opener
lid-lifter
leg
dead first
first blood
under the gun
break
interactive fiction
make good
croquet
break-off
friendly match
tourney
in the lead
face off
bully off
just
midgame
play
grand prize
game
pick-up game
gametype
kick off
half
casino
pachisi
opening
international
open
come first
break the deadlock
home game
middlegame
qualifier
full debut
first period
countergambit
quad
pre-tournament
grudge match
tournament
Test match
prizewinning
starter
halftime
team sport
champion
one-on-one
tlachtli
cashspiel
1v1
line up
rolleo
seed
tennikoit
home-and-home
scratch race
starting
subtournament
start
road game
service game
jeu de paume
game day
preliminary
bye
deathmatch
pass
athletic competition
athletics
athletic contest
prelim
call off the dogs
trick
racer
speel
double-header
semifinal
semi
singles
bonspiel
cat and rat
cat and mouse
decision
on the road
bridge
home-and-away
conquest
playoff game
approach play
underworld
quarterfinal
sit-and-go
rubber
server
ringoal
dead first
prizewinning
champion
home-and-home
home-and-away
opener
lid-lifter
leg
first blood
break
interactive fiction
croquet
break-off
friendly match
tourney
just
midgame
grand prize
game
pick-up game
gametype
half
casino
pachisi
opening
international
open
home game
middlegame
qualifier
full debut
first period
countergambit
quad
pre-tournament
grudge match
tournament
Test match
starter
halftime
team sport
one-on-one
tlachtli
cashspiel
1v1
rolleo
seed
tennikoit
scratch race
starting
subtournament
start
road game
service game
jeu de paume
game day
preliminary
bye
deathmatch
pass
athletic competition
athletics
athletic contest
prelim
trick
racer
speel
double-header
semifinal
semi
singles
bonspiel
cat and rat
cat and mouse
decision
bridge
conquest
playoff game
approach play
underworld
quarterfinal
sit-and-go
rubber
server
ringoal
make good
face off
bully off
play
break-off
kick off
come first
break the deadlock
line up
call off the dogs
noun
- The first game played in a competition.
- A person who opens something.
- A device that opens something; specifically a tin-opener/can-opener, or a bottle opener.
- An establishment that opens.
- The player who starts the betting.
- The first act in a variety show or concert.
- The first goal or point scored.
- A period of time when it is legal to commercially fish.
- Cards of sufficient value to enable a player to open the betting.
- A person employed to separate sheets of hot metal that become stuck together.
- A batsman who normally plays in the first two positions of an innings.
- The first in a series of events, items etc.; the first remark or sentence of a conversation.
- A pitcher who specializes in getting the first outs of a game before being replaced, either by a long reliever or a pitcher who would normally start.
noun
- A single game or match played in a tournament or other sporting contest.
- A part of garment, such as a pair of trousers/pants, that covers a leg.
- One side of a multiple-sided (often triangular) course in a sailing race.
- One of the branches of a hyperbola or other curve which extend outward indefinitely.
- Denotes the half of the field on the same side as the batsman's legs; the left side for a right-handed batsman.
- A branch circuit; one phase of a polyphase system.
- In a grain elevator, the case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.
- In humans, the lower limb extending from the groin to the ankle.
- A branch or lateral circuit connecting an instrument with the main line.
- An army soldier assigned to a paratrooper unit who has not yet been qualified as a paratrooper.
- The portion of the lower limb of a human that extends from the knee to the ankle.
- A distance that a sailing vessel does without changing the sails from one side to the other.
- An underlying instrument of a derivatives strategy.
- An extension of a steam boiler downward, in the form of a narrow space between vertical plates, sometimes nearly surrounding the furnace and ash pit, and serving to support the boiler; called also water leg.
- The ability of something to persist or succeed over a long period of time.
- A stage of a journey, race etc.
- A column, as a unit of length of text as laid out.
- A rod-like protrusion from an inanimate object, such as a piece of furniture, supporting it from underneath.
