Something opposite or contrary to something else.
A reckoner; someone who collects data by counting; an enumerator.
The overhanging stern of a vessel above the waterline, below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.
In a bathroom, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, which holds the washbasin.
The enclosed or partly closed negative space of a glyph.
Any stone lying closer to the center than any of the opponent's stones.
A shop tabletop on which goods are examined, weighed or measured.
The breast of a horse; that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.
The piece of a shoe or a boot around the heel of the foot (above the heel of the shoe/boot).
In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, designed to be used for food preparation.
An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc.
A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted
The prison attached to a city court; a compter.
A variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count.
A class of word used along with numbers to count objects and events, typically mass nouns. Although rare and optional in English (e.g. "20 head of cattle"), they are numerous and required in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
A hit counter.
One who counts.
A proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to a hold or move by one's opponent.
To contradict, oppose.
To take action in response to; to respond.
To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.
Contrary, in opposition; in an opposite direction.
In the wrong way; contrary to the right course.
Contrary or opposing
Synonym of obviative
Synonym of obviative
To avoid (a future problem or difficult situation).
To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required).