Nouns starting with C

• countercharge — Noun – English ～ a charge brought by an accused person against the accuser
• countercheck — Noun – English ～ something that checks the correctness of a previous check
• countercheck — Noun – English ～ a check that restrains another check
• counterclaim — Noun – English ～ a claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal action
• countercoup — Noun – English ～ a sudden and decisive overthrow of a government that gained power by a coup d'etat
• counterculture — Noun – English ～ a culture with lifestyles and values opposed to those of the established culture
• countercurrent — Noun – English ～ a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
• countercurrent — Noun – English ～ actions counter to the main group activity; "political crosscurrents disrupted the conference"
• counterdemonstration — Noun – English ～ a demonstration held in opposition to another demonstration; "supporters of the president organized a counterdemonstration in his support"
• counterdemonstrator — Noun – English ～ someone who demonstrates in opposition to another demonstration
• counterespionage — Noun – English ～ spying on the spies
• counterexample — Noun – English ～ refutation by example
• counterfactuality — Noun – English ～ the quality of being contrary to fact
• counterfeit — Noun – English ～ a copy that is represented as the original
• counterfeiter — Noun – English ～ someone who makes copies illegally
• counterfire — Noun – English ～ fire intended to neutralize or destroy enemy weapons
• counterfoil — Noun – English ～ the part of a check that is retained as a record
• counterglow — Noun – English ～ a faint spot of light in the night sky that appears directly opposite the position of the sun; a reflection of sunlight by micrometeoric material in space
• counterinsurgency — Noun – English ～ actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
• counterintelligence — Noun – English ～ intelligence activities concerned with identifying and counteracting the threat to security posed by hostile intelligence organizations or by individuals engaged in espionage or sabotage or subversion or terrorism

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