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 |
Counter
(adv.) A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition |
Counter
(v. t.) One who counts, or reckons up |
Counter
(v. t.) A piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, etc. |
Counter
(v. t.) Money |
Counter
(v. t.) A prison |
Counter
(v. t.) A telltale |
Counter
(v. t.) A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted |
Counter
(adv.) Contrary |
Counter
(adv.) In the wrong way |
Counter
(adv.) At or against the front or face. |
Counter
(a.) Contrary |
Counter
(adv.) The after part of a vessel's body, from the water line to the stern, -- below and somewhat forward of the stern proper. |
Counter
(adv.) Same as Contra. Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to counter tenor. |
Counter
(adv.) The breast, or that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck. |
Counter
(adv.) The back leather or heel part of a boot. |
Counter
(n.) An encounter. |
Counter
(v. i.) To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing. |
Counter brace
() The brace of the fore-topsail on the leeward side of a vessel. |
Counter brace
() A brace, in a framed structure, which resists a strain of a character opposite to that which a main brace is designed to receive. |
Counter-compony
(a.) See Compony. |
Counter-couchant
(a.) Lying down, with their heads in opposite directions |
Counter-courant
(a.) Running in opposite directions |
Counter-paly
(a.) Paly, and then divided fesswise, so that each vertical piece is cut into two, having the colors used alternately or counterchanged. Thus the escutcheon in the illustration may also be blazoned paly of six per fess counterchanged argent and azure. |
Counter-roll
(n.) A duplicate roll (record or account) kept by an officer as a check upon another officer's roll. |
Counter-salient
(a.) Leaping from each other |
Counter tenor
() One of the middle parts in music, between the tenor and the treble |
Counter weight
(n.) A counterpoise. |
Desk
(n.) A table, frame, or case, usually with sloping top, but often with flat top, for the use writers and readers. It often has a drawer or repository underneath. |
Desk
(n.) A reading table or lectern to support the book from which the liturgical service is read, differing from the pulpit from which the sermon is preached |
Desk
(v. t.) To shut up, as in a desk |
counterpunch
parry
counter | a return punch (especially by a boxer) |
| 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 |
| counter-sabotage | counterintelligence designed to detect and counteract sabotage |
| 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 |
help desk
helpdesk | a service that provides information and assistance to the users of a computer network |
| boron counter tube | a proportional counter tube for counting neutrons |
buffet
counter sideboard | a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room, has shelves and drawers |
| check | a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard), she wore a skirt with checks |
checkout
checkout counter | a counter in a supermarket where you pay for your purchases |
| counter | table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted |
| counter tabulator | a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens |
| counter heel counter | a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot, a counter may be used to stiffen the material around the heel and to give support to the foot |
| counter | 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 |
| counter | (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers) |
| counter tube | a measuring instrument for counting individual ionizing events |
| crystal counter | a counter tube in which an ionizing event increases conductivity |
| desk | a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments |
| desk phone | a telephone set that sits on a desk or table |
Geiger counter
Geiger-Muller counter | counter tube that detects ionizing radiations |
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 |
lectern
reading desk | desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer |
| meat counter | counter where meats are displayed for sale |
| notions counter | counter where notions are sold |
proportional counter tube
proportional counter | counter tube whose output pulse is proportional to number of ions produced |
| pulse counter | an electronic counter that counts the number of electric pulses |
| reception desk | a counter (as in a hotel) where guests are received |
| scintillation counter | counter tube in which light flashes when exposed to ionizing radiation |
snack bar
snack counter
buffet | usually inexpensive bar |
spark chamber
spark counter | an instrument that detects ionizing radiation from elementary particles |
| writing desk | a desk for writing (usually with a sloping top) |
| writing desk | a portable case containing writing materials and having a writing surface |
check
chip | a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something |
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 |
| counter conditioning | conditioning in which a second incompatible response is conditioned to an already conditioned stimulus, counter conditioning lies behind many of the procedures used in behavior therapy |
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 |
| 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 |
desk dictionary
collegiate dictionary | an abridged dictionary of a size convenient to hold in the hand |
| check register | a register of checks issued (usually in numeric order) |