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Speculation :: Speculation (n.) A game at cards in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes..

Contingency :: Contingency (n.) An event which may or may not occur; that which is possible or probable; a fortuitous event; a chance.

Chaud-medley :: Chaud-medley (n.) The killing of a person in an affray, in the heat of blood, and while under the influence of passion, thus distinguished from chance-medley or killing in self-defense, or in a casual affray..

Waif :: Waif (n.) Hence, anything found, or without an owner; that which comes along, as it were, by chance..

Chance :: Chance (v. t.) To befall; to happen to.

Prize :: Prize (n.) That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery..

Lazzaroni :: Lazzaroni (n. pl.) The homeless idlers of Naples who live by chance work or begging; -- so called from the Hospital of St. Lazarus, which serves as their refuge..

Chance :: Chance (a.) Happening by chance; casual.

Morkin :: Morkin (n.) A beast that has died of disease or by mischance.

Boom :: Boom (n.) A strong and extensive advance, with more or less noisy excitement; -- applied colloquially or humorously to market prices, the demand for stocks or commodities and to political chances of aspirants to office; as, a boom in the stock market; a boom in coffee..

Mum-chance :: Mum-chance (a.) Silent and idle.

Tip :: Tip (n.) A hint, or secret intimation, as to the chances in a horse race, or the like..

Mischance :: Mischance (v. i.) To happen by mischance.

Cast :: Cast (n.) A throw of dice; hence, a chance or venture..

Mischanceful :: Mischanceful (a.) Unlucky.

Game :: Game (v. i.) A contest, physical or mental, according to certain rules, for amusement, recreation, or for winning a stake; as, a game of chance; games of skill; field games, etc..

Lottery :: Lottery (n.) A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance; esp., a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, and the rest of tickets are blanks. Fig. : An affair of chance..

Turn :: Turn (n.) Successive course; opportunity enjoyed by alternation with another or with others, or in due order; due chance; alternate or incidental occasion; appropriate time..

Archchancellor :: Archchancellor (n.) A chief chancellor; -- an officer in the old German empire, who presided over the secretaries of the court..

Haphazard :: Haphazard (n.) Extra hazard; chance; accident; random.

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