HANGMAN SOLVER

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

noun

1. (nautical) A horizontal timber fitted in the bows of a ship to add strength and to connect the sides to the stem.

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.

Proper noun

1. An inland traditional county of Wales, bordered by Monmouthshire, Herefordshire, Radnorshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Glamorganshire.

noun

1. (firearms) The metal block that closes the breech of a breech-loading gun after insertion of the cartridge.

noun

1. plural of breechblock

adj

1. (slang, UK, dated) Like a brick, a helpful or reliable person.
2. Resembling or characteristic of brick.

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. (chiefly politics) The pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink (for example, by risking a dangerous policy) rather than to concede a point.

noun

1. Alternative form of brinkmanship

adj

1. Somewhat brisk.

noun

1. (now chiefly historical) A type of horse-drawn carriage, with a foldable roof covering.

adj

1. (obsolete) beastly; brutal

adj

1. Grieved and disappointed, especially with the loss of a beloved person or thing, such as the repudiation of a romantic relationship.

adv

1. In a brokenhearted manner.

noun

1. The quality of being brokenhearted.

noun

1. The role or position of a broker.

Proper noun

1. Any of several towns and cities in the United States and Canada:
   1. a city in Mississippi, USA, and the county seat of Named after Brookhaven, New York.

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a brothel.

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a brother.

noun

1. (baseball) Synonym of brushback pitch

adj

1. Having the form of a brush.

noun

1. A person who makes brushes.

noun

1. The manufacture of brushes.

noun

1. (painting) The technique or practice of applying and manipulating paint (usually oil or gouache) in a painting.

noun

1. Ceanothus spp.
2. Phyllanthopsis phyllanthoides, maidenbrush
3. Purshia spp.
4. Symphoricarpos orbiculatus

noun

1. plural of buckbrush

noun

1. (Australia) A prickly annual shrub, Salsola australis
2. (Canada, US) Shrubs of Canada and the central US, Symphoricarpos occidentalis(also known as wolfberry and Symphoricarpos orbicularis (coralberry).

noun

1. Alternative spelling of bucket shop

Proper noun

1. a city in West Virginia, USA

noun

1. A horn of a buck.
2. The royal fern, Osmunda regalis.

noun

1. (UK) A hound for deer hunting.

noun

1. plural of buckhound

Proper noun

1. A place name:
   1. A town in Buckinghamshire, England.
   2. A former city in Quebec, Canada, merged into Gatineau in 2002.
   3. An unincorporated community in Colorado, USA, named after a railroad official.
   4. A census-designated place in Florida, USA.
   5. A village in Illinois, USA.
   6. An unincorporated community in Iowa, USA, named after Buckingham County, VA.
   7. A former city in Texas, USA, now part of Richardson, Texas.
   8. A census-designated place and county seat of Buckingham County in Virginia, USA.
2. A dukedom in the English peerage.
3. An English habitational surname derived from the place name.

Proper noun

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

adj

1. (now rare) Like a dandy; foppish.
2. (obsolete) Like a male goat; foul-smelling or lascivious.

adv

1. In a buckish manner.

noun

1. The quality of being buckish.

adj

1. (slang) Extra, spare.

noun

1. A gift or bribe.
2. A wound that is relatively minor but sufficient to get a soldier sent away from the front to the hospital.
3. An extra portion, ration etc.

noun

1. plural of buckshee

noun

1. (chiefly US) Lead shot used in shotgun cartridges, made of larger pellets than birdshot and suitable for hunting larger game. [from 18th c.]

noun

1. plural of buckshot

noun

1. plural of bucktooth

noun

1. Hippophae (family Elaeagnaceae), the sea buckthorn.
2. also genus Frangula, especially Frangula alnus, the alder buckthorn.
3. especially genus Rhamnus,
4. especially the common buckthorn or purging buckthorn; Rhamnus cathartica.

noun

1. An upper tooth that protrudes further than the bottom teeth.

adj

1. Having buckteeth

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. (woodworking) Alternative form of buhl work

