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English words: counterthesis to couranto

300 English words, part 162 of 202 of the words starting with C, A to Z. 30 have a page of their own.

English words counterthesis to couranto

  1. counterthesis noun: A thesis that rebuts another.
  2. counterthought noun: A thought that counters or opposes another thought.
  3. counterthreat noun: A threat made in response to an earlier threat by another party
  4. counterthrow noun, verb: A move that saves a fighter from being thrown by the opponent and converts the motion into a throw of the opponent instead.
  5. counterthrust noun: A thrust made against another; a counterblow.
  6. countertide noun: A contrary tide.
  7. countertime noun /ˈkaʊntə(ɹ)ˌtaɪm/: Opposition; resistance.
  8. countertomy noun: Fanqie.
  9. countertop noun: The top surface of a counter, for preparation of food, etc.
  10. countertop oven noun: A small electric oven designed for use on the countertop, typically featuring warming, broiling, roasting, baking, and toasting modes, with some having...
  11. countertopped adjective: Fitted with a countertop.
  12. countertraction noun: Synonym of counterextension.
  13. countertrade noun, verb: Exchange of goods or services that are paid for, in whole or part, with other goods or services.
  14. countertrader noun: One who countertrades.
  15. countertradition noun: A tradition that goes against another tradition.
  16. countertraditional adjective: Synonym of antitraditional.
  17. countertrafficking adjective: Serving to counter human trafficking or drug trafficking.
  18. countertransference noun /kaʊntətɹansˈfəːɹəns/: The transference of a therapist's own unconscious feelings to their patient; unconscious or instinctive emotion felt towards the patient.
  19. countertransferent adjective: Exhibiting or reflecting countertransference.
  20. countertransferential adjective: Of or relating to countertransference.
  21. countertransferentially adverb: By means of, or in terms of, countertransference.
  22. countertransport noun, verb: The transport of two chemical species across a membrane in opposite directions
  23. countertransporter noun: Anything that countertransports
  24. countertrench noun: A military trench dug in opposition to an enemy trench.
  25. countertrend noun: A trend that opposes mainstream or popular trends.
  26. countertrippant adjective: Trippant in opposite directions.
  27. countertripping adjective: Countertrippant.
  28. countertroll noun, verb: Someone who trolls in response to an original troll.
  29. countertruth noun: A truth expressed in opposition to the proposed truth.
  30. countertug noun: A tug in the opposite direction.
  31. counterturn noun: A turn in the other direction; one of the turns of a zigzag.
  32. countertwisting noun: twisting in an opposite direction
  33. countertype noun: A type (of person) that opposes and contrasts with another.
  34. counterurbanisation noun: Alternative form of counterurbanization.
  35. counterurbanization noun: A movement that counters urbanization
  36. counteruse noun, verb: The act of using something against someone or something.
  37. countervail verb /ˈkaʊntəveɪl/: To have the same value or number as.
  38. countervailability noun: The characteristic of being countervailable; the ability to be countervailed; compensability.
  39. countervailable adjective: Able to be countervailed; able to be counteracted, counterbalanced or neutralized; compensable.
  40. countervailance noun: The act or process of countervailing.
  41. countervailing adjective, verb /ˌkaʊntəˈveɪlɪŋ/: Compensating with equal force.
  42. countervailing duty noun: A duty levied on an imported article to offset the unfair price advantage it holds due to a subsidy paid to producers or exporters by the government of the...
  43. countervailingly adverb: So as to counterbalance.
  44. countervair noun: A heraldic fur resembling vair, except in the arrangement of the patches or figures: succeeding rows are reversed instead of staggered, so the bases of the...
  45. countervairy adjective: Divided into a countervair pattern of two or more tinctures.
  46. countervalue adjective, verb: To target an opponent's assets which are of value but not actually a military threat, such as cities and civilian populations.
  47. countervene verb: Synonym of contravene.
  48. countervengeance noun: Vengeance taken in reaction to earlier vengeance.
  49. countervenom noun: antivenin
  50. counterview noun /ˈkaʊntə(ɹ)ˌvjuː/: An opposing viewpoint.
  51. counterviewpoint noun: An opposing viewpoint.
