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Up :: Up (adv.) Aloft; on high; in a direction contrary to that of gravity; toward or in a higher place or position; above; -- the opposite of down.

Contradictory :: Contradictory (a.) Affirming the contrary; implying a denial of what has been asserted; also, mutually contradicting; inconsistent..

Counter :: Counter (adv.) In the wrong way; contrary to the right course; as, a hound that runs counter..

Untruthful :: Untruthful (a.) Not truthful; unveracious; contrary to the truth or the fact.

Subcontrary :: Subcontrary (a.) Having, or being in, a contrary order; -- said of a section of an oblique cone having a circular base made by a plane not parallel to the base, but so inclined to the axis that the section is a circle; applied also to two similar triangles when so placed as to have a common angle at the vertex, the opposite sides not being parallel..

Unparliamentary :: Unparliamentary (a.) Not parliamentary; contrary to the practice of parliamentary bodies.

Un- :: Un- (adv.) Un- is prefixed to nouns to express the absence of, or the contrary of, that which the noun signifies; as, unbelief, unfaith, unhealth, unrest, untruth, and the like..

Reaction :: Reaction (n.) Any action in resisting other action or force; counter tendency; movement in a contrary direction; reverse action.

Denial :: Denial (n.) A refusal to acknowledge; disclaimer of connection with; disavowal; -- the contrary of confession; as, the denial of a fault charged on one; a denial of God..

Clash :: Clash (v. i.) To meet in opposition; to act in a contrary direction; to come onto collision; to interfere.

Fromwards :: Fromwards (prep.) A way from; -- the contrary of toward.

Irrubrical :: Irrubrical (a.) Contrary to the rubric; not rubrical.

Cata :: Cata () The Latin and English form of a Greek preposition, used as a prefix to signify down, downward, under, against, contrary or opposed to, wholly, completely; as in cataclysm, catarrh. It sometimes drops the final vowel, as in catoptric; and is sometimes changed to cath, as in cathartic, catholic..

Cross-banded :: Cross-banded (a.) A term used when a narrow ribbon of veneer is inserted into the surface of any piece of furniture, wainscoting, etc., so that the grain of it is contrary to the general surface..

Contrary :: Contrary (n.) the opposite; a proposition, fact, or condition incompatible with another; as, slender proofs which rather show the contrary. See Converse, n., 1..

Contrary :: Contrary (a.) Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse; as, contrary winds..

Unkind :: Unkind (a.) Not kind; contrary to nature, or the law of kind or kindred; unnatural..

Disavow :: Disavow (v. t.) To deny; to show the contrary of; to disprove.

Contrary :: Contrary (n.) An opponent; an enemy.

Contrariety :: Contrariety (n.) The state or quality of being contrary; opposition; repugnance; disagreement; antagonism.

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