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Answer for the clue "Look at joker, jack, queen or king ", 9 letters:
face card

Word definitions for face card in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face [syn: picture card , court card ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context cards English) A playing card which has a picture on it (usually Jack, Queen or King, but can include Ace or Joker).

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
In a deck of playing cards , the term face card is generally used to describe a card that depicts a person as opposed to the pip cards . They are also known as court cards, picture cards, or until the early 20th century, coat cards . While playing cards ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Face \Face\ (f[=a]s), n. [F., from L. facies form, shape, face, perh. from facere to make (see Fact ); or perh. orig. meaning appearance, and from a root meaning to shine, and akin to E. fancy. Cf. Facetious .] The exterior form or appearance of anything; ...

Usage examples of face card.

Now a king of hearts is also a face card, but I would associate a king with power, someone who is perceived or perceives himself as in control, in charge, possibly a father or something like that.

There was no need for Michael to turn his card over, for Kate had drawn the last face card.

A ranked card would put the house on the wrong side of twenty-three, and a face card could very well drop the house into the negative.

The man tapped the corner again and it became the Moderation face card.