  52. counterviolence noun: Violence in response to earlier violence.
  53. countervirus noun: A computer virus engineered to combat another specific computer virus.
  54. countervision noun: A vision that goes against another vision.
  55. countervolition noun: Synonym of counterwill.
  56. countervolitional adjective: Relating to countervolition.
  57. countervolley noun: A volley in response or opposition to another volley.
  58. countervote noun, verb /ˌkaʊntə(ɹ)ˈvəʊt/: To vote against.
  59. counterwager noun: A wager in response or opposition to another wager.
  60. counterwar noun: War waged in response to another war.
  61. counterwave noun: A wave (as of public opinion) going against an earlier wave.
  62. counterwavy adjective: Wavy, with the waves (of different lines) opposed instead of parallel.
  63. counterweigh verb /kaʊntəˈweɪ/: To act as counterbalance (against something).
  64. counterweight noun, verb: A heavy mass of often iron or concrete, mechanically linked in opposition to a load which is to be raised and lowered, with the intent of reducing the...
  65. counterwheel noun, verb: To turn, or cause to turn, in an opposite direction.
  66. counterwill noun, verb: The instinctive resistance to any coercion.
  67. counterwind noun: A wind that blows in the opposite direction to another.
  68. counterwitchcraft noun: Witchcraft or rituals used to counter other witchcraft.
  69. counterwitness noun, verb: A witness whose testimony contradicts that of another witness.
  70. counterwoman noun: A woman who serves at a counter.
  71. counterword noun: A word (for example so) that is frequently used in a reflex-like manner in an answer and that has thereby quickly taken on a new, much less specific or much...
  72. counterwork noun, verb: To work in opposition to; to counteract.
  73. counterworker noun: One who works at a counter.
  74. counterworld noun: A world or realm that opposes or subverts the norms of another world or realm.
  75. countess noun /ˈkaʊntɪs/: The wife of a count or earl.
  76. countessly adjective: Of or befitting a countess.
  77. counthry noun: Pronunciation spelling of country.
  78. Countian noun: An inhabitant of a specified county.
  79. countification noun: The conversion of a noncountable noun to a countable noun form.
  80. countify verb: To use as a count noun.
  81. countin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of counting.
  82. counting noun, verb /ˈkaʊn.tɪŋ/: A count.
  83. counting agent noun: An electoral observer appointed by an election candidate to oversee the counting of ballots; typically for the purposes of ensuring all proper processes...
  84. counting cell hemocytometer noun: A device used for counting blood cells.
  85. counting frame noun: abacus
  86. counting glass noun: A magnifying glass used to count the density of threads in a textile
  87. counting house noun: Alternative form of countinghouse.
  88. counting measure noun: A positive measure which, for each subset of a given measure space, assigns a value equal to the number of points in that subset.
  89. counting number noun: A number used when counting, which is usually a positive integer, but sometimes zero.
  90. counting of the Omer noun: The ritual of stating the specific day of the Omer.
  91. counting-out game noun: A simple children's game using a rhyme (the counting rhyme) to select a person from a group, more or less at random. The selected person then takes a...
  92. counting rhyme noun: Any of the rhymes used in counting-out games.
  93. counting rod noun: One of a set of small bars, used by mathematicians in some Asian countries, placed either horizontally or vertically to represent any number and any fraction.
  94. counting room noun: Synonym of count room.
  95. counting sort noun: A sorting algorithm that counts how many times each integer key appears in an array and then reorders the array based on those counts.
  96. countinghouse noun: An office used by a business to house its accounts department.
  97. countless adjective, determiner /ˈkaʊntləs/: A huge and uncountable number of; too many to count; innumerable.
  98. countlessly adverb: Too numerously to be counted; without end.
  99. countlessness noun: The quality of being countless.
  100. countline noun: A consumer product (especially confectionery) that is supplied to retailers in packages of multiple items and sold individually to customers.
  101. countling noun: A young, inferior, insignificant, or petty count.
  102. countly adjective: Of or pertaining to a count.
  103. countneck noun: A very small hard clam.
