agama | (noun) small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World | - |
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agamete | (noun) an asexual reproductive cell | - |
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agamid | (noun) a lizard of the family Agamidae | Synonyms: agamid lizard |
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agammaglobulinemia | (noun) a rare immunological disorder characterized by the virtual absence of gamma globulin in the blood and consequent susceptibility to infection | - |
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agamogenesis | (noun) reproduction without the fusion of gametes | Synonyms: asexual reproduction |
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allogamy | (noun) cross-fertilization in plants | - |
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amalgam | (noun) a combination or blend of diverse things | - |
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(noun) an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams | Synonyms: dental amalgam |
amalgamation | (noun) the combination of two or more commercial companies | Synonyms: merger, uniting |
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amalgamator | (noun) a businessman who arranges an amalgamation of two or more commercial companies | - |
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anisogamete | (noun) either of a pair of unlike gametes especially those unlike in size | - |
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anisogamy | (noun) (biology) reproduction by the union or fusion of two differing gametes (especially differing in size) | - |
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apogamy | (noun) (botany) development of an embryo without fertilization; especially the development in some ferns of a sporophyte from the gametophyte without fertilization | - |
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autogamy | (noun) self-fertilization in plants | - |
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backgammon | (noun) a board game for two players; pieces move according to throws of the dice | - |
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ballgame | (noun) a field game played with a ball (especially baseball) | Synonyms: ball game |
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(noun) a particular situation that is radically different from the preceding situation | Synonyms: new ballgame |
bergamot | (noun) small tree with pear-shaped fruit whose oil is used in perfumery; Italy | Synonyms: bergamot orange, Citrus bergamia |
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bigamist | (noun) someone who marries one person while already legally married to another | - |
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bigamy | (noun) the offense of marrying someone while you have a living spouse from whom no valid divorce has occurred | - |
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(noun) the state of having two spouses at the same time | - |
cleistogamy | (noun) the production of small nonopening self-pollinating flowers | - |
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cryptogam | (noun) formerly recognized taxonomic group including all flowerless and seedless plants that reproduce by means of spores: ferns, mosses, algae, fungi | - |
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dagame | (noun) source of a tough elastic wood | Synonyms: Calycophyllum candidissimum, lemonwood tree |
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endgame | (noun) the final stages of a chess game after most of the pieces have been removed from the board | Synonyms: end game |
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(noun) the final stages of an extended process of negotiation | Synonyms: end game |
endogamy | (noun) marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law | Synonyms: inmarriage, intermarriage |
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exogamy | (noun) marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law | Synonyms: intermarriage |
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gam | (noun) a herd of whales | - |
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gamba | (noun) viol that is the bass member of the viol family with approximately the range of the cello | Synonyms: bass viol, viola da gamba |
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gambist | (noun) a musician who performs upon the viola da gamba | - |
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gambit | (noun) a chess move early in the game in which the player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain an advantageous position | - |
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(noun) a maneuver in a game or conversation | Synonyms: ploy, stratagem |
(noun) an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker | Synonyms: ploy |
gamble | (noun) a risky act or venture | - |
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(noun) money that is risked for possible monetary gain | - |
gambler | (noun) a person who wagers money on the outcome of games or sporting events | - |
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(noun) someone who risks loss or injury in the hope of gain or excitement | Synonyms: risk taker |
gambling | (noun) the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize) | Synonyms: gaming, play |
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gamboge | (noun) a strong yellow color | Synonyms: lemon, lemon yellow, maize |
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(noun) a gum resin used as a yellow pigment and a purgative | - |
gambol | (noun) gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement | Synonyms: caper, frolic, play, romp |
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gambrel | (noun) a gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower slope being steeper | Synonyms: gambrel roof |
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game | (noun) a contest with rules to determine a winner | - |
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(noun) an amusement or pastime | - |
(noun) your occupation or line of work | Synonyms: biz |
(noun) a single play of a sport or other contest | - |
(noun) frivolous or trifling behavior | - |
(noun) animal hunted for food or sport | - |
(noun) the game equipment needed in order to play a particular game | - |
(noun) a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal) | Synonyms: plot, secret plan |
(noun) the flesh of wild animals that is used for food | - |
(noun) (games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win | - |
(noun) (tennis) a division of play during which one player serves | - |
gamebag | (noun) a canvas or leather bag for carrying game (especially birds) killed by a hunter | - |
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gameboard | (noun) a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games | Synonyms: board |
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gamecock | (noun) a cock bred and trained for fighting | Synonyms: fighting cock |
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(noun) someone who is a very fierce fighter | Synonyms: hell-kite, hell-rooster |
gamedev | (noun) someone who develops a game | - |
