HANGMAN SOLVER

adj

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

noun

1. (astronautics) The use of atmospheric drag to reduce the velocity of a spacecraft, especially so as to establish a stable orbit and to reduce fuel consumption.

verb

1. present participle of aerobrake

adj

1. Preventing breakage.

adj

1. (figuratively) Of work, very physically tiring.

verb

1. present participle of backcheck

noun

1. (backgammon) A game in which a player blocks the opponent's progress by forming two or more points in the opponent's home board.
2. An indirect strategy in which one attempts to achieve one's goals by maneuvering behind the scenes.

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.

adj

1. Having an excessive list of tasks to do, especially tasks that should have already been performed.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backlog

noun

1. The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop.

verb

1. (US) present participle of backpedal

noun

1. (physics) The scattering of waves, particles, or signals back in the direction of their source.

verb

1. present participle of backscatter

verb

1. present participle of backset

adj

1. Relating to, or situated in the area behind a stage.
2. Secret, concealed from the public.

adv

1. Out of view of the public.
2. Towards the area behind the stage.

noun

1. The area behind a stage out of view of the audience where performers wait to give their show; especially that of the dressing rooms.
2. The private portion of the space used by a business or enterprise.

adj

1. Similar to a badger.
2. Similar to that of a badger.

noun

1. (nautical) A brush-like pad made of rope, attached to a shroud in order to prevent wear on sails.

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a bag.

noun

1. A manufacturer of bags.

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a barge.

verb

1. present participle of barken

noun

1. The manufacture of barrels.

Proper noun

1. A town in Hampshire, England

verb

1. present participle of basket

noun

1. The construction of baskets, especially by traditional means.

noun

1. (figurative) Any useless, unproductive, or lightweight activity.
2. The act of weaving baskets, as for example from grasses, wicker, or rope.

verb

1. present participle of bechalk

verb

1. present participle of becloak

verb

1. present participle of bedarken

noun

1. The skill or act of making beds (arranging the sheets, etc.).

noun

1. The making of beer.

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a beggar: poor, wheedling, insolent, etc.

noun

1. The manufacture of bells.

noun

1. The manufacture of belts.

noun

1. A performance measurement according to a benchmark.

verb

1. present participle of benchmark

noun

1. (obsolete) A kind of rustic dance.

verb

1. present participle of bespeak

verb

1. present participle of betake

verb

1. present participle of bethank

noun

1. (countable) The result or an instance of such an act or process; a black stain or mark.
2. (uncountable) The act or process of turning (becoming) black in colour.
3. Any of various (dark-colored) surface treatments for metal substrates, to inhibit corrosion; on steel, generally, synonym of bluing.
4. The act of defaming or sullying.

verb

1. present participle of blacken

noun

1. plural of blackening

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of blackguard

verb

1. To make blackguardly.

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.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of blackleg

noun

1. The practice of working in place of those who are engaged in a strike.

verb

1. present participle of blackleg

noun

1. The character or actions of a blackleg.

noun

1. plural of blackleg

verb

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

noun

1. (countable) A layer of something that covers like a blanket.
2. (nautical, slang) A manoeuvre in which one vessel covers or becalms another with its sails.
3. (rail transport) Provision of a layer under the trackbed to prevent clay subsoil and water being forced to the surface by the weight of trains.
4. (uncountable, countable) Cloth for making blankets.
5. (uncountable, countable) The act or punishment of tossing in a blanket.

verb

1. present participle of blanket

noun

1. The manufacture of blankets.

noun

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

noun

1. plural of blockage

noun

1. The manufacture of boilers.

noun

1. Alternative form of boscage

noun

1. plural of boskage

noun

1. The manufacture of bottles.

noun

1. (architecture) A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively.
2. The act of enclosing (text, etc.) in brackets.

verb

1. present participle of bracket

noun

1. The making of bread.

noun

1. (accounting) A service which is unused by a customer, such as an unredeemed gift card, which therefore represents a pure profit to the seller.
2. Something that has been broken.
3. The act of breaking.
4. The left-over money in a parimutuel betting pool resulting from rounding off the payoffs, added to the pool for the next race or event or kept as profit.

