HANGMAN SOLVER

noun

1. (aviation) The usage of a runway as a taxiway, especially at private strips and smaller airports.
2. (computer science) The act of building all possible solutions to a problem incrementally, abandoning any candidate solution if it cannot lead to a valid solution.
3. (countable, uncountable) The act of one who, or that which, backtracks; a retracing of one's steps.

verb

1. present participle of backtrack

noun

1. plural of backtrack

verb

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

noun

1. A small path or trail that is not used regularly.
2. The path over which one has already traveled.

verb

1. To backtrack along a trail.

noun

1. A native or inhabitant of the backveld.

adj

1. (chess) Of a pawn, further behind than pawns of the same colour on adjacent files and unable to be moved forward safely.
2. (cricket) Further behind the batsman's popping crease than something else.
3. (cricket) On that part of the field behind the batsman's popping crease.
4. (figuratively) Acting or moving oppositely to the desired direction of progress.
5. (figuratively) Of a culture, country, practice etc., undeveloped or unsophisticated.
6. (figuratively) Slow to apprehend; having difficulties in learning.
7. (obsolete) Already past or gone; bygone.
8. (obsolete) Unwilling; averse; reluctant.
9. Acting or moving in the direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing.
10. Acting or moving in the direction opposite to the usual direction of movement.
11. Lacking progressive or enlightened thought; outdated.
12. Late or behindhand.
13. Reluctant or unable to advance or act.
14. Reversed in order or sequence.
15. Situated toward or at the rear of something.

adv

1. (figuratively) Oppositely to the desired direction of progress, or from a better to a worse state.
2. (obsolete) In the past.
3. At, near or towards the rear of something.
4. By way of reflection; reflexively.
5. In a direction opposite to the usual direction of movement.
6. In a reversed order or sequence.
7. In a reversed orientation; back to front.
8. Toward or into the past;

noun

1. The state behind or past.

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.

adv

1. In a backward direction.

noun

1. Reluctance.
2. The state of being backward.

noun

1. plural of backwardness

adj

1. Synonym of backward; see usage notes there.

noun

1. (textiles) A machine used for washing wool after carding to remove the impurities.

noun

1. (idiomatic) A remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.
2. (paper industry) Water used in the papermaking process. Recycled to reduce usage of fresh water, and usually containing residual amounts of chemicals and fibres.
3. A rowing stroke in which the oar is pushed forward to stop the boat; see back water
4. The water held back by a dam or other obstruction

verb

1. (idiomatic) To vacillate on a long-held position.
2. To row or paddle a backwater stroke.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backwater

noun

1. plural of backwater

verb

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

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. (computing, dated) A word wrap feature that restores a word to the preceding line when space is made for it by deletion.
2. A portion of something that is wrapped backward.

verb

1. (computing, dated) To restore a word to the preceding line when space is made for it by deletion.
2. To wrap around the back of something.

noun

1. plural of backwrap

verb

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

noun

1. (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US) A yard to the rear of a house or similar residence.
2. (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US, colloquial) A person's neighborhood, or an area nearby to a person's usual residence or place of work and where the person is likely to go.
3. (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US, colloquial) An area nearby to a country or other jurisdiction's legal boundaries, particularly an area in which the country feels it has an interest.

noun

1. One who carries on a project or business in a backyard, especially the raising of poultry.

noun

1. plural of backyard

noun

1. (Scotland) The edible seaweed Alaria esculenta

adj

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

Proper noun

1. A long-established series of travel guidebooks.

Noun

1. Any travel guide, advice for travelers, or guide pertaining to other subjects.

noun

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

noun

1. A manufacturer of bags.

noun

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

noun

1. Alternative form of bidarka

noun

1. plural of baidarka

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. A person who bakes and sells bread, cakes and similar items.
2. A portable oven for baking.
3. An apple suitable for baking.

noun

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

noun

1. (dated) A female baker.

noun

1. plural of bakery

noun

1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing boron, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.

adj

1. Without a baker.

adj

1. Characteristic of a baker.

noun

1. plural of baker

Proper noun

1. A major city in California, USA

noun

1. The role or status of a baker.

Proper noun

1. an unincorporated community in Mercer County, New Jersey, USA.
2. a town in North Carolina, USA, and the county seat of Mitchell County.
3. an unincorporated community in Coshocton County, Ohio, USA.

noun

1. (uncountable, US) Baked goods.
2. A shop in which bread (and often other baked goods such as cakes) is baked and/or sold.
3. The trade of a baker.

noun

1. Cooking equipment intended for use inside an oven.

noun

1. Alternative form of bacupari

noun

1. Alternative form of baldric

adj

1. Wearing a baldrick (ornamental belt).

noun

1. plural of baldrick

noun

1. A person who stands on a rock or eminence to observe shoals of herring, etc., and to give notice to the men in boats which way they pass.
2. One who, or that which balks.

noun

1. plural of balker

adj

1. comparative form of balky: more balky

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.

