Card
(n.) A piece of pasteboard, or thick paper, blank or prepared for various uses |
Card
(n.) A published note, containing a brief statement, explanation, request, expression of thanks, or the like |
Card
(n.) A paper on which the points of the compass are marked |
Card
(n.) A perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp threads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom. See Jacquard. |
Card
(n.) An indicator card. See under Indicator. |
Card
(v. i.) To play at cards |
Card
(n.) An instrument for disentangling and arranging the fibers of cotton, wool, flax, etc. |
Card
(n.) A roll or sliver of fiber (as of wool) delivered from a carding machine. |
Card
(v. t.) To comb with a card |
Card
(v. t.) To clean or clear, as if by using a card. |
Card
(v. t.) To mix or mingle, as with an inferior or weaker article. |
Control
(n.) A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register |
Control
(n.) That which serves to check, restrain, or hinder |
Control
(n.) Power or authority to check or restrain |
Control
(v. t.) To check by a counter register or duplicate account |
Control
(v. t.) To exercise restraining or governing influence over |
Punch
(n.) A beverage composed of wine or distilled liquor, water (or milk), sugar, and the juice of lemon, with spice or mint |
Punch
(n.) The buffoon or harlequin of a puppet show. |
Punch
(n.) A short, fat fellow |
Punch
(n.) One of a breed of large, heavy draught horses |
Punch
(v. t.) To thrust against |
Punch
(n.) A thrust or blow. |
Punch
(n.) A tool, usually of steel, variously shaped at one end for different uses, and either solid, for stamping or for perforating holes in metallic plates and other substances, or hollow and sharpedged, for cutting out blanks, as for buttons, steel pens, jewelry, and the like |
Punch
(n.) An extension piece applied to the top of a pile |
Punch
(n.) A prop, as for the roof of a mine. |
Punched
(imp. & p. p.) of Punch |
Punch
(n.) To perforate or stamp with an instrument by pressure, or a blow |
Sea card
() Mariner's card, or compass. |
Self-control
(n.) Control of one's self |
capture
gaining control
seizure | the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property |
| fire control | preparation for the delivery of shellfire on a target |
punch
clout
poke
lick biff
slug | (boxing) a blow with the fist, I gave him a clout on his nose |
haymaker
knockout punch
KO punch
Sunday punch | a hard punch that renders the opponent unable to continue boxing |
| rabbit punch | a short chopping blow to the back of the neck |
| sucker punch | an unexpected punch |
card game
cards | a game played with playing cards |
| card trick | a trick performed with playing cards |
| inventory control | supervision of the supply and storage and accessibility of items in order to insure an adequate supply without excessive oversupply |
| control | the activity of managing or exerting control over something, the control of the mob by the police was admirable |
| crowd control | activity of controlling a crowd |
| damage control | an effort to minimize or curtail damage or loss |
| flight control | control from ground stations of airplanes in flight by means of messages transmitted to the pilot electronically |
| flood control | (engineering) the art or technique of trying to control rivers with dams etc in order to minimize the occurrence of floods |
| gun control | efforts to regulate or control sales of guns |
| internal control | an accounting procedure or system designed to promote efficiency or assure the implementation of a policy or safeguard assets or avoid fraud and error etc. |
| management control | an internal control performed by one or more managers |
| quality control | maintenance of standards of quality of manufactured goods |
| arms control | a limitation on the size and armament of the armed forces of a country |
riot control
riot control operation | the measures taken to control a riot |
| control | (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc, the timing and control of his movements were unimpaired, he had lost control of his sphincters |
| motor control | control of muscles |
birth control
birth prevention
family planning | limiting the number of children born |
rhythm method of birth control
rhythm method
rhythm
calendar method of birth control
calendar method | natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from daythrough day of her cycle) |
| traffic control | control of the flow of traffic in a building or a city |
| social control | control exerted (actively or passively) by group action |
| population control | control over the growth of population, a government program |
| occupation military control | the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power |
| punch-up | a fistfight, the quarrel ended in a punch-up |
airfoil
aerofoil
control surface
surface | a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air, can lift or control a plane in flight |
| 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) |
| center punch | a tool with a conical point that is used to make indentations in metal (especially to mark points for drilling) |
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 |
contraceptive
preventive preventative contraceptive device
prophylactic device
birth control device | an agent or device intended to prevent conception |
control
controller | a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine, the speed controller on his turntable was not working properly, I turned the controls over to her |
| control center | the operational center for a group of related activities, the general in command never left the control center |
control circuit
negative feedback circuit | a feedback circuit that subtracts from the input |
control key
command key | (computer science) the key on a computer keyboard that is used (in combination with some other key) to type control characters |
control panel
instrument panel
control board
board panel | electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices, he checked the instrument panel, suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree |
| control rod | a steel or aluminum rod that can be moved up or down to control the rate of the nuclear reaction |
| control room | a room housing control equipment (as in a recording studio) |
| control system | a system for controlling the operation of another system |
| control tower | a tower with an elevated workspace enclosed in glass for the visual observation of aircraft around an airport |
| cruise control | control mechanism for keeping an automobile at a set speed |
drawing card
loss leader
leader | a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers |