amberjack |
any of various large game fishes of warm oceans; yellowtail. |
application program |
a computer program designed to be used by, and perform a particular function for, end users, such as a word-processing program, browser, or game. |
auction bridge |
a version of bridge in which players bid for the right to specify which suit will be trump, any extra tricks won beyond the contract being scored toward a game. |
baccarat |
a card game, often played for high stakes in European casinos, in which the dealer plays against several other players. |
backgammon |
a board game played by two people. The players throw dice and move their pieces around and then off the board. |
bag |
to kill or capture (game). [1/11 definitions] |
bagatelle |
a game played with balls and cues on a table with holes at one end. [1/3 definitions] |
ball1 |
a game played with a ball, especially baseball. [1/3 definitions] |
ball boy |
a boy or young man who retrieves stray balls during a tennis or baseball game, or who has charge of balls used in practice, as in football and basketball. |
ballgame |
a game played with a ball on a field. |
ball girl |
a girl or young woman who retrieves stray balls during a tennis or baseball game, or who has charge of balls used in practice, as in field hockey or volleyball. |
baseball |
a game played by two teams of nine people each. You get points when you hit the ball with a bat and then run around four bases. [2 definitions] |
basketball |
a game played by two teams of five people each. You get points when you throw a ball through a metal ring and net. [2 definitions] |
batting |
the action of using a bat in a game of baseball or cricket. [1/2 definitions] |
battledore |
the paddle used in this game. [1/2 definitions] |
beano |
a game similar to bingo, often using beans as markers. |
beater |
a person whose job it is to flush out game for hunting by striking the bushes and ground cover. [1/4 definitions] |
bezique |
a card game similar to pinochle but using two of each card higher than a six. |
billiards |
a game played with long sticks and hard balls on a special table covered with cloth. Players use a stick to hit the balls against each other and into pockets along the edges of the table. |
bingo |
a game in which players try to match numbers on a card with numbers read out by a caller. Each player has a card with numbered squares. The player who is the first to cover a whole row of squares is the winner. |
bird dog |
a dog or breed of dogs used to hunt or retrieve game birds. |