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Measure of the amount of acid neutralizing bases.
The total concentration of bases in water.
- Browse Related Terms: acidity, Alkalinity, dissolved oxygen, eutrophic, lake zones, light intensity, off-color, pH, seine net, stained
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To run out of chips while betting or calling. In table stakes games, a player -may not go into his pocket for more money during a hand. If he runs out, a side pot is created in which he has no interest. However, he can still win the pot for which he had the chips. Example: "Poor Bob. He made quads against the big full house, but he was all-in on the second bet."
- Browse Related Terms: All-In, Center Pot, Family Pot, Foul, Heads Up, Overcall, Pay Off, Sell, Short Stack, Side Pot, Slow Play, Smooth Call, Split Pot
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A character on your account other than your main character.
Alternate. A character on your account other than your main character.
- Browse Related Terms: AFK, Alt, Bot, Combat Pets, Mob, MT, NPC, PC, PET, PvE, RP, RPG, UI
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A belt-driven device mounted on the front of the engine that recharges the battery while the engine is running.
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This style consist of a roulette wheel which has 38 compartments and numbers from 1 to 36 with the addition of 0 and 00. With the 00, American roulette gives higher advantage to the house, as compared to French, Russian or European roulette.
- Browse Related Terms: A bet on the layout, American roulette, American Wheel, Double, Double zero or 00, European roulette, European wheel, Five, Five number bet, Hoca, Inside bet, Queen Theatre, Roulette wheel, Wheel Head
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A roulette wheel with 38 slots numbered 1 to 36 plus two zeros, 0 and 00.
Roulette wheel that has 0 and 00 pockets and a number sequence of (clockwise starting with 0): 0, 28, 9, 26, 30, 11, 7, 20, 32, 17, 5, 22, 34, 15, 3, 24, 36, 13, 1, 00, 27, 10, 25, 29, 12, 8, 19, 31, 18, 6, 21, 33, 16, 4, 23, 35, 14, 2. Originally, the double-zero wheel started in Europe and the single-zero wheel started in America. But, Europeans liked the single-zero wheel better, and Americans liked the double-zero wheel better so they switched. Today, the American wheel and double-zero wheel are synonymous.
Roulette wheel that has 0 and 00 pockets and a number sequence. Originally, the double-zero wheel started in Europe and the single-zero wheel started in America.
- Browse Related Terms: A bet on the layout, American roulette, American Wheel, Double, Double zero or 00, European roulette, European wheel, Five, Five number bet, Hoca, Inside bet, Queen Theatre, Roulette wheel, Wheel Head
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A member of the carp family found in China's Amur River. Commonly called a white amur or grass carp. These fish are highly effective weed eaters and are stocked to control nuisance weeds and algae. They can weigh up to 47 pounds.
- Browse Related Terms: amur, bottom feeder or bottom-fish, carp, dink, Grass carp, Hatchery, migration route, stragglers, White amur
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Fish that live most of their adult life in saltwater but spawn in freshwater.
- Browse Related Terms: Anadromous, Fry, larva, nares, PFD, Recruitment, Sac fry, Smolt, Test, Topminnow, young-of-the-year
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The unpaired fin that lies along the midline of the body beneath the anus, usually on the back half of the fish.
- Browse Related Terms: adipose fin, anal fin, dorsal fin, gill opening, pectoral fin, pelvic fins, still-fishing, still-fisherman, ventral fin
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Last taken sit to the dealer's right.
- Browse Related Terms: Anchor, Double exposure, First base, Heads Up, Heads Up or Heads On, Hole card, insurance, Push, Push/Tie, Stand, Tell Play, Third base, tie, Tip (Toke), Up card, Upcard
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A species of 4- to 8-inch baitfish found in the ocean that is also a popular bait used for striped bass at places like Lake Powell, Lake Mead, Lake Mohave and Lake Pleasant but can be used for catfish as well.
- Browse Related Terms: anchovy or anchovies, Apache trout, brookie, brookies, brook trout, brown trout, crappie or crappies, crayfish or crawfish, cutthroat trout or cutthroat, Gila trout, grayling, live baitfish, nonnative fish, rainbow trout, rainbows, shad, shiner, striped bass, threadfin shad, white bass, yellow bass
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Person using a fishing pole or rod and reel to catch fish.
- Browse Related Terms: angler, baitcasting, bite indicator, deer-hair bug, eyelets, finesse fishing, flipping stick, fly line, fly-line, gear, handline, line guides, Pitching, slack line, spider trolling, spincaster, spinning, tiptop, ultralight
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Any live earthworm placed on a fishing hook.
- Browse Related Terms: angleworm, Barb, barbless, bobber, break-off, disgorger, fishhook, foul-hook, in-line spinner, leadhead, lead-head, slow roll or slow rolling, snagging, stinger-hook, tail-spinners, trailer hook, Treble, treble hook, weedguard
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Sport fishing for enjoyment, catching one fish at a time using a hook.
Usually refers to the recreational catching of fish (sport-fishing) by hook and line.
- Browse Related Terms: Action, angling, dabbing, die-off, dip net, feeding times, holding station, inactive fish, moon times, put-and-take
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A small portion of a bet contributed by each player to seed the pot at the beginning of a poker hand. Most hold'em games do not have an ante; they use "blinds" to get initial money into the pot.
- Browse Related Terms: Ante, Big Blind, Blind, Buy, Cap, Check, Cold Call, Dealer, Extra Blind, Live Blind, Post, Protect, Showdown, Small Blind, Straddle, String Bet, Under the Gun
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System that prevents reels (typically bait casters) from spinning in reverse and causing tangles.
- Browse Related Terms: anti-reverse, backlash, Bail, bow-fishing, cane pole, drag, drop shot, free spool, or free-spool, open-faced reel, spin-casting, spin-cast, Spinning reel
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One of Arizona's two native trout species. Body color is yellowish-gold, with dark, bold spots on dorsal and tail fin, and sparse body spotting that may extend below the lateral line. Purebred Apache trout are only found in the White Mountains of east-central Arizona. Although they are listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act, it is legal to fish for them in certain prescribed waters.
- Browse Related Terms: anchovy or anchovies, Apache trout, brookie, brookies, brook trout, brown trout, crappie or crappies, crayfish or crawfish, cutthroat trout or cutthroat, Gila trout, grayling, live baitfish, nonnative fish, rainbow trout, rainbows, shad, shiner, striped bass, threadfin shad, white bass, yellow bass
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The paved portion of a racetrack that separates the racing surface from the usually unpaved infield.
- Browse Related Terms: Apron, Bias-ply, bite, Blister, Compound, Contact patch, Slick, Stagger, Stickers, Uniformity