HANGMAN SOLVER

adv

1. In the manner of a bachelor; (as though) living alone as a single man.

noun

1. (economics) The situation where economic growth in one area harms other areas by attracting people and business away from those areas.
2. (nautical) The backward flow of water from oars or propeller or breaking waves.
3. The result or consequence of an event; an aftermath.
4. The saliva, spit or food particles that have flowed back into a drink after someone has drunk from it.
5. The similar flow of air from an aircraft engine.

verb

1. (transitive) To affect with backwash.
2. To clean the oil from wool after combing.
3. To operate a water filter in the reverse direction in order to clean it.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backwash

noun

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

noun

1. plural of backwash

noun

1. A form of water treatment in which water is pumped backwards through the filter media, sometimes with intermittent use of compressed air.

noun

1. Any form of switch that is activated barometrically (by a change in pressure)

noun

1. plural of benchwarmer

verb

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

noun

1. (chiefly politics) A villainization campaign.
2. (medicine) A lotion made by mixing calomel and limewater.
3. (slang, New Zealand) A whitewash victory for any New Zealand national sporting team.
4. (slang, cricket) A whitewash victory for the West Indies cricket team. Started in the 1984–86 "Blackwash" series of the West Indian cricket team in England in 1984.
5. (slang, mining) Public campaigns and advertising funded by the coal industry to draw attention away from environmentally unsustainable practices or to justify exclusion from carbon taxes.

verb

1. (transitive) To blacken, to cover with a black color.
2. (transitive) To portray in a revisionist fashion as belonging to a black race of people.
3. (transitive) To villainize, to present in a damaging light.

noun

1. One who blackwashes.

noun

1. (derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as belonging to a black race of people.
2. (derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as evil.
3. The application of a coating of blackwash.

verb

1. present participle of blackwash

noun

1. A factory that manufactures bleach.

Proper noun

1. a city in Lower Saxony, Germany; Brunswick

noun

1. Alternative letter-case form of Braunschweiger (a sausage).

noun

1. plural of buckwheat

verb

1. Alternative spelling of bushwhack

verb

1. to ambush
2. to fight, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
3. to travel through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of bushwhack

noun

1. (Australia) A person who lives in the bush, especially as a fugitive; a person who clears woods and bush country.
2. (US) One who travels through the woods, off the designated path.
3. (US, historical) A guerrilla (of either side) during the American Civil War.
4. (dated) Someone who attacks without warning.
5. A small, soft-floored inflatable boat (designed for use by one or two people).

noun

1. plural of bushwhacker

noun

1. criticizing, by someone or a person(s), on policies and stances by George W. Bush, in forums and discussions
2. fighting, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
3. travelling through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress

verb

1. present participle of bushwhack

verb

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

verb

1. (intransitive) To take part in exciting romantic adventures.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of swashbuckle

noun

1. A daring adventurer.
2. A kind of period adventure story with flashy action and lighthearted tone.
3. A swordsman or fencer who engages in showy or extravagant sword play.

adj

1. Alternative form of swashbuckling

noun

1. plural of swashbuckler

noun

1. adventure and excitement; that which is swashbuckling

verb

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

adj

1. Adventurous, exciting.

adj

1. capable of being switched

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

noun

1. A folding knife with a blade which opens automatically (under spring pressure) when a button is pressed.

verb

1. (intransitive) To spring open or up.
2. (transitive) To attack or cut with a switchblade.
3. (transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) make a sudden move or transition.

noun

1. plural of switchblade

verb

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

noun

1. (electrical engineering) A large piece of power-distribution equipment that directs electricity to multiple loads.
2. (telecommunications) The electronic panel that is used to direct telephone calls to the desired recipient.

noun

1. plural of switchboard

noun

1. plural of throwback

adj

1. Not eschewable; imposible to eschew.

noun

1. plural of watchband