<B>resilient, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>springing back; returning to the original form or position after being bent, compressed, or stretched. <BR> <I>Ex. resilient steel, resilient turf.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) readily recovering; buoyant; cheerful. <BR> <I>Ex. a resilient nature that throws off trouble.</I> adv. <B>resiliently.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="resin">
<B>resin, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a sticky, yellow or brown substance that flows from certain plants and trees, especially the pine and fir. Resin is transparent or translucent, does not conduct electricity, and is used in medicine, varnish, plastics, inks, and adhesives. When pine resin is heated it yields turpentine; the hard yellow substance that remains is called rosin. Copal, rosin, and amber are types of resin. <DD><B> 2. </B>any one of a large group of resinous substances that are made artificially and are used especially in making plastics. <BR> <I>Ex. Synthetic resins are made up of many simple molecules linked together to form large complex ones [called] high polymers (W. Norton Jones, Jr.).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to treat, rub, or coat with resin. adj. <B>resinlike.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="resinate">
<B>resinate, </B>noun, verb, <B>-ated,</B> <B>-ating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a mixture of certain acids in resin, such as used in making soap, or paints. <BR> <I>Ex. New uses already are being found for tung oil through the addition of zinc resinate (E. G. Moore).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to flavor or impregnate with resin. </DL>
<A NAME="resincanal">
<B>resin canal,</B> =resin duct.</DL>
<A NAME="resincyst">
<B>resin cyst,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a cyst or sac, in wood, containing resin. </DL>
<A NAME="resinduct">
<B>resin duct,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a canal in the wood of trees, especially conifers, through which resin is secreted and conducted. </DL>
<A NAME="resingnat">
<B>resin gnat,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small dipterous insect whose larvae live in exuding masses of resin on pine trees and feed on the abraded bark. </DL>
<A NAME="resinic">
<B>resinic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with resin. </DL>
<B>res integra, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) a matter not yet acted on, or a point of law not yet adjudicated. </DL>
<A NAME="resinteralios">
<B>res inter alios,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) <DD><B> 1. </B>the acts of third parties, or strangers to a proceeding, not relevant to the case. <DD><B> 2. </B>(literally) transactions between others. </DL>
<A NAME="resiny">
<B>resiny, </B>adjective. =resinous.</DL>
<A NAME="resipiscence">
<B>resipiscence, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a change to a better frame of mind. </DL>
<A NAME="resipiscent">
<B>resipiscent, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> changing to a better frame of mind. </DL>
<A NAME="resipsaloquitur">
<B>res ipsa loquitur,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) the thing itself speaks; the case speaks for itself. </DL>
<A NAME="resist">
<B>resist, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to act against; strive against; oppose. <BR> <I>Ex. to resist change. The window resisted all efforts to open it.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to strive successfully against; keep from. <BR> <I>Ex. I could not resist laughing.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to withstand the action or effect of (as an acid or storm). <BR> <I>Ex. A healthy body resists disease.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to act against something; oppose something. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a coating put on a surface to make it withstand the action of weather, acid, etc. <DD><B> 2. </B>a coating on parts of a fabric that are not to be colored, when the fabric is dyed. adv. <B>resistingly.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="resistance">
<B>resistance, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of resisting. <BR> <I>Ex. The bank clerk made no resistance to the robbers.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the power to resist. <BR> <I>Ex. She has little resistance to germs and so is often ill. Get enough sleep and eat well-balanced meals to help keep up resistance built up during the cold months (Time).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a thing or act that resists; opposing force; opposition. <BR> <I>Ex. An airplane can overcome the resistance of the air and go in the desired direction, but an ordinary balloon just drifts.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>the property of a conductor that opposes the passage of an electric current and changes electric energy into heat. Copper has a low resistance. <BR> <I>Ex. Resistance is the electrical counterpart of friction, and can serve the same damping function (Roy F. Allison).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>a conductor, coil, etc., that offers resistance. <DD><B> 6. </B>(Physics) an opposing force, especially one tending to prevent motion. </DL>
<A NAME="resistance">
