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. |
birthday |
the calendar day and month of one's birth, usually celebrated each year as that date occurs. |
bye1 |
a short, informal way of saying good-bye. People often say "bye" when they are leaving each other or when they are finished talking on the telephone. |
carpool |
an agreement among a group of automobile drivers who work together, or whose children go to the same school. Each driver takes turns driving the others. |
catalog |
an organized list of things such as book titles, goods for sale, or other items. Catalogs usually give a short description of each item on the list. [1/2 definitions] |
centipede |
a small animal with a narrow body like a worm. A centipede's body is divided into many segments, each having a pair of legs. The front legs have poison claws. Centipedes are a kind of arthropod and are active at night. |
chain |
a series of things or events that are connected to each other. [1/5 definitions] |
checker1 |
one of the disks used as a game piece in checkers. Checkers is a game played by two people. Each player has twelve pieces to move over a board divided into sixty-four squares of two alternating colors. |
checkers |
(plural but used with a singular verb) a game played by two people. Each player has twelve pieces to move over a board divided into sixty-four squares of two alternating colors. |
chess1 |
a board game played by two people in which each player has sixteen pieces, and the object is to trap the opponent's king. |
chromatic |
having to do with a musical scale, where the difference between each note is one half step. [1/2 definitions] |
clearance |
the space between things that keeps them from striking against each other. [1/2 definitions] |
compromise |
a settlement of a disagreement in which each side gives up something, or the result of such a settlement. [1/3 definitions] |
condominium |
an apartment building in which each apartment is owned by the persons living in it. Each of these apartments is also called a condominium. |
contradictory |
being in conflict with or opposite to something else or each other. [1/2 definitions] |
cricket2 |
an English game played outdoors with a ball and bat by two teams of eleven members each. |
crisscross |
with two or more lines crossing each other. [2/4 definitions] |
cross-eye |
a condition in which one or both eyes turn toward each other. |
crossing |
a place where two roads, routes, or railroad tracks cross each other. [1/2 definitions] |
daily |
each day; day by day. [1/3 definitions] |