| 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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| agamic | (adjective) (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction | Synonyms: agamogenetic, agamous, apomictic, parthenogenetic |
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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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| agamogenetic | (adjective) (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction | Synonyms: agamic, agamous, apomictic, parthenogenetic |
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| agamous | (adjective) (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction | Synonyms: agamic, agamogenetic, apomictic, parthenogenetic |
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| allogamous | (adjective) relating to cross-fertilization in plants | - |
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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 |
| amalgamate | (adjective) joined together into a whole | Synonyms: amalgamated, coalesced, consolidated, fused |
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| (verb) to bring or combine together or with something else | Synonyms: commix, mingle, mix, unify |
| amalgamated | (adjective) joined together into a whole | Synonyms: amalgamate, coalesced, consolidated, fused |
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| amalgamation | (noun) the combination of two or more commercial companies | Synonyms: merger, uniting |
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| amalgamative | (adjective) characterized by or tending toward amalgamation | - |
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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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| anisogametic | (adjective) relating to either of a pair of dissimilar (anisogamic) gametes combining in sexual reproduction | - |
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| anisogamic | (adjective) relating to a type of sexual reproduction in which the gametes are dissimilar in some respect (as size or shape) | Synonyms: anisogamous |
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| anisogamous | (adjective) relating to a type of sexual reproduction in which the gametes are dissimilar in some respect (as size or shape) | Synonyms: anisogamic |
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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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| apogametic | (adjective) of or relating to the development of an embryo in the absence of fertilization | Synonyms: apogamic, apogamous |
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| apogamic | (adjective) of or relating to the development of an embryo in the absence of fertilization | Synonyms: apogametic, apogamous |
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| apogamous | (adjective) of or relating to the development of an embryo in the absence of fertilization | Synonyms: apogametic, apogamic |
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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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| autogamic | (adjective) characterized by or fit for autogamy | Synonyms: autogamous |
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| autogamous | (adjective) characterized by or fit for autogamy | Synonyms: autogamic |
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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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| bigamous | (adjective) of illegal marriage to a second person while legally married to a first | - |
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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 | - |
| cleistogamic | (adjective) exhibiting or relating to cleistogamy | Synonyms: cleistogamous |
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| cleistogamous | (adjective) exhibiting or relating to cleistogamy | Synonyms: cleistogamic |
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| 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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| cryptogamic | (adjective) of or relating to a cryptogam | Synonyms: cryptogamous |
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| cryptogamous | (adjective) of or relating to a cryptogam | Synonyms: cryptogamic |
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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 |
| endogamic | (adjective) pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only within the limits of a clan or tribe | Synonyms: endogamous |
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| (adjective) characterized by or fit for fertilization by pollen from another flower of the same kind | Synonyms: endogamous |
| endogamous | (adjective) pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only within the limits of a clan or tribe | Synonyms: endogamic |
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| (adjective) characterized by or fit for fertilization by pollen from another flower of the same kind | Synonyms: endogamic |
| endogamy | (noun) marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law | Synonyms: inmarriage, intermarriage |
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| exogamic | (adjective) pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only outside the limits of a clan or tribe | Synonyms: exogamous |
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| (adjective) characterized by or fit for fertilization by a flower that is not closely related | Synonyms: exogamous |
| exogamous | (adjective) pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only outside the limits of a clan or tribe | Synonyms: exogamic |
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| (adjective) characterized by or fit for fertilization by a flower that is not closely related | Synonyms: exogamic |
| 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 | - |
| (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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| 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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| gamey | (adjective) willing to face danger | Synonyms: game, gamy, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky |
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| (adjective) (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted | Synonyms: gamy, high |
| (adjective) suggestive of sexual impropriety | Synonyms: blue, gamy, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicy |
| 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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| gammy | (adjective) (British informal) sore or lame | - |
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| gamopetalous | (adjective) having a corolla composed of partially or wholly fused petals forming a corolla shaped like a tube or funnel | Synonyms: sympetalous |
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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 | - |
| gamy | (adjective) willing to face danger | Synonyms: game, gamey, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky |
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| (adjective) (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted | Synonyms: gamey, high |
| (adjective) suggestive of sexual impropriety | Synonyms: blue, gamey, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicy |
| 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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| monogamous | (adjective) (used of relationships and of individuals) having one mate | - |
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