Phrase Hound found 234 phrases and 1,604 compound words that contain counter. The most common are listed below. Open counter in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 234
- hit counterA numerical display on a web page indicating the number of times the page has been accessed.
- over-the-counterOf medicine and other treatments, legal for sale or distribution without the requirement of a prescription.
- under the counterIllicitly, against regulations, of goods kept under the serving counter in a shop to be unobtrusively passed to a customer who knows they are available for surreptitious sale (e.g. pornographic magazines in a newsagent).
- counter-attackAn attack made in response to an attack by the opponents
- behind the counterOf drugs, dispensed by a pharmacist without needing a doctor's prescription or other form of compliance.
- counter-offensiveAn attack made in response to a previous offensive, and intended to stop it.
- Counter-Strike
- Web counter
- counter-earthA hypothetical planet sharing an orbit with the earth, but on the opposite side of the sun.
- Counter-ReformationThe period of Roman Catholic revival that aimed to combat the Reformation; any of various specific strains of anti-Reformation thought and action.
- program counterA register that stores the address of the current (or next) instruction to be carried out by the processor.
- Geiger counterA device designed to detect radioactivity and measure its intensity.
- counter-batteryAlternative form of counterbattery: Directed against opposing artillery.
- bean counterA person who is excessively interested in controlling or reducing expenses, increasing profits, or in quantitative details in general.
- counter-castleA castle built to secure a lord's territorial claims or to conquer the territory of a rival ruler.
- counter-passwordThe response to a password, which identities the person to whom the password is given as the correct contact.
- hard counterA character, item, or playstyle able to utterly defeat or nullify another.
- counter-paymentAlternative form of counterpayment: A payment made to recompense, in part or in full, someone who has made a payment.
- counter melodyAlternative form of countermelody: a secondary or supplemental melody played simultaneously with the primary melody.
- card counterA person who uses card counting in pontoon or blackjack in order to obtain an advantage.
- counter checkA check (draft) that is printed ex tempore, as for an accountholder who has no printed checks available to him.
- counter cultureAlternative spelling of counterculture: Any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to Western culture.
- counter-argumentAlternative form of counterargument: An argument that is opposed to another argument.
- counter-claimAlternative form of counterclaim: A suit filed by a defendant against a plaintiff secondary to the original complaint.
- counter-offerAlternative form of counteroffer: An offer made in reply to an unacceptable offer.
Compound words 1,604
- counterpartEither of two parts that fit together or otherwise complement one another.
- countertopThe top surface of a counter, for preparation of food, etc.
- counterpointA melody added to an existing one, especially one added to provide harmony whilst each retains its simultaneous identity; a composition consisting of such contrapuntal melodies.
- counterfactualContrary to known or agreed facts; untrue.
- counterstrikeThe tactic of counterattacking.
- counterintuitiveContrary to intuition or common sense.
- counterpunchA punch delivered in response to a previous punch by somebody else, such as an opponent in a boxing match: a return blow, a retaliatory blow.
- counterrevolutionaryMarked by opposition or antipathy to a current or earlier revolution.
- counterclockwiseIn the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
- countersignA second signature added to a document to affirm the validity of the signature of the first person.