noun

1. plural of breakage

noun

1. The act of eating breakfast.

verb

1. present participle of breakfast

noun

1. (linguistics) A change of a vowel to a diphthong.
2. (music) A form of ornamentation in which groups of short notes are used instead of long ones.
3. Breakdancing.
4. The act by which something is broken.

verb

1. present participle of break

noun

1. plural of breaking

adj

1. (immunology) Involving the contraction of a disease by a person with a decreased susceptibility, such as a person who has been vaccinated to help prevent that disease.
2. (medicine) The emergence or one or more symptoms of a condition despite medication or other medical treatment.
3. Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.

noun

1. (construction) The penetration of a separating wall or the remaining distance to an adjacent hollow (a crosscut in mining) or between two parts of a tunnel build from both ends; knockthrough.
2. (military) An advance through and past enemy lines.
3. (sports) The penetration of the opposition's defence.
4. Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle.

noun

1. plural of breakthrough

adj

1. Very surprising or shocking; to such a degree as to cause astonishment.
2. stunningly beautiful; amazing

adv

1. In a breathtaking manner.
2. To a degree that causes shock or awe; shockingly.

noun

1. The acceptance of bribes.

noun

1. (figuratively) A person who connects others.
2. A person who designs and/or constructs bridges.

noun

1. (coin collecting) A type of error coin in which one side of the coin has the normal design and the other side has a mirror image of the same design impressed upon it.

noun

1. plural of brockage

noun

1. (archaic) The act of a broker; brokerage.

noun

1. plural of brokage

noun

1. A business, firm, or company whose business is to act as a broker (e.g., stockbroker).
2. The commission paid to a broker.
3. The occupation of being a broker.

noun

1. plural of brokerage

noun

1. The manufacture of buckets.

Proper noun

1. An inland county of England bounded by Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Greater London, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.

noun

1. bulk

noun

1. plural of bulkage

noun

1. bulkheads in general

noun

1. The manufacture of bullets.

noun

1. (nautical) Oil or coal used for the engine of a vessel
2. (nautical) The act of bunkering (loading a vessel with oil or coal)

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a cabbage.

noun

1. The art of the cabinetmaker

noun

1. (computer graphics) Synonym of checkerboard rendering

verb

1. present participle of checkerboard

verb

1. present participle of debark

noun

1. A disembarkation.

verb

1. present participle of disembark

verb

1. present participle of embank

noun

1. An embarkation.

verb

1. present participle of embark

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a gable.

noun

1. A rebate.
2. A reduction in pay or conditions as a result of unfavourable economic conditions.

noun

1. (regional) The natterjack.
2. Any of a group of large woodpeckers that are resident breeders in tropical southern Asia.

noun

1. (US) Any bill that is legal tender in the US (originally printed with green and black ink) issued by the Federal Reserve.
2. (historical) A unit of American currency issued during the Civil War by the Treasury Department.
3. (surfing) A wave that has not yet begun to break.
4. The United States dollar.

noun

1. Alternative form of Greenbacker

noun

1. plural of greenbacker

noun

1. A movement advocating for the inflation of the US currency.

noun

1. plural of greenback

Proper noun

1. An urban district of Bristol, England between Easton, Eastville and Whitehall
2. A large civil cemetery in this district

noun

1. (dated) A louse.
2. (historical, US, colloquial) A Confederate soldier during the US Civil War (because of the grey uniforms).
3. (regional) Any of various grey birds.

noun

1. Any of several finches and cardinals that have a large, powerful bill

noun

1. plural of grosbeak

noun

1. First person to do, make or fight for something. A pioneer; a seminal person.

noun

1. (business) An amount of money advanced to someone starting a business in return for a share of the future profits.
2. (mining) Money, materials, tools, food etc. provided to a prospector in return for a share in future profits.
3. Money, necessities stockpiled to sustain an effort for a period of time.

verb

1. (transitive) To supply such funds to.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of grubstake

noun

1. One who provides a prospector with a grubstake.

noun

1. plural of grubstaker

noun

1. plural of grubstake

adj

1. That causes great grief, anguish or distress.

noun

1. The breaking of a heart; great grief, anguish or distress.

adv

1. In a heartbreaking manner

noun

1. The act of breaking into another person's house with unlawful intent.

verb

1. (animal training) present participle of housebreak

noun

1. The act of breaking in; incursion; invasion; inroad.