Amber fish () A fish of the southern Atlantic coast (Seriola Carolinensis.) |
Angel fish () See under Angel. |
Archer fish () A small fish (Toxotes jaculator), of the East Indies |
Balloon fish () A fish of the genus Diodon or the genus Tetraodon, having the power of distending its body by taking air or water into its dilatable esophagus. See Globefish, and Bur fish. |
Band fish () A small red fish of the genus Cepola |
Barber fish () See Surgeon fish. |
Bellows fish () A European fish (Centriscus scolopax), distinguished by a long tubular snout, like the pipe of a bellows |
Bur fish () A spinose, plectognath fish of the Allantic coast of the United States (esp. Chilo mycterus geometricus) having the power of distending its body with water or air, so as to resemble a chestnut bur |
Coral fish () Any bright-colored fish of the genera Chaetodon, Pomacentrus, Apogon, and related genera, which live among reef corals. |
-fish (pl. ) of Crayfish |
Fish (n.) A counter, used in various games. |
Fish (pl. ) of Fish |
Fish (n.) A name loosely applied in popular usage to many animals of diverse characteristics, living in the water. |
Fish (n.) An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See Pisces. |
Fish (n.) The twelfth sign of the zodiac |
Fish (n.) The flesh of fish, used as food. |
Fish (n.) A purchase used to fish the anchor. |
Fish (n.) A piece of timber, somewhat in the form of a fish, used to strengthen a mast or yard. |
Fish (v. i.) To attempt to catch fish |
Fish (v. i.) To seek to obtain by artifice, or indirectly to seek to draw forth |
Fish (v. t.) To catch |
Fish (v. t.) To search by raking or sweeping. |
Fish (v. t.) To try with a fishing rod |
Fish (v. t.) To strengthen (a beam, mast, etc.), or unite end to end (two timbers, railroad rails, etc.) by bolting a plank, timber, or plate to the beam, mast, or timbers, lengthwise on one or both sides. See Fish joint, under Fish, n. |
Fish-bellied (a.) Bellying or swelling out on the under side |
Fish-block (n.) See Fish-tackle. |
Fish-tackle (n.) A tackle or purchase used to raise the flukes of the anchor up to the gunwale. The block used is called the fish-block. |
Fish-tail (a.) Like the of a fish |
Fly-fish (v. i.) To angle, using flies for bait. |
Flying fish () A fish which is able to leap from the water, and fly a considerable distance by means of its large and long pectoral fins. These fishes belong to several species of the genus Exocoetus, and are found in the warmer parts of all the oceans. |
Game (n.) Crooked |
Game (v. i.) Sport of any kind |
Game (v. i.) A contest, physical or mental, according to certain rules, for amusement, recreation, or for winning a stake |
Game (v. i.) The use or practice of such a game |
Game (v. i.) That which is gained, as the stake in a game |
Game (v. i.) In some games, a point credited on the score to the player whose cards counts up the highest. |
Game (v. i.) A scheme or art employed in the pursuit of an object or purpose |
Game (v. i.) Animals pursued and taken by sportsmen |
Game (a.) Having a resolute, unyielding spirit, like the gamecock |
Game (a.) Of or pertaining to such animals as are hunted for game, or to the act or practice of hunting. |
Game (n.) To rejoice |
Game (n.) To play at any sport or diversion. |
Game (n.) To play for a stake or prize |
Game fowl () A handsome breed of the common fowl, remarkable for the great courage and pugnacity of the males. |
Half-fish (n.) A salmon in its fifth year of growth. |
Lance fish () A slender marine fish of the genus Ammodytes, especially Ammodytes tobianus of the English coast |
Make-game (n.) An object of ridicule |
Margate fish () A sparoid fish (Diabasis aurolineatus) of the Gulf of Mexico, esteemed as a food fish |
), a game played with such pieces pushpin. |
Suleah fish () A coarse fish of India, used in making a breakfast relish called burtah. |
mind game | deliberate actions of calculated psychological manipulation intended to intimidate or confuse (usually for competitive advantage), football players try to play mind games with the opposition, the jeweler's mind game is to convince lovers that the size of a gemstone reflects the depth of their feelings |
game | an amusement or pastime, they played word games, he thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty time, his life was all fun and games |
game | a contest with rules to determine a winner, you need four people to play this game |
game | a single play of a sport or other contest, the game lasted two hours |
day game | a game played in daylight |
night game | a game played under artificial illumination at night |
away game road game | a game played away from home |
home game | a game played at home |
exhibition game practice game | a game whose outcome is not recorded in the season's standing |
party game | a game to amuse guests at a party |
computer game video game | a game played against a computer |
pinball pinball game | a game played on a sloping board, the object is to propel marbles against pins or into pockets |
guessing game | a game in which participants compete to identify some obscurely indicated thing |
mind game | any game designed to exercise the intellect |
playoff game | one game in the series of games constituting a playoff |
war game | a simulation of a military operation intended to train military commanders or to demonstrate a situation or to test a proposed strategy |
athletic game | a game involving athletic activity |
ice hockey hockey hockey game | a game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled sticks |
outdoor game | an athletic game that is played outdoors |
golf golf game | a game played on a large open course with or holes, the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes |
field game | an outdoor game played on a field of specified dimensions |
football football game | any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal |
American football American football game | a game played by two teams of players on a rectangular field yards long, teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays |
ball game ballgame | a field game played with a ball (especially baseball) |
baseball baseball game r | a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players, teams take turns at bat trying to score runs, he played baseball in high school, there was a baseball game on every empty lot, there was a desire for National League ball in the area, play ball! |
perfect game | a game in which a pitcher does not allow any opposing player to reach base |
no-hit game no-hitter | a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team no hits |
softball softball game | a game closely resembling baseball that is played on a smaller diamond and with a ball that is larger and softer |
stickball stickball game | a form of baseball played in the streets with a rubber ball and broomstick handle |
court game | an athletic game played on a court |
volleyball volleyball game | a game in which two teams hit an inflated ball over a high net using their hands |
basketball basketball game hoops | a game played on a court by two opposing teams of players, points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop |
child's game | a game enjoyed by children |
card game cards | a game played with playing cards |
Go Fish | a card game for two players who try to assemble books of cards by asking the opponent for particular cards |
poker poker game | any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highestanking hand |
table game | a game that is played on a table |
parlor game parlour game | a game suitable for playing in a parlor |
word game | any game involving the formation or alteration or discovery of words |
board game | a game played on a specially designed board |
chess chess game | a board game for two players who move their pieces according to specific rules, the object is to checkmate the opponent's king |
go go game | a board game for two players who place counters on a grid, the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters |
game of chance gambling game | a game that involves gambling |
numbers pool numbers game numbers racket numbers | an illegal daily lottery |
crap shooting crapshoot crap game | playing craps |
banking game | any gambling game in which bets are laid against the gambling house or the dealer |
zero-sum game | a game in which the total of all the gains and losses is zero |
game | frivolous or trifling behavior, for actors, memorizing lines is no game, for him, life is all fun and games |
run running running play running game | (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team, the defensive line braced to stop the run, the coach put great emphasis on running |
pass passing play passing game passing | (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate, the coach sent in a passing play on third and long |