Proper noun

1. A city in Uzbekistan, founded in the 6th century

noun

1. Alternative form of bukshi

noun

1. (historical) The paymaster in native Indian states.

noun

1. (nautical) A vertical partition dividing the hull into separate compartments; often made watertight to prevent excessive flooding if the ship's hull is breached.
2. A pressure-resistant sealed barrier to any fluid in a large structure.
3. A retaining wall along a waterfront.
4. A similar partition in an aircraft or spacecraft.
5. Mechanically, a partition or panel through which connectors pass, or a connector designed to pass through a partition.

adj

1. Furnished with a bulkhead or bulkheads.

noun

1. bulkheads in general

noun

1. plural of bulkhead

adj

1. bulky; large

verb

1. (US) To work as a bullwhacker, driving a bullock team.

noun

1. (US) The driver of a bullock team.

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a bulrush.

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a bumpkin.

noun

1. A building providing sleeping quarters for workers or guests, especially in a rural setting.

noun

1. plural of bunkhouse

Proper noun

1. A language of northwestern Kashmir, not known to be related to any other language.

noun

1. (informal) Any relatives of the above that share the same habitat.
2. Either of two species of antelope (Tragelaphus scriptus or Tragelaphus sylvaticus, considered by some sources to be the single species Tragelaphus scriptus) found in Sub-Saharan Africa.

noun

1. plural of bushbuck

adj

1. Resembling a bush; bushly.

verb

1. Alternative spelling of bushwhack

noun

1. (Australia, New Zealand) The activity of hiking or backpacking.

verb

1. present participle of bushwalk

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

noun

1. (American football) A play in which the receiver runs straight downfield, then turns back toward the line of scrimmage.
2. (sewing) A hook used to pull thread through the holes of a button.
3. A hook for pulling the buttons of gloves and shoes through the buttonholes.

verb

1. (American football) To perform the buttonhook play.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of buttonhook

noun

1. plural of buttonhook

verb

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

noun

1. A book used to record amounts of money received or paid out.

noun

1. plural of cashbook

noun

1. Alternative form of chabuk

noun

1. plural of chabouk

noun

1. (now historical) A long whip formerly used as an instrument of punishment in India and parts of the Middle East.

noun

1. plural of chabuk

noun

1. A slate or enamel board for writing on with chalk; a predecessor to a whiteboard.

verb

1. To write or draw on a chalkboard.

noun

1. plural of chalkboard

noun

1. A small book, usually made from a single sheet, folded several times, containing poems, ballads or religious tracts

noun

1. plural of chapbook

verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To beat with a chabuk.

Proper noun

1. The capital city of Chuvashia, Russia

adj

1. (finance, not comparable) Alternative form of chequable
2. Able to be checked or verified.
3. Able to be marked with a check mark, or tick.

noun

1. (bridge) A play of a designated card as a prompt to one's partner to respond with a play indicating the kinds of card he/she holds.

noun

1. (dentistry) An interocclusal record made by placing a plastic material (that subsequently hardens) between the upper and lower teeth

noun

1. Alternative form of chequebook

noun

1. plural of checkbook

noun

1. plural of checkerberry

Noun

1. The teaberry, Gaultheria procumbens.

noun

1. Any of the flowering plants in the genus Sidalcea.

noun

1. (film) A style of negative cutting that avoids visible splice marks.
2. A board, usually square, covered with such a pattern; especially such a board with 8×8 squares, used to play chess and draughts/checkers.
3. A pattern of squares of alternating colours.

verb

1. (transitive) To checker; to mark with an alternating pattern of light and dark.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of checkerboard

noun

1. (computer graphics) Synonym of checkerboard rendering

verb

1. present participle of checkerboard

noun

1. plural of checkerboard

noun

1. The small prominent bone of the cheek.

noun

1. plural of cheekbone

noun

1. A folder or booklet containing preprinted cheques for use by the holder of a bank account

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a cherub.