| 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 |