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Countercheck :: Countercheck (n.) Any force or device designed to restrain another restraining force; a check upon a check.

Checkage :: Checkage (n.) The act of checking; as, the checkage of a name or of an item in a list..

Check :: Check (v. i.) To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc..

Chill :: Chill (n.) A check to enthusiasm or warmth of feeling; discouragement; as, a chill comes over an assembly..

Opposition :: Opposition (n.) The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance..

Contravallation :: Contravallation (n.) A trench guarded with a parapet, constructed by besiegers, to secure themselves and check sallies of the besieged..

Check :: Check (v. i.) To clash or interfere.

Tick :: Tick (n.) Any small mark intended to direct attention to something, or to serve as a check..

Still :: Still (a.) To stop, as motion or agitation; to cause to become quiet, or comparatively quiet; to check the agitation of; as, to still the raging sea..

Checkering :: Checkering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Checke.

Control :: Control (n.) That which serves to check, restrain, or hinder; restraint..

Inhibit :: Inhibit (v. t.) To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.

Checkmate :: Checkmate (v. t.) To check (an adversary's king) in such a manner that escape in impossible; to defeat (an adversary) by putting his king in check from which there is no escape.

Abort :: Abort (v. i.) To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile..

Draught :: Draught (n.) A move, as at chess or checkers..

Limit :: Limit (v. t.) A restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance.

Uncheckable :: Uncheckable (a.) Not capable of being checked or stopped.

Discountenance :: Discountenance (n.) Unfavorable aspect; unfriendly regard; cold treatment; disapprobation; whatever tends to check or discourage.

Dash :: Dash (n.) A sudden check; abashment; frustration; ruin; as, his hopes received a dash..

Compesce :: Compesce (v. t.) To hold in check; to restrain.

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