HANGMAN SOLVER

noun

1. (uncommon, usually in the plural) Other members of the genus Abelmoschus, such as okra.
2. The edible and aromatic seed pods (properly, capsules) of the Abelmoschus moschatus.
3. The tropical evergreen shrub Abelmoschus moschatus itself.

noun

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of abelmosk in its various senses.

noun

1. An African thumb piano.

Noun

1. A people indigenous to New South Wales, Australia.

Proper noun

1. The language spoken by these people.

adj

1. Able to be awoken.

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a babe or infant.

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a baby.

noun

1. (music) A lever in the coupler of an organ.
2. (wrestling) A fall or throw on the back.

noun

1. (US) Reserve support personnel.
2. (US) That which backfills; a replacement.
3. (literature) Material in a story set earlier in the past, providing history or context for the current action.
4. The material that has been used to refill an excavation.

verb

1. (US) To provide reserve support.
2. (US) To replenish or restock due to attrition or loss.
3. (archaeology) To refill an excavation unit to restore the former ground surface and/or to preserve the unit and make it recognizable as having been excavated.
4. (gaming) To enter an online game that's already in progress, replacing a player who left early.
5. To refill a hole with the material dug out of it.

noun

1. (by extension) a total reversal in policy or opinion; a volte-face, a U-turn.
2. (gymnastics) An act of rotating one's body 360 degrees in the backward direction.

verb

1. To completely reverse a policy or opinion; perform a U-turn.
2. To perform a backflip (rotation of body).

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.

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. (soccer) A kick played by the heel which typically travels in the opposite direction from which the player is facing.
2. (wrestling) A method of tripping or throwing by getting the leg back of the opponent's heel on the outside and pulling forward while pushing his body back.

verb

1. (soccer) To perform such a kick.
2. (wrestling) To perform such a trip or throw.

noun

1. Land that lies behind or beyond some primary settlement or development.

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

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. (US) Verbal impudence or argumentative discourse, given in response.

verb

1. (transitive) To respond to in an aggressively disputatious, often sarcastic or insolent manner.

noun

1. (southern Africa) Backward and unsophisticated rural areas.

noun

1. (sports) Alternative form of back wall

noun

1. Alternative form of Bakelite

verb

1. (transitive) To coat with Bakelite.

noun

1. Alternative form of Bakewell

adv

1. So as to bake.

noun

1. plural of baklava

noun

1. plural of baklawa

noun

1. Alternative form of baldric

Adjective

1. Of or relating to the Balkan peninsula.

adj

1. superlative form of balky: most balky

noun

1. baulk line

noun

1. (baseball, chiefly in Chicago) A person who specializes in catching home-run and foul balls.
2. (sports) A player who handles the ball skilfully

noun

1. Alternative form of bollocks

adj

1. Approximate; close; on the right order of magnitude.

noun

1. (US) A field, stadium or park where ball, especially baseball, is played.
2. (US, figuratively) The general vicinity; somewhere close; a broad approximation.

verb

1. (transitive) To make a rough estimate of.

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a balm; soothing, healing.

adj

1. Acceptable to a bank.
2. Certain to bring profit and success, especially in the entertainment industry.
3. Reliable.

adj

1. (of a river, etc) Risen to a height just sufficient to spill over its banks into the floodplain.

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.

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a bard.

adj

1. (of a dog) That does not bark.
2. Without bark (the tree covering).

adj

1. Resembling a barn

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a base (in various senses).

noun

1. plural of bashlyk

adj

1. Suggesting a basilisk (snake-like dragon): baleful, spellbinding.

noun

1. (heraldry) A type of dragon used in heraldry.
2. (science fiction) An infohazard or cognitohazard, especially a Langford's basilisk.
3. A mythical snake-like dragon, so venomous that even its gaze was deadly.
4. A tree-dwelling type of lizard of the genus Basiliscus: the basilisk lizard.
5. A type of large brass cannon.

