resistance: Information About The Word 'resistance'

resistance is an acceptable dictionary word for games like scrabble, words with friends, crossword, etc.

The word 'resistance' is made up of 10 letters.

Meanings:
  • (n) 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"
  • (n) any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
  • (n) a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
  • (n) the military action of resisting the enemy's advance; "the enemy offered little resistance"
  • (n) (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
  • (n) a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
  • (n) the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
  • (n) (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
  • (n) an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
  • (n) group action in opposition to those in power
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Using the word 'resistance' in Scrabble will fetch you 12 points while using it in Words with Friends will fetch you 14 points (without taking into consideration the effect of any multipliers).

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Words Ending With 'resistance'

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Words Starting With 'resistance'

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Words Containing 'resistance'

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Points in Scrabble for resistance12
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Number of Letters in resistance10
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