noun

1. plural of ballpark

verb

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

noun

1. (art) Decorative work resembling interlaced bands.

noun

1. A card that a bank issues used by the cardholder in the course of authorization to receive bank services.

noun

1. plural of bankcard

noun

1. (UK, dialect) A ditcher; a drain digger.
2. (mining) A banksman.
3. (obsolete) A money changer.
4. (rail transport, Britain, Australia) A railway locomotive that can be attached to the rear of a train to assist it in climbing an incline.
5. A vessel employed in the cod fishery on the banks of Newfoundland.
6. One who conducts the business of banking; one who, individually, or as a member of a company, keeps an establishment for the deposit or loan of money, or for traffic in money, bills of exchange, etc.
7. The dealer in a casino, or one who keeps the bank in a banking game.
8. The stone bench on which a mason cuts or squares his work.

noun

1. The world of bankers and finance.

noun

1. (obsolete) A female banker.

noun

1. plural of banker

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

noun

1. Misspelling of bankruptcy.

adj

1. (finance) In a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay one's debts.
2. Destitute of, or wholly lacking (something once possessed, or something one should possess).
3. Having been legally declared insolvent.

noun

1. (UK, law, obsolete) A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors.
2. One who becomes unable to pay his or her debts; an insolvent person.

verb

1. (transitive) To force into bankruptcy.

noun

1. plural of bankruptcy

noun

1. (finance, law) A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of bankrupt

verb

1. present participle of bankrupt

noun

1. (obsolete) bankruptcy

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a bankrupt.

adv

1. In a bankrupt manner.

noun

1. plural of bankrupt

verb

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

noun

1. (dated) bankruptcy

adj

1. Resembling a banner

adv

1. So as to resemble a banner

Proper noun

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

noun

1. Hungarian apricot brandy

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a bard.

adj

1. (dated) Without a shirt; shirtless.
2. Without a condom.
3. Without a saddle.

noun

1. A bird, raised for meat, that lacks feathers, seen as an undesirable trait.

verb

1. (intransitive, slang) To have sex without a condom.
2. (intransitive, slang, particularly sex among men) To have anal sex without a condom.
3. (transitive, slang, particularly sex among men) To anally penetrate without a condom.

adj

1. Of a bird raised for meat: lacking feathers, seen as an undesirable trait.

adv

1. Synonym of bareback

adj

1. Having the neck bare.

noun

1. (obsolete) A berserker, or Norse warrior who fought without armour.

noun

1. plural of baresark

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a barge.

noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree.
2. (figuratively) An abrupt loud vocal utterance.
3. (medicine) Peruvian bark or Jesuit's bark, the bark of the cinchona from which quinine is produced.
4. (nautical) A vessel, typically with three (or more) masts, with the foremasts (or fore- and mainmasts) square-rigged, and mizzenmast schooner-rigged.
5. (obsolete) A small sailing vessel, e.g. a pinnace or a fishing smack; a rowing boat or barge.
6. (poetic) A sailing vessel or boat of any kind.
7. Hard candy made in flat sheets, for instance out of chocolate, peanut butter, toffee or peppermint.
8. The crust formed on barbecued meat that has had a rub applied to it.
9. The envelopment or outer covering of anything.
10. The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog, a fox, and some other animals.

verb

1. (intransitive) To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.
2. (intransitive) To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs).
3. (transitive) To speak sharply.
4. To abrade or rub off any outer covering from.
5. To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark.
6. To girdle.
7. To strip the bark from; to peel.

noun

1. Alternative spelling of barchan

adj

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

adj

1. (in combination) Having the specified kind of bark.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of bark

noun

1. (informal) a bartender

noun

1. A bartender: a person preparing and serving drinks at a bar.

noun

1. plural of barkeeper

noun

1. plural of barkeep

adj

1. (poetic) Made of bark.

verb

1. (intransitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To become hard or form a crust, like bark.
2. (transitive, UK dialectal) To tan or dye with bark.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of barken

verb

1. present participle of barken

noun

1. (sailing) Alternative spelling of barquentine

noun

1. plural of barkentine

noun

1. (historical) A person who removes needed or valuable tree bark, as on a cinnamon or cinchona plantation.
2. (obsolete) A tanner.
3. (video games) A video game mode where the action is demonstrated to entice someone to play the game.
4. A machine used to remove unneeded bark from wood.
5. A person employed to solicit customers by calling out to passersby, e.g. at a carnival.
6. A shelf-talker.
7. Someone or something who barks.
8. The spotted redshank.

noun

1. plural of barker

noun

1. A tanhouse.

noun

1. (mineralogy) A particular hornblende mineral.

adj

1. Of or relating to the mineral barkevikite.

adj

1. comparative form of barky: more barky

adj

1. superlative form of barky: most barky

adj

1. (British slang) Clipping of barking mad.

noun

1. The action of the verb to bark.

verb

1. present participle of bark

adv

1. With barking sounds.

adj

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

noun

1. A magenta-coloured turbid variety of ruby from Victoria, Australia.

noun

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