adj

1. comparative form of baulky: more baulky

noun

1. Alternative form of balking

verb

1. present participle of baulk

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a bead.

adj

1. Not having a beak.

adj

1. Resembling a beak; pointed

adj

1. Having the form of a beam

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a bean.

adj

1. Having physical or temperamental characteristics like those of a bear.
2. Like that of a bear

verb

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

verb

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

verb

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

adj

1. Wearing a kilt.

adv

1. (archaic) Probably.

noun

1. plural of belleek

Proper noun

1. from the words beorce léah meaning birch lea.
2. name transferred from the surname.
3. Any of several places, including a city in California.
4. The University of California in Berkeley

noun

1. (obsolete) A church road (such as a path across fields) for funerals.

noun

1. (accounting) The process of charging the client for a portion of the cost of resources that the client has used in order to recover the capital expense.

noun

1. (ornithology) Written as bill hook: a sharply pointed spike growing from the tip of the upper mandible of the hatchlings of honeyguides, used to destroy the eggs and kill the chicks of the host species.
2. (weaponry) A medieval polearm, fitted to a long handle, sometimes with an L-shaped tine or a spike protruding from the side or the end of the blade for tackling the opponent; a bill
3. An agricultural implement often with a curved or hooked end to the blade used for pruning or cutting thick, woody plants.
4. Written as bill hook: a spiked hook used in offices and shops for hanging bills or other small papers such as receipts.
5. Written as bill-hook: a part of the knotting mechanism in a reaper-binder or baler (agricultural machinery).

verb

1. To use a billhook

noun

1. Alternative form of Billiken

adj

1. Similar to a bird or an aspect of a bird; reminiscent of birds; avian.

adv

1. (postpositive) In the manner of a bird; as, to fly.

adj

1. Occurring once every two weeks; fortnightly.
2. Occurring twice a week.

adv

1. Every two weeks.
2. Twice a week (but see the Usage notes).

noun

1. Something that is published or released once every two weeks.

noun

1. (Australia, informal) Any plant in the genus Xanthorrhoea, native to Australia.
2. (Australia, obsolete, possibly offensive) An Aboriginal boy or servant.

noun

1. (Canada, US) Whitebark raspberry (Rubus leucodermis).
2. (cooking) An apple roasted until black, to be served in a dish of boiled custard.
3. (obsolete, UK, US, dialectal) Any of various species of titmouse (of the family Paridae), including the black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus, syn. Parus atricapillus).
4. A small Old World warbler, Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), which is mainly grey with a black crown.

verb

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

adj

1. superlative form of black: most black

noun

1. A basic coffee drink consisting of any size coffee with two shots of espresso added.
2. A black-eyed species of white-eye, Zosterops emiliae (syn. Chlorocharis emiliae, mountain blackeye, olive blackeye).

noun

1. bluefin tuna

noun

1. A black or dark green aphid (Aphis fabae) that is a common pest of agricultural crops.
2. Any of various small black bloodsucking flies of the family Simuliidae.

noun

1. Alternative form of black gum (“tree”)

noun

1. plural of blackie
2. plural of blacky

noun

1. A boycott, usually as part of an industrial dispute.
2. A preparation, containing lampblack, used to produce a shiny black coating.
3. Shoe polish.

verb

1. present participle of black

adj

1. somewhat black

noun

1. (countable) A person who cheats in a game; a cheater, especially a dishonest bookmaker.
2. (countable) A person who takes the place of striking workers; a scab.
3. (uncountable, agriculture, veterinary medicine) A fatal cattle disease caused by the soil-borne bacterium Clostridium chauvoei; symptomatic anthrax.

verb

1. To continue working whilst fellow workers strike.

noun

1. (nonstandard) Alternative form of black man

noun

1. (attributive) The blocking out of as much light as possible.
2. (historical) The mandatory blocking of all light emanating from buildings, as well as outdoor and street lighting as a measure against aerial bombing or naval attack, as imposed during, e.g., World War II.
3. A large-scale power failure, and resulting loss of electricity to consumers.
4. A temporary loss of consciousness.
5. A temporary loss of memory.
6. An instance of censorship, especially a temporary one.

