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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..

Scratch :: Scratch (n.) A shot which scores by chance and not as intended by the player; a fluke.

Reis Effendi :: Reis Effendi () A title formerly given to one of the chief Turkish officers of state. He was chancellor of the empire, etc..

Bema :: Bema (n.) That part of an early Christian church which was reserved for the higher clergy; the inner or eastern part of the chancel.

Fortune :: Fortune (n.) The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident; luck; hap; also, the personified or deified power regarded as determining human success, apportioning happiness and unhappiness, and distributing arbitrarily or fortuitously the lots of life..

Application :: Application (n.) The act of making request of soliciting; as, an application for an office; he made application to a court of chancery..

Dataria :: Dataria (n.) Formerly, a part of the Roman chancery; now, a separate office from which are sent graces or favors, cognizable in foro externo, such as appointments to benefices. The name is derived from the word datum, given or dated (with the indications of the time and place of granting the gift or favor)..

Occasion :: Occasion (n.) A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance; convenience.

Hit :: Hit (v. i.) To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, -- often with implied chance, or luck..

Odds :: Odds (a.) Difference in favor of one and against another; excess of one of two things or numbers over the other; inequality; advantage; superiority; hence, excess of chances; probability..

Venture :: Venture (v. i.) To make a venture; to run a hazard or risk; to take the chances.

Misadventure :: Misadventure (n.) Mischance; misfortune; ill lick; unlucky accident; ill adventure.

Thedom :: Thedom (n.) Success; fortune; luck; chance.

Sedilia :: Sedilia (n. pl.) Seats in the chancel of a church near the altar for the officiating clergy during intervals of service.

Possibly :: Possibly (adv.) In a possible manner; by possible means; especially, by extreme, remote, or improbable intervention, change, or exercise of power; by a chance; perhaps; as, possibly he may recover..

Potluck :: Potluck (n.) Whatever may chance to be in the pot, or may be provided for a meal..

Encounter :: Encounter (adv.) To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either by chance, suddenly, or deliberately; especially, to meet in opposition or with hostile intent; to engage in conflict with; to oppose; to struggle with; as, to encounter a friend in traveling; two armies encounter each other; to encounter obstacles or difficulties, to encounter strong evidence of a truth..

Plea :: Plea (n.) That which is alleged by a party in support of his cause; in a stricter sense, an allegation of fact in a cause, as distinguished from a demurrer; in a still more limited sense, and in modern practice, the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's declaration and demand. That which the plaintiff alleges in his declaration is answered and repelled or justified by the defendant's plea. In chancery practice, a plea is a special answer showing or relying upon one or more things as a cause why

Rub :: Rub (n.) A chance.

Bechance :: Bechance (v. t. & i.) To befall; to chance; to happen to.

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