<B>Resistance, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the people who secretly organize and fight for their freedom in a country occupied and controlled by a foreign power. <BR> <I>Ex. the French Resistance in World War II.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="resistancecoil">
<B>resistance coil,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a coil or wire made of metal that has a high resistance, used especially for measuring resistance, reducing voltage or amperage, and producing heat. </DL>
<A NAME="resistanceless">
<B>resistanceless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> lacking resistance. <BR> <I>Ex. At low temperature a resistanceless current can cross an insulating gap (New Scientist).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="resistancemeter">
<B>resistance meter,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an instrument used to measure the performance of the ignition coil and condenser in an internal-combustion engine. </DL>
<A NAME="resistancethermometer">
<B>resistance thermometer,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an electric thermometer based on the variation in conductivity of metals as a result of changing temperature. </DL>
<A NAME="resistancewelding">
<B>resistance welding,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> welding by heat from resistance to the flow of an electric current; electric welding. </DL>
<B>resistant, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) a member of the Resistance. <BR> <I>Ex. During the German occupation, he defended some of the French resistants in the special courts (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="resistdyeing">
<B>resist dyeing,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the process of dyeing in a pattern with a resist. </DL>
<A NAME="resistent">
<B>resistent, </B>adjective. =resistant.</DL>
<A NAME="resister">
<B>resister, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person or thing that resists. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=resistor.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="resistibility">
<B>resistibility, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality or condition of being resistible. </DL>
<A NAME="resistible">
<B>resistible, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be resisted. <BR> <I>Ex. earthquakes ... the least resistible of natural violence (Samuel Johnson).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="resistive">
<B>resistive, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> resisting; capable of resisting or inclined to resist. adv. <B>resistively.</B> noun <B>resistiveness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="resistivity">
<B>resistivity, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ties.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the electrical resistance of the equivalent of one cubic centimeter of a given substance. </DL>
<A NAME="resistless">
<B>resistless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>that cannot be resisted. <BR> <I>Ex. A resistless impulse made him wander over the earth.</I> (SYN) irresistible. <DD><B> 2. </B>that cannot resist. adv. <B>resistlessly.</B> noun <B>resistlessness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="resistojet">
<B>resistojet, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a jet engine that uses electric resistance to heat a liquid propellant, used chiefly to keep an artificial satellite steady during orbit. </DL>
<A NAME="resistor">
<B>resistor, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a conductor used to control voltage in an electric circuit, as of a radio or television set, a tape recorder, a computer, or other electronic equipment, because of its resistance. <BR> <I>Ex. A resistor is simply a poor conductor of electricity (John R. Pierce).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="resit">
<B>resit, </B>verb, <B>-sat,</B> <B>-sitting,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) <DD><I>v.t. </I> to take (a written examination) a second time. <BR> <I>Ex. So many students resit the engineering examination each year that an eventual pass rate of 80 per cent, as suggested by Mr. Alan Sim, may occur (Sunday Times).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> the taking of a written examination a second time. <BR> <I>Ex. the September resit.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="resite">
<B>re-site, </B>transitive verb, <B>-sited,</B> <B>-siting.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to place on a new site. </DL>
<A NAME="resize">
<B>resize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-sized,</B> <B>-sizing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to size again or anew. </DL>
<A NAME="resjudicata">
<B>res judicata,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) res adjudicata. </DL>
<A NAME="reslant">
<B>reslant, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to slant again. <DD><B> 2. </B>to slant in a new direction. </DL>
<A NAME="resnatron">
<B>resnatron, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a vacuum tube for generating large amounts of high-frequency power, such as for jamming radar in warfare. </DL>
<A NAME="resnullius">
<B>res nullius,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) a thing belonging to no one. <BR> <I>Ex. The moon, however, is almost certainly res nullius, and therefore capable of appropriation through effective occupation (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists).</I> </DL>
