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Recreation terms

101. Basic Strategy The optimum playing strategy for blackjack when not counting.
102. Bass Common name for several spiny-finned fishes. Used in this booklet to denote the largemouth bass.
103. Bass Assassin A brand of soft-plastic jerkbait.
104. bass boat A design of shallow-drafting boat developed for modern, competitive bass fishing.
105. Battleground An instanced battlefield where players from different factions can fight with each other fairly.
106. Bay A regularly repeating division of a façade, marked by fenestration.
107. bead-headed midges A type of fly used for fly-fishing.
108. Bear grease Slang term used to describe any patching material used to fill cracks and holes or smooth bumps on a track's surface.
109. Bedding In fishing, this term refers to bedding fish during the spawning period.
110. Bell housing A cover, shaped like a bell, that surrounds the flywheel, clutch that connects the engine to the transmission.
111. bell sinker A bell-shaped fishing weight.
112. Belly Boat A trademark for a brand of rubber inner tube boat used for fishing in quiet water.
113. Benthic Occurring at or near the bottom of a body of water.
114. Bet spread The amount of the maximum and minimum bets a player is making during a blackjack playing session.
115. Betting efficiency How well a card counting system can take advantage of the theoretical advantage offered by that system.
116. Betting Limits Establishes the minimum and maximum amounts that can be wagered on one bet.
117. BG Battleground
118. Bias-ply Layers of fabric within a tire that are woven in angles. Also used as a term to describe tires made in this manner.
119. Biased Numbers A Big Number that continues through long-term analysis and produced by Biased Wheels.
120. Biased Wheel A roulette wheel that has an imperfection that causes certain numbers or sections of numbers to appear at a higher frequency than probability allows for.
121. Biased wheels an imperfect roulette wheel causing numbers to appear often than what probability allows.
122. Big Blind The larger of the two blinds typically used in a hold'em game. The big blind is normally a full first round bet. See also "blind" and "small blind."
123. Big Number A number that has hit more than its theoretical average. Long-term "Big Numbers" may be indicative of a Biased Wheel.
124. Big player A member of a card counting team who makes a big bet when the count is favorable.
125. Binders Slang term for a race car's brakes.
126. Biology the science that studies living organisms.
127. Biomass The aggregate amount of living matter or a specific species within a specific habitat, or the total number of a specific species in a specific habitat.
128. BITE When a fish takes or touches a bait so that the fisherman feels it.
129. bite indicator A device which activates or signals when a fish is on the line. It can be as simple as a bell placed on the line between two fishing pole guides that…
130. Black Action A bet made with a black ($100) chip.
131. black bass Common term used to describe several types of bass of the sunfish family, including the largemouth and smallmouth bass.
132. Black Bet A wager that the color of the next number will be black.
133. Black chip A casino chip worth $100.
134. Blackjack Refers to the game of 21, but also refers to a natural total of 21 on the first two cards. A blackjack always consists of an ace and a face card or a ten.
135. Blacks Chips valued at $100.
136. Blank A board card that doesn't seem to affect the standings in the hand. If the flop is A♠-J♦-T ♠, then a turn card of 2♥ would be considered a blank.
137. Bleeder valve A valve in the wheel used to reduce air pressure in tires.
138. Blend line Line painted on the track near the apron and extending from the pit road exit into the first turn.
139. Blind A forced bet (or partial bet) put in by one or more players before any cards are dealt.
140. blind cast Casting at no particular target.
141. Blister An overheating of the tread compound resulting in bubbles on the tire surface.
142. Blown motor Major engine failure. For instance, when a connecting rod goes through the engine block. Usually produces a lot of smoke and steam.
143. bluebird skies A term used to describe bright, sunny, blue sky conditions that often make catching fish tough.
144. Bluegill Common name for Lepomis macrochirus (Rafinesque), also called bream. Bluegill are stocked in ponds in combination with redear sunfish and largemouth bass.
145. bluegill or bluegills A common species of sunfish. Not synonymous with sunfish or panfish.
146. Board All the community cards in a hold'em game - the flop, turn, and river cards together. Example: "There wasn't a single heart on the board."
147. bobber A float attached to the line under which a hook and sometimes a sinker hang. The bobber holds the bait or lure at a predetermined depth and also signals…
148. Bodywork The fabricated sheet metal that encloses the chassis.
149. Bomber Long "A" A brand name of crankbait.
150. Bore Pistons travel up and down within each cylinder, or bore, in the engine block.
151. Bot Robot. Software automaton, used to play and advance a character without human assistance or supervision.
152. bottom feeder or bottom-fish A bottom-feeding fish, such as a catfish or carp. Refers to a fish that feeds predominantly on the bottom, not just one that is sometimes caught on the…
153. Bottom Pair A pair with the lowest card on the flop. If you have A ♠-6♠, and the flop comes K♦-T♥-6 ♣, you have flopped bottom pair.
