| accident |
unknown or unplanned causes of events; chance. [1/3 definitions] |
| accidental |
happening by chance; unexpected; unintended. [1/5 definitions] |
| aleatory |
pertaining to or depending on luck, chance, or contingency. |
| audience |
a chance to be heard, esp. by a higher authority. [1/3 definitions] |
| 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. |
| bump into |
to meet by accident or chance. |
| by accident |
due to chance, as opposed to plan. [1/2 definitions] |
| bystander |
someone who is present at an occurrence only by chance or does not take part in it. |
| carnival |
a traveling commercial amusement show, usu. offering rides, games of chance, and sideshows. [1/2 definitions] |
| casual |
occurring by chance; unplanned; accidental. [1/6 definitions] |
| chi-square |
a statistical method that determines to what degree the differences between expected data and data actually derived can be ascribed to chance, rather than to some general cause or principle. |
| coincidence |
the chance occurrence of two events at the same time, or any other such correspondence of things. |
| collocation |
in linguistics, the tendency of certain words to occur together in speech or writing with more frequency than chance would predict, or the particular ways that words tend to combine with each other within a particular language. [1/2 definitions] |
| come across |
to discover or encounter by chance. [1/3 definitions] |
| competitive |
standing a good chance of success in a competition. [1/3 definitions] |
| contingent |
occurring by chance or accident. [1/4 definitions] |
| coupon |
a small printed slip of paper that entitles the bearer to something of value or potential, such as a discount or a chance in a sweepstakes. [1/3 definitions] |
| crack |
(informal) a chance; attempt. [1/15 definitions] |
| desultory |
occurring at random, by chance, or as a digression. [1/2 definitions] |
| dice |
small cubes with dots on each side numbering one to six, often used in pairs for board games and games of chance. [1/4 definitions] |
| discover |
to see or witness due to a chance encounter or deliberate search; find. [1/3 definitions] |