  104. countor noun: An advocate or professional pleader; one who counted for his client, that is, orally pleaded his cause
  105. countout noun: The awarding of a match to a wrestler after their opponent has been counted out (usually after ten seconds of being outside the ring) by the referee.
  106. countrate noun: The rate at which something is counted, measured as how many times it is observed in a unit of time.
  107. countre noun: Country.
  108. countrification noun: The act or process of countrifying.
  109. countrified adjective, verb /ˈkʌntɹɪfʌɪd/: Rural, rustic; unsophisticated.
  110. countrifiedness noun: The quality of being countrified.
  111. countrify verb /ˈkʌn.tɹɪ.fʌɪ/: To make rural or rustic.
  112. country adjective, noun /ˈkʌntɹi/: The territory of a nation; a sovereign state or a region once independent and still distinct in institutions, language, etc.
  113. country and western adjective, noun: A diverse field of American popular music that grew out of hillbilly music and features elements from rural peoples across the Southern and Western United...
  114. country beam noun: A headlight setting intended for quiet country roads at night.
  115. country beer noun: Beer made in India, not imported from Europe or elsewhere.
  116. country blues noun: A genre of blues with a rural style and elements from folk music.
  117. country bookie noun: An ignorant rustic; a yokel.
  118. country box noun: A country house.
  119. country bread noun: Pain de campagne.
  120. country bumpkin noun: An unsophisticated person from the rural area of a particular country.
  121. country captain noun: A curried chicken and rice dish of the Southern United States, often with currants and almonds.
  122. country club noun: A private club in a rural area or in the outskirts of a town, offering recreational sports activities.
  123. country code noun: A short alphabetic or numeric geographical code representing a specific country or area.
  124. country cousin noun: An acquaintance from the countryside, who is regarded by city dwellers as being poorly adapted for city life.
  125. country damage noun: Damage caused to cotton before it is shipped, due to poor storage etc.
  126. country-damaged adjective: Of imported goods: having suffered damage in the country of origin.
  127. country dance noun, verb: Any set step routine group dance such as ceilidh dance, highland dance, line dance, barn dance or square dance.
  128. country dancing noun, verb: The activity of performing country dances.
  129. country dweller noun: Synonym of ruralite.
  130. country fig noun: Synonym of African peach.
  131. country-fried adjective: Battered and deep-fried.
  132. country-fried steak noun: chicken-fried steak
  133. country gentleman noun: A rich man of good social standing who owns and lives in a large rural property.
  134. country gravy noun: Synonym of sawmill gravy.
  135. country ham noun: A variety of cured ham, typically very salty, traditionally prepared in the rural parts of the southern United States.
  136. country house noun: A house serving as a weekend and holiday residence, used as a retreat from city life; traditionally and archetypically in the country, and especially of...
  137. country lane noun /ˌkʌntri ˈleɪn/: A narrow, rural road.
  138. country merchant noun: Synonym of country store (“general store in a rural setting”).
  139. country mile noun /ˌkʌntɹi ˈmaɪl/: A long way, a great distance.
  140. country mouse noun: A countryperson; someone with country ways.
  141. country music noun: A style of popular music that originated in the folk music of the rural population of the southern and western United States and characterized by...
  142. country of origin noun: The country in which a person or thing is deemed to have originated for the purposes of laws and regulations.
  143. country of provenance noun: The country from which goods were shipped.
  144. country park noun: An area where people can enjoy recreation in a countryside environment.
  145. country pop noun: A subgenre of country music that combines it with elements of pop music, produced and marketed to reach a wide audience; or a specific genre of country pop,...
  146. country punk noun: Synonym of cowpunk.
  147. country rap noun: A genre of popular music combining country music and hip-hop-style rapping, typically accompanied by guitar, fiddle, and drum machine.
  148. country risk noun: The risk of investing or lending in a country, arising from possible changes in the business environment that may adversely affect operating profits or the...
  149. country road noun /ˌkʌntri ˈɹəʊd/: A rural road.
  150. country rock noun: A genre of music combining elements of country music and rock music.
  151. country sausage noun: Synonym of breakfast sausage.
  152. country seat noun: A second home in a rural area, especially one of a rich, powerful or important person.
