HANGMAN SOLVER

noun

1. (figuratively) By extension, any result or consequence following a major event.
2. An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").
3. Emotional and physical distress following a traumatic event.

noun

1. plural of aftershock

adv

1. On the back of a horse; horseback.

noun

1. (broadcasting) A demonstration recording, often intended to show off the talent of an announcer to a prospective employer.

noun

1. plural of aircheck

noun

1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic reddish brown mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, magnesium, manganese, and oxygen.

adj

1. Resembling an anchor.

noun

1. (history) The ruler of an archduchy, in particular the Archduchy of Austria.
2. (history) The son or male-line grandson of an emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

noun

1. The territory or dignity of an archduke or archduchess; an archduchy.

noun

1. plural of archdukedom

noun

1. plural of archduke

noun

1. A dull green colour, like that of an artichoke.
2. A plant related to the thistle with enlarged flower heads eaten as a vegetable while immature, Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus.

noun

1. plural of artichoke

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a bachelor.

noun

1. (by extension) Someone who does not play an active role in a process.
2. (education) A student who does not perform well, especially one who sits at the back of the classroom.
3. (politics) A Member of Parliament who does not have cabinet rank, and who therefore sits on one of the backbenches or in one of the back rows of the legislature.
4. (sports) A member of a team who does not usually play, but who is held in reserve.

noun

1. plural of backbencher

noun

1. (informal) A bribe, a secret payment.
2. (racquet sports) A player who plays a backhand shot.
3. (racquet sports) A shot played backhand, a backhand stroke.
4. (surfing) A surfer who approaches a swell with the wave behind them ("on their backhand") rather than facing the wave ("on their forehand").
5. A blow with the back of the hand.
6. A glass of wine given out of turn, the bottle having been handed backwards.

noun

1. plural of backhander

noun

1. A participant in a backlash

noun

1. plural of backlasher

noun

1. plural of backrush

noun

1. A long slender rod with a rake-like device on one end, sometimes in the form of a human hand, designed to let a person scratch their own back.

noun

1. (athletics, horse racing, car racing) Synonym of back straight (“straight part of a racetrack, running track, etc., opposite the finishing line”).
2. (exercise) An exercise that stretches the muscles of the back.
3. (figuratively) The middle part of an event.
4. (horse racing) An area next to a racetrack used to stable the racehorses and house employees.

noun

1. plural of backstretch.

noun

1. (textiles) A machine used for washing wool after carding to remove the impurities.

noun

1. (computing) A computer program that is executed to assess the performance of the runtime environment.
2. A standard by which something is evaluated or measured.
3. A surveyor's mark made on some stationary object and shown on a map; used as a reference point.

verb

1. (intransitive, followed by at) To give certain results in a benchmark test.
2. (transitive, intransitive, followed by against) To use something (e.g., a competitor's product) as a standard to improve one's own thing.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of benchmark

noun

1. A performance measurement according to a benchmark.

verb

1. present participle of benchmark

noun

1. plural of benchmark

verb

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of benchmark

noun

1. the structure supporting a model railway layout
2. work performed at a workbench

Proper noun

1. A lieutenancy area and historic county in the Scottish Borders.

noun

1. plural of blackhander

noun

1. A cruel and remorseless person.
2. A heart-shaped cherry with a very dark skin.
3. A type of malleable cast iron with minimum tensile strength of 350 N/mm².
4. Any of various plant diseases that cause darkening of the central tissue.

adj

1. Alternative form of black-hearted

noun

1. The state or quality of being blackhearted; villainy.

noun

1. plural of blackheart

Proper noun

1. a city in Georgia, USA

noun

1. One who blackwashes.

noun

1. A factory that manufactures bleach.

adj

1. Having unusually short legs

noun

1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, lead, manganese, oxygen, vanadium, and zinc.

noun

1. distastefulness; unpleasantness

adj

1. resembling a branch of a tree

Proper noun

1. An inland traditional county of Wales, bordered by Monmouthshire, Herefordshire, Radnorshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Glamorganshire.

noun

1. (firearms) The metal block that closes the breech of a breech-loading gun after insertion of the cartridge.

noun

1. plural of breechblock

noun

1. plural of buckbrush

Proper noun

1. An inland county of England bounded by Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Greater London, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.

noun

1. A poor and unskilled farmer.

noun

1. (US) The driver of a bullock team.

noun

1. (Australia) A person who lives in the bush, especially as a fugitive; a person who clears woods and bush country.
2. (US) One who travels through the woods, off the designated path.
3. (US, historical) A guerrilla (of either side) during the American Civil War.
4. (dated) Someone who attacks without warning.
5. A small, soft-floored inflatable boat (designed for use by one or two people).

