HANGMAN SOLVER

adj

1. (mechanics) Countering or preventing backlash (jarring reflex motion in machinery).

noun

1. (Britain) Cheeky or impertinent responses, especially to criticism.

verb

1. To respond in a disputative, often sarcastic manner.

noun

1. plural of backchat

verb

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

noun

1. The painted scenery at the back of a stage; the backdrop.

noun

1. The illumination of a photographic subject from the rear, causing edges to glow while other areas remain in shadow.

verb

1. present participle of backlight

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.

verb

1. present participle of backscratch

noun

1. (grammar) The changing of the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
2. (statistics) A function on a stochastic process whose value on any random variable is the preceding random variable in the process.

verb

1. (grammar, transitive) To change the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.

noun

1. (surveying) A measurement of a previously shot point, used to set the angle to zero when occupying a new position.
2. (surveying) A measurement or reading taken back towards a point of known elevation, used to calculate the height of the surveying instrument (theodolite, transit, total station).
3. The rear sight of a firearm.

verb

1. (surveying) To shoot a backsight.

noun

1. (sewing) A type of sewing stitch where the stitch goes backwards on the top side of the fabric and doubles forward on the bottom, coming out farther in front, then repeats. The backstitch is a very tight and secure stitch, and also looks very neat.

verb

1. To sew with a backstitch.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backstitch

noun

1. plural of backstitch

verb

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

verb

1. present participle of backstitch

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.

adj

1. Alternative spelling of bathykolpian

adj

1. (rare) Deep-bosomed.

noun

1. (biology) plankton living in the bathyal zone

Proper noun

1. of origin.

verb

1. (transitive, rare) To make a knight of.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of beknight

verb

1. present participle of beknight

verb

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

Noun

1. A member of one of the historical aboriginal peoples of Canada.

Proper noun

1. The extinct language of these people.

noun

1. plural of berakah

verb

1. (transitive, rare) To bestow thanks upon; to thank.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of bethank

verb

1. present participle of bethank

verb

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

verb

1. (intransitive) To meditate, ponder; to consider.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To think about, to recollect.
3. (reflexive) To think of (something or somebody) or that (followed by clause); to remind oneself, to consider, to reflect upon.
4. To determine, resolve.

noun

1. The act of thinking, thinking about, considering, reflecting, or remembering.

verb

1. present participle of bethink

verb

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

verb

1. (transitive) To pelt, thrash, or cudgel soundly.

noun

1. (Hinduism) Someone who practises bhakti; a person who is devoted to God; a devotee; a worshipper.

noun

1. plural of bhakta

noun

1. (Hinduism) devotion to God

noun

1. plural of bhakti

noun

1. Alternative form of bibliotheque

noun

1. (organic chemistry) An alkaloid found in bikh (Aconitum spicatum).

noun

1. A mark on the skin formed before birth.

noun

1. plural of birthmark

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

noun

1. Alternative form of black light (“ultraviolet bulb”)

noun

1. (by extension) Any member of a fascist party.
2. (historical, chiefly in the plural) A uniformed member of a paramilitary wing of the Italian Fascist Party.

noun

1. (informal) A person who shoes horses.
2. A blackish fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis punctipinnis).
3. A person who forges iron.

verb

1. (intransitive) To work as a blacksmith.

noun

1. the business of a blacksmith

verb

1. present participle of blacksmith

noun

1. plural of blacksmith

noun

1. A large shrub or small tree, Prunus spinosa, that is native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa. It has a dark bark and bears thorns.
2. A stick or staff taken from this tree.

noun

1. plural of blackthorn

noun

1. A voluble purveyor of nonsense; a blusterer.
2. A worthless fellow; a deadbeat.
3. Nonsense or blather; empty talk.

noun

1. plural of blatherskite

adj

1. Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.

noun

1. (by extension) A pole or rod with such a hook at one end.
2. A hook attached to a pole used for pulling or pushing boats, rafts, logs or other objects to or from the side of a boat.

noun

1. A writer of books; an author.

noun

1. Inferior and shoddy work.

noun

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

adj

1. (immunology) Involving the contraction of a disease by a person with a decreased susceptibility, such as a person who has been vaccinated to help prevent that disease.
2. (medicine) The emergence or one or more symptoms of a condition despite medication or other medical treatment.
3. Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.

