game bird

any bird (as grouse or pheasant) that is hunted for sport ;

game equipment

equipment or apparatus used in playing a game ;

game fish

any fish providing sport for the angler ;

game fowl

any of several breeds reared for cockfighting ;

game law

a regulation intended to manage or preserve game animals ;

game license

a license authorizing the bearer to kill a certain type of animal during a specified period of time ;

game misconduct

(ice hockey) a penalty that suspends a player for the remainder of a game (but allows the team to send in a substitute for the suspended player) ;

game of chance

a game that involves gambling ;

game plan

(sports) a plan for achieving an objective in some sport ; (figurative) a carefully thought out strategy for achieving an objective in war or politics or business or personal affairs; "newscasters speculated about the President's game plan for an invasion" ;

game room

a recreation room for noisy activities (parties or children's play etc) ;

game show

a television or radio program in which contestants compete for awards ;

game theory

(economics) a theory of competition stated in terms of gains and losses among opposing players ;

game warden

a person employed to take care of game and wildlife ;

gamebag

a canvas or leather bag for carrying game (especially birds) killed by a hunter ;

gameboard

a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games; "he got out the board and set up the pieces" ;

gamecock

a cock bred and trained for fighting ; someone who is a very fierce fighter ;

gamekeeper

a person employed to take care of game and wildlife ;

gamelan

a traditional Indonesian ensemble typically including many tuned percussion instruments including bamboo xylophones and wooden or bronze chimes and gongs ;

gameness

disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet ;

games-master

the teacher in charge of games at a school ;

games-mistress

the teacher in charge of games at a school ;

gamesmanship

the use of dubious (although not technically illegal) methods to win a game ;

gametangium

cell or organ in which gametes develop ;

gamete

a mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes ;

gametocyte

an immature animal or plant cell that develops into a gamete by meiosis ;

gametoecium

gametangia and surrounding bracts ;

gametogenesis

the development and maturation of sex cells through meiosis ;

gametophore

a modified branch bearing gametangia as in the thalloid liverworts ;

gametophyte

the gamete-bearing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations ;

gamin

a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets ;

gamine

a girl of impish appeal ; a homeless girl who roams the streets ;

gaminess

behavior or language bordering on indelicacy ;

gaming

the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize); "his gambling cost him a fortune"; "there was heavy play at the blackjack table" ;

gaming card

one of a set of cards used in gambling games ;

gaming house

a public building in which a variety of games of chance can be played (operated as a business) ;

gaming table

a table used for gambling; may be equipped with a gameboard and slots for chips ;

gamma

the 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet ; Portuguese navigator who led an expedition around the Cape of Good Hope in 1497; he sighted and named Natal on Christmas Day before crossing the Indian Ocean (1469-1524) ; a unit of magnetic field strength equal to one-hundred-thousandth of an oersted ;

gamma-interferon

a form of interferon that is produced by T cells and macrophages; involved in the activation of phagocytes ;

gamma acid

a crystalline acid used to make azo dyes ;

gamma aminobutyric acid

an amino acid that is found in the central nervous system; acts as an inhibitory neurotransmitter ;