  153. country ship noun: A ship belonging to the East Indies, and trading from port to port in that country.
  154. country side noun: Alternative spelling of countryside.
  155. country stop noun: Synonym of rolling stop.
  156. country store noun: A general store in a rural setting, often associated with the time of cowboys
  157. country team noun: A group of people in charge of a state's intelligence operations in a foreign country, typically led by an ambassador.
  158. country & western noun: Alternative form of country and western.
  159. country-western music noun: country music.
  160. country wife noun: A fur trader's First Nations or Métis common-law wife.
  161. country wine noun: French wine, made in a named region to a standard greater than ordinary table wine.
  162. countryball noun: A country or other political entity personified as a crudely drawn anthropomorphic blob, drawn in the Polandball artstyle.
  163. countryfication noun: Dated form of countrification.
  164. countryfolk noun: People who live in the country; rural dwellers.
  165. countryfolks noun: Synonym of countryfolk.
  166. countryful noun: As much as a country would hold.
  167. countryfy verb: Alternative spelling of countrify.
  168. countryhood noun: Nationhood: the property of being an independent country.
  169. countryhuman noun /ˈkʌn.tɹiˌhjuː.mən/: A country or other political entity personified as a human or humanoid character; the character often has a spherical head, colored to match the country's...
  170. countryish adjective: Having characteristics of country music.
  171. countryless adjective: Without a country.
  172. countrylessness noun: The state of being countryless.
  173. countrylike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of the country; rural.
  174. countrymade adjective: Describing a weapon manufactured illegally in a cottage industry
  175. countryman noun /ˈkʌntɹimən/: Somebody from a certain country.
  176. countrymate noun: One who comes from the same country.
  177. countryperson noun: Someone who has country ways.
  178. countrypolitan adjective, noun: A subgenre of country music, a development of the Nashville sound, produced in the late 1960s and early 1970s, containing elements of popular music,...
  179. countryseat noun: an estate in the country; gentleman's country residence
  180. countryship noun: nationality
  181. countryside noun /ˈkʌn.tɹiˌsaɪd/: An area located outside of towns and cities; an area that is not urban or suburban; a rural area.
  182. countrysider noun: One who lives in the countryside.
  183. countryward adverb: Toward the countryside.
  184. countrywards adverb: Toward the countryside.
  185. countrywear noun: Clothing to be worn in the country.
  186. countrywide adjective, adverb /ˌkʌn.tɹiˈwaɪd/: Throughout a country.
  187. countrywoman noun: A feminine compatriot.
  188. counts noun, verb /kaʊnts/: To be enumerated rather than represented as a proportion or percentage.
  189. countship noun: The rank or position of a count.
  190. countup noun: Enumeration; the act of counting until a criterion is reached.
  191. countwheel noun: The wheel in a clock that regulates the number of strokes.
  192. countwise adjective: In terms of the count, or thickness, of yarn.
  193. county adjective, noun /ˈkaʊnti/: The land ruled by a count or a countess.
  194. county at large noun: The whole of a county, as distinct from some portion of it
  195. county borough noun: A borough (or town), in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, whose government is independent of its local county council.
  196. county brownie noun: A sheriff.
  197. county council noun: The administrative body of a county.
  198. county court noun: A civil court which deals with civil cases, such as divorce.
  199. county crop noun: A very short haircut, shaved almost bald.
  200. county fair noun: An agricultural show.
  201. county family noun: In Britain and Ireland, a family of the landed gentry.
  202. county farm noun: A poor farm serving a particular county.
  203. county jail noun: Synonym of county prison.
  204. county-level city noun: An administrative division of China immediately below the prefecture level.
  205. county-level municipality noun: Synonym of county-level city.
  206. county line noun: A border between two counties.
  207. county palatinate noun: Alternative form of county palatine.
  208. county palatine noun: A county, usually a marchland, whose ruler was granted near-royal authority within its area while still owing allegiance to the realm's king or emperor.
  209. county seat noun: The city in which the offices of county government are located.
  210. county town noun: The administrative town of a county in Ireland or the United Kingdom.
  211. Countyan noun: Alternative form of Countian.
  212. countyhood noun: The state of being a county.
