HANGMAN SOLVER

adj

1. Flickering.

noun

1. (nautical) The part of a ship's deck from amidships toward the stern

noun

1. plural of afterdeck

noun

1. (figuratively) By extension, any result or consequence following a major event.
2. An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").
3. Emotional and physical distress following a traumatic event.

noun

1. plural of aftershock

noun

1. A pig yielding significant backfat.

noun

1. A machine for refilling an excavation.

noun

1. (firefighting) Alternative spelling of back fire
2. A premature explosion in the cylinder of a gas or oil engine during the exhaust or the compression stroke, tending to drive the piston in the wrong direction.
3. An explosion in other equipment.
4. An explosion in the exhaust passages of an internal combustion engine.

verb

1. (of a gun, cannon, Bunsen burner, etc.) To fire in the opposite direction, for example due to an obstruction in the barrel.
2. (of an engine) To experience a premature ignition of fuel or an ignition of exhaust gases, making a popping sound.
3. To fail in a manner that brings down further misfortune.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backfire

noun

1. plural of backfire

verb

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

noun

1. A failure that leads to further misfortune.
2. The occurrence of a backfire.

verb

1. present participle of backfire

noun

1. (UK, dialectal) A friend at one's back; a backer; one who does his best for another; a supporter.
2. (UK, dialectal) A hangnail.
3. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) A false friend; a secret enemy.

noun

1. (agriculture) The line of piled soil thrown up beside a furrow when it is created by a plow

verb

1. (agriculture) To throw or turn the soil in alternating directions for every other row that is plowed, so that every pair of furrows has a single backfurrow with clear areas on the outside.

adj

1. Wearing a frock.

intj

1. (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) look out; beware

noun

1. plural of blackfriar

noun

1. (archaic) Authorship; literary skill.

noun

1. A place where bricks are made; a brickyard.

noun

1. (Australia) A hot, dry, dusty wind of southern or central Australia.

noun

1. plural of brickfield

noun

1. (slang, obsolete) A pickpocket.

noun

1. Any of the large European beetles from the genus Melolontha that are destructive to vegetation.
2. Any of various other similar beetles, such as of the genera Acrossidius, Cyphochilus, Rhopaea, etc.

noun

1. plural of cockchafer

noun

1. One who engages in a cockfight.

noun

1. (obsolete) A person who makes coffee.
2. Any of several different types of kitchen apparatus used to brew and filter coffee.

noun

1. plural of coffeemaker

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a coffer.

noun

1. (masonry) rubblework faced with stone

noun

1. A manufacturer of coffins.

noun

1. Alternative spelling of corn flakes

noun

1. One who lives in the country; a rural dweller.

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman

noun

1. An item produced by handicraft.

noun

1. A maker of craftwork.

noun

1. A rotating shaft that drives (or is driven by) a crank.

verb

1. (of a straight bolt or rod) To deform in such a manner that part of the rod or bolt is displaced sideways, offset from the longitudinal axis of the part, but remains parallel with the part's main longitudinal axis, with the final shape somewhat resembling a crankshaft.

noun

1. plural of crankshaft

verb

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

noun

1. (US) Erimyzon oblongus, the chubsucker.

noun

1. lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis)
2. ragged robin (Silene flos-cuculi, syn. Lychnis flos-cuculi)

verb

1. (by extension) To formally remove the rights and authority of someone, e.g. a government official or a medical practitioner.
2. (figuratively) To formally remove the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
3. (literally) To divest of a frock.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of defrock

noun

1. The formal removal of the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.

verb

1. present participle of defrock

verb

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

verb

1. (transitive) To remove from status as a member of a clergy; to unfrock.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of disfrock

verb

1. present participle of disfrock

verb

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

noun

1. (informal, derogatory) A person with a passion for protecting the natural environment; an ecological activist.

noun

1. (mining) work done at the face, such as the coalface
2. (sociology, psychology) The communicative strategies involved in upholding face, or social prestige.
3. The material of the outside or front side, as of a wall or building.

adj

1. Resembling a factory in any of various respects

noun

1. Decorative embroidery.

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of farce.

noun

1. Any fish of the family Notopteridae.

noun

1. A ferroalloy of iron and nickel.

noun

1. (heraldry) A shackle or lock.

