All English words - page 2128

Meanings of Gamely:

adverb

In a brave, spirited way.

Usage examples:

He battled gamely but was outclassed by his more experienced opponent

Meanings of Gamene:

noun

A low-quality grade of madder as sold in powdered form; madder of this grade (also "gamene madder").

Meanings of Gamer:

noun

A person who plays video games or participates in role-playing games.

Usage examples:

Every gamer has suffered from small-screen videos

adjective

Eager or willing to do something new or challenging.

Usage examples:

They were game for anything

Meanings of Games:

noun

An activity that one engages in for amusement or fun.

Usage examples:

The kids were playing a game with their balloons

verb

Manipulate (a situation), typically in a way that is unfair or unscrupulous.

Usage examples:

It was very easy for a few big companies to game the system

Meanings of Gamesmanship:

noun

The art of winning games by using various ploys and tactics to gain a psychological advantage.

Usage examples:

The negotiations were primarily exercises in propaganda and gamesmanship

Meanings of Gamesome:

adjective

Playful and merry.

Usage examples:

Gamesome leaps and frolics

Meanings of Gamest:

adjective

Eager or willing to do something new or challenging.

Usage examples:

They were game for anything

noun

An activity that one engages in for amusement or fun.

Usage examples:

The kids were playing a game with their balloons

verb

Manipulate (a situation), typically in a way that is unfair or unscrupulous.

Usage examples:

It was very easy for a few big companies to game the system

Meanings of Gamester:

noun

A person who plays competitive games, especially for money.

Usage examples:

He saw two old gamesters stake their coins and lose

Meanings of Gamesters:

noun

A person who plays competitive games, especially for money.

Usage examples:

He saw two old gamesters stake their coins and lose

Meanings of Gamestress:

noun

A female gamester; a woman skilled in games or sports.

Meanings of Gametal:

adjective

Gametic.

Meanings of Gametangia:

noun

A specialized organ or cell in which gametes are formed in algae, ferns, and some other plants.

Usage examples:

Both gametangia form from a stereotyped series of divisions of a terminal apical cell, unlike the g…

Meanings of Gametangium:

noun

A specialized organ or cell in which gametes are formed in algae, ferns, and some other plants.

Usage examples:

Both gametangia form from a stereotyped series of divisions of a terminal apical cell, unlike the g…

Meanings of Gamete:

noun

A mature haploid male or female germ cell which is able to unite with another of the opposite sex in sexual reproduction to form a zygote.

Usage examples:

Meiosis is the process by which diploid organisms produce haploid gametes capable of sexual reprodu…

Meanings of Gametes:

noun

A mature haploid male or female germ cell which is able to unite with another of the opposite sex in sexual reproduction to form a zygote.

Usage examples:

Meiosis is the process by which diploid organisms produce haploid gametes capable of sexual reprodu…

Meanings of Gametically:

adverb

As regards gametes; by means of gametes.

Meanings of Gametocyst:

noun

Macrogamete (rare).

Meanings of Gametocyte:

noun

A cell that divides (by meiosis) to form gametes.

Usage examples:

Moreover, it can detect asexual parasites and young gametocytes with reasonable sensitivity and spe…

Meanings of Gametogenesis:

noun

The process in which cells undergo meiosis to form gametes.

Usage examples:

Normally, the adult proximal germline contains germ cells undergoing gametogenesis and proliferatio…

Meanings of Gametogenous:

adjective

Gametogenic.

Meanings of Gametogony:

noun

The formation of gametes during the sexual stage of the life cycle in certain protozoans; the sexual stage itself.

Meanings of Gametoid:

adjective

Resembling (that of) a gamete. in early use also: resembling or characteristic of gamete-producing reproductive tissue (now disused).

Meanings of Gametophore:

noun

Originally: the sexual form or generation of a plant (now rare). in later use: any structure, especially a modified branch or filament, bearing a gametangium or gametes in a bryophyte or other non-flowering plant.

Meanings of Gametophoric:

adjective

Of, relating to, or of the nature of a gametophore.

Meanings of Gametophyte:

noun

(in the life cycle of plants with alternating generations) the gamete-producing and usually haploid phase, producing the zygote from which the sporophyte arises. it is the dominant form in bryophytes.

Usage examples:

Unlike vascular plants, the haploid gametophyte generation is dominant in mosses.