- Something that supports.
- One of the two sides of a right triangle that is not the hypotenuse.
- A limb or appendage that an animal uses for support or locomotion on land.
verb
noun
- The first shot in a game of billiards.
- The transition area between a singer's vocal registers; the passaggio.
- A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention.
- An interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast, or sports game.
- A place where waves break (that is, where waves pitch or spill forward creating white water).
- A sharp bit or snaffle.
- The number of points scored by one player in one visit to the table.
- An area along a river that features steep banks, bluffs, or gorges (e.g., Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument, US).
- A section of extended repetition of the percussion break to a song, created by a hip-hop DJ as rhythmic dance music.
- A temporary split with a romantic partner.
- The point in the musical scale at which a woodwind instrument is designed to overblow, that is, to move from its lower to its upper register.
- A change, particularly the end of a spell of persistent good or bad weather.
- A keystroke or other signal that causes a program to terminate or suspend execution.
- A scheduled interval of days or weeks between periods of school instruction; a holiday.
- A rest or pause, usually from work.
- The counter-attack.
- A short holiday.
- An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.
- A physical space that opens up in something or between two things.
- A sudden fall in prices on the stock exchange.
- The beginning (of the morning).
- A game won by the receiving player(s).
- An act of escaping.
- The curve imparted to the ball's motion on the green due to slope or grass texture.
- A time for students to talk or play between lessons.
- The separation between lines, paragraphs or pages of a written text.
- The start of a horse race.
- A short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue.
verb
- To go down, in terms of temperature, indicating that the most dangerous part of the illness has passed.
- To become deeper at puberty.
- To terminate the execution of a program before normal completion.
- To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
- To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily; to go on break.
- To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change gait.
- To demote; to reduce the military rank of.
- To counter-attack.
- To burst forth; to make its way; to come into view.
- To open (a safe) without using the correct key, combination, or the like.
- To become audible suddenly.
- To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.
- To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.
- To turn an animal into a beast of burden.
- Of prices on the stock exchange: to fall suddenly.
- To cause the shell of (an egg) to crack, so that the inside (yolk) is accessible.
- To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.
- To ruin financially.
- To disclose or make known an item of news, a band, etc.
- To change a steady state abruptly.
- To surpass or do better than (a specific number); to do better than (a record), setting a new record.
- To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.
- To end the run of (a play).
- To render (a game) unchallenging by altering its rules or exploiting loopholes or weaknesses in them in a way that gives a player an unfair advantage.
- To cause (some feature of a program or piece of software) to stop functioning properly; to cause a regression.
- To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.
- To (attempt to) disengage and flee to; to make a run for.
- To begin or end.
- To suddenly become.
- To win a game (against one's opponent) as receiver.
- To make the first shot; to scatter the balls from the initial neat arrangement.
- To demulsify.
- To end (a connection); to disconnect.
- To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.
- To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.
- To arrive.
- To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.
- To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object does not (immediately) hit something else beneath.
- To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
- To crack or fracture (bone) under a physical strain.
- To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.
- To alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men, generally to go up, in women, sometimes to go down; to crack.
- To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water.
- To end.
- To remove one of the two men on (a point).
- To suspend the execution of a program during debugging so that the state of the program can be investigated.
- To violate; to fail to adhere to.
- To cause, or allow the occurrence of, a line break.
- To B-boy; to breakdance.
noun
prep_phrase
verb
- To compete against, in a game.
- To act with levity or thoughtlessness; to trifle; to be careless.
- Contrary to fact, to give an appearance of being.
- To be performed; (or of a film) to be shown.
- To manipulate, deceive, or swindle someone.
- To move to and fro.
- To produce music (or a specified song or musical style) using (a specified musical instrument).
- To act; to behave; to practice deception.
- To perform in or at; to give performances in or at.
- To produce music using a musical instrument.
- To move in any manner; especially, to move regularly with alternate or reciprocating motion; to operate.
- To take part in amorous activity; to make love.
