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Clean Game: A game without any open frames.

Lift, Clean And Place: (sometimes also 'preferred lies, winter rules') a mode of play, usually because of muddy or poor course conditions, where through the green the ball may be picked up, cleaned off and replace . . . View Full Definition

Licensed Game: A game based on a property that isn't owned by the publisher. For instance, THQ made a Battlebots game. THQ didn't have the rights to make a game using the name 'Battlebots' until they got a . . . View Full Definition

Home Game: A game played in a team’s own stadium.

Ligament: Strong, fibrous band of connecting tissue connecting two or more bones or cartilage or supporting a muscle, fascia or organ.

Long Game: The part of golf played with full, or substantial, swings where the ball is intended to cover relatively longer distances (usually thought of in terms of woods, long irons and middle irons)

Microgametophyte: Stage of the plant life cycle that develops from or within a microspore. The microgametophyte produces sperm in specialized structures known as antheridia.

Love Game: A shutout game, won without the opponent scoring

Heterogametic Sex: The sex with two different chromosomes, such as males in humans and Drosophila.

Ligaments: Dense parallel bundles of connective tissue that strengthen joints and hold the bones in place.