tenace
noun
ten·ace ˈte-ˌnās 
te-ˈnās,
ˈte-nəs : a combination of two high or relatively high cards (such as ace and queen) of the same suit in one hand with one ranking two degrees below the other
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Spanish tenaza "pincers, forceps, tenace in cards," in plural (with singular reference) tenazas, alteration of earlier tenaces, going back to Iberian Latin tenācēs, from nominalized plural of Latin tenāc-, tenāx "holding fast, clinging, persistent" (probably as ellipsis of forcipēs tenācēs "tight-holding pincers") — more at tenacious
First Known Use
1655, in the meaning defined above