HANGMAN SOLVER

adj

1. Able to be acknowledged.
2. Worthy of acknowledgement.

adv

1. In the manner of a bachelor; (as though) living alone as a single man.

noun

1. An act of backing down; a retraction or withdrawal.

noun

1. The flow of a fluid (through a pipe etc.) in a direction opposite to that which is normal or intended.

verb

1. To flow in the wrong or backward direction.

adj

1. flowing backwards

verb

1. present participle of backflow

noun

1. (agriculture) The line of piled soil thrown up beside a furrow when it is created by a plow

verb

1. (agriculture) To throw or turn the soil in alternating directions for every other row that is plowed, so that every pair of furrows has a single backfurrow with clear areas on the outside.

noun

1. (UK, dated) A stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements.
2. (UK, dated) The game in which the stick is used.
3. A sword with one sharp edge.

noun

1. Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.

noun

1. (historical) One who fights with a backsword or singlestick.

noun

1. plural of backswordman

noun

1. (obsolete) In the London Stock Exchange: a fee paid by a seller on settlement day either to the buyer or to a third party who lends stock, when the seller wishes to defer settlement until the next settlement day.
2. In full normal backwardation: the situation in a futures market where the price for future delivery of a commodity (the forward price) is lower than the price for immediate delivery (the spot price) or nearer delivery, generally arising from a near-term shortage of the commodity.
3. The situation in a stock market where the offer price for stock is lower than the bid price.

adj

1. Native to or located in a remote rural location.
2. Rustic, unsophisticated, countrified.

adj

1. Pertaining to the backwoods.
2. Rough, uncouth, coarse, or crude in social matters.

noun

1. A remote or sparsely inhabited region, especially in North America; away from big towns and from the influence of modern life.
2. Partly or wholly uncleared forest, especially in North America.

noun

1. The quality of being backwoodsy.

noun

1. (informal, UK politics) A Peer who is seldom present in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom Parliament, who may be encouraged to attend when a very important vote is expected.
2. A person who is acclimated to living in a forest area that is far removed from civilization or modern conveniences.
3. An uncivilized person.

noun

1. plural of backwoodsman

adj

1. (US) Typical of something or someone from the backwoods

noun

1. A contention, retort, or reply.
2. A contradiction or answer to put off an engagement; a countermand.
3. A section of commentary at the end of a book.

noun

1. (obsolete) The thread-like worm found in filanders, the disease of hawks.

noun

1. Synonym of pigweed (“the plant Chenopodium album”)

noun

1. Any form of switch that is activated barometrically (by a change in pressure)

noun

1. (archaic) A fine fellow.

noun

1. plural of bawcock

adv

1. Like a beacon; in the manner of a beacon.

verb

1. (transitive) To make a fool of.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of beclown

verb

1. present participle of beclown

verb

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

verb

1. (dated) To crowd.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of becrowd

verb

1. present participle of becrowd

verb

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

verb

1. (transitive) To place a crown upon; crown.

noun

1. A wood largely populated with beech trees.
2. The wood of beech trees (Fagus spp.).

noun

1. plural of beechwood

adv

1. (nautical) Below the main deck of a ship.

noun

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

verb

1. (transitive, intensive) To welcome; greet or bestow with a welcome; welcome fully or completely.

noun

1. (countable) A wood largely populated with birch trees (Betula spp.).
2. (uncountable) The wood from a birch tree.

noun

1. (Australia, now usually considered offensive) A (male) Australian Aborigine.

noun

1. plural of blackfellow

noun

1. (uncountable) The very dark wood of such trees.
2. African blackwood (Dalbergia melanoxylon), of Africa
3. Australian blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon), of eastern Australia
4. Bombay blackwood (Dalbergia latifolia), of India
5. Haematoxylum campechianum, a tree from Mexico.

noun

1. (obsolete) Work connected with funerals, as an undertaker's assistant or a maker of mourning clothes, etc.
2. (sewing) A form of counted-thread embroidery that is usually stitched on even-weave fabric with a twisted thread.

noun

1. A factory that manufactures bleach.

noun

1. (computing) Synonym of backscatter.
2. (firearms) A type of action where the pressure from the fired cartridge blows a sliding mechanism backward to extract the fired cartridge, chamber another cartridge, and cock the hammer.
3. (rail transport) On a steam locomotive, the reversal of exhaust gases when the regulator is closed without using the blower.
4. (slang) The act of shotgunning (inhaling from a pipe etc. and exhaling into another smoker's mouth).
5. An unintended adverse result, especially of covert political action.

noun

1. plural of blowback

noun

1. (US, military, slang) A jet fighter.
2. A tool which projects a controlled stream of a highly flammable gas over a spark in order to produce a controlled flame.

