HANGMAN SOLVER

noun

1. (architecture) An ornament resembling the foliage or leaves of Acanthus spinosus, used in the capitals of the Corinthian and composite orders.
2. A member of the genus Acanthus of herbaceous prickly plants with toothed leaves, (family Acanthaceae, order Lamiales (formerly Scrophulariales)) found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India.

verb

1. (transitive) To aid in an accouchement.

noun

1. (historical) A purveyor of provisions; a provedore. [14th–18th c.]

Proper noun

1. a river in western Greece
2. Deity of water; later, patron deity of the Achelous River.

noun

1. (botany) achene

adj

1. (botany, anatomy) without a lip.

adj

1. (medicine) Lacking bile.

adj

1. Colorless; achromatic.

adj

1. (physiology) Without chyle

adj

1. (physiology) Without chyme.

adv

1. (now rare) In an aguish manner; as though suffering from ague.

noun

1. A miniature, handheld paint sprayer, powered by compressed air or other gas, used for delicate, artistic painting, or sometimes retouching of photographs.

verb

1. To paint using an airbrush.
2. To touch up or enhance a photograph or person, often with intent to mislead.

noun

1. A business, such as an inn or tavern, where ale is sold.

noun

1. Any of the order Lophiiformes of anglerfish, such as Lophius piscatorius.

conj

1. But, except.
2. Though, even though, in spite of or despite the fact that: introducing a clause that expresses a concession.

adj

1. (figurative) Having been subjected to a shock for which one is unprepared.
2. Having been the target of an ambush.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of ambush

noun

1. One who ambushes.

noun

1. plural of ambush

verb

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

noun

1. (pathology) A malformed foetus
2. (physics) Any amorphous material

noun

1. (zoology) Any of the genus Amphiuma of aquatic salamanders.

noun

1. plural of anchusa

noun

1. (organic chemistry) A resinoid colouring matter obtained from alkanet root.

adj

1. Short of breath; panting.

adj

1. (obsolete, rare) Hungry.

noun

1. plural of ankush

noun

1. (US, obsolete) A substance of uncertain composition once used to adulterate cheese to prevent it from swelling.

adj

1. Without a voice; voiceless; aphonic.

adj

1. (pathology) Of, or relating to aphtha.

noun

1. (paleontology) A hard calcareous plate forming part of the body of an ammonite.

noun

1. A spectacle consisting of underwater dance and gymnastics.

noun

1. Alternative form of archeus

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. A fretted and double-necked stringed musical instrument with a large body, double courses in the bass, and two sets of tuning pegs.

noun

1. A bog orchid, Arethusa bulbosa, sole species of the genus Arethusa, having a magenta flower; the dragon's mouth.

adj

1. (grammar) Of, pertaining to, or being the use of a term together with a grammatical article.
2. (specifically, of a term or phrase) Used with or headed by a grammatical article.

noun

1. The quality or state of being an aunt.

noun

1. The status of being an aunt.

noun

1. A condition of absolute power.
2. Alternative spelling of autarky (“national economic self-reliance”)
3. Autocracy (absolute rule by a single person).
4. Sovereignty or self-government (national political independence).

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of author

adj

1. In the manner of an author.

noun

1. By analogy, any wide, high-speed road.
2. The high-speed intercity highways of Germany and Austria.

noun

1. A string instrument having a series of chord bars attached to dampers (muting bars) which mute all the strings other than those that form the desired chord.

noun

1. (geology) A rock fragment that has become enveloped in a larger rock of a similar type, during the latter's development and hardening.

noun

1. In some Indian religions, a kind of mystic or guru who has gone beyond common worldly concerns and acts without consideration for social etiquette.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of avouch

noun

1. One who avouches.

verb

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

noun

1. plural of azimuth

noun

1. A Turkish or Moroccan slipper having no heel.

noun

1. (By association) A stereotypical, Eastern European peasant grandmother-type figure.
2. A traditional floral headscarf worn by an Eastern European woman, tied under the chin.
3. An old woman, especially one of Eastern European descent.
4. Russian doll, matryoshka

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. (broadcasting) Uncut program content that is transmitted point-to-point to an individual television or radio station, network or other receiving entity where it will be integrated into a finished show.
2. (military) The shipment of material to or through an area from which the material had previously been shipped.
3. (transport) A return trip after delivery of cargo.
4. (travel, aviation, fare construction) Travel to a destination via a further point, or a higher fare point, than the destination (higher intermediate point).

verb

1. To transmit (data or footage) from a remote site to a central site from where it is re-transmitted.

noun

1. A rushing backward; a retreat.

verb

1. (informal) To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.

noun

1. A fabric filter; an air pollution control device that removes particulates out of air or gas released from commercial processes or combustion for electricity generation.

noun

1. plural of bahadur

noun

1. Alternative form of ballahoo

noun

1. Alternative form of balushahi

noun

1. A four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with collapsible half-hood, two double seats facing each other, and an outside seat for the driver.

noun

1. plural of bathtub

Proper noun

1. a regional city in New South Wales, Australia.

noun

1. Any of flowering plants of the Bauhinia genus, some of which are known as orchid trees.

noun

1. plural of bearhug

noun

1. (dated, humorous) The state of being a beau; the personality of a beau.

Noun

1. A member of the Tswana people.

noun

1. The small, triangular, edible nut of the beech tree.

noun

1. A beehive or apiary.

verb

1. Obsolete form of begrudge.

noun

1. As much as a bench will hold.

verb

1. (law) To give or leave by will; to give by testament.
2. To give; to offer; to commit.
3. To hand down; to transmit.

verb

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

verb

1. (transitive) To cover with or as with a shroud.
2. (transitive, figuratively) To hide in darkness, as with a cloak.

Verb

1. To besmirch.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of beseech
2. simple past tense and past participle of beseek

verb

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

adj

1. (zoology) Applied to various creatures that have a large mouth.

noun

1. (informal, derogatory) One who talks too much or says things which should not be said.

adj

1. Occurring once every two hours.

adv

1. Once every two hours.

noun

1. plural of bismuth

noun

1. plural of blucher

noun

1. (Bermuda) The puddingwife wrasse (Halichoeres radiatus).
2. (Canada) An Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus).
3. (Malaysia) Kyphosus vaigiensis.
4. (UK) A sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria).
5. A New Zealand bluefish (Girella cyanea).
6. A voracious fish (Pomatomus saltatrix) found in waters of the Atlantic and Indian Ocean.

noun

1. The blunt-headed wrasse or blue-headed wrasse, a fish of the species Thalassoma amblycephalum or Thalassoma bifasciatum.

adj

1. Somewhat blunt.
2. They spent hours laboriously chopping wood with bluntish axes.

noun

1. plural of blusher

adj

1. Full of blushes.

adj

1. Showing blushes; rosy red.

noun

1. The act of one who blushes; a blush.

verb

1. present participle of blush

noun

1. (chemistry) Former name of rhenium.

noun

1. plural of borough

noun

1. (zoology) A tentacle; a nerve ending that has a similar morphology

noun

1. Alternative form of bough pot

adj

1. (archaic or regional, West Country, Cornwall, Canada, US) Having been purchased or bought (rather than homemade).

verb

1. (archaic or regional, chiefly US) past participle of buy

noun

1. (Scotland, historical) A bonus payment made by an employer to a servant.