| buck2 |
(informal) to oppose or resist stubbornly or with determination. [1/7 definitions] |
| cave in |
(informal) to give in or not resist. [1/2 definitions] |
| cutwater |
the upstream face of a bridge pier, designed to resist moving water or ice. [1/2 definitions] |
| defy |
to resist efforts at. [1/3 definitions] |
| fend |
to provide defense; resist. [1/3 definitions] |
| fiber |
in diet, certain plant carbohydrates that resist digestion but speed the digestion of other foods and ease intestinal evacuation. [1/5 definitions] |
| fight |
the capacity to resist or struggle. [1/9 definitions] |
| fighter |
one who has the strength or courage to fight back or resist. [1/2 definitions] |
| geostatic |
of a building, bridge, or other construction, able to resist such pressure. [1/2 definitions] |
| hold out |
to stand firm and not give in; resist. [1/2 definitions] |
| immunity |
the condition of being able to resist a disease. |
| inert |
not being able to move, act, or resist. |
| inoculate |
to inject with a very small amount of a disease to help resist that disease in the future. |
| irresistible |
impossible not to give in to or resist. |
| mothproof |
to prepare (a material) to resist infestation by or damage caused by moth larvae. [1/2 definitions] |
| nonresistant |
one who does not resist, esp. one who refuses to use violence or force either in self-defense or in opposition to arbitrary or illegal authority. [1/2 definitions] |
| oppose |
to think, act, or be against; resist. [1/2 definitions] |
| outface |
to confront (danger or the like) bravely; defy or resist. [1/2 definitions] |
| photolithography |
a technique or process of offset printing in which an image is photographically transferred onto a metal or paper sheet that is then developed and specially treated to resist ink on all but the transferred image. |
| pressurize |
to make in such a way as to resist outside pressure. [1/2 definitions] |
| prestressed concrete |
concrete reinforced with steel cables, wires, or the like, which have been embedded in it under tension and thus actively resist loads. |