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Resistance :: Resistance (n.) A means or method of resisting; that which resists.

Deforce :: Deforce (v.) To resist the execution of the law; to oppose by force, as an officer in the execution of his duty..

Grievance :: Grievance (v. t.) A cause of uneasiness and complaint; a wrong done and suffered; that which gives ground for remonstrance or resistance, as arising from injustice, tyranny, etc.; injury..

Solid :: Solid (a.) Impenetrable; resisting or excluding any other material particle or atom from any given portion of space; -- applied to the supposed ultimate particles of matter.

Resistance :: Resistance (n.) The quality of not yielding to force or external pressure; that power of a body which acts in opposition to the impulse or pressure of another, or which prevents the effect of another power; as, the resistance of the air to a body passing through it; the resistance of a target to projectiles..

Forearm :: Forearm (v. t.) To arm or prepare for attack or resistance before the time of need.

Fortify :: Fortify (v. t.) To add strength to; to strengthen; to confirm; to furnish with power to resist attack.

Resistance :: Resistance (n.) The act of resisting; opposition, passive or active..

Weak :: Weak (v. i.) Not able to resist external force or onset; easily subdued or overcome; as, a weak barrier; as, a weak fortress..

Fortitude :: Fortitude (n.) Power to resist attack; strength; firmness.

Resist :: Resist (n.) A substance used to prevent a color or mordant from fixing on those parts to which it has been applied, either by acting machanically in preventing the color, etc., from reaching the cloth, or chemically in changing the color so as to render it incapable of fixing itself in the fibers.. The pastes prepared for this purpose are called resist pastes..

Strut :: Strut (n.) In general, any piece of a frame which resists thrust or pressure in the direction of its own length. See Brace, and Illust. of Frame, and Roof..

Resist :: Resist (v. i.) To make opposition.

Thaumatrope :: Thaumatrope (n.) An optical instrument or toy for showing the presistence of an impression upon the eyes after the luminous object is withdrawn.

Reluctation :: Reluctation (n.) Repugnance; resistance; reluctance.

Resist :: Resist (v. t.) To be distasteful to.

Bulkhead :: Bulkhead (n.) A structure of wood or stone, to resist the pressure of earth or water; a partition wall or structure, as in a mine; the limiting wall along a water front..

Repel :: Repel (v. t.) To resist or oppose effectually; as, to repel an assault, an encroachment, or an argument..

Resistful :: Resistful (a.) Making much resistance.

Smooth :: Smooth (superl.) Causing no resistance to a body sliding along its surface; frictionless.

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