ETYM French altercation, from Latin altercatio.
Dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest.
Heated argument; quarrel.

ETYM French contention, Latin contentio. Related to Contend.
A point asserted as part of an argument.
A method of line control in which terminals compete with each other for permission to transmit over a common channel. If the channel is free, the terminal transmits. If the channel is in use by another terminal, the terminal attempting to transmit waits until the channel is free.
Quarrel; strife; opinion; belief. + prikaži više

ETYM Latin controversia, from controversus turned against, disputed; contro- = contra + versus, p. p. of vertere to turn. Related to Verse.
A dispute where there is strong disagreement; SYN. contention, contestation, tilt, argument, arguing.

ETYM French différence, Latin differentia.
1. A quantity obtained by subtraction.
2. A significant change.
3. The quality of being unlike or dissimilar.
In mathematics, the result obtained when subtracting one number from another. Also, those elements of one set that are not elements of another.

1. The action of disputing; verbal controversy
2. An academic exercise in oral defense of a thesis by formal logic

ETYM Cf. French dispute. Related to Dispute.
1. A disagreement or argument about something important; SYN. difference, difference of opinion, conflict.
2. Coming into conflict with; SYN. contravention.

One that drags; specifically; a fishing boat operating a trawl or dragnet

ETYM Old Fren. issue, eissue, French issue, from Old Fren. issir, eissir, to go out, Latin exire.
1. An important question that is in dispute and must be settled. /> 2. One of a series published periodically; SYN. number.
3. Supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government; SYN. military issue, government issue.
4. The act of issuing printed materials; SYN. publication.
5. The provision of something by issuing it (usually in quantity); SYN. issuing, issuance. + prikaži više

(Law) A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy; SYN. suit, case, cause, causa.

ETYM Latin litigatio, from litigare to dispute, litigate; lis, litis, dispute, lawsuit (OL. stlis) + agere to carry on. Related to Agent.
A judicial proceeding.

1. An angry dispute; SYN. wrangle, row, words, run-in, dustup.
2. An arrow with a four-edged head that is shot from a crossbow.

1. Directed or facing toward the back or rear
2. Retarded in intellectual development; SYN. feebleminded.
3. (Used of temperament or behavior) Marked by a retiring nature

ETYM Late Lat. bovinus, fromL. bos, bovis, ox, cow: cf. French bovine. Related to Cow.
1. Dull and slow-moving and stolid; like an ox.
2. Of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle); SYN. bovid.

ETYM Latin deliberatus, p. p. of deliberare to deliberate; de- + librare to weigh. Related to Librate.
1. By conscious design or purpose; SYN. intentional, knowing, willful, wilful.
2. Marked by careful consideration or reflection.

ETYM Latin dilatorius, from dilator a delayer, from dilatus, used as p. p. of differe to defer, delay: cf. French dilatoire. Related to Dilate, Differ, Defer.
Inclined to waste time and lag behind; SYN. laggard.
Slow; given to delay or procrastination.

Sluggish, dull.

Continuing for a long time.

1. Primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified
2. Primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified /> 3. Of relatively great height
4. Involving substantial risk
5. Having or being more than normal or necessary
6. (Prosody) Used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively long duration.
7. (Phonetics) Of speech sounds (especially vowels) of relatively long duration (as e.g. the English vowel sounds in 'bate', 'beat', 'bite', 'boat', 'boot').
8. (Of memory) Having greater than average range; SYN. tenacious.
9. (Finance) Holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices + prikaži više

ETYM Written also pokey.
Slow; lethargic; also written pokey.

(Homonym: sloe).
1. Not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time.
2. (Music) At a slow tempo.
3. (Used of timepieces) Indicating a time earlier than the correct time.

1. Averse to activity or exertion; indolent; also; torpid
2. Slow to respond (as to stimulation or treatment)
3. Markedly slow in movement, flow, or growth; economically inactive or slow
4. With little movement; very slow

Late; arriving after a deadline