noun

1. (construction) The penetration of a separating wall or the remaining distance to an adjacent hollow (a crosscut in mining) or between two parts of a tunnel build from both ends; knockthrough.
2. (military) An advance through and past enemy lines.
3. (sports) The penetration of the opposition's defence.
4. Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle.

noun

1. plural of breakthrough

noun

1. (nautical) A horizontal timber fitted in the bows of a ship to add strength and to connect the sides to the stem.

adj

1. Very surprising or shocking; to such a degree as to cause astonishment.
2. stunningly beautiful; amazing

adv

1. In a breathtaking manner.
2. To a degree that causes shock or awe; shockingly.

noun

1. Polished metal fixtures, especially aboard a boat.
2. The varnished or oiled wood trim aboard a boat.

noun

1. plural of brightwork

noun

1. (now chiefly historical) A type of horse-drawn carriage, with a foldable roof covering.

adj

1. Grieved and disappointed, especially with the loss of a beloved person or thing, such as the repudiation of a romantic relationship.

adv

1. In a brokenhearted manner.

noun

1. The quality of being brokenhearted.

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a brothel.

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a brother.

noun

1. Alternative spelling of bucket shop

noun

1. (chiefly US) Lead shot used in shotgun cartridges, made of larger pellets than birdshot and suitable for hunting larger game. [from 18th c.]

noun

1. plural of buckshot

noun

1. plural of bucktooth

noun

1. Hippophae (family Elaeagnaceae), the sea buckthorn.
2. also genus Frangula, especially Frangula alnus, the alder buckthorn.
3. especially genus Rhamnus,
4. especially the common buckthorn or purging buckthorn; Rhamnus cathartica.

noun

1. An upper tooth that protrudes further than the bottom teeth.

adj

1. Having buckteeth

noun

1. (Western US) Any of the wild buckwheats in the genus Eriogonum.
2. (cooking) The fruit of this plant used as a pseudocereal.
3. (derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur, US) Curly hair of a black person.
4. (slang) A slow and painful murder by the Mafia as a warning to others.
5. (slang) Pubic hair.
6. An Asian plant, of the species Fagopyrum esculentum. [from 16th c.]

noun

1. A poor and unskilled farmer.

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of buckwheat.

noun

1. plural of buckwheat

noun

1. (American football) A play in which the receiver runs straight downfield, then turns back toward the line of scrimmage.
2. (sewing) A hook used to pull thread through the holes of a button.
3. A hook for pulling the buttons of gloves and shoes through the buttonholes.

verb

1. (American football) To perform the buttonhook play.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of buttonhook

noun

1. plural of buttonhook

verb

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

noun

1. (dentistry) An interocclusal record made by placing a plastic material (that subsequently hardens) between the upper and lower teeth

noun

1. A basket for holding clothes to be laundered.

noun

1. The holding of two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them as true or correct, without realizing the contradiction.

noun

1. plural of doublethink

Noun

1. The Doukhobors.

noun

1. Someone who breaks a promise or violates a treaty.

noun

1. Any fish of the family Notopteridae.

noun

1. (archaic, Scilly Isles) The greater shearwater or hagdon.

noun

1. An arquebusier.

noun

1. plural of hackbut

Noun

1. An arquebusier.

verb

1. To get an animal used to wearing and being handled in a halter.

verb

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

verb

1. simple past tense of halterbreak

verb

1. past participle of halterbreak

noun

1. plural of handbasket

noun

1. A car with a sloping, hinged rear door that opens upwards.
2. The door itself.

noun

1. plural of hatchback

noun

1. Any dandelion-like flower of the genera Leontodon, Scorzoneroides, and others in subtribe Hypochaeridinae, in the family Asteraceae.

noun

1. overwhelming mental anguish or grief, especially that caused by loss or disappointment

noun

1. (dated) A curl or lovelock.
2. (role-playing games) An independent role-playing game that attempts to fix various perceived design flaws in an established RPG, but whose few innovations will not reach a wide audience due to its lack of marketability.
3. (sports) A match which ends in defeat for a promising player or team.
4. Someone, usually attractive, who flirts with or otherwise enamours a person, but does not reciprocate their love.
5. Something that causes sorrow, grief or extreme disappointment.

adj

1. That causes great grief, anguish or distress.

noun

1. The breaking of a heart; great grief, anguish or distress.

adv

1. In a heartbreaking manner

noun

1. plural of heartbreak

adj

1. (dialect or nonstandard) heartbroken

adj

1. Suffering from grief, especially after a failed romance.