noun

1. plural of bushwhacker

adj

1. Resembling a cathedral

noun

1. A tool use to add a link to a chain
2. One who makes chains.

noun

1. A manufacturer of chairs.

noun

1. One who chalks.

adj

1. comparative form of chalky: more chalky

noun

1. One who makes a change.

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a chariot.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of chark

noun

1. (mineralogy) An orthopyroxene-bearing quartz-feldspar rock.

noun

1. plural of charnockite

Proper noun

1. The capital city of Chuvashia, Russia

noun

1. A pattern of alternating colours as on a chessboard.
2. A playing piece in the game of checkers (British: draughts).
3. An individual square appearing in such a pattern.
4. One who hinders or stops something.
5. One who makes a check mark.
6. One who or that which checks or verifies something.
7. The clerk who tallies cost of purchases and accepts payment.
8. The fruit of the wild service tree or chequer tree, Photinia villosa, syn. Sorbus terminalis

verb

1. (intransitive) To develop markings in a pattern of alternating light and dark positions, like a checkerboard.
2. (transitive) To mark in a pattern of alternating light and dark positions, like a checkerboard.

noun

1. plural of checkerberry

Noun

1. The teaberry, Gaultheria procumbens.

noun

1. Any of the flowering plants in the genus Sidalcea.

noun

1. (film) A style of negative cutting that avoids visible splice marks.
2. A board, usually square, covered with such a pattern; especially such a board with 8×8 squares, used to play chess and draughts/checkers.
3. A pattern of squares of alternating colours.

verb

1. (transitive) To checker; to mark with an alternating pattern of light and dark.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of checkerboard

noun

1. (computer graphics) Synonym of checkerboard rendering

verb

1. present participle of checkerboard

noun

1. plural of checkerboard

adj

1. (figurative) Changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures.
2. Divided into squares, or into light and dark patches.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of checker

noun

1. Alternative form of chequering

verb

1. present participle of checker

noun

1. One who plays the game of checkers.

noun

1. (board games, US, Canada, in the singular) A game for two players played on a chessboard; the players have 12 pieces each, and the object is to capture all the opponent’s pieces by jumping over them. Other European varieties have larger boards and more playing pieces.
2. plural of checker

verb

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of checker

noun

1. Any of a group of butterflies of the subfamily Nymphalinae whose wings bear a checkered, spotted pattern.

adj

1. Alternative spelling of chequerwise

noun

1. (figuratively) Any aggregate of varied vicissitudes.
2. Work consisting of or showing checkers, varied alternately by colour or material.

noun

1. Alternative form of check mark

verb

1. (transitive) To mark with a ✓ symbol; to tick.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of checkmark

verb

1. present participle of checkmark

noun

1. Alternative spelling of check rail

noun

1. A strap used to keep horses' heads high, fashionable in Victorian England but painful and damaging to a horse's neck.

noun

1. A list of servants in a household, or slaves on a plantation.

noun

1. (US) A room where outdoor clothing or luggage may be temporarily stored.

noun

1. plural of checkroom

verb

1. (agriculture) To plant seeds at the intersections of a criss-cross pattern previously marked out on the ground.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of checkrow

noun

1. (agriculture) A device for checkrowing.

verb

1. present participle of checkrow

verb

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of checkrow

noun

1. A cord used by a passenger in a carriage to signal to the driver to slow down or go faster.

noun

1. Alternative form of check weigher

noun

1. Anything made so as to form alternate squares like those of a checkerboard.

noun

1. A machine that writes on preprinted checks in such a way as to prevent fraudulent alteration of the check.
2. One who writes checks.

noun

1. (horse-riding) A rubber ring that holds the bit high in the horse's mouth.
2. (rare, obsolete or historical) A butcher who specifically processes cheek meat.

adj

1. comparative form of cheeky: more cheeky

noun

1. A person skilled in the art of making cheese

noun

1. Alternative form of checkerwork

adj

1. Resembling a cherry, such as in shape, color, or flavor

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a cherub.

noun

1. An old Russian dry measure, approximately 26.24 litres; one fourth of an osmina.

noun

1. (Canada, US) A small squirrel, one of the species of Tamiasciurus, that lives in evergreen forests of North America.

adj

1. Alternative form of chicken-hearted

adv

1. Alternative form of chicken-heartedly

noun

1. Alternative form of chicken-heartedness

noun

1. common chickweed

noun

1. plural of chickory

noun

1. Any material that is used to fill chinks