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Witchcraft :: Witchcraft (n.) Power more than natural; irresistible influence.

Succumbent :: Succumb (v. t.) To yield; to submit; to give up unresistingly; as, to succumb under calamities; to succumb to disease..

Scrofula :: Scrofula (n.) A constitutional disease, generally hereditary, especially manifested by chronic enlargement and cheesy degeneration of the lymphatic glands, particularly those of the neck, and marked by a tendency to the development of chronic intractable inflammations of the skin, mucous membrane, bones, joints, and other parts, and by a diminution in the power of resistance to disease or injury and the capacity for recovery. Scrofula is now generally held to be tuberculous in character, and may

Armament :: Armament (n.) Any equipment for resistance.

Contumacy :: Contumacy (n.) Stubborn perverseness; pertinacious resistance to authority.

Repugnable :: Repugnable (a.) Capable of being repugned or resisted.

Kleptomania :: Kleptomania (n.) A propensity to steal, claimed to be irresistible. This does not constitute legal irresponsibility..

Spurn :: Spurn (v. i.) To manifest disdain in rejecting anything; to make contemptuous opposition or resistance.

Passiveness :: Passiveness (n.) The quality or state of being passive; unresisting submission.

Rheostat :: Rheostat (n.) A contrivance for adjusting or regulating the strength of electrical currents, operating usually by the intercalation of resistance which can be varied at will..

Fascination :: Fascination (n.) The act of fascinating, bewhiching, or enchanting; enchantment; witchcraft; the exercise of a powerful or irresistible influence on the affections or passions; unseen, inexplicable influence..

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An optical instrument or toy for showing the presistence of an impression upon the eyes after the luminous object is withdrawn.

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..

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..

Platinoid :: Platinoid (n.) An alloy of German silver containing tungsten; -- used for forming electrical resistance coils and standards.

Overtempt :: Overtempt (v. t.) To tempt exceedingly, or beyond the power of resistance..

Nonresisting :: Nonresisting (a.) Not making resistance.

Jansenist :: "Jansenist (n.) A follower of Cornelius Jansen, a Roman Catholic bishop of Ypres, in Flanders, in the 17th century, who taught certain doctrines denying free will and the possibility of resisting divine grace..

Resistibility :: Resistibility (n..) The quality of being resistible; resistibleness.

Stem :: Stem (v. t.) To oppose or cut with, or as with, the stem of a vessel; to resist, or make progress against; to stop or check the flow of, as a current..

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