| STANCE | • stance n. The manner, pose, or posture in which one stands. • stance n. One’s opinion or point of view. • stance n. A place to stand; a position, a site, a station. |
| DISTANCE | • distance n. (Countable) The amount of space between two points, usually geographical points, usually (but not necessarily)… • distance n. Length or interval of time. • distance n. (Countable, informal) The difference; the subjective measure between two quantities. |
| INSTANCE | • instance n. (Obsolete) Urgency of manner or words; an urgent request; insistence. • instance n. (Obsolete) A token; a sign; a symptom or indication. • instance n. (Obsolete) That which is urgent; motive. |
| PASTANCE | • pastance n. (Archaic) pastime. • PASTANCE n. (archaic) a pastime. |
| ELASTANCE | • elastance n. (Physics) An electrical property that is the inverse of capacitance. • elastance n. (Mechanics) The inverse of compliance. • elastance n. (Medicine) A measurement of the tendency of the lung, urinary bladder, gallbladder or other cavity to… |
| SUBSTANCE | • substance n. Physical matter; material. • substance n. The essential part of anything; the most vital part. • substance n. Substantiality; solidity; firmness. |
| ASSISTANCE | • assistance n. Aid; help; the act or result of assisting. • ASSISTANCE n. the act of assisting or the help supplied. |
| DESISTANCE | • desistance n. (Rare) The act or state of desisting; cessation. • DESISTANCE n. the act or state of desisting, also DESISTENCE. |
| RESISTANCE | • resistance n. The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist. • resistance n. (Physics) A force that tends to oppose motion. • resistance n. (Physics) electrical resistance. |
| OUTDISTANCE | • outdistance v. (Transitive) To run further or faster than another, or to finish a race with a large margin. • OUTDISTANCE v. to go far ahead of, as in a race. |
| CIRCUMSTANCE | • circumstance n. Something which is related to, or in some way affects, a fact or event. • circumstance n. An event; a fact; a particular incident. • circumstance n. Circumlocution; detail. |
| EQUIDISTANCE | • equidistance n. (Countable, uncountable) Equal distance. • EQUIDISTANCE n. equality of distance. |
| HAPPENSTANCE | • happenstance n. (Uncountable) The chance or random quality of an event or circumstance. • happenstance n. (Countable) A chance or random event or circumstance. • HAPPENSTANCE n. a circumstance esp. that is due to chance, also HAPPENCHANCE. |
| IRRESISTANCE | • irresistance n. (Archaic) passive submission; lack of resistance. • IRRESISTANCE n. lack of resistance. |
| NONRESISTANCE | • nonresistance n. Lack of resistance; not actively resisting. • NONRESISTANCE n. the principles or practice of passive submission to constituted authority even when unjust or oppressive. |
| ULTRADISTANCE | • ultradistance n. A very great distance. • ULTRADISTANCE adj. of running events, over an extreme distance. |
| COUNTERINSTANCE | • counterinstance n. An instance (example) which shows the opposite of a given theory to be true, thus disproving it. • COUNTERINSTANCE n. an instance adduced to counter another instance. |