9-Letter Words That Start With: COUN

• counting backward from an arbitrary number to indicate the time remaining before some event (such as launching a space vehicle)

• A member of a council.

• In particular, a representative elected to a local authority, such as a city council: a city councillor

• that can be counted

• To give advice, especially professional advice, to (somebody).

• To recommend (a course of action).

• table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted

• game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games

• a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens

• a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers

• a person who counts things

• a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)

• (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers)

• a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot

• a return punch (especially by a boxer)

• in the opposite direction

• indicating opposition or resistance

• speak in response

• act in advance of; deal with ahead of time

• someone who gives advice about problems

• someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp

• a lawyer who pleads cases in court

• too numerous to be counted

• a politically organized body of people under a single government

• the territory occupied by a nation

• the people who live in a nation or country

• an area outside of cities and towns

• a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)