counter
buffet | usually inexpensive bar |
spark chamber
spark counter | an instrument that detects ionizing radiation from elementary particles |
| counter conditioning | 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 |
| sign manual | the signature of a sovereign on an official document |
| sign mark | a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened), he showed signs of strain, they welcomed the signs of spring |
signal
signaling
sign | any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message, signals from the boat suddenly stopped |
| sign | a public display of a message, he posted signs in all the shop windows |
| street sign | a sign visible from the street |
| high sign | a silent signal of warning or recognition, she started to speak but he gave her the high sign |
pound
pound sign | a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain) |
| sign | a character indicating a relation between quantities, don't forget the minus sign |
| equal sign | a sign indicating that the quantities on either side are equal |
| plus sign | a sign indicating the operation of addition |
| minus sign | a sign indicating the operation of subtraction |
| radical sign | a sign indicating the extraction of a root |
dollar mark
dollar sign | a mark ($) written before a number to indicate that it stands for the number of dollars |
dollar
dollar mark dollar sign | a symbol of commercialism or greed, he worships the almighty dollar, the dollar sign means little to him |
percent sign
percentage sign | a sign (`%') used to indicate that the number preceding it should be understood as a proportion multiplied by |
sign language
signing | language expressed by visible hand gestures |
ASL
American sign language | the sign language used in the United States |
| sign | a gesture that is part of a sign language |
rejoinder
retort
return riposte
replication comeback
counter | a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one), it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher |
| V sign | a sign (for victory), making a V with the index and middle fingers |
| sign of the cross | a gesture with the right hand moving to form a cross, used by Catholics as a profession of faith |
| sign | a fundamental linguistic unit linking a signifier to that which is signified, The bond between the signifier and the signified is arbitrary--de Saussure |
augury
sign
foretoken
preindication | an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come, he hoped it was an augury, it was a sign from God |
| sign industry | an industry that produces signs |
| Counter Reformation | 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 |
sign of the zodiac
star sign
sign
mansion
house
planetary house | (astrology) one of equal areas into which the zodiac is divided |
| bean counter | an accountant or bureaucrat who is believed to place undue emphasis on the control of expenditures |