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  1. basketball
    a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players
  2. baseball
    a ball game between two teams of nine players
  3. football
    a team sport played with an oval or round ball
  4. soccer
    a football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal
  5. tennis
    a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court
  6. cricket
    leaping insect with long antennae
  7. ice hockey
    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
  8. hockey
    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
  9. rugby
    a team sport in which players try to advance an oval-shaped ball
  10. gridiron
    a cooking utensil of parallel metal bars
  11. punt
    an open flat-bottomed boat used in shallow waters
  12. touchdown
    a goal worth six points in American football
  13. bunt
    act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat
  14. strike
    deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
  15. bowling
    a game in which a large ball is rolled at a group of objects
  16. strikeout
    an out resulting from the batter getting three strikes
  17. foul
    highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
  18. home run
    (baseball) a base hit on which the batter scores
  19. championship
    a competition at which a winner is chosen
  20. Olympian
    of or pertaining to the greater gods of ancient Greece whose abode was Mount Olympus
  21. track
    a line or route along which something travels or moves
  22. field
    extensive tract of level open land
  23. goal
    the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve
  24. kite
    plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string
  25. surfing
    the sport of riding a surfboard toward the shore on the crest of a wave
  26. boxing
    boxing with bare hands
  27. wrestling
    the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down
  28. tackle
    seize and throw down an opponent player carrying the ball
  29. sack
    a bag made of paper or plastic for holding purchases
  30. volleyball
    a game in which two teams hit an inflated ball over a high net using their hands
  31. volley
    rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
  32. serve
    devote one's life or efforts to, as of countries or ideas
  33. card
    thin cardboard, usually rectangular
  34. season
    one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions
  35. gold
    a soft yellow malleable ductile metallic element
  36. silver
    a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
  37. bronze
    an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements
  38. podium
    a platform raised above the surrounding level
Created on Wed Jan 12 22:00:36 EST 2011 (updated Fri Jan 21 20:44:36 EST 2011)

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