face-off

n. a confrontation. (From hockey.) The face-off continued for a few moments till both of them realized that there was no point in fighting.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Davis	DAY-vis	English
Celia	SEEL-yə (English), SEE-lee-ə (English), THE-lyah (Spanish), SE-lyah (Latin American Spanish), CHE-lyah (Italian)	English, Spanish, Italian
Lora	LAWR-a (English)	English, Italian
Nekoda	nee-KO-də (English)	Biblical
Pamela	PAM-ə-lə	English
Zulfaqar	-	Arabic