gagwriter | (noun) someone who writes comic material for public performers | Synonyms: gagman, gagster |
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gaiety | (noun) a gay feeling | Synonyms: merriment |
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(noun) a festive merry feeling | Synonyms: playfulness |
gaillardia | (noun) any plant of western America of the genus Gaillardia having hairy leaves and long-stalked flowers in hot vibrant colors from golden yellow and copper to rich burgundy | - |
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gaily | (adverb) in a gay manner | - |
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gain | (noun) the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input | Synonyms: amplification |
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(noun) the advantageous quality of being beneficial | Synonyms: profit |
(noun) the amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating | - |
(noun) a quantity that is added | Synonyms: addition, increase |
(verb) increase (one's body weight) | Synonyms: put on |
(verb) rise in rate or price | Synonyms: advance |
(verb) increase or develop | Synonyms: gather |
(verb) obtain advantages, such as points, etc. | Synonyms: advance, gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win |
(verb) reach a destination, either real or abstract | Synonyms: arrive at, attain, hit, make, reach |
(verb) earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages | Synonyms: bring in, clear, earn, make, pull in, realise, realize, take in |
(verb) win something through one's efforts | Synonyms: acquire, win |
(verb) derive a benefit from | Synonyms: benefit, profit |
(verb) obtain | Synonyms: derive |
gainer | (noun) a dive in which the diver throws the feet forward to complete a full backward somersault and enters the water feet first and facing away from the diving board | Synonyms: full gainer |
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(noun) a person who gains (gains an advantage or gains profits) | - |
(noun) a person who gains weight | Synonyms: weight gainer |
gainful | (adjective) yielding a fair profit | Synonyms: paid, paying |
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gainfully | (adverb) in a gainful way | - |
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gainfulness | (noun) the quality of affording gain or benefit or profit | Synonyms: lucrativeness, profitability, profitableness |
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gainlessly | (adverb) without gain or profit | Synonyms: profitlessly, unprofitably |
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gainly | (adjective) graceful and pleasing | - |
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gainsay | (verb) take exception to | Synonyms: challenge, dispute |
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gait | (noun) a person's manner of walking | - |
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(noun) a horse's manner of moving | - |
(noun) the rate of moving (especially walking or running) | Synonyms: pace |
gaiter | (noun) legging consisting of a cloth or leather covering for the leg from the knee to the ankle | - |
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(noun) a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles | Synonyms: spat |
(noun) a shoe covering the ankle with elastic gores in the sides | - |
gal | (noun) alliterative term for girl (or woman) | - |
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(noun) United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters | Synonyms: gallon |
(noun) a unit of gravitational acceleration equal to one centimeter per second per second (named after Galileo) | - |
gala | (noun) a gay festivity | Synonyms: blowout, gala affair, jamboree |
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galactagogue | (noun) agent that induces milk secretion | - |
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galactic | (adjective) of or relating to a galaxy (especially our galaxy the Milky Way) | - |
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(adjective) inconceivably large | Synonyms: astronomic, astronomical |
galactocele | (noun) a cystic tumor containing milk or a milky substance (especially in the mammary glands) | - |
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galactose | (noun) a simple sugar found in lactose | Synonyms: brain sugar |
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galactosemia | (noun) a genetic disease (autosomal recessive) in which an enzyme needed to metabolize galactose is deficient or absent; typically develops shortly after birth | - |
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galactosis | (noun) the secretion of milk | - |
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galago | (noun) agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears | Synonyms: bush baby, bushbaby |
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galangal | (noun) southeastern Asian perennial with aromatic roots | Synonyms: Alpinia galanga |
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(noun) European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots | Synonyms: Cyperus longus, galingale |
galantine | (noun) boned poultry stuffed then cooked and covered with aspic; served cold | - |
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galax | (noun) tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall | Synonyms: beetleweed, coltsfoot, Galax urceolata, galaxy, wandflower |
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galaxy | (noun) (astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust | Synonyms: extragalactic nebula |
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(noun) a splendid assemblage (especially of famous people) | - |
(noun) tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall | Synonyms: beetleweed, coltsfoot, galax, Galax urceolata, wandflower |
galbanum | (noun) a bitter aromatic gum resin that resembles asafetida | Synonyms: gum albanum |
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galbulus | (noun) the seed-producing cone of a cypress tree | - |
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gale | (noun) a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale | - |
