a demand by a sentry for a password or identification
challenge
Noun
questioning a statement and demanding an explanation
challenge
Noun
a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror
challenge
Noun
a call to engage in a contest or fight
challenge
Noun
a demanding or stimulating situation
challenge
Verb
to raise a formal objection in a court of law
challenge
Verb
to ask for identification
challenge
Verb
to issue a challenge to
challenge
Verb
to take exception to
conceding
Noun
the act of conceding or yielding
cahoot
Noun
collusion
cross-examination
Noun
(law) close questioning of a hostile witness in a court of law to discredit or throw a new light on the testimony already provided in direct examination
cross-question
Noun
a question asked in cross-examination
concord
Noun
agreement of opinions
concord
Noun
the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations
concord
Noun
a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds)
concord
Verb
to be in accord
concord
Verb
to arrange the words of a text so as to create a concordance
concord
Verb
to arrange by concord or agreement
concord
Verb
to go together
clean bill of health
Noun
an assurance that someone is healthy or something is in good condition
comprehensive examination
Noun
an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge
comp
Noun
an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge
collision
Noun
a conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
collision
Noun
an accident resulting from violent impact of a moving object
collision
Noun
a brief event in which two or more bodies come together
controversy
Noun
a contentious speech act
contestation
Noun
a contentious speech act
characterisation
Noun
the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
characterisation
Noun
a graphic or vivid verbal description
counteroffer
Noun
an offer made by someone who has rejected a prior offer
classified ad
Noun
a short ad in a newspaper or magazine (usually in small print) and appearing along with other ads of the same type
classified advertisement
Noun
a short ad in a newspaper or magazine, usually in small print and appearing along with other ads of the same type
commercial message
Noun
a commercially sponsored ad on radio or television
curtsy
Noun
bending the knees
curtsy
Verb
to make a curtsy
curtsy
Verb
to bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting
curtsey
Noun
bending the knees
curtsey
Verb
to bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting
clutter
Noun
unwanted echoes that interfere with the observation of signals on a radar screen
clutter
Noun
a confused multitude of things
clutter
Verb
to fill a space in a disorderly way
colloquium
Noun
an address to an academic meeting or seminar
colloquium
Noun
an academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting
clairvoyance
Noun
apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses
can buoy
Noun
a buoy with a round bottom and conical top
conical buoy
Noun
a buoy resembling a cone
crosier
Noun
a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office
crozier
Noun
a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office