HANGMAN SOLVER

noun

1. plural of abaciscus

noun

1. (archaic) A small tile of glass, marble, or other substance, of various colors, used in making ornamental patterns in mosaic pavements; abaciscus.

noun

1. plural of abacus

noun

1. plural of abbacy

noun

1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of abducens nerve.

verb

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

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of abscise

verb

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

noun

1. Alternative spelling of abscissin

noun

1. (geometry) The first of the two terms by which a point is referred to, in a system of fixed rectilinear coordinate (Cartesian coordinate) axes.
2. (geometry) The horizontal line representing an axis of a Cartesian coordinate system, on which the abscissa (sense above) is shown.

noun

1. A dark lantern used in church to read prayers etc during a service.

verb

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

noun

1. (historical) A kind of dark lantern.

noun

1. plural of absence

adj

1. (archaic) Absent-minded.
2. (art, often capitalized) Free from representational qualities, in particular the non-representational styles of the 20ᵗʰ century.
3. (dance) Lacking a story.
4. (grammar) As a noun, denoting a concept or intangible as opposed to an object, place, or person.
5. (music) Absolute.
6. (now rare) Drawn away; removed from; apart from; separate.
7. (object-oriented programming, of a class) Being a partial basis for subclasses rather than a complete template for objects.
8. (obsolete) Derived; extracted.
9. Apart from practice or reality; vague; theoretical; impersonal; not applied.
10. Difficult to understand; abstruse; hard to conceptualize.
11. Insufficiently factual.
12. Not concrete: conceptual, ideal.
13. Pertaining comprehensively to, or representing, a class or group of objects, as opposed to any specific object; considered apart from any application to a particular object: general, generic, nonspecific; representational.
14. Separately expressing a property or attribute of an object that is considered to be inherent to that object: attributive, ascriptive.

noun

1. (art) An abstract work of art.
2. (medicine) A powdered solid extract of a medicinal substance mixed with lactose.
3. (real estate) A summary title of the key points detailing a tract of land, for ownership; abstract of title.
4. An abridgement or summary of a longer publication.
5. An abstraction; an abstract term; that which is abstract.
6. Concentrated essence of a product.
7. Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of a larger item, or multiple items.
8. The theoretical way of looking at things; something that exists only in idealized form.

verb

1. (intransitive, computing) To produce an abstraction, usually by refactoring existing code. Generally used with "out".
2. (intransitive, fine arts) To create abstractions.
3. (intransitive, rare) To perform the process of abstraction.
4. (intransitive, reflexive, literally, figuratively) To withdraw oneself; to retire.
5. (transitive) To consider abstractly; to contemplate separately or by itself; to consider theoretically; to look at as a general quality.
6. (transitive) To draw off (interest or attention).
7. (transitive) To remove; to take away; withdraw.
8. (transitive) To separate; to disengage.
9. (transitive) To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize.
10. (transitive, euphemistic) To steal; to take away; to remove without permission.
11. (transitive, obsolete) To extract by means of distillation.
12. He was wholly abstracted by other objects.
13. To conceptualize an ideal subgroup by means of the generalization of an attribute, as follows: by apprehending an attribute inherent to one individual, then separating that attribute and contemplating it by itself, then conceiving of that attribute as a general quality, then despecifying that conceived quality with respect to several or many individuals, and by then ideating a group composed of those individuals perceived to possess said quality.

verb

1. (transitive, biology, mycology) To cut off, as in abstriction; abjoint

adj

1. superlative form of acerb: most acerb

noun

1. plural of acrobat

verb

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

noun

1. A form of exercise, designed to enhance one's cardiovascular fitness, normally performed to music.

noun

1. plural of alembic

noun

1. plural of ambsace

noun

1. (botany) A plant midway in height between a shrub and a tree; a dwarf tree.
2. (mycology) A branched hypha in some fungi.
3. (mycology) The site at which a symbiotic fungus attaches to the roots of a plant and exchanges nutrients, etc., with it.
4. (zoology) A clump of feather-like cilia (hairlike structures).

adj

1. Relating to, or resembling, asbestos.

adj

1. Of or pertaining to ascorbic acid or its derivatives

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of ascribe

verb

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

noun

1. plural of babiche

noun

1. (prosody) A metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; according to some, two long and a short.

noun

1. (figurative, by extension) Something which spreads like bacterial infection.
2. Any bacilliform (rod-shaped) bacterium.
3. Any of various rod-shaped, spore-forming aerobic bacteria in the genus Bacillus, some of which cause disease.