154. Bottom Track The slanting, stationary, inner area of a roulette wheel down which the ball slides before bouncing onto the wheel head and into a pocket.
155. Boule (La Boule) Originally referred to as the "little game", Boule is basically a simplified version of Roulette, popular in French casinos.
156. bow-fishing Using a bow and arrow, typically with a reel attached to the bow, to harvest fish.
157. Brackish Water of intermediate salinity between seawater and freshwater.
158. Brake caliper The part of the braking system that, when applied by the driver, clamps the brake disk/rotor to slow or stop the car.
159. BRD Blackrock Depths
160. break Distinct variation in otherwise constant stretches of cover, structure, or bottom type. Basically anything that "breaks up" the underwater terrain.
161. break-off A fish lost when the line breaks, as opposed to losing fish when the hook breaks, straightens or pulls out.
162. Bream Common name of several centrarchid fishes. Bream is used in this booklet to denote bluegill, redear sunfish, or a combination of these two fish.
163. broodfish A large sexually mature fish capable of breeding. In hatcheries, these are the large egg-producing fish.
164. brookie, brookies, brook trout A species of trout stocked in selected waters in Arizona's high country (they are not native to the state).
165. brown trout A nonnative species of trout stocked in some of Arizona's high elevation trout waters. Sometimes referred to as a German brown.
166. brownie Term can refer to a smallmouth bass or a brown trout.
167. brush pile Usually refers to a mass of small- to medium-sized tree limbs lying in the water.
168. brushline The inside or the outside edge of a stretch of brush.
169. bucketmouth A slang term for largemouth bass, aka bigmouth bass.
170. Buff A beneficial spell cast on a monster or player. An example of a "buff" is the Priest's Inner Fire or Shaman's Bloodlust.
171. buffalofish A heavy bodied carp-like fish that can weigh up to 39 pounds that are found in some of the Salt River chain of lakes.
172. Bug A problem with computer software or hardware that causes it to malfunction or crash.
173. bullet sinker A cone-shaped piece of lead, zinc or steel of varying weights that slides up and down the line.
174. bumping Refers to the act of making a lure hit an object, such as a log, tree or rock, in a controlled manner (either intentionally or unintentionally), which can…
175. Burn Slang for making (burning) a CD-ROM copy of data, whether it is music, software, or other data.
176. Burn Card The first card of a new deck after the shuffle and cut. The card is discarded and placed on the bottom of the deck.
177. Burn Cards Remove cards from the top of the deck and place them in the discard tray after a shuffle and cut.
178. Bust To get a total greater than 21. Automatically a loss.
179. Bust/Break To exceed the total of twenty-one.
180. Button A white acrylic disk that indicates the (nominal) dealer. Also used to refer to the player on the button. Example: "Oh, the button raised."
181. Buy (1) As in "buy the pot." To bluff, hoping to "buy" the pot without being called. (2) As in "buy the button.
182. buzzbait Top-water bait with large, propeller-type blades that churn the water during a retrieve.
183. buzzing Retrieving a spinnerbait or buzzbait along the water's surface to create a splash effect to resemble a wounded baitfish.
184. BWL Blackwing's Lair
185. C-post The post extending from the roofline of a race car to the base of the rear window to the top of the deck lid.
186. caddis fly an aquatic insect of major importance, along with the mayfly and stonefly, for the trout fly-fisherman.
187. Cage Where the casino cashier is located.
188. California rig or California-rigged A method of deep-water fishing in which a plastic worm is placed at the end of a leader trailing behind a sinker.
189. Call In the bond markets, a call is an issuer's right to redeem bonds it has sold before the date they mature.
190. Call bets Also known as 'Roulette Announced Bets'. Used in French and European roulette tables and common in most UK casinos with single-zero wheel American…
191. Calling Station A weak-passive player who calls a lot, but doesn't raise or fold much. This is the kind of player you like to have in your game.
192. Callman this is the dealer who runs or calls the game.
193. Camber The amount a tire is tilted in or out from vertical. Described in degrees, either positive or negative.
194. Camouflage Any strategy meant to cover up card counting.
195. Camshaft A rotating shaft within the engine that opens and closes the intake and exhaust valves in the engine.
196. Cancellation Betting System A betting system using a series of numbers that cancels numbers after winning a bet and adds numbers after losing a bet.
197. cane pole A pole of natural cane, often made from Calcutta or Tonkin bamboo, used for fishing. No reel is used; the line is tied to the pole.
198. Cap A cap is a ceiling, or the highest level to which something can go. For example, an interest rate cap limits the amount by which an interest rate can be…
199. Capping a Bet Illegally adding more chips to a bet that has already won. It is a form of Past Posting.
200. Carburetor A device connected directly to the gas pedal and mounted on top of the intake manifold that controls the air-fuel mixture going into the engine.