(n): capability of existing or happening or being true
(n): an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
(n): any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning
(n): a risk involving danger
(n): a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
(n): a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible
(n): how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
(n): the possibility of future success
(n): the inherent capacity for coming into being
(v): be the case by chance
(v): come to pass
(v): take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
(v): make an effort or attempt
(v): come upon, as if by accident; meet with
(adj): prenominal) -- (occurring or appearing or singled out by chance
(adj): vs. planned) -- (without apparent forethought or prompting or planning
French luck.