adj

1. (UK dialectal) Retrospective.

adv

1. (UK dialectal, of time) Long ago; in the past.

noun

1. (UK dialectal) Misfortune; reverse; reversal; a relapse in health or illness; moral backsliding.
2. (UK dialectal) Retrospect; hindsight.
3. (UK dialectal) backwater
4. (figuratively) Any discouragement or cause of relapse or failure.
5. A backward stroke, or a stroke driving one back.
6. A cast or throw back.

verb

1. (UK dialectal) To change retrospectively; reverse.
2. To identify the actions required in order to reach a proposed future.

noun

1. plural of backhoe

noun

1. plural of backing

noun

1. (figurative) A negative reaction, objection or outcry, especially of a violent or abrupt nature.
2. (mechanics) The looseness through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, gear, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, or a measurement of the distance moved thereby; either intentional (as allowance) or unintentional (from error or wear).
3. A sudden backward motion.
4. The jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion.

verb

1. To cause or set off a backlash.

adj

1. (of a person) having an uncovered back, having a back that shows skin
2. having no back, said of things that typically have backs, such as chairs or dresses

noun

1. (publishing) A list of older books available from a publisher, as opposed to the frontlist of more recent titles.

verb

1. (transitive) To hold back a student's application (to a college etc.) based on whether a preferred candidate declines their offer.
2. (transitive, publishing) To place (a book) on a backlist.

noun

1. plural of backlog

adj

1. farthest back

noun

1. plural of backout

noun

1. A guide attached to the slide rest of a lathe, and placed in contact with the work to steady it in turning.
2. The back piece of a chair, used to support the sitter's back.

noun

1. A rushing backward; a retreat.

noun

1. plural of backsaw

noun

1. Alternative spelling of back seat

verb

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

adj

1. (board sports) Approaching an obstacle backward

noun

1. (euphemistic) A person's buttocks.
2. (figuratively) The reverse or opposite of anything.
3. (obsolete) The back side of a page: a verso.
4. The back side of an estate: the backyard and outbuildings behind a main house, especially (UK dialect, euphemistic) an outhouse.
5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see back, side.

verb

1. To enthusiastically affirm or congratulate a person, especially by patting them on the back.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backslide

noun

1. (music) Synonym of spinback
2. Spin applied to a ball in order to slow it, change its flight, or stop it when it lands.

verb

1. (music) To play a section of a record in reverse, as a disc jockey; to apply spinback.
2. (transitive) To spin (a ball) with this motion.

verb

1. (transitive) to attack someone (especially verbally) unfairly in a deceitful, underhand, or treacherous manner, especially when they're not present in the place or situation that it happens. (as if stabbing them in the back). See backbite.

noun

1. (nautical) A part of the rigging of a sailing ship extending from masthead the top of the mast to the back of the ship; they support the strain on all upper masts and provide additional support to the shrouds when the wind is abaft the beam.
2. A strengthening or supporting piece that is built into the back of something.

noun

1. (obsolete) A baker.

noun

1. (baseball) A wall or fence behind home plate.
2. (baseball, slang) A catcher; the position of catcher.
3. (cricket, dated) The longstop.
4. (cricket, dated) The wicket-keeper.
5. (espionage) Something serving to bolster or support a cover story etc.
6. (rounders) The player who stands immediately behind the striking base.
7. A default arrangement that holds if all else fails.
8. A thing or a person put in the rear or in the back of something to reinforce, hold, support.

verb

1. (transitive) To bolster, support.
2. (transitive) To serve as backstop for.

noun

1. (economics) The situation where economic growth in one area harms other areas by attracting people and business away from those areas.
2. (nautical) The backward flow of water from oars or propeller or breaking waves.
3. The result or consequence of an event; an aftermath.
4. The saliva, spit or food particles that have flowed back into a drink after someone has drunk from it.
5. The similar flow of air from an aircraft engine.

verb

1. (transitive) To affect with backwash.
2. To clean the oil from wool after combing.
3. To operate a water filter in the reverse direction in order to clean it.

noun

1. plural of balance

verb

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

noun

1. plural of baldric

noun

1. Alternative form of bollocks

adj

1. Having the health-giving properties of balsam; soothing, restorative.
2. Having the pleasant odour of balsam; balmy, fragrant.
3. Producing balsam.