  213. countyism noun: Localism among Irish-Americans, based on the Irish counties they originated from.
  214. countylike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a county.
  215. countywide adjective, adverb: Occurring or extending throughout a county
  216. coup noun, verb /kuː/: A quick, brilliant, and highly successful act.
  217. coup d'arret noun: A counter-attack that attempts to take advantage of an uncertain attack
  218. coup d'etat noun /ˌku deɪˈtɑ/: The sudden overthrow of a government, differing from a revolution by being carried out by a small group of people who replace only the leading figures.
  219. coup d'œil noun: Alternative spelling of coup d'oeil.
  220. coup d'oeil noun /ˈku deɪ/: A glimpse, a glance; the ability, especially of a military officer, to understand much at a glance.
  221. coup de force noun: A sudden, violent act.
  222. coup de foudre noun /ˈkuː də ˈfuːdɹə/: A sudden unexpected event, especially an emotional one; love at first sight.
  223. coup de grace noun /kuː də ɡɹɑs/: A final blow or shot given to kill a wounded person or animal.
  224. coup de main noun /ku də meɪn/: A sudden development or action carried out to surprise an enemy.
  225. coup de maitre noun: A masterstroke.
  226. coup de savate noun /kuː də səˈvɑːt/: a kick with the flat of the foot
  227. coup de theatre noun /ˌkuː.də.teɪˈɑː.tɹə/: A sudden or unexpected event in a play, pulled off by the author, the director, or even an actor.
  228. coup stick noun: A stick used by the Plains Indians of North America for touching the enemy in battle in order to count coup.
  229. coup Turc noun: a complex move involving several pieces in Russian, international, and Brazilian draughts, in which the opponent's pieces, which have already been captured...
  230. coupage noun /ˌkuːˈpɑːʒ/: The blending (or cutting) of wine.
  231. coupe adjective, noun /kuːp/: A shallow glass or glass dish, usually with a stem, in which sparkling wine or desserts are served.
  232. coupé de ville noun: A car with an external or open-topped driver's position and an enclosed compartment for passengers; a town car.
  233. coupe-gorge noun: Any position giving the enemy such advantage that the troops occupying it must either surrender or be cut to pieces.
  234. coupe utility noun: An automobile built on a passenger car chassis but with a truck bed.
  235. couped adjective, verb /kuːpt/: Cut off smoothly, as distinguished from erased (used especially for the head or limb of an animal).
  236. coupee noun /kuːˈpiː/: A motion in dancing, when one leg is a little bent and raised from the floor, and with the other a forward motion is made.
  237. coupelike adjective: Resembling a coupe (car with two doors).
  238. couper noun /ˈkaʊpə/: A dealer in horses or other livestock.
  239. Couperinesque adjective: Reminiscent of the works or style of François Couperin (1668–1733), French Baroque composer and musician.
  240. coupette noun: A small coupe (stemmed glass dish) for serving appetizers or desserts.
  241. Coupeville proper noun: A town on Whidbey Island, the county seat of Island County, Washington, United States.
  242. coupism noun: The advocacy or favoring of a coup d'état within a government or the enforcement of the political power of a minority by means of the military.
  243. coupist noun /ˈkuːɪst/: One who takes part in a coup d'état.
  244. coupla contraction /ˈkʌplə/: Contraction of couple + of.
  245. couplable adjective: Capable of being coupled to something else.
  246. Coupland proper noun: A small village in Warcop parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY7118).
  247. couplant noun: a material that facilitates the transmission of ultrasonic energy from the transducer into the test specimen.
  248. couple adjective, determiner, noun, verb /ˈkʌp.əl/: Two of the same kind connected or considered together.
  249. couple-beggar noun: One who, for a fee, performs an unauthorised wedding service, especially for poor people (originally beggars).
  250. couple-close noun /ˈkʌp.əlˌkləʊs/: A diminutive of the chevron, always borne in closely placed pairs.
  251. couple-ish adjective: Alternative form of couplish.
  252. couple three determiner: Two or three or a similarly small number of.
  253. couple up verb: To put into a couple; to put into, or connect together as, a group of two.
  254. couple-y adjective: Alternative form of coupley.
