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Resinating
- verb - impregnate with resin to give a special flavor to; "Greek wines are often resinated"
Resiniform
- - Having the form of resin.
Resinously
- - By means, or in the manner, of resin.
Resistance
- noun - (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
- (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
- a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
- a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
- an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
- any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
- group action in opposition to those in power
- the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with; "he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens"; "despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead"
- the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents; "these trees are widely planted because of their resistance to salt and smog"
- the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other dr
Resistible
- adjective - capable of being resisted or withstood or frustrated; "a resistible attack"; "such resistible temptations"
Resistless
- adjective - impossible to resist; overpowering; "irresistible (or resistless) impulses"; "what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object?"
- offering no resistance; "resistless hostages"; "No other colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly harried"- Theodore Roosevelt
Resolutely
- adverb - showing firm determination or purpose; "she resolutely refused to look at him or speak to him"; "he entered the building resolutely"
- with firmness; "`I will come along,' she said decisively"
Resolution
- noun - (computer science) the number of pixels per square inch on a computer-generated display; the greater the resolution, the better the picture
- (music) a dissonant chord is followed by a consonant chord
- a decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner; "he always wrote down his New Year's resolutions"
- a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote
- a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem; "they were trying to find a peaceful solution"; "the answers were in the back of the book"; "he computed the result to four decimal places"
- analysis into clear-cut components
- finding a solution to a problem
- something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making; "they finally reached a settlement with the union"; "they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences"; "he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure"
- the ability of a microscope or