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Opposeless :: Opposeless (a.) Not to be effectually opposed; irresistible.

Smooth :: Smooth (superl.) Causing no resistance to a body sliding along its surface; frictionless.

Knurly :: Knurly (superl.) Full of knots; hard; tough; hence, capable of enduring or resisting much..

Counteraction :: Counteraction (n.) Action in opposition; hindrance resistance.

Resist :: Resist (v. t.) To counteract, as a force, by inertia or reaction..

Bullet-proof :: Bullet-proof (a.) Capable of resisting the force of a bullet.

Renitent :: Renitent (a.) Resisting pressure or the effect of it; acting against impulse by elastic force.

Reluct :: Reluct (v. i.) To strive or struggle against anything; to make resistance; to draw back; to feel or show repugnance or reluctance.

Nonresistant :: Nonresistant (n.) One who maintains that no resistance should be made to constituted authority, even when unjustly or oppressively exercised; one who advocates or practices absolute submission; also, one who holds that violence should never be resisted by force..

Fan :: Fan (n.) Any revolving vane or vanes used for producing currents of air, in winnowing grain, blowing a fire, ventilation, etc., or for checking rapid motion by the resistance of the air; a fan blower; a fan wheel..

Fly :: Fly (v. i.) Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock..

Defensive :: Defensive (a.) Carried on by resisting attack or aggression; -- opposed to offensive; as, defensive war..

Irresistibly :: Irresistibly (adv.) In an irrestible manner.

Theomachist :: Theomachist (n.) One who fights against the gods; one who resists God of the divine will.

Countertime :: Countertime (n.) The resistance of a horse, that interrupts his cadence and the measure of his manege, occasioned by a bad horseman, or the bad temper of the horse..

Oppugn :: Oppugn (v. t.) To fight against; to attack; to be in conflict with; to oppose; to resist.

Resisting :: Resisting (a.) Making resistance; opposing; as, a resisting medium..

Combat :: Combat (v. t.) To fight with; to oppose by force, argument, etc.; to contend against; to resist..

-ance :: -ance () A suffix signifying action; also, quality or state; as, assistance, resistance, appearance, elegance. See -ancy..

Irresistible :: Irresistible (a.) That can not be successfully resisted or opposed; superior to opposition; resistless; overpowering; as, an irresistible attraction..

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