  255. couplea contraction: Contraction of couple + of.
  256. coupleable adjective: Alternative form of couplable.
  257. coupledom noun: The world or sphere of romantic couples.
  258. couplehood noun: The state of being a romantic couple.
  259. coupleish adjective: Alternative form of couplish.
  260. couplement noun: union; combination; a coupling; a pair
  261. coupler noun /ˈkʌp(ə)lə/: Someone who couples things together, especially someone whose job it is to couple railway carriages.
  262. coupleress noun: A female pimp; a procuress.
  263. couples therapy noun: A form of therapy or counseling that attempts to improve a romantic relationship between two people and resolve any interpersonal conflicts within it.
  264. couplet noun /ˈkʌp.lət/: A pair of lines, typically with rhyming end words.
  265. coupleteer noun: One who writes couplets.
  266. coupley adjective: Pertaining to or characteristic of romantic couples.
  267. coupling noun, verb /ˈkʌplɪŋ/: The act of joining together to form a couple.
  268. coupling-box noun: The box or ring of metal connecting the contiguous ends of two lengths of shafts.
  269. coupling pin noun: A pin used to connect train cars or a trailer to a towing vehicle.
  270. coupling pole noun: A connecting piece between the front and back axles of a wagon or trailer, often equipped with pins for extending or shortening the bed.
  271. coupling rod noun: A rod that couples the driving wheels of a locomotive, a steam locomotive in particular, so that the driving wheels act together as a unit.
  272. couplish adjective: Characteristic of a (romantic or sexual) couple.
  273. couply adjective: Alternative form of coupley.
  274. coupmaking noun: The execution of a political coup.
  275. coupon noun, verb /ˈkuːˌpɒn/: A section of a ticket, showing the holder to be entitled to some specified accommodation or service, as to a passage over a designated line of travel, a...
  276. coupon bond noun /ˌkɔ.pɔn ˈbɑnd/: Synonym of bond paper.
  277. coupon code noun: An alphanumeric code used to identify the offer associated with a coupon.
  278. coupon queen noun: A woman who saves a lot of money by using discount coupons.
  279. coupon site noun: A web site listing coupons, coupon codes and other savings offers which are freely accessible to the public and may be redeemed at other retail web sites or...
  280. couponer noun: One who uses money-saving coupons.
  281. couponing noun: The use or distribution of money-saving coupons.
  282. couponless adjective: Without a coupon or coupons.
  283. couponner noun: Alternative spelling of couponer.
  284. couponning noun, verb: Alternative spelling of couponing.
  285. coupstick noun: A stick or switch used among some Native Americans for making or counting a coup.
  286. coupure noun /kuːˈpjʊɚ/: A passage cut through the glacis to facilitate sallies by the besieged.
  287. coupvolution noun /ˌkuv.əˈluː.ʃən/: An instance of regime change in support of a revolutionary movement against an existing government.
  288. cour noun /ˈkʊə(ɹ)/: A three-month unit of television broadcasting, corresponding to one of the four seasons.
  289. cour d'honneur noun: A three-sided ceremonial courtyard, created by flanking the main central block, or corps de logis, with symmetrical advancing secondary wings containing...
  290. courage noun, verb /ˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/: The quality of being confident, not afraid or easily intimidated, but without being incautious or inconsiderate.
  291. courage of one's convictions noun: Steadfast adherence to one's beliefs or principles, especially in the face of criticism or other opposition.
  292. couraged adjective: Having a specified form or amount of courage.
  293. courageless adjective: Devoid of courage; fearful, cowardly.
  294. couragelessness noun: Lack of courage.
  295. courageous adjective /kəˈɹeɪd͡ʒəs/: Of a person, displaying or possessing courage.
  296. courageously adverb: In a courageous manner; bravely; boldly.
  297. courageousness noun: the state of being courageous
  298. courant adjective, noun /ˈkʊ.ɹənt/: A piece of music in triple time.
  299. courante noun /kuːˈɹɑnt/: Any of a family of old French dances from the late Renaissance and the Baroque era in triple metre.
  300. couranto noun: Alternative form of coranto.

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Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under C: 60,525 words, in 202 parts.