verb

1. To apply a blowtorch to something.

verb

1. past participle of blowtorch

noun

1. plural of blowtorch

verb

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

verb

1. present participle of blowtorch

noun

1. Inferior and shoddy work.

noun

1. (nautical) A frame or fender of rope or junk, laid out at the sides or bows of a vessel to secure it from damage.

noun

1. The quality of the construction of brick built items.
2. Those parts of items that are made of brick.

noun

1. A bird, the dowitcher or red-breasted snipe.
2. A note of scrip printed on brown paper, such as that issued by the city of St. Louis during a financial crisis.
3. A postage stamp printed in brown ink, used in the 1890s.

noun

1. (South Africa) A strong wagon with a frame over the wheels used for hauling goods.
2. (US) A buckboard; a wagon for personal transport as well as transporting goods.

noun

1. A perennial herb, Melanthium virginicum, having a branched cluster of pale flowers

noun

1. The tree Ceodes umbellifera.

noun

1. Alternative form of cabbage worm

noun

1. plural of cabbageworm

noun

1. cabinetmaking
2. furniture made by a cabinetmaker

noun

1. One who makes cabinets; a practitioner of cabinetwork.

noun

1. Synonym of chambermaid

noun

1. (archaic) An uncultured rustic person.

noun

1. A fellow member of a club.

noun

1. (dated) A woman who is a member of a club.

noun

1. plural of clubwoman

noun

1. (Internet slang, rare) A web page that either has not been updated for a long time, or that is rarely visited.
2. (figurative) Something thin and unsubstantial, or flimsy and worthless; valueless remainder.
3. (informal, usually in the plural) fuzzy inexact memories.
4. A spiderweb, or the remains of one, especially an asymmetrical one that is woven with an irregular pattern of threads.
5. An intricate plot to catch the unwary.
6. One of its filaments; gossamer.
7. The European spotted flycatcher, Muscicapa striata.

adj

1. Covered with cobwebs
2. Old or outdated.

noun

1. (chiefly figuratively) A mass of cobwebs; anything that obscures the vision or is elaborate yet flimsy.

adj

1. comparative form of cobwebby: more cobwebby

adj

1. superlative form of cobwebby: most cobwebby

noun

1. (mathematics) A graphical technique for solving discrete-time systems, useful in finding the stationary points.

adj

1. (figurative) Old or dated.
2. Having many cobwebs.
3. Resembling a cobweb or cobwebs.

noun

1. plural of cobweb

noun

1. construction work made of logs, etc., laid horizontally, with the ends dovetailed together at the corners, and in marine work often surrounding a central space filled with stones

noun

1. (by extension) Often preceded by the: anxiety, fear, uneasiness.
2. Often preceded by the: a stomach ache or an upset stomach.

adv

1. In the manner of a comb; with a scraping motion intended to straighten.

noun

1. (obsolete) The district to which a constable's power is limited.

noun

1. A blow delivered in reply to a previous blow by somebody else, such as an opponent in a boxing match.

noun

1. plural of counterblow

adj

1. (heraldry) Bent, curved or arched in two directions, both to the left and to the right, or both upwards and downwards.

noun

1. Any of several related poisonous plants of the genus Cicuta
2. Cicuta virosa, type species of this genus.

noun

1. plural of cowbane

noun

1. (music) A musical instrument, typically found without a clapper.
2. A bell worn by cows; sometimes with an ornate strap.
3. Misconstruction of bell cow

noun

1. plural of cowbell

noun

1. plural of cowberry

noun

1. A shrub native to the cool temperate areas of the Northern Hemisphere (Vaccinium vitis-idaea).
2. The berry of this shrub.

noun

1. The white bryony, Bryonia alba.

noun

1. Any bird of the genus Molothrus. The cowbirds are brood parasites.

noun

1. plural of cowbird

noun

1. (Britain, informal) A dishonest and/or incompetent independent tradesman.
2. (card games, slang) A playing card of king rank.
3. (informal) A person who engages in reckless behavior, especially for the purpose of showing off.
4. A man who identifies with cowboy culture, including wearing a cowboy hat and being a fan of country and western music.
5. A man who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.

verb

1. (intransitive) To work as a cowboy, herding cattle.

noun

1. (poker slang) A pair of kings as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
2. plural of cowboy

verb

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

noun

1. Vaccaria hispanica, an annual herb with blue-grey waxy herbage and pale pink flowers, native to Eurasia.

noun

1. A flowering plant of the genus Carapa in the mahogany family, Meliaceae.

noun

1. cribbing (structural members)

noun

1. plural of cribwork

noun

1. A mechanised weapon, based on the bow and arrow, that shoots bolts.
2. A portable ballista that can be held in the hand.

noun

1. Someone (usually a soldier) equipped with a crossbow.