adj

1. comparative form of fickle: more fickle

noun

1. A bird, the western Orphean warbler, Sylvia hortensis, prized by gourmets.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of fingerpick

noun

1. plural of fingerpick

verb

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

adj

1. comparative form of finicky: more finicky

adj

1. comparative form of finnicky: more finnicky

noun

1. A piece of iron that fits into the back of a fireplace to distribute the heat and keep the brick from cracking.
2. Any of certain species of pheasant in the genus Lophura.

noun

1. a brick capable of withstanding high temperatures without deforming.

noun

1. plural of firebrick

noun

1. A peanut butter cracker baked with marijuana, similar in concept to an Alice B. Toklas brownie.
2. A person or thing that is exciting and/or unpredictable.
3. A small explosive device, typically containing a small amount of gunpowder in a tightly-wound roll of paper, primarily designed to produce a large bang.

noun

1. plural of firecracker

noun

1. (by extension, historical) A firearm using such a gunlock.
2. (historical) A form of gunlock, in which the priming is ignited by a spark.

noun

1. plural of firelock

verb

1. (intransitive) To flicker; to quiver.
2. (intransitive) To flutter like a bird.

noun

1. The aggressive public relations activity associated with press agents

noun

1. A burst of flame emitted from a cannon, furnace, etc. in an abnormal direction.

verb

1. (transitive) To fleck; to speckle.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of flecker

verb

1. present participle of flecker

noun

1. (US) Any of certain small woodpeckers, especially of the genus Colaptes.
2. (figurative) A short moment.
3. An unsteady flash of light.
4. One who flicks.

verb

1. (intransitive) To burn or shine unsteadily, or with a wavering light.
2. (intransitive) To keep going on and off; to appear and disappear for short moments; to flutter.
3. (transitive, intransitive) To flutter or flap.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of flicker

adj

1. shining unsteadily or varying rapidly in brightness (referring to a light or a source of light)

noun

1. A short, uncertain burst.

verb

1. present participle of flicker

adv

1. Briefly
2. In a flickering manner

noun

1. plural of flicker

verb

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

noun

1. Nickname for the North American ground squirrel, Citellus richardsoni.

adj

1. Seeming to flicker; unsteady

noun

1. One who or that which flocks; a bird species that forms flocks.

adj

1. comparative form of flocky: more flocky

noun

1. A head shepherd.

noun

1. Someone who owns a flock of animals.

noun

1. Any member of the family Dicaeidae of passerine birds, many of which feed on nectar.

noun

1. folk craftsmanship

adj

1. Of, pertaining to, or having the character of folklore.

adj

1. about the traditions and stories of a country or community; Characteristic of folklore.

noun

1. A sycophant; a fawner; a toady.

noun

1. A long, rectangular trunk or similar container that lies flat on the floor, especially one used for personal belongings and kept at the foot of a bed, commonly used in barracks and dormitories.

noun

1. plural of footlocker

adj

1. (archaic) Extremely black; jet-black.

adj

1. Resembling a forceps.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of forecheck

noun

1. (ice hockey) A player who forechecks.

noun

1. plural of forechecker

verb

1. present participle of forecheck

noun

1. The part of the deck of a ship or boat that lies forward of the mast

noun

1. plural of foredeck

noun

1. The hock from the foreleg of a pig

noun

1. A wedge pushed through a hole at the end of a bolt to hold it in place.
2. The part of a horse's (or similar animal's) mane that lies on its forehead.
3. The part of a person's hairstyle which covers the forehead.

verb

1. To fix in place with a forelock (wedge)

verb

1. present participle of forelock

noun

1. plural of forelock

verb

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

verb

1. (transitive) To reckon beforehand or in advance; prefigure

noun

1. (geology) A small earth tremor which precedes the mainshock in an earthquake sequence. Not all mainshocks have foreshocks.
2. Any shock or disturbance which precedes an event

verb

1. Alternative form of forslack

noun

1. The front stick of a fire in a hearth.

noun

1. (nautical) The fore tack (part of a sail)

noun

1. (nautical) The tackle that attaches or hooks on to the pendant (on a masthead or foremast) for the purposes of hoisting, tautening, or securing a stay.

verb

1. (intransitive, rare) To slack up; be or grow slack; pall.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To be slack in; neglect by idleness; relax; render slack; delay; lose or spoil by slackness.

noun

1. someone who fossicks.

adj

1. Alternative form of freck

verb

1. (oil industry) To employ hydraulic fracturing (fracking).