RESISTANCE — 10 letter word
resistance
The word resistance has 10 letters: R, E, S, I, S, T, A, N, C, E. It contains 4 vowels and 6 consonants. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Resistance has 1 anagram: ancestries. As a noun, it means "the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with".
10 letter word "resistance": R E S I S T A N C E — noun
Scrabble score: 12 Words With Friends score: 14
Letter analysis of resistance
| Letter | Count | Type | Scrabble pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| E | 2 | Vowel | 1 |
| S | 2 | Consonant | 1 |
| I | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| T | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| A | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| N | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| C | 1 | Consonant | 3 |
4 vowels, 6 consonants, 8 unique letters
Definition of resistance
noun
- the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with "I encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens." Synonyms: opposition
- the military action of resisting the enemy's advance "the enemy offered little resistance"
- group action in opposition to those in power
- an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current Synonyms: resistor
- (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
- the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
- a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force Synonyms: underground
- any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
- a material's opposition to the flow of electric current Synonyms: electric resistance, electrical resistance, impedance, resistivity, ohmic resistance
- 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"
- (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease Synonyms: immunity
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