- To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
- To kid; to joke; say something for amusement.
- (in the scoring of games and sports) To be the opposing score to.
- To gamble.
- To act as the indicated role, especially in a performance.
- To produce music.
- To act or perform (a play).
- To bring into sportive or wanton action; to exhibit in action; to execute.
- To put in action or motion.
- To keep in play, as a hooked fish in order to land it.
- To use a device to watch or listen to the indicated recording.
- To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
noun
- A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other resources.
- An instance of watching or listening to digital media.
- The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely, as for example lash, backlash, or slack.
- Movement (of a pattern of light etc.)
- An individual's performance in a sport or game.
- A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue.
- A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.
- Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
- Similar activity in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
- An attempt to move forward, as in a plan or strategy, for example by a business, investor, or political party.
- Sexual activity or sexual role-playing.
- The conduct, or course, of a game.
- A short sequence of action within a game.
- An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
- A theatrical performance featuring actors.
noun
- a single play of a sport or other contest
- a contest with rules to determine a winner
- an amusement or pastime
- animal hunted for food or sport
- (tennis) a division of play during which one player serves
- (games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win
- the flesh of wild animals that is used for food
- a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
- the game equipment needed in order to play a particular game
- your occupation or line of work
- frivolous or trifling behavior
adj
verb
noun
verb
- To make the first kick in a game or part of a game.
- To suddenly become more active.
- To start; to launch.
- To shut down or turn off suddenly.
- To force the weaning of a bovine cow's calf by restricting the calf's access to its mother's udders. Used figuratively or literally.
- To be overcome with anger, to start an argument or a fight.
- To dismiss; to expel; to remove from a position.
- To have a fight or argument start.
- To die or quit permanently.
noun
- One of the two opposite parts of the playing field of various sports, in which each starts the game.
- abbreviated form for half marathon.
- Half of a standard measure, chiefly: (Britain) half a pint of beer or cider.
- One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided.
- The fraction obtained by dividing 1 by 2.
- Any of the three terms at Eton College, for Michaelmas, Lent, and summer.
- A half sibling.
intj
prep
adj
- Related through one common grandparent or ancestor rather than two.
- Consisting of a half (½, 50%).
- Having one parent (rather than two) in common.
- Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect.
adv
noun
- The first few moves in a game.
- The first few measures of a musical composition.
- The first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe.
- A gap permitting passage through.
- The initial period when a show at an art gallery or museum is first opened, especially the first evening.
- A vacant position, especially in an array.
- An unoccupied employment position.
- In mathematical morphology, the dilation of the erosion of a set.
- An act or instance of making or becoming open.
- A time available in a schedule.
- An opportunity, as in a competitive activity.
- An act or instance of beginning.
adj
noun
- a tournament in which both professionals and amateurs may play
- a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
- where the air is unconfined
- information that has become public
adj
- with no protection or shield
- open to or in view of all
- not having been filled
- accessible to all
- not defended or capable of being defended
- (of textures) full of small openings or gaps
- having no protecting cover or enclosure
- not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought
- not sealed or having been unsealed
- without undue constriction as from e.g. tenseness or inhibition
- not requiring union membership
- possibly accepting or permitting
- affording free passage or view
- openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness
- ready for business
adj
- affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed
- affording free passage or access
- used of mouth or eyes
- (set theory) of an interval that contains neither of its endpoints
- ready or willing to receive favorably
- open and observable; not secret or hidden
verb
- cause to open or to become open
- start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning
- become open
- begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc.
- spread out or open from a closed or folded state
- make available
- become available
- have an opening or passage or outlet
- make the opening move
- afford access to
- display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer
noun
- A preliminary stage of a competition.
- One who qualifies for something, especially a contestant who qualifies for a stage in a competition.
- A marker that qualifies or modifies another code element.
- A word or phrase, such as an adjective or adverb, that describes or characterizes another word or phrase, such as a noun or verb; a modifier; that adds or subtracts attributes to another.
noun
- A kind of round-robin tournament between four players, where each participant plays every other participant once.
