uraninite (iou) and counter 1, noun (oh)

uraninite (iou)

uraninite noun. L19.
[from URANO-2 + -IN1 + -ITE1.]
Mineralogy. A black, brown, or grey cubic mineral which consists mainly of uranium dioxide, is found most frequently in botryoidal form as pitchblende, and is the major ore of uranium.

counter 1, noun (oh)

[Sense: 1-5; Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: comptour, from Medieval Latin computatorium 'counting place', from Latin computare; COMPUTE]
[Sense: 6-7; Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: conteor, from conter; COUNT1]
[Sense: 8; Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: contre, from contre 'against']
the place where you pay or are served in a shop, bank, restaurant etc
::He wondered if the girl behind the counter recognised him.
AmE a long flat surface on top of a piece of furniture, especially in a kitchen
British Equivalent: worktop
over the counter
drugs, medicines etc that are bought over the counter are ones that you can buy in a shop without a prescription from a doctor
under the counter
if you buy something under the counter, you buy it secretly and usually illegally
::It's risky, but you can get alcohol under the counter.
a small object that you use in some Games that are played on a board
a piece of electrical equipment that counts something
::Set the Video counter to zero before you press play.
-see also Geiger counter
a computer program that counts the number of people that have visited a website
an action that tries to prevent something bad from happening, or an argument that is used to prove that something is wrong
counter to
::The road blocks were a counter to terrorist attacks in that area.

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