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game fish noun : SPORT FISH

game·keep·er noun : a person in charge of the breeding and protection of game animals or birds on a private preserve

game·ness noun : the state or quality of being game

Synonyms

alacrity, goodwill, willingness—more at ALACRITY

game·some adjective : MERRY

game·ster noun : a person who gambles

gam·ete noun : a mature germ cell

— ga·met·ic adjective

game theory noun : the analysis of a situation involving conflicting interests (as in business) in terms of gains and losses among opposing players

gam·in noun [ORIGIN: F]

1 : a boy who hangs around on the streets

2 : GAMINE 2

ga·mine noun 1 : a girl who hangs around on the streets

2 : a small playfully mischievous girl

gam·ma noun : the 3d letter of the Greek alphabet — Γ or γ

gamma globulin noun : a blood protein fraction rich in antibodies; also : a solution of this from human blood donors that is given to provide immunity against some infectious diseases (as measles)

gamma ray noun : a photon emitted by a radioactive substance; also : a high-energy photon — usu. used in pl.

gam·mer noun, archaic

: an old woman

gam·mon noun, chiefly British

: a cured ham or side of bacon

gam·ut noun : an entire range or series

Synonyms

range, scale, spectrum, spread, stretch—more at RANGE

gamy or gam·ey adjective gam·i·er; -est 1 : GAME, PLUCKY

2 : having the flavor of game esp. when near tainting

3 : SCANDALOUS; also : DISREPUTABLE

— gam·i·ness noun

1gander noun : a male goose

2gander noun : the act of looking : GLANCE

Synonyms

cast, eye, glance, glimpse, look, peek, peep, regard, sight, view—more at LOOK

1gang noun 1 : a set of implements or devices arranged to operate together

2 a : a group of persons working or associated together

b : a group of criminals or young delinquents

Synonyms

[2a] band, company, crew, outfit, party, squad, team; also army, battalion, brigade, corps, troop; force, host, posse, stable, troupe; administration, department, help, personnel, staff

[2a] body, bunch, circle, clan, clique, community, coterie, crowd, fold, lot, ring, set; also bevy, covey, flock, herd, horde, mob, swarm, throng; club, college, fellowship, guild, league, organization, society; cohort, pack; camp, faction, sect, side, tribe; mess, squad; brotherhood, fraternity, order, sisterhood, sorority; commune; alliance, bloc, coalition, confederation, congress, council, federation, union

[2b] cabal, conspiracy, mob, ring, syndicate—more at RING

2gang verb 1 : to attack in a gang — usu. used with up

2 : to form into or move or act as a gang

gang·land noun : the world of organized crime

gan·gling adjective : loosely and awkwardly built : LANKY

Synonyms

lanky, rangy, spindly—more at LANKY

gan·gli·on noun, plural -glia also -gli·ons : a mass of nerve tissue containing cell bodies of neurons outside the central nervous system; also : NUCLEUS 3

— gan·gli·on·ic adjective

gan·gly adjective : GANGLING

gang·plank noun : a movable bridge from a ship to the shore

gang·plow noun : a plow that turns two or more furrows at one time

gan·grene noun : the death of soft tissues in a local area of the body due to loss of the blood supply

— gangrene verb

— gan·gre·nous adjective

gang·ster noun : a member of a gang of criminals : RACKETEER

Synonyms

bully, goon, hood, hoodlum, mobster, mug, punk, rowdy, ruffian, thug, tough—more at HOODLUM

gang·way noun 1 : PASSAGEWAY; also : GANGPLANK

2 : clear passage through a crowd

gan·net noun, plural gannets also gannet : any of several large fish-eating usu. white and black seabirds that breed chiefly on offshore islands

gantlet variant of GAUNTLET

gan·try noun, plural gantries : a frame structure on side supports over or around something

GAO abbreviation General Accounting Office

gaol , gaol·er chiefly British variant of JAIL, JAILER

gap noun 1 : BREACH, CLEFT

2 : a mountain pass

3 : a blank space; also : an