- A quadriplegic person.
- A skate with four wheels.
- A quadcopter.
- A blank metal block used to fill short lines of type.
- A keyboard command which aligns text with the left or right margin, or centred between them. In combination, as quad left, quad right, or quad centre.
- Quadruplex videotape.
- The quadriceps muscle.
- A quadrupel beer.
- A quad bike (from quadricycle)
- The Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price bound in a single volume.
- A quadruplet (infant).
- A quadrangle (quadrangular courtyard).
- A serving of four shots of espresso.
- A quadrilateral.
- A joke used to fill long days of setting type.
- A poster, measuring forty by thirty inches, advertising a cinematic film release.
verb
- To fill spaces in a line of type with quads. Also quad out.
- To twist four individually insulated conductors together as two pairs of twisted wires that are then twisted together.
- To align text with the left or right margin, or centre it.
- to ride a quad bike
adj
noun
- a contestant in a team sport who is in the game at the beginning
- an electric motor for starting an engine
- the official who signals the beginning of a race or competition
- any new participant in some activity
- food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course)
- a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle
- a culture containing yeast or bacteria that is used to start the process of fermentation or souring in making butter or cheese or dough
noun
- The initial position of a competitor or team in a tournament. (seed position)
- A fragment of coral.
- Initialization state of a pseudorandom number generator (PRNG). (seed number)
- A precursor.
- An amount of seeds that cannot be readily counted.
- Any small seed-like fruit.
- Semen.
- The competitor or team occupying a given seed. (seed position)
- Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.
- Commercial message in a creative format placed on relevant sites on the Internet. (seed idea or seed message)
- Race; generation; birth.
- A small bubble formed in imperfectly fused glass.
- A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an embryonic plant.
verb
- To grow to maturity.
- To produce seed.
- To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.
- To allocate a seeding to a competitor.
- To plant or sow an area with seeds.
- To leave (files) available for others to download through peer-to-peer file sharing protocols (e.g. BitTorrent).
- To be qualified to compete, especially in a quarter-final, semi-final, or final.
- To ejaculate inside the penetratee during intercourse, especially in the rectum.
- To start; to provide, assign or determine the initial resources for, position of, state of.
noun
- a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)
- the beginning of anything
- the time at which something is supposed to begin
- a sudden involuntary movement
- the act of starting something
- a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
- a signal to begin (as in a race)
- the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race)
verb
- take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- set in motion, cause to start
- depart for someplace
- have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
- bring into being
- get off the ground
- move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
- get going or set in motion
- begin or set in motion
- begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job
- play in the starting lineup
- have a beginning characterized in some specified way
- begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
- bulge outward
noun
- an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
- (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
- (military) a written leave of absence
- (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
- the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks
- any authorization to pass or go somewhere
- a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions
- a flight or run by an aircraft over a target
- a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
- a difficult juncture
- one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer)
- a permit to enter or leave a military installation
- a complimentary ticket
- a usually brief attempt
- (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
- success in satisfying a test or requirement
adj
verb
- go across or through
- move past
- make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
- for time to move forward
- place into the hands or custody of
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
- travel past
- come to pass
- go unchallenged; be approved
- use up a period of time in a specific way
- pass over, across, or through
- transmit information
- disappear gradually
- go successfully through a test or a selection process
- be superior or better than some standard
- accept or judge as acceptable
- allow to go without comment or censure
- transfer to another; of rights or property
- pass into a specified state or condition; sink into
- throw (a ball) to another player
- be inherited by
- cause to pass
- grant authorization or clearance for
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- eliminate from the body
noun
- A sequence in which each player plays a card and a winning play is determined.
- A sex act, chiefly one performed for payment; an act of prostitution.
- A daily period of work, especially in shift-based jobs.
- Something designed to fool or swindle.
- A term of abuse.
- A knot, braid, or plait of hair.
- A customer or client of a prostitute.
