HANGMAN SOLVER

noun

1. Alternative spelling of back door, which can be used attributively.

verb

1. Alternative spelling of back door

noun

1. (figurative) Any background situation.
2. A decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage.
3. An image that serves as a visual background.
4. The setting or background of an acted performance.

verb

1. (transitive) To serve as a backdrop for.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backdrop

verb

1. present participle of backdrop

noun

1. plural of backdrop

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.

adj

1. Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system.

noun

1. (computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
2. (computing) The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).
3. (physics) Clipping of background radiation.
4. A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
5. A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
6. Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
7. One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.

verb

1. (journalism) To gather and provide background information (on).
2. To put in a position that is not prominent.
3. simple past tense and past participle of backgrind

adj

1. (computing) (of a task) Made non-interactive
2. Moved to the background

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of background

noun

1. (chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives basic details on subjects that are likely to be mentioned.
2. A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation.
3. A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon.

noun

1. plural of background

verb

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

noun

1. An order that cannot be currently filled or shipped, but is requested nonetheless for when the item becomes available again.

verb

1. To place such an order

noun

1. plural of backstory

noun

1. (bellringing) The pull on the tail of the rope that swings the bell through a full circle (compare handstroke)
2. (swimming) A stroke swum lying on one's back, while rotating both arms through the water as to propel the swimmer backwards.
3. A backhanded stroke or blow.

verb

1. To swim the backstroke.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backstroke

noun

1. plural of backstroke

verb

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

verb

1. present participle of backstroke

noun

1. (mineralogy) Synonym of hydrohausmannite

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.

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. (Scotland) The edible seaweed Alaria esculenta

noun

1. (martial arts) Training with a punching bag.

Proper noun

1. A city in Kazakhstan, rented and administered by Russia, constructed to service Baikonur Cosmodrome, since 1995 also called Baikonur.

noun

1. (now rare) A board upon which dough is prepared (kneaded, etc) while making bread.

noun

1. The realm or sphere of bakers; the world of baking.

noun

1. (art) Decorative work resembling interlaced bands.

noun

1. The world of bankers and finance.

noun

1. A roll of banknotes or other paper currency, carried in lieu of a wallet.
2. The monetary assets of a person or organization.

verb

1. (transitive) To fund a project; to underwrite something.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of bankroll

noun

1. One who bankrolls; usually an individual who has enough seed capital to launch a venture; one who can fund a project; angel investor.

noun

1. plural of bankroller

verb

1. present participle of bankroll

noun

1. plural of bankroll

verb

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

Proper noun

1. A village near Stirling in Scotland
2. A battle important in Scotland's struggle for independence

adj

1. Prevented from growing, by having the bark too firm or close.

noun

1. A hydrometer calibrated to test the strength of tanning liquors used in tanning leather.

adj

1. Characterised or marked by barking

noun

1. Material woven in the style of a basket.
2. The craft of making such material.

noun

1. plural of basketwork

noun

1. The larva of a psychid moth.

noun

1. Decorative work involving beads.

noun

1. plural of beadwork

noun

1. Alternative form of beak-iron

noun

1. plural of berakah

noun

1. (obsolete) A kind of rustic dance.

noun

1. (archaic, often offensive) A person with dark skin, especially one from north Africa.
2. (heraldry) A stylized Negro.
3. A blackamoor slave, a blackamoor servant; and hence any slave, servant, inferior, or child.

noun

1. plural of blackamoor

noun

1. A large flat surface, finished with black slate or a similar material, that can be written upon with chalk and subsequently erased; a chalkboard.

verb

1. To use a blackboard to assist in an informal discussion.

noun

1. plural of blackboard

verb

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

noun

1. Colicroot, Aletris farinosa
2. Culver's root, Veronicastrum virginicum
3. Either of two species in the genus Pterocaulon: Pterocaulon pycnostachyum and Pterocaulon virgatum
4. Several plant diseases caused by fungi in the genus Aphanomyces causing that cause roots to rot and turn black.

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. (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. Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia.

noun

1. A factory that manufactures bleach.

noun

1. A person who blockades
2. A ship used in blockading

noun

1. plural of blockader

noun

1. A compound wood board consisting of nearly square strips of softwood placed side by side and sandwiched between veneer panels, often of hardwood.

noun

1. A person employed to lay down blocks of material, for example as a road surface.

noun

1. A manufacturer of blocks for use in printing.
2. A manufacturer of nautical blocks.

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a board.

noun

1. A slightly elevated path for pedestrians over sandy or swampy ground, typically made out of wood; specifically (Canada, US) one running alongside a body of water or beach.

verb

1. To install a boardwalk over.

noun

1. plural of boardwalk.

verb

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

noun

1. (historical) A person who operated small-crew open fishing boats and fishing rooms on the shores around Newfoundland in the early 19th century.
2. A person in charge of a boat.

noun

1. a craftsman

noun

1. (US) A whiskey with a beer chaser.
2. A person qualified to make or repair boilers.

noun

1. plural of boilermaker

noun

1. The manufacture of boilers.

noun

1. A shrike endemic to Southern Africa, with olive upper parts, a yellow underside, and a deep black gorget.

noun

1. A machine that manufactures bolts.
2. A manufacturer of bolts.

noun

1. A velocipede (the bicycle of the late 1860s).
2. Something jolty.

noun

1. (archaic) Authorship; literary skill.

noun

1. One who trades in books.

noun

1. (gambling) A person (or a business) who calculates odds and accepts bets, especially on horse racing; a bookie.
2. A person who compiles books from the writings of others.
3. A person who prints or binds books.

noun

1. plural of bookmaker

noun

1. (computing) A record of the address of a file or Internet page, serving as a shortcut to it.
2. (databases) A pointer found in a nonclustered index to a row in a clustered index or a table heap
3. A strip of material used to mark a place in a book.

verb

1. (computing, transitive) To create a bookmark.

noun

1. A slip of paper, card, etc. used to mark one's place in reading a book; a bookmark.

noun

1. plural of bookmarker

verb

1. present participle of bookmark

noun

1. plural of bookmark

verb

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

noun

1. A rack for books; a bookshelf.

noun

1. plural of bookrack

noun

1. A maker of boots; a cobbler.

noun

1. A manufacturer of bottles.

noun

1. A manufacturer of bowls.

noun

1. Alternative form of bow maker

noun

1. A manufacturer of boxes.

Proper noun

1. A village in Cornwall.
2. A city/village in North Dakota.
3. A borough in Pennsylvania.

noun

1. Work done with the brain; mental effort.

noun

1. Enough to fill a brake (type of carriage).

noun

1. Work or ornamentation made of brass.

noun

1. A person who manufactures or shapes brass.