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Stern :: Stern (v. t.) The after or rear end of a ship or other vessel, or of a boat; the part opposite to the stem, or prow..

Contrariwise :: Contrariwise (adv.) On the contrary; oppositely; on the other hand.

Interfoliaceous :: Interfoliaceous (a.) At the same node with opposite or whorled leaves, but occupying a position between their places of attachment..

Back :: Back (n.) The part opposite to, or most remote from, that which fronts the speaker or actor; or the part out of sight, or not generally seen; as, the back of an island, of a hill, or of a village..

Monsoon :: Monsoon (n.) A wind blowing part of the year from one direction, alternating with a wind from the opposite direction; -- a term applied particularly to periodical winds of the Indian Ocean, which blow from the southwest from the latter part of May to the middle of September, and from the northeast from about the middle of October to the middle of December..

Moneywort :: Moneywort (n.) A trailing plant (Lysimachia Nummularia), with rounded opposite leaves and solitary yellow flowers in their axils..

Gentian :: Gentian (n.) Any one of a genus (Gentiana) of herbaceous plants with opposite leaves and a tubular four- or five-lobed corolla, usually blue, but sometimes white, yellow, or red. See Illust. of Capsule..

Burgher :: Burgher (n.) A member of that party, among the Scotch seceders, which asserted the lawfulness of the burgess oath (in which burgesses profess the true religion professed within the realm), the opposite party being called antiburghers..

Part :: Part (n.) Such portion of any quantity, as when taken a certain number of times, will exactly make that quantity; as, 3 is a part of 12; -- the opposite of multiple. Also, a line or other element of a geometrical figure..

Bad :: Bad (superl.) Wanting good qualities, whether physical or moral; injurious, hurtful, inconvenient, offensive, painful, unfavorable, or defective, either physically or morally; evil; vicious; wicked; -- the opposite of good; as, a bad man; bad conduct; bad habits; bad soil; bad health; bad crop; bad news..

Negation :: Negation (adv.) The act of denying; assertion of the nonreality or untruthfulness of anything; declaration that something is not, or has not been, or will not be; denial; -- the opposite of affirmation..

Induce :: Induce (v. t.) To generalize or conclude as an inference from all the particulars; -- the opposite of deduce.

Histogenesis :: Histogenesis (n.) The formation and development of organic tissues; histogeny; -- the opposite of histolysis.

Baldric :: Baldric (n.) A broad belt, sometimes richly ornamented, worn over one shoulder, across the breast, and under the opposite arm; less properly, any belt..

Soften :: Soften (v. t.) To make less harsh, less rude, less offensive, or less violent, or to render of an opposite quality..

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..

Antipodes :: Antipodes (n.) The country of those who live on the opposite side of the globe.

Appose :: Appose (v. t.) To place opposite or before; to put or apply (one thing to another).

Exogenous :: Exogenous (a.) Pertaining to, or having the character of, an exogen; -- the opposite of endogenous..

Contrarily :: Contrarily (adv.) In a contrary manner; in opposition; on the other side; in opposite ways.

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