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galea | (noun) an organ shaped like a helmet; usually a vaulted and enlarged petal as in Aconitum | - |
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galena | (noun) soft blue-grey mineral; lead sulfide; a major source of lead | - |
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galere | (noun) a coterie of undesirable people | Synonyms: rogue's gallery |
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galingale | (noun) European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots | Synonyms: Cyperus longus, galangal |
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gall | (noun) the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties | Synonyms: cheekiness, crust, freshness, impertinence, impudence, insolence |
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(noun) a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats | Synonyms: bile |
(noun) a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will | Synonyms: bitterness, rancor, rancour, resentment |
(noun) abnormal swelling of plant tissue caused by insects or microorganisms or injury | - |
(noun) a skin sore caused by chafing | - |
(noun) an open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle | Synonyms: saddle sore |
(verb) irritate or vex | Synonyms: irk |
(verb) become or make sore by or as if by rubbing | Synonyms: chafe, fret |
gallamine | (noun) neuromuscular blocking agent (trade name Flaxedil) used as a muscle relaxant in the administration of anesthesia | Synonyms: Flaxedil |
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gallant | (adjective) unflinching in battle or action | - |
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(adjective) being attentive to women like an ideal knight | Synonyms: chivalrous, knightly |
(adjective) having or displaying great dignity or nobility | Synonyms: lofty, majestic, proud |
(adjective) lively and spirited | Synonyms: dashing |
(noun) a man who attends or escorts a woman | Synonyms: squire |
(noun) a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance | Synonyms: beau, clotheshorse, dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, sheik, swell |
gallantly | (adverb) in a gallant manner | Synonyms: chivalrously |
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gallantry | (noun) polite attentiveness to women | - |
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(noun) the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle) | Synonyms: heroism, valiance, valiancy, valor, valorousness, valour |
(noun) courtesy towards women | Synonyms: chivalry, politesse |
gallberry | (noun) evergreen holly of eastern North America with oblong leathery leaves and small black berries | Synonyms: evergreen winterberry, gall-berry, Ilex glabra, inkberry |
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gallbladder | (noun) a muscular sac attached to the liver that stores bile (secreted by the liver) until it is needed for digestion | Synonyms: gall bladder |
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galled | (adjective) painful from having the skin abraded | Synonyms: chafed |
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galleon | (noun) a large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts; used by the Spanish for commerce and war from the 15th to 18th centuries | - |
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gallery | (noun) narrow recessed balcony area along an upper floor on the interior of a building; usually marked by a colonnade | - |
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(noun) a covered corridor (especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported with arches or columns) | - |
(noun) a long usually narrow room used for some specific purpose | - |
(noun) a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited | Synonyms: art gallery, picture gallery |
(noun) a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed) | Synonyms: veranda, verandah |
(noun) a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine | Synonyms: drift, heading |
(noun) spectators at a golf or tennis match | - |
galley | (noun) the area for food preparation on a ship | Synonyms: caboose, cookhouse, ship's galley |
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(noun) the kitchen area for food preparation on an airliner | - |
(noun) (classical antiquity) a crescent-shaped seagoing vessel propelled by oars | - |
(noun) a large medieval vessel with a single deck propelled by sails and oars with guns at stern and prow; a complement of 1,000 men; used mainly in the Mediterranean for war and trading | - |
gallfly | (noun) any of various insects that deposit their eggs in plants causing galls in which the larvae feed | - |
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(noun) small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants | Synonyms: cynipid gall wasp, cynipid wasp, gall wasp |
(noun) fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants | Synonyms: gall gnat, gall midge |
gallimaufry | (noun) a motley assortment of things | Synonyms: farrago, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag |
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gallina | (noun) small Asiatic wild bird; believed to be ancestral to domestic fowl | Synonyms: jungle fowl |
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gallinacean | (noun) heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds | Synonyms: gallinaceous bird |
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gallinaceous | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a gallinacean | - |
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galling | (adjective) causing irritation or annoyance | Synonyms: annoying, bothersome, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguey, plaguy, teasing, vexatious, vexing |
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gallinule | (noun) any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens | Synonyms: marsh hen, swamphen, water hen |
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gallium | (noun) a rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element; brittle at low temperatures but liquid above room temperature; occurs in trace amounts in bauxite and zinc ores | Synonyms: atomic number 31, Ga |