verb

1. (nonstandard) Alternative form of black out

noun

1. (US, countable) A paved area on a schoolground reserved for recess activities, often doubling as a parking lot.
2. (US, countable) A road so paved.
3. (US, uncountable) Asphalt concrete or similar bituminous black paving material used for the surface of roads (e.g., tarmacadam, tarmac).

verb

1. (US) To pave with blacktop.

adj

1. superlative form of blank: most blank

noun

1. plural of blanket

verb

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

adj

1. (dated, euphemistic) damnable, damned
2. Resembling or related to a blanket.

noun

1. (television) The reduction of the brightness of the scanning beam to zero when it needs to be moved without updating the picture.
2. A metalworking process to form the rough shape of a sheet-metal workpiece.
3. An instance of something being blanked out.

verb

1. present participle of blank

adj

1. Somewhat blank; more or less blank.

noun

1. plural of blaubok

noun

1. The bluebuck (extinct mammal).

adj

1. superlative form of bleak: most bleak

adj

1. Somewhat bleak.

noun

1. plural of blesbok

noun

1. A type of damalisk (Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi), an African antelope closely related to the hartebeest.

noun

1. plural of blickey

noun

1. (obsolete) One with bad eyes.
2. A dim-witted or stupid person; an idiot.

noun

1. (plural only) A kind of goggles, used to protect the eyes from glare, dust, etc.
2. (plural only, slang) Spectacles.
3. A pair of leather or rubber eye cups attached to a horse hood in order to impede the rear vision of racehorses and harness horses; blinders in (USA).
4. plural of blinker

verb

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

adj

1. (UK, euphemistic, slang) bloody
2. That blinks.

noun

1. The act of something that blinks.

verb

1. present participle of blink

noun

1. (by extension) Any form of formal isolation of something, especially with the force of law or arms.
2. (chess) Preventing an opponent's pawn moving by placing a piece in front of it
3. (nautical) The ships or other forces used to effect a naval blockade.
4. The physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out.

verb

1. (transitive) To create a blockade against.

noun

1. A thing that is blocking; an obstruction.
2. The state of being blocked.
3. constipation

noun

1. plural of blocker

adj

1. comparative form of blocky: more blocky

noun

1. (computing) A feature that prevents a keyboard from registering multiple simultaneous keypresses that would cause ghosting.
2. Blocks used to support (a building, etc.) temporarily.
3. The act by which something is blocked; an obstruction.
4. The precise movement and positioning of actors in order to facilitate a performance (originally planned using miniature blocks).

verb

1. present participle of block

adj

1. Lacking understanding; stupid; obtuse; dull.
2. Like a block in shape or nature; coming across as a block.
3. Rude; clumsy; rough.

noun

1. (construction) A void that is deliberately not filled with concrete, so that it can be used to insert something else such as pipework.

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. A blueback herring or blueback shad (Alosa aestivalis, syn. Clupea aestivalis) similar to the alewife
2. A lake trout (Salmo oquassa).
3. A salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka).

noun

1. A blank booklet of lined paper used in the administration of examinations, so named because of its pale blue front and back covers.

verb

1. (law) To format a document, particularly a legal document including citations, according to the rules of the Bluebook, a US style guide.

noun

1. An extinct mammal, Hippotragus leucophaeus, the first large African mammal to become extinct in historical times (circa 1800).
2. The nilgai.

verb

1. (transitive) To send messages to (a device) anonymously using Bluetooth.

noun

1. A coonhound of a certain breed originating in the United States,

verb

1. (Internet slang) To ignore (a message) sent via a social messaging app, especially one where a reply is expected or requested.

adj

1. Resembling a boat

noun

1. An American migratory songbird, Dolichonyx oryzivorus, resembling a blackbird with the bill of a finch.