- A toy; a trifle; a plaything.
- A single element of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act; a magic trick.
- An effective, clever or quick way of doing something.
- A sailor's spell of work at the helm, usually two hours long.
- Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank.
- An entertaining difficult physical action.
verb
- To dress; to decorate; to adorn fantastically; often followed by up, off, or out.
- To fool; to cause to believe something untrue; to deceive.
- To draw (as opposed to blazon - to describe in words).
adj
noun
- A video game involving racing of any kind.
- Someone who takes part in a race.
- Any of several genera of colubrid snakes.
- An animal known for its fast speed, or suitable for racing; applied especially to a number of North American snakes, certain kinds of lake trout, etc.
- A racehorse.
- A vehicle or other device used for, or designed specifically for, racing.
noun
- A pair of games played one after another between the same teams.
- A pair of sporting events, one after the other, at a single venue.
- A pair of sporting events, one after the other, broadcast on the same television channel.
- The catching of a single fish simultaneously by two fishermen when fishing together.
- A double-headed coin.
- A train pulled by two locomotives.
noun
- A card game played with four players playing as two teams of two players each.
- An edge which, if removed, changes a connected graph to one that is not connected.
- A software component connecting two or more separate systems.
- A prosthesis replacing one or several adjacent teeth.
- A construction spanning a waterway, ravine, or valley from an elevated height, allowing for the passage of vehicles, pedestrians, trains, etc.
- A similar position in gymnastics.
- A particular form of one hand placed on the table to support the cue when making a shot in cue sports.
- A solid crust of undissolved salt in a water softener.
- A cue modified with a convex arch-shaped notched head attached to the narrow end, used to support a player's (shooter's) cue for extended or tedious shots. Also called a spider.
- The situation where a lone rider or small group of riders closes the space between them and the rider or group in front.
- An elongated chain of teammates, connected to the pack, for improved blocking potential.
- The upper bony ridge of the human nose.
- An elevated platform above the upper deck of a mechanically propelled ship from which it is navigated and from which all activities on deck can be seen and controlled by the captain, etc; smaller ships have a wheelhouse, and sailing ships were controlled from a quarterdeck.
- A defensive position in which the wrestler is supported by his feet and head, belly-up, in order to prevent touch-down of the shoulders and eventually to dislodge an opponent who has established a position on top.
- A contrasting section within a song that prepares for the return of the original material section.
- The gap between the holes on a bowling ball
- A point in a line where a break in a word unit cannot occur.
- Anything supported at the ends and serving to keep some other thing from resting upon the object spanned, as in engraving, watchmaking, etc., or which forms a platform or staging over which something passes or is conveyed.
- Any of several electrical devices that measure characteristics such as impedance and inductance by balancing different parts of a circuit
- A connection, real or abstract.
- An unintended solder connection between two or more components or pins.
- A device which connects two or more computer buses, typically in a transparent manner.
- A statement, such as an offer, that signals a possibility of accord.
- The piece, on string instruments, that supports the strings from the sounding board.
- A rudimentary procedure before definite solution
- A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; a bridge wall.
- An intramolecular valence bond, atom or chain of atoms that connects two different parts of a molecule; the atoms so connected being bridgeheads.
- A system which connects two or more local area networks at layer 2 of OSI model.
- A day falling between two public holidays and consequently designated as an additional holiday.
verb
noun
- A competitive mode found in first-person shooter games in which competing teams (usually two) attempt to take over predetermined spawn points labeled by flags.
- Victory gained through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.
- That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral.
- An act or instance of overcoming an obstacle.
- A person whose romantic affections one has gained, or with whom one has had sex, or the act of gaining another's romantic affections.
verb
noun
- a contest consisting of a series of successive matches between the same sides
- an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products
- any of various synthetic elastic materials whose properties resemble natural rubber
- an eraser made of rubber (or of a synthetic material with properties similar to rubber); commonly mounted at one end of a pencil
- contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse
- a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow
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adj
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