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gamekeeper | (noun) a person employed to take care of game and wildlife | Synonyms: game warden |
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gamelan | (noun) a traditional Indonesian ensemble typically including many tuned percussion instruments including bamboo xylophones and wooden or bronze chimes and gongs | - |
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gameness | (noun) disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet | Synonyms: claudication, gimp, gimpiness, lameness, limping |
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gamesmanship | (noun) the use of dubious (although not technically illegal) methods to win a game | - |
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gametangium | (noun) cell or organ in which gametes develop | - |
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gamete | (noun) a mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes | - |
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gametocyte | (noun) an immature animal or plant cell that develops into a gamete by meiosis | - |
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gametoecium | (noun) gametangia and surrounding bracts | - |
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gametogenesis | (noun) the development and maturation of sex cells through meiosis | - |
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gametophore | (noun) a modified branch bearing gametangia as in the thalloid liverworts | - |
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gametophyte | (noun) the gamete-bearing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations | - |
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gamification | (noun) Making something more engaging by incorporating ideas and mechanics from games | - |
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gamin | (noun) (sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets | Synonyms: street arab, throwaway |
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gamine | (noun) a girl of impish appeal | - |
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(noun) a homeless girl who roams the streets | - |
gaminess | (noun) behavior or language bordering on indelicacy | Synonyms: raciness, ribaldry, spiciness |
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gaming | (noun) the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize) | Synonyms: gambling, play |
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gamma | (noun) the 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet | - |
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(noun) a unit of magnetic field strength equal to one-hundred-thousandth of an oersted | - |
gammon | (noun) meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked) | Synonyms: ham, jambon |
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(noun) hind portion of a side of bacon | - |
gammopathy | (noun) a disturbance in the synthesis of immunoglobulins; proteins having antibody activity increase greatly in the blood | - |
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gamp | (noun) colloquial terms for an umbrella | Synonyms: brolly |
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gamut | (noun) a complete extent or range: | - |
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(noun) the entire scale of musical notes | - |
hypogammaglobulinemia | (noun) an abnormally low concentration of gamma globulin in the blood and increased risk of infection | - |
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isogamete | (noun) either of a pair of conjugating gametes of the same size and structure | - |
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isogamy | (noun) (biology) reproduction by the union or fusion of gametes of the same size and structure | - |
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ligament | (noun) any connection or unifying bond | - |
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(noun) a sheet or band of tough fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages or supporting muscles or organs | - |
lingam | (noun) the Hindu phallic symbol of Siva | - |
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megagametophyte | (noun) the female gametophyte produced by the megaspore of a plant that produces both microspore and megaspores | - |
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microgametophyte | (noun) the male gametophyte produced by a microspore | - |
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misogamist | (noun) a person who hates marriage | - |
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misogamy | (noun) hatred of marriage | - |
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monogamist | (noun) someone who practices monogamy (one spouse at a time) | Synonyms: monogynist |
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monogamousness | (noun) the practice or state of having only one spouse at a time | Synonyms: monogamy |
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monogamy | (noun) the practice or state of having only one spouse at a time | Synonyms: monogamousness |
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moorgame | (noun) reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain | Synonyms: Lagopus scoticus, moor-bird, moorbird, moorfowl, red grouse |
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nagami | (noun) shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats | Synonyms: Fortunella margarita, nagami kumquat, oval kumquat |
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origami | (noun) the Japanese art of folding paper into shapes representing objects (e.g., flowers or birds) | - |
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phanerogam | (noun) plant that reproduces by means of seeds not spores | Synonyms: seed plant, spermatophyte |
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polygamist | (noun) someone who is married to two or more people at the same time | - |
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polygamy | (noun) the condition or practice of having more than one spouse at a time | - |
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ragamuffin | (noun) a dirty shabbily clothed urchin | Synonyms: tatterdemalion |
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retrogaming | (noun) The hobby of playing or collecting older video games and computer games. | - |
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rigamarole | (noun) a long and complicated and confusing procedure | Synonyms: rigmarole |
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(noun) a set of confused and meaningless statements | Synonyms: rigmarole |
sagamore | (noun) a chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief) | Synonyms: sachem |
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thingamabob | (noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | Synonyms: dojigger, doodad, doohickey, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget |
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thingamajig | (noun) something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | Synonyms: dojigger, doodad, doohickey, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget |
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