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Antipyresis
Antipyresis An`ti*py*re"sis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? against + ? to be feverish, fr. ? fire.] (Med.) The condition or state of being free from fever.
Aphaeresis
Aphaeresis A*ph[ae]r"e*sis (?; 277), n. [L.] Same as Apheresis.
Apheresis
Apheresis A*pher"e*sis (?; 277), n. [L. aphaeresis, Gr. ?, fr. ? to take away; ? + ? to take.] 1. (Gram.) The dropping of a letter or syllable from the beginning of a word; e. g., cute for acute. 2. (Surg.) An operation by which any part is separated from the rest. [Obs.] --Dunglison.
Catachresis
Catachresis Cat`a*chre"sis, n. [L. fr. Gr. ? misuse, fr. ? to misuse; kata` against + ? to use.] (Rhet.) A figure by which one word is wrongly put for another, or by which a word is wrested from its true signification; as, ``To take arms against a sea of troubles'. --Shak. ``Her voice was but the shadow of a sound.' --Young.
Diaeresis
Diaeresis Di*[ae]r"e*sis, Dieresis Di*er"e*sis (?; 277), n.; pl. Di[ae]reses or Diereses. [L. diaeresis, Gr. ?, fr. ? to divide; dia` through, asunder + ? to take. See Heresy.] 1. (Gram.) The separation or resolution of one syllable into two; -- the opposite of syn[ae]resis. 2. A mark consisting of two dots [[umlaut]], placed over the second of two adjacent vowels, to denote that they are to be pronounced as distinct letters; as, co["o]perate, a["e]rial.
Diaphoresis
Diaphoresis Di`a*pho*re"sis, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to carry through, to throw off by perspiration; dia` through + ? to carry.] (Med.) Perspiration, or an increase of perspiration.
Dieresis
Dieresis Di*er"e*sis, n. [NL.] Same as Di[ae]resis.
Dieresis
Diaeresis Di*[ae]r"e*sis, Dieresis Di*er"e*sis (?; 277), n.; pl. Di[ae]reses or Diereses. [L. diaeresis, Gr. ?, fr. ? to divide; dia` through, asunder + ? to take. See Heresy.] 1. (Gram.) The separation or resolution of one syllable into two; -- the opposite of syn[ae]resis. 2. A mark consisting of two dots [[umlaut]], placed over the second of two adjacent vowels, to denote that they are to be pronounced as distinct letters; as, co["o]perate, a["e]rial.
Diuresis
Diuresis Di`u*re"sis, n. [NL. See Diuretic.] (Med.) Free excretion of urine.
Enuresis
Enuresis En`u*re"sis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? to urinate in; ? + ? urine.] (Med.) An involuntary discharge of urine; incontinence of urine.
Exaeresis
Exaeresis Ex*[ae]r"e*sis, n. [NL., fr. Gr.? a taking away.] (Surg.) In old writers, the operations concerned in the removal of parts of the body.
Hysteresis
Hysteresis Hys`te*re"sis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? to be behind, to lag.] (Physics) A lagging or retardation of the effect, when the forces acting upon a body are changed, as if from velocity or internal friction; a temporary resistance to change from a condition previously induced, observed in magnetism, thermoelectricity, etc., on reversal of polarity.
Irresistance
Irresistance Ir`re*sist"ance, n. Nonresistance; passive submission.
Irresistibleness
Irresistibleness Ir`re*sist"i*ble*ness, n. Quality of being irrestible.
Irresistibly
Irresistibly Ir`re*sist"i*bly, adv. In an irrestible manner.
Irresistless
Irresistless Ir`re*sist"less, a. Irresistible. [Obs.] --Glanvill.
Nonresistance
Nonresistance Non`re*sist"ance, n. The principles or practice of a nonresistant; passive obedience; submission to authority, power, oppression, or violence without opposition.
Nonresistant
Nonresistant Non`re*sist"ant, a. Making no resistance.
Nonresistant
Nonresistant Non`re*sist"ant, 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.
Nonresisting
Nonresisting Non`re*sist"ing, a. Not making resistance.
Paresis
Paresis Par"e*sis, n. [NL., from Gr. ?, fr. ? to let go; ? from + ? to send.] (Med.) Incomplete paralysis, affecting motion but not sensation.
Resist
Resist Re*sist", v. i. To make opposition. --Shak.
Resist
Resist Re*sist", n. (Calico Printing) A substance used to prevent a color or mordant from fixing on those parts to which it has been applied, either by acting machanically in preventing the color, etc., from reaching the cloth, or chemically in changing the color so as to render it incapable of fixing itself in the fibers.. The pastes prepared for this purpose are called resist pastes. --F. C. Calvert.
Resist
Resist Re*sist", n. (Technical) Something that resists or prevents a certain action; specif.: A substance applied to a surface, as of metal, to prevent the action on it of acid or other chemical agent.
Resistance frame
Resistance frame Re*sist"ance frame` (Elec.) A rheostat consisting of an open frame on which are stretched spirals of wire. Being freely exposed to the air, they radiate heat rapidly.
Resister
Resister Re*sist"er (-?r), n. One who resists.
Resistful
Resistful Re*sist"ful (-f?l), a. Making much resistance.
Resistibility
Resistibility Re*sist`i*bil"i*ty (-?-b?l"?-t?), n.. 1. The quality of being resistible; resistibleness. 2. The quality of being resistant; resitstance. The name ``body' being the complex idea of extension and resistibility together in the same subject. --Locke.
Resisting
Resisting Re*sist"ing, a. Making resistance; opposing; as, a resisting medium. -- Re*sist"ing ly, adv.
Resisting ly
Resisting Re*sist"ing, a. Making resistance; opposing; as, a resisting medium. -- Re*sist"ing ly, adv.

Meaning of Resis from wikipedia

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- Therese "Resi" Hammerer (18 February 1925 – 14 June 2010) was an Austrian alpine skier who competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics. She was born in Mittelberg...