noun

1. A balsamic vinegar.

adj

1. (formal) Of or pertaining to technical matters; mechanical.
2. (formal) Uncultured, unrefined, utilitarian.

noun

1. plural of bancal

noun

1. plural of bannock

noun

1. A plant (Lonchocarpus urucu, now Deguelia rufescens var. urucu) native to parts of northern South America used as a poison for fishing and an insecticide.
2. An evergreen (Jacquinia barbasco, now Jacquinia arborea)
3. One of several inedible wild Mexican yams (Dioscorea mexicana and Dioscorea composita) from which progesterone can be synthesized.

noun

1. plural of barchan

noun

1. (military) A group of buildings used by military personnel as housing.
2. plural of barrack.

verb

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

noun

1. plural of barrico

adj

1. Of or pertaining to basalt.

noun

1. A light helmet, typically with a high, pointed skull, either open-faced (in early models) or made with a visor (later models).

noun

1. plural of bascule

noun

1. The undermost coat of paint, etc., over which subsequent layers can be applied.

noun

1. (countable, chemistry) The degree to which a substance is basic: its pH level.
2. (countable, chemistry) The number of replaceable hydrogen atoms in a molecule of an acid.
3. (uncountable) The condition of being basic.

noun

1. (sociolinguistics) A variety of a language that has diverged greatly from the standard form, and is only considered suitable for very informal contexts by speakers.

noun

1. (architecture) A Christian church building having a nave with a semicircular apse, side aisles, a narthex and a clerestory.
2. (obsolete) An apartment provided in the houses of persons of importance, where assemblies were held for dispensing justice; hence, any large hall used for this purpose.
3. A Roman Catholic church or cathedral with basilican status, an honorific status granted by the pope to recognize its historical, architectural, or sacramental importance.

noun

1. plural of basilic

noun

1. plural of batcher

noun

1. plural of bawcock

noun

1. plural of bawdric

noun

1. plural of bearcat

verb

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

verb

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

verb

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

verb

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

verb

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

verb

1. (archaic) To accuse of being a rascal or to treat as a rascal.

verb

1. (transitive, obsolete) To scrape all over; scrape excessively.

verb

1. (transitive) To cover (something) with scrawls; to scribble over.

noun

1. (phonology) A sound change in which [b] (the voiced bilabial plosive) shifts to [v] (the voiced labiodental fricative).
2. A speech disorder involving excessive use of the [b] sound, or conversion of other sounds into it.

adj

1. (mathematics) Used to describe a curve composed of two moving points; e.g. a hyperbola.
2. Being composed of two continuous paths or lines.

noun

1. Spectacles that have corrective lenses of two different powers; used by people who need both distance and reading glasses.

adj

1. Having two phases.

noun

1. Rare form of viscacha.

Adjective

1. Of or pertaining to Biscay in Spain.

Noun

1. A native or inhabitant of Biscay.

adj

1. (anatomy) Relating to the two iliac bones or fossae

noun

1. (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Northern US, Midwestern US) A jelly doughnut: a doughnut filled with jam and coated with sugar.
2. (Manitoba) A doughnut filled with cream, often with chocolate icing.
3. (Midland US) A fried cruller, or a sort of pancake.

noun

1. plural of bivouac

verb

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

verb

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

adj

1. superlative form of black: most black

noun

1. plural of blackie
2. plural of blacky

adj

1. somewhat black

verb

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

noun

1. plural of bleach

verb

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

noun

1. plural of bluecap

noun

1. A sort of fine buckram.

noun

1. A piece of furniture for the storage and display of books.

noun

1. (mining) A mine that is no longer producing profitably.

noun

1. plural of boscage

noun

1. The science of botany.
2. plural of botanic

noun

1. plural of bracero

noun

1. plural of brachet

noun

1. (botany) Unusually small size resulting from the shortening of internodes.

noun

1. plural of bracing

noun

1. plural of bracken

noun

1. plural of bracket

verb

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

adj

1. (of water) Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries.
2. Distasteful; unpleasant; not appealing to the taste.
3. Repulsive

noun

1. plural of branch

verb

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

noun

1. Any of many plants of the genus Brassica, including cabbage, mustard and rapes

noun

1. plural of breach

verb

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

noun

1. plural of breccia

noun

1. The shattering effect of the energy released in an explosion.

noun

1. plural of broach

verb

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

noun

1. plural of brocade

verb

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