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Foot Poundal :: Foot poundal () A unit of energy or work, equal to the work done in moving a body through one foot against the force of one poundal..

Counter :: Counter (adv.) At or against the front or face.

Insurable :: Insurable (a.) Capable of being insured against loss, damage, death, etc.; proper to be insured..

Tablet :: Tablet (n.) A flattish cake or piece; as, tablets of arsenic were formerly worn as a preservative against the plague..

Torpedo :: Torpedo (n.) A kind of small submarine boat carrying an explosive charge, and projected from a ship against another ship at a distance, or made self-propelling, and otherwise automatic in its action against a distant ship..

Fortification :: Fortification (n.) That which fortifies; especially, a work or works erected to defend a place against attack; a fortified place; a fortress; a fort; a castle..

''gainst :: 'Gainst (prep.) A contraction of Against.

Guard :: Guard (v. t.) An extension of the deck of a vessel beyond the hull; esp., in side-wheel steam vessels, the framework of strong timbers, which curves out on each side beyond the paddle wheel, and protects it and the shaft against collision..

Contra :: Contra () A Latin adverb and preposition, signifying against, contrary, in opposition, etc., entering as a prefix into the composition of many English words. Cf. Counter, adv. & pref..

Repercussion :: Repercussion (n.) In a vaginal examination, the act of imparting through the uterine wall with the finger a shock to the fetus, so that it bounds upward, and falls back again against the examining finger..

Bretwalda :: Bretwalda (n.) The official title applied to that one of the Anglo-Saxon chieftains who was chosen by the other chiefs to lead them in their warfare against the British tribes.

Appulsive :: Appulsive (a.) Striking against; impinging; as, the appulsive influence of the planets..

Traitor :: Traitor (n.) One who violates his allegiance and betrays his country; one guilty of treason; one who, in breach of trust, delivers his country to an enemy, or yields up any fort or place intrusted to his defense, or surrenders an army or body of troops to the enemy, unless when vanquished; also, one who takes arms and levies war against his country; or one who aids an enemy in conquering his country. See Treason..

Mopboard :: Mopboard (n.) A narrow board nailed against the wall of a room next to the floor; skirting board; baseboard. See Baseboard.

Philhellenist :: Philhellenist (n.) A friend of Greece; one who supports the cause of the Greeks; particularly, one who supported them in their struggle for independence against the Turks; a philhellene..

Antispasmodic :: Antispasmodic (a.) Good against spasms.

Detest :: Detest (v. t.) To witness against; to denounce; to condemn.

Against :: Against (prep.) By of before the time that; in preparation for; so as to be ready for the time when.

Obdurate :: Obdurate (a.) Hardened in feelings, esp. against moral or mollifying influences; unyielding; hard-hearted; stubbornly wicked..

Curb :: Curb (n.) That which curbs, restrains, or subdues; a check or hindrance; esp., a chain or strap attached to the upper part of the branches of a bit, and capable of being drawn tightly against the lower jaw of the horse..

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