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12-letter words starting with counter

  • counter hand — a person who works behind a counter; assistant
  • counter word — any word freely used as a general term of approval or disapproval without reference to its more exact meaning, as nice, terrible, lousy, terrific
  • counter-fact — a conditional statement the first clause of which expresses something contrary to fact, as “If I had known.”.
  • counter-raid — a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed: a police raid on a gambling ring.
  • counter-turn — (in figure skating) a one-foot turn
  • counter-view — an opposing or contrasting opinion.
  • counter-word — a word, often of short-lived popularity, widely used as an almost meaningless, automatic response.
  • counteracted — Simple past tense and past participle of counteract.
  • counteracter — Something that counteracts.
  • counteragent — a person or thing that counteracts
  • counterargue — to argue against something
  • counterblast — A counterblast is a strong angry reply to something that has been said, written, or done.
  • counterbluff — a bluff made in opposition to another bluff
  • counterbrace — a rope on the leeward side of a ship, controlling the position of the fore-topsail
  • countercharm — an object or action that is capable of destroying a magical charm
  • countercheck — a check or restraint, esp one that acts in opposition to another
  • counterclaim — a claim set up in opposition to another, esp by the defendant in a civil action against the plaintiff
  • counterearth — (in Pythagorean astronomy) a planet, out of sight from our part of the earth, whose shadow upon the sun and moon, cast by a central fire that is also out of sight, causes the eclipses.
  • counterfeits — Plural form of counterfeit.
  • counterfoils — Plural form of counterfoil.
  • counterforce — a force that acts in opposition to another force
  • counterforts — Plural form of counterfort.
  • counterimage — a corresponding image
  • counterlight — a light opposite something, such as a painting, that negatively affects the appearance of that object
  • countermands — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countermand.
  • countermarch — to march or cause to march back along the same route
  • countermined — Simple past tense and past participle of countermine.
  • countermines — Plural form of countermine.
  • countermoved — Simple past tense and past participle of countermove.
  • countermoves — Plural form of countermove.
  • counteroffer — A counteroffer is an offer that someone makes, for example, for a house or business, in response to an offer by another person or group.
  • counterorder — An order (command) made in opposition to a previous one.
  • counterpanes — Plural form of counterpane.
  • counterparts — a person or thing closely resembling another, especially in function: Our president is the counterpart of your prime minister.
  • counterparty — a person who is a party to a contract
  • counterplead — to plead the opposite of
  • counterpleas — Plural form of counterplea.
  • counterplots — Plural form of counterplot.
  • counterpoint — Something that is a counterpoint to something else contrasts with it in a satisfying way.
  • counterpoise — a force, influence, etc, that counterbalances another
  • counterpower — an opposing power
  • counterproof — a reverse impression of a newly printed proof of an engraving made by laying it while wet upon plain paper and passing it through the press
  • counterpunch — to punch an attacking opponent; return an attack
  • counterrally — an opposing rally
  • counterreply — a reply made in response to a reply; rejoinder.
  • counterscarp — the outer side of the ditch of a fort
  • countershaft — an intermediate shaft that is driven by, but rotates in the opposite direction to, a main shaft, esp in a gear train
  • countersigns — Plural form of countersign.
  • countersinks — Plural form of countersink.
  • counterspell — a spell or charm which acts against another spell, esp in fantasy or role-playing games

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