| official immunity | personal immunity accorded to a public official from liability to anyone injured by actions that are the consequence of exerting official authority |
card game
cards | a game played with playing cards |
| card trick | a trick performed with playing cards |
| identity theft | the co-option of another person's personal information (e.g., name, Social Security number, credit card number, passport) without that person's knowledge and the fraudulent use of such knowledge |
| 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 |
identity
personal identity
individuality | the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity, you can lose your identity when you join the army |
| gender identity | your identity as it is experienced with regard to your individuality as male or female, awareness normally begin in infancy and is reinforced during adolescence |
identity identicalness
indistinguishability | exact sameness, they shared an identity of interests |
| identity | the individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known, geneticists only recently discovered the identity of the gene that causes it, it was too dark to determine his identity, she guessed the identity of his lover |
| calling card | a distinguishing characteristic or behavior, bombs are a terrorist's calling cards |
house of cards
bubble | a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control, his proposal was nothing but a house of cards, a real estate bubble |
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 |
| business card | a card on which are printed the person's name and business affiliation |
| 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 |
legal document
legal instrument
official document
instrument | (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right |
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 |