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- counterpicket — a picket which opposes an existing picket at the same location
- counterplayer — a person who makes a counterplay
- counterpoints — Plural form of counterpoint.
- counterpoised — a counterbalancing weight.
- counterpoises — Plural form of counterpoise.
- counterpoison — A poison used against another poison, serving as an antidote.
- counterproofs — Plural form of counterproof.
- counterreform — a reform which opposes or acts against another reform
- counterscarps — Plural form of counterscarp.
- countershafts — Plural form of countershaft.
- countersigned — a sign used in reply to another sign.
- countersniper — designed to act against or eliminate snipers
- counterspying — the activities of a counterspy
- counterstains — Plural form of counterstain.
- counterstream — a stream (of matter) which travels in the opposite direction
- counterstrike — a retaliatory strike
- counterstroke — a counterattack
- countertactic — an opposing tactic
- countertenors — Plural form of countertenor.
- counterterror — designed to act against terrorism
- counterthesis — A thesis that rebuts another.
- counterthreat — an opposing or retaliatory threat
- counterthrust — an opposing or retaliatory thrust, esp in warfare or combat sports
- countervailed — Simple past tense and past participle of countervail.
- counterweighs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counterweigh.
- counterweight — A counterweight is an action or proposal that is intended to balance or counter other actions or proposals.
- country blues — acoustic folk blues with a guitar accompaniment
- country dance — a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets and perform a series of movements, esp facing one another in a line
- country fever — malaria.
- country house — A country house is a large, often attractive, house in the country, usually one that is or was owned by a rich or noble family.
- country store — a general store, especially in a rural or resort area.
- country-dance — a dance of rural English origin in which the dancers form circles or squares or in which they face each other in two rows.
- countrypeople — countryfolk.
- countryperson — Someone who is from a countryside background.
- coup de grace — A coup de grace is an action or event which finally destroys something, for example an institution, which has been gradually growing weaker.
- court hearing — an official meeting held in court
- court plaster — a plaster, composed of isinglass on silk, formerly used to cover superficial wounds
- courteousness — having or showing good manners; polite.
- courtesy call — a formal visit
- courtesy card — a privilege card
- cousin-german — the child of one's aunt or uncle
- cover-mounted — Cover-mounted items such as cassettes, videos and CDs are attached to the front of a magazine as free gifts.
- crapulousness — The state or quality of being crapulous.
- crassulaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Crassulaceae, a family of herbaceous or shrubby flowering plants with fleshy succulent leaves, including the houseleeks and stonecrops
- credulousness — willing to believe or trust too readily, especially without proper or adequate evidence; gullible.
- creosote bush — a shrub, Larrea (or Covillea) tridentata of the western US and Mexico, that has resinous leaves with an odour resembling creosote, and can live for many thousands of years: family Zygophyllaceae
- criminousness — the quality or state of being criminous
- croquembouche — a French dessert consisting of a cone-shaped mound of small cream puffs glazed with caramelized sugar
- cross-current — A cross-current is a current in a river or sea that flows across another current.
- cross-purpose — a contrary aim or purpose