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 |
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 |
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 |
passive resistance nonviolent resistance nonviolence | peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate |
wire-haired fox terrier | a fox terrier with wiry hair |
wirehair wirehaired terrier wire-haired terrier | a terrier with wiry hair |
griffon wire-haired pointing griffon | breed of medium-sized long-headed dogs with downy undercoat and harsh wiry outer coat, originated in Holland but largely developed in France |
baling wire | wire used to make bales |
barbed wire barbwire | strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage |
chicken wire | a galvanized wire network with a hexagonal mesh, used to build fences |
collector's item showpiece piece de resistance | the outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collection |
cross hair cross wire | either of two fine mutually perpendicular lines that cross in the focus plane of an optical instrument and are use for sighting or calibration, he had the target in his cross hairs |
guy guy cable guy wire guy rope | a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent) |
high wire | a tightrope very high above the ground |
piano wire | thin steel wire of high tensile strength |
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 |
telephone wire telephone line telegraph wire telegraph line | the wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals |
trip wire | a wire stretched close to the ground that activates something (a trap or camera or weapon) when tripped over |
wire | ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc |
wire conducting wire | a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance |
wire cloth | fabric woven of metallic wire |
wire cutter | an edge tool used in cutting wire |
wire gauge wire gage | gauge for measuring the diameter of wire |
wire matrix printer wire printer stylus printer | an impact printer in which each character is represented by a pattern of dots made by wires or styli |
wire recorder | an early type of magnetic recorder using iron wire |
wire stripper | a hand tool used by electricians to remove insulation from the cut end of an insulated wire |
resistance | (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness |
resistance | the degree of unresponsiveness of a diseaseausing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillinesistant bacteria) |
telegram wire | a message transmitted by telegraph |
piece de resistance | the most important dish of a meal |
trip wire | a small military force that serves as a first line of defense, if they become engaged in hostilities it will trigger the intervention of stronger military forces |
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 |
news agency press agency wire service press association news organization news organisation | an agency to collects news reports for newspapers and distributes it electronically |
underground resistance | a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force |
wire | the finishing line on a racetrack |
eager beaver busy bee live wire sharpie sharpy | an alert and energetic person |
wire-puller | one who uses secret influence (i.e. pulls wires or strings) for his own ends |
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 |
malheur wire lettuce Stephanomeria malheurensis | a small plant of Oregon resembling mustard, a threatened species |
yardgrass yard grass wire grass goose grass Eleusine indica | coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers, native to Old World tropics, a naturalized weed elsewhere |
broom beard grass prairie grass wire grass Andropogon scoparius Schizachyrium scoparium | handsome hardy North American grass with foliage turning pale bronze in autumn |