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gallivant | (verb) wander aimlessly in search of pleasure | Synonyms: gad, jazz around |
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gallon | (noun) United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters | Synonyms: gal |
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(noun) a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters | Synonyms: congius, Imperial gallon |
gallop | (noun) a fast gait of a horse; a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously | - |
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(verb) ride at a galloping pace | - |
(verb) go at galloping speed | - |
(verb) cause to move at full gallop | Synonyms: extend |
gallous | (noun) alternative terms for gallows | Synonyms: gallows-tree, gallows tree, gibbet |
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gallows | (noun) an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging | - |
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gallstone | (noun) a calculus formed in the gall bladder or its ducts | Synonyms: bilestone |
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gallus | (noun) elastic straps that hold trousers up | Synonyms: brace, suspender |
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galoot | (noun) a disreputable or clumsy man | - |
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galop | (noun) music suitable for a galop dance | - |
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galore | (adjective) existing in abundance | Synonyms: abounding |
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(adjective) in great numbers | - |
galosh | (noun) a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow | Synonyms: arctic, golosh, gumshoe, rubber |
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galumph | (verb) move around heavily and clumsily | - |
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galvanic | (adjective) pertaining to or producing electric current by chemical action | Synonyms: voltaic |
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(adjective) affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling | Synonyms: electric, galvanising, galvanizing |
galvanisation | (noun) either the work of covering with metal by the use of a galvanic current or the coating of iron with zinc to protect it from rusting | Synonyms: galvanization |
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(noun) stimulation that arouses a person to lively action | Synonyms: galvanization |
(noun) stimulation with a galvanic current | Synonyms: galvanization |
galvanise | (verb) stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock | Synonyms: galvanize |
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(verb) cover with zinc | Synonyms: galvanize |
(verb) to stimulate to action | Synonyms: galvanize, startle |
galvaniser | (noun) a leader who stimulates and excites people to action | Synonyms: galvanizer, inspirer |
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(noun) a skilled worker who coats iron or steel with zinc | Synonyms: galvanizer |
galvanising | (adjective) affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling | Synonyms: electric, galvanic, galvanizing |
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galvanism | (noun) the therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis) | Synonyms: electric healing, electrical healing, electrotherapy |
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(noun) electricity produced by chemical action | - |
galvanization | (noun) either the work of covering with metal by the use of a galvanic current or the coating of iron with zinc to protect it from rusting | Synonyms: galvanisation |
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(noun) stimulation that arouses a person to lively action | Synonyms: galvanisation |
(noun) stimulation with a galvanic current | Synonyms: galvanisation |
galvanize | (verb) stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock | Synonyms: galvanise |
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(verb) cover with zinc | Synonyms: galvanise |
(verb) to stimulate to action | Synonyms: galvanise, startle |
galvanizer | (noun) a leader who stimulates and excites people to action | Synonyms: galvaniser, inspirer |
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(noun) a skilled worker who coats iron or steel with zinc | Synonyms: galvaniser |
galvanizing | (adjective) affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling | Synonyms: electric, galvanic, galvanising |
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galvanometer | (noun) meter for detecting or comparing or measuring small electric currents | - |
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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 | - |
(verb) play games for money | - |
(verb) take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome | Synonyms: adventure, chance, hazard, risk, run a risk, take a chance, take chances |
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 | (adjective) preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance | Synonyms: betting, card-playing, dissipated, sporting |
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(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 |
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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(verb) play boisterously | Synonyms: cavort, disport, frisk, frolic, lark, lark about, rollick, romp, run around, skylark, sport |
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 | (adjective) willing to face danger | Synonyms: gamey, gamy, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky |
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(adjective) disabled in the feet or legs | Synonyms: crippled, gimpy, halt, halting, lame |
(noun) a contest with rules to determine a winner | - |
(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 | - |
(verb) place a bet on | Synonyms: back, bet on, gage, punt, stake |
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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gamely | (adverb) in an intrepid manner | - |
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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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