Check (n.) A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger |
Check (n.) A condition of interrupted or impeded progress |
Check (n.) Whatever arrests progress, or limits action |
Check (n.) A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified |
Check (n.) A written order directing a bank or banker to pay money as therein stated. See Bank check, below. |
Check (n.) A woven or painted design in squares resembling the patten of a checkerboard |
Check (n.) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds. |
Check (n.) Small chick or crack. |
Check (v. t.) To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, esp. his king, in check |
Check (v. t.) To put a sudden restraint upon |
Check (v. t.) To verify, to guard, to make secure, by means of a mark, token, or other check |
Check (v. t.) To chide, rebuke, or reprove. |
Check (v. t.) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended. |
Check (v. t.) To make checks or chinks in |
Check (v. i.) To make a stop |
Check (v. i.) To clash or interfere. |
Check (v. i.) To act as a curb or restraint. |
Check (v. i.) To crack or gape open, as wood in drying |
Check (v. i.) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds. |
Check (a.) Checkered |
List (n.) A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground, or field of combat |
List (v. t.) To inclose for combat |
List (v. i.) To hearken |
List (v. t.) To listen or hearken to. |
List (v. i.) To desire or choose |
List (v. i.) To lean |
List (n.) Inclination |
List (n.) An inclination to one side |
List (n.) A strip forming the woven border or selvedge of cloth, particularly of broadcloth, and serving to strengthen it |
List (n.) A limit or boundary |
List (n.) The lobe of the ear |
List (n.) A stripe. |
List (n.) A roll or catalogue, that is row or line |
List (n.) A little square molding |
List (n.) A narrow strip of wood, esp. sapwood, cut from the edge of a plank or board. |
List (n.) A piece of woolen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a workman. |
List (n.) The first thin coat of tin. |
List (n.) A wirelike rim of tin left on an edge of the plate after it is coated. |
List (v. t.) To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colors, or form a border. |
List (v. t.) To cover with list, or with strips of cloth |
List (v. t.) To enroll |
List (v. t.) To engage, as a soldier |
List (v. t.) To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of |
List (v. i.) To engage in public service by enrolling one's name |
check-in | the act of reporting your presence (as at an airport or a hotel) |
check checkout check-out procedure | the act of inspecting or verifying, they made a check of their equipment, the pilot ran through the check-out procedure |
spot check | a check on work performance or product quality made at random times without warning, spot checks ensure a high level of performance by employees |
checkup medical checkup medical examination medical exam medical health check | a thorough physical examination, includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person |
check | (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king |
discovered check | a check on the opponent's king that is delivered by moving a piece out of the line of attack by a queen or rook or bishop |
check | obstructing an opponent in ice hockey |
poke check | knocking the puck away by jabbing at it with the hockey stick |
attendance check | a call of students' names in a classroom |
bridle check curb | the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess, his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper |
check | a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard), she wore a skirt with checks |
houndstooth check hound's-tooth check dogstooth check dogs-tooth check dog's-tooth check | textile with a pattern of small broken or jagged checks |
check chip | a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something |
tilt list inclination lean leaning | the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical, the tower had a pronounced tilt, the ship developed a list to starboard, he walked with a heavy inclination to the right |
hindrance hinderance deterrent impediment balk baulk check handicap | something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress |
assay check | an appraisal of the state of affairs, they made an assay of the contents, a check on its dependability under stress |
countercheck double check | something that checks the correctness of a previous check |
confirmation verification check substantiation | additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct, fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory |
bed check | a check that everyone is in bed by the time they should be |
parity check redundancy check odd-even check | a system of checking for errors in computer functioning |
list system scrutin de liste scrutin de liste system | based on the principle of proportional representation, voters choose between party lists, the number elected from each list being determined by the percentage cast for each list out of the total vote |
cyclic redundancy check | an error correction code that is recorded in each sector of a magnetic disk and used to catch errors in the data |
list listing | a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics) |
A-list | a list of names of specially favored people, the boss gave me his A-list of people we should try to recruit |
class list honours list | a list issued by examiners that categorizes students according to the class of honours they achieved in their degree examinations |
distribution list | list of names to whom a communication should be sent |
free list | a list of commodities that are not subject to tariffs |
grocery list | a list of groceries to be purchased |
grocery list shopping list | a list of heterogenous items that someone wants, the union came to the table with a whole grocery list of demands |
hit list | a list of victims to be eliminated (as by murder) |
inventory stock list | a detailed list of all the items in stock |
mailing list | a list of names and addresses to which advertising material is mailed |
playlist play list | a list of musical selections for performance or for broadcast by radio |
price list | a listing of prices for different goods or services |
push-down list push-down stack stack | a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO) |
shopping list | a list of items to be purchased |
short list shortlist | a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen |
sick list | a list of those who are ill (e.g. on a warship or in a regiment etc) |
wish list | a list of events that you wish would occur |
waiting list | a roster of those waiting to obtain something |
check register | a register of checks issued (usually in numeric order) |
stub check stub counterfoil | the part of a check that is retained as a record |
check chit tab | the bill in a restaurant, he asked the waiter for the check |
rain check | a ticket stub entitling the holder to admission to a future event if the scheduled event was cancelled due to rain |
check mark check tick | a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc., as he called the role he put a check mark by each student's name |
check character | a character that is added to the end of a block of transmitted data and used to check the accuracy of the transmission |
LISP list-processing language | a flexible procedure-oriented programing language that manipulates symbols in the form of lists |
rain check | a promise that an unaccepted offer will be renewed in the future |
reality check | an occasion on which one is reminded of the nature of things in the real world, this program is intended as a reality check for CEOs, after all those elaborate productions, I felt in need of a reality check |
check girl hatcheck girl | a female checker |