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| bingo |
a game of chance in which markers are placed on numbered squares on a card, in accordance with numbers chosen randomly and announced by a caller, and which is won by placing five such markers in a row. |
| digital |
displaying electronic information in a row of numerical digits. [1/5 definitions] |
| lotto |
a game of chance, similar to bingo, in which a leader draws a numbered disk and the players cover the corresponding numbers on their boards, continuing until someone has covered five numbers in a row. [1/2 definitions] |
| novena |
in the Roman Catholic church, a religious observance in which prayers are said or services held for a special purpose, on nine days in a row. |
| railroad flat |
an apartment in which the rooms are arranged in a row resembling a line of railroad cars, with no connecting corridor or hallway. |
| range |
to extend in a row or line. [1/20 definitions] |
| rank1 |
to put in a row or rows. [1/10 definitions] |
| receiving line |
hosts and guests of honor who stand in a row to greet guests at formal gatherings, esp. weddings and receptions. |
| repeatedly |
again and again; many times in a row. |
| row1 |
to set in a row. [1/4 definitions] |
| stroke |
a single pull of a rowing oar, the pace or manner of executing this motion, or the oarsman in a rowing crew who sets the pace for rowing. [1/13 definitions] |
| tick-tack-toe |
a game for two players, one marking X's and the other marking O's in turn on a grid of nine squares until one succeeds in filling three squares with the same mark in a row down, across, or on a diagonal. |
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