designation identification | the act of designating or identifying something |
card game cards | a game played with playing cards |
card trick | a trick performed with playing cards |
baseball card | a trading card with a picture of a baseball player and information about his playing record |
card | one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes, he collected cards and traded them with the other boys |
card index card catalog card catalogue | an alphabetical listing of items (e.g., books in a library) with a separate card for each item |
card table | a small light table with folding legs, can be folded for storage |
card table | a table for playing cards (as in a casino) |
circuit board circuit card board card plug-in add-in | a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities |
compass card mariner's compass | compass in the form of a card that rotates so that degrees or North points to magnetic north |
drawing card loss leader leader | a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers |
face card picture card court card | one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face |
gaming card | one of a set of cards used in gambling games |
hole card | (poker) a playing card dealt face down and not revealed until the showdown |
house of cards cardhouse card-house cardcastle | an unstable construction with playing cards, he built three levels of his cardcastle before it collapsed |
playing card | one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games |
punched card punch card Hollerith card | a card on which data can be recorded in the form of punched holes |
tarot card tarot | any of a set of (usually ) cards that include cards representing virtues and vices and death and fortune etc., used by fortunetellers |
trading card | a card with a picture on it, collected and traded by children |
trump trump card | a playing card in the suit that has been declared trumps, the ace of trumps is a sure winner |
wild card | a playing card whose value can be determined by the person who holds it |
identification | the attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons) |
recognition identification | the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering, a politician whose recall of names was as remarkable as his recognition of faces, experimental psychologists measure the elapsed time from the onset of the stimulus to its recognition by the observer |
speaker identification talker identification | identification of a person from the sound of their voice |
calling card | a distinguishing characteristic or behavior, bombs are a terrorist's calling cards |
ballistic identification ballistic fingerprinting bullet fingerprinting | identification of the gun that fired a bullet from an analysis of the unique marks that every gun makes on the bullet it fires and on the shell ejected from it |
biometric identification biometric authentication identity verification | the automatic identification of living individuals by using their physiological and behavioral characteristics, negative identification can only be accomplished through biometric identification, if a pin or password is lost or forgotten it can be changed and reissued but a biometric identification cannot |
number identification number | a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification, she refused to give them her Social Security number |
business card | a card on which are printed the person's name and business affiliation |
bank identification number BIN ABA transit number | an identification number consisting of a two-part code assigned to banks and savings associations, the first part shows the location and the second identifies the bank itself |
card identity card | a card certifying the identity of the bearer, he had to show his card to get in |
donor card | a card that you carry on your person and that authorizes the use of your organs for transplantation after your death |
membership card | a card certifying membership in an organization |
union card | a card certifying membership in a labor union |
library card borrower's card | a card certifying the bearer's right to use the library |
ration card | a card certifying the bearer's right to purchase rationed goods |
batting order card lineup | (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat, the managers presented their cards to the umpire at home plate |
card catalog card catalogue | a library catalog in which each publication is described on a separate file card |
menu bill of fare card carte du jour carte | a list of dishes available at a restaurant, the menu was in French |
card scorecard | (golf) a record of scores (as in golf), you have to turn in your card to get a handicap |
card | a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures), they sent us a card from Miami |
birthday card | a card expressing a birthday greeting |
get-well card | a card expressing get-well wishes |
greeting card | a card sent to express personal greetings |
Christmas card | a card expressing a Christmas greeting |
Easter card | a card expressing an Easter greeting |
postcard post card postal card mailingard | a card for sending messages by post without an envelope |
sympathy card | a card expressing sympathy |
Mass card | (Roman Catholic Church) a card sent to a bereaved family that says the sender has arranged for a Mass to be said in memory of the deceased |
calling card visiting card card | a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited |