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
Raye	[rei]
Bonaventura	bo-nah-ven-TOO-rah	Italian
Enki	EN-kee	Near Eastern Mythology
GertrÚD	-	Hungarian
Iounia	-	Biblical Greek
Odd	-	Norwegian