| game law |
a law regulating hunting and fishing, enacted to preserve game. |
| game plan |
a strategy or course of action planned before a game of sport, esp. football. [2 definitions] |
| game point |
the stage in a game, esp. in a racket sport, when the next point scored will be the last and deciding one. [2 definitions] |
| game show |
a television show in which participants play various games of chance, skill, or memory in order to win prizes. |
| gamesmanship |
the art or act of using questionable, though legal, tactics to win at games or contests. |
| gamesome |
having or showing a desire to play; frisky; frolicsome. |
| gamester |
one who habitually gambles. |
| gamete |
a mature reproductive cell, such as an egg or sperm, that is capable of uniting with another cell to form a new organism. |
| game theory |
mathematical analysis of strategies for maximizing gains and minimizing losses, applied to games of strategic competition and to corporate, military, and other decision-making problems. |
| gameto- |
gamete or reproductive cell. |
| gametocyte |
a cell that divides to produce gametes. |
| gametophore |
a plant part that produces gametes. |
| gametophyte |
the sexual, gamete-bearing form of a plant that undergoes the alternation of generations. (Cf. sporophyte.) |
| gamin |
an unsupervised or homeless boy who wanders about in the streets; urchin. |
| gaming |
the practice of gambling; playing of games of chance. [2 definitions] |
| gamma |
the name of the third letter of the Greek alphabet. |
| gamma globulin |
a protein in blood serum that contains antibodies used in the prevention of a number of infectious diseases, such as measles and hepatitis. |
| gamma ray |
electromagnetic radiation of high energy and frequency, produced by reactions of radioactive atoms or by high energy electrons interacting with matter. |
| gammon1 |
a win in backgammon in which the loser has not managed to remove any pieces. [2 definitions] |
| gammon2 |
a ham that has been smoked or cured. [2 definitions] |
| gamo- |
united; joined. |