HANGMAN SOLVER

adj

1. Swept back.

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.

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. basketwork goods collectively

noun

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

noun

1. (historical) A woman who sells goods from a basket.

noun

1. Any of various kinds of wood traditionally used for making baskets.

noun

1. Material woven in the style of a basket.
2. The craft of making such material.

noun

1. plural of basketwork

noun

1. The larva of a psychid moth.

Proper noun

1. of origin.

verb

1. (transitive) To pelt, thrash, or cudgel soundly.

noun

1. Blackwater fever; malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum.
2. Waste from domestic toilets; water containing fecal matter.
3. Water containing loam, tannins, etc., giving it a very dark appearance.

noun

1. plural of blackwater

noun

1. Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia.

noun

1. a filamentous alga often found in ponds

noun

1. A writer of books; an author.

noun

1. Inferior and shoddy work.

noun

1. A knot that has two loops and two loose ends, either used decoratively, or to tie shoelaces.

noun

1. plural of bowknot

adv

1. In terms of brackets (in various senses).

noun

1. (nautical) A low bulkhead across the forecastle deck of a ship which diverts water breaking over the bows into the scuppers.
2. (on beaches) A wooden or concrete barrier, usually perpendicular to the shore, intended to prevent the movement of sand along a coast.
3. A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside.

noun

1. plural of breakwater

noun

1. (nautical) A railing on the quarter-deck and forecastle.
2. (slang) Breast augmentation.
3. A fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark; a parapet.
4. A parapet.

noun

1. plural of breastwork

noun

1. Polished metal fixtures, especially aboard a boat.
2. The varnished or oiled wood trim aboard a boat.

noun

1. plural of brightwork

noun

1. (Western US) Any of the wild buckwheats in the genus Eriogonum.
2. (cooking) The fruit of this plant used as a pseudocereal.
3. (derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur, US) Curly hair of a black person.
4. (slang) A slow and painful murder by the Mafia as a warning to others.
5. (slang) Pubic hair.
6. An Asian plant, of the species Fagopyrum esculentum. [from 16th c.]

noun

1. A poor and unskilled farmer.

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of buckwheat.

noun

1. plural of buckwheat

noun

1. cabinetmaking
2. furniture made by a cabinetmaker

noun

1. One who makes cabinets; a practitioner of cabinetwork.

noun

1. (obsolete) The district to which a constable's power is limited.

noun

1. Any dandelion-like flower of the genera Leontodon, Scorzoneroides, and others in subtribe Hypochaeridinae, in the family Asteraceae.

noun

1. The quality or state of being knowable.

noun

1. The condition of being knowledgeable.

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a strawberry (plant or fruit).

noun

1. A subsection of a network.

noun

1. plural of subnetwork

noun

1. (UK, dialect) The black-backed gull (Larus marinus), or swarbie.

adj

1. (of a hairstyle) Backswept.
2. (of an aircraft wing) Angled backwards from its attachment to the fuselage.

noun

1. (aviation) A flight path consisting of a series of steep ascents and descents, generally flown as a stunt.
2. (chiefly Britain) A path or road having a series of steep ascents and descents.
3. (chiefly Canada, US, road transport) A sharp bend in a path or road which causes a traveller to almost reverse their direction of travel, especially one of a series of such bends on an incline; a hairpin bend; also a path or road having such a series of bends.
4. A railway track on a steep slope in a zigzag formation, in which a train travels in a reverse direction at each switch.
5. A railway track on which there are steep ascents and descents, a train moving partially or fully by the force of gravity using the momentum generated when descending to travel up an ascending part of the track; especially (Britain, dated), such a track built for fun rides at an amusement park; a type of rollercoaster.

verb

1. (intransitive) To take a zigzag course or path.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of switchback

noun

1. plural of switchback

Proper noun

1. a town in Gloucestershire, England

noun

1. (US, accounting) A practice to avoid untaxed nowhere income by instead taxing such income in the originating state for a given transaction.
2. (derogatory) A person considered to be primitive, uncivilized and mentally deficient.
3. (slang, often attributive) A person or thing that evokes memories.
4. A person similar to an ancestor, or something new similar to what already existed.
5. A reversion to an earlier stage of development.
6. An atavism.
7. An organism that has characteristics of a more primitive form.
8. Coordinate terms: nowhere income, throwout

noun

1. plural of throwback

noun

1. Work made of timbers.

noun

1. plural of timberwork

noun

1. An assemblage of tubes.

adv

1. (followed by to) without the knowledge of

noun

1. The quality or state of being unknowable.

noun

1. An unworkable aspect or element.
2. The quality or state of being unworkable, lack of workability.

noun

1. (Australian aboriginal) A nomadic excursion into the bush, especially one taken by young teenage boys in certain ancient-custom honoring tribes.
2. (Britain) A public stroll by some celebrity to meet a group of people informally.
3. A walking trip.
4. An absence, usually from a regular place with a possibility of a return.

noun

1. Synonym of pimpleback (mussel)

noun

1. Alternative form of wash basket

noun

1. A usually small indoor receptacle for items that are to be discarded; a rubbish bin.

verb

1. (transitive) To discard in a wastebasket.

noun

1. plural of wastebasket

noun

1. Alternative form of waterbuck

noun

1. A species of antelope endemic to Africa, Kobus ellipsiprymnus.

noun

1. plural of waterbuck

Proper noun

1. Any of a number of places in England and elsewhere.

noun

1. (derogatory slang) A Mexican or Central American who illegally enters the United States of America from its southern border.
2. (derogatory slang) A person of the mestizo race; a mojado.

noun

1. plural of wetback; a slur towards persons of Mexican descent in the United States

noun

1. A wild duck, the canvasback.

noun

1. The North American pine Pinus albicaulis, found in mountainous and subalpine regions, often as krummholz.

noun

1. The ease with which something can be worked or fashioned.
2. The quality of being workable; practical capacity to succeed.

noun

1. A basket used to hold materials for needlework, etc.

noun

1. plural of workbasket

noun

1. A boat used for purposes other than recreation, passenger transport, or combat.

noun

1. plural of workboat

noun

1. (historical) A small table used by ladies for doing needlework.
2. A table designed for work of a specific type.

noun

1. plural of worktable