HANGMAN SOLVER

adv

1. (nautical) Hanging at the cathead, ready to let go, as an anchor.
2. (nautical) Topped up; having one yardarm higher than the other.

noun

1. An African thumb piano.

adj

1. Capable of being alkalified, or converted into an alkali.

adj

1. Resembling the resin amber.

adj

1. Having the characteristics of an amoeba.

noun

1. The fear of ankylosis.

adj

1. (mechanics) Countering or preventing backlash (jarring reflex motion in machinery).

adj

1. Hostile to black people, often specifically African Americans.

noun

1. Antiblack sentiments or politics.

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a babe or infant.

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a baby.

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a bachelor.

adv

1. In a backbiting manner.

noun

1. (American football) The area behind the line of scrimmage occupied before the snap by the team on offense.
2. (baseball, rare) Synonym of outfield.
3. (soccer, US) The area behind either the offensive or defensive line.
4. The players occupying this area.

noun

1. plural of backfield

noun

1. (US) Reserve support personnel.
2. (US) That which backfills; a replacement.
3. (literature) Material in a story set earlier in the past, providing history or context for the current action.
4. The material that has been used to refill an excavation.

verb

1. (US) To provide reserve support.
2. (US) To replenish or restock due to attrition or loss.
3. (archaeology) To refill an excavation unit to restore the former ground surface and/or to preserve the unit and make it recognizable as having been excavated.
4. (gaming) To enter an online game that's already in progress, replacing a player who left early.
5. To refill a hole with the material dug out of it.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backfill

noun

1. A machine for refilling an excavation.

noun

1. The process by which something is backfilled.

verb

1. present participle of backfill

noun

1. plural of backfill

verb

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

noun

1. (by extension) a total reversal in policy or opinion; a volte-face, a U-turn.
2. (gymnastics) An act of rotating one's body 360 degrees in the backward direction.

verb

1. To completely reverse a policy or opinion; perform a U-turn.
2. To perform a backflip (rotation of body).

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backflip

verb

1. present participle of backflip

adj

1. flowing backwards

verb

1. present participle of backflow

verb

1. present participle of backhaul

verb

1. present participle of backlash

noun

1. The illumination of a photographic subject from the rear, causing edges to glow while other areas remain in shadow.

verb

1. present participle of backlight

noun

1. (publishing) A list of older books available from a publisher, as opposed to the frontlist of more recent titles.

verb

1. (transitive) To hold back a student's application (to a college etc.) based on whether a preferred candidate declines their offer.
2. (transitive, publishing) To place (a book) on a backlist.

verb

1. present participle of backlist

verb

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

adj

1. Lit or illuminated from behind.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backlight

noun

1. (transport) The transportation of cargo or shipment on a return trip, using the space already paid for and used for the outward leg.

verb

1. present participle of backload

verb

1. present participle of backlog

noun

1. The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop.

verb

1. (US) present participle of backpedal

noun

1. action of the verb to backslap

verb

1. present participle of backslap

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backslide

verb

1. past participle of backslide

noun

1. (dance) A dance move in which the feet are alternately slid back and the heels lifted, giving the illusion of walking forwards while actually moving backwards.
2. A backward regression; a reverting back to a worse state.

verb

1. (Christianity) To revert back into a life of sin after being saved.
2. To regress; to slip backwards or revert to a previous, worse state.
3. To shirk responsibility; to renege on one's obligations or commitments.

noun

1. A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.
2. She married him thinking to change his ways, and for a while he got religion, but he was ever a backslider; she soon began finding bottles stashed about the house.

noun

1. plural of backslider

noun

1. plural of backslide

verb

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

adj

1. sliding back

noun

1. An occasion on which one backslides, especially in a moral sense.

verb

1. present participle of backslide

noun

1. Such a knot

verb

1. To secure the ends of a twisted rope within the rope itself in order to prevent fraying

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backsplice

verb

1. present participle of backsplice

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.

adj

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

noun

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

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a bag.

Proper noun

1. A large freshwater lake in southern Siberia, Russia; the deepest lake in the world.

noun

1. Obsolete form of bailiwick.

noun

1. A person's concern or sphere of operations, their area of skill or authority.
2. The district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.

noun

1. plural of bailiwick

noun

1. Alternative form of Bakelite

verb

1. (transitive) To coat with Bakelite.

Proper noun

1. A major city in California, USA

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.

adv

1. So as to bake.

noun

1. A plucked stringed instrument with a triangular body, short neck and three strings, of Russian origin.

noun

1. plural of balalaika

noun

1. Alternative form of baldric

adj

1. Wearing a baldrick (ornamental belt).

noun

1. plural of baldrick

Adjective

1. Of or relating to the Balkan peninsula.

verb

1. Alternative spelling of balkanize

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of balkanise

verb

1. present participle of balkanise

noun

1. Alternative letter-case form of Balkanism

noun

1. (mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal white gray mineral containing copper, mercury, silver, and sulfur.

noun

1. Alternative letter-case form of Balkanization

verb

1. Alternative letter-case form of Balkanize

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of balkanize

verb

1. present participle of balkanize

adj

1. comparative form of balky: more balky

adj

1. superlative form of balky: most balky

adv

1. In a balky manner.

noun

1. The state or quality of being balky or uncooperative.

noun

1. A frustration or disappointment; a check.

verb

1. present participle of balk

adv

1. in a balking manner

adj

1. (obsolete, rare) uneven; ridgy

noun

1. baulk line

noun

1. plural of balkline

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a ballad.

adj

1. Resembling a balloon in form

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a balm; soothing, healing.

noun

1. The state or condition of being bankable.

verb

1. present participle of bankroll

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a bankrupt.

adj

1. Resembling a banner

adv

1. So as to resemble a banner

noun

1. (regional, US) three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus).

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a bard.

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a barge.

adv

1. With barking sounds.

noun

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

adj

1. Resembling a barn

noun

1. The manufacture of barrels.

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a base (in various senses).

noun

1. Alternative spelling of bashlyk

adj

1. Suggesting a basilisk (snake-like dragon): baleful, spellbinding.

noun

1. (heraldry) A type of dragon used in heraldry.
2. (science fiction) An infohazard or cognitohazard, especially a Langford's basilisk.
3. A mythical snake-like dragon, so venomous that even its gaze was deadly.
4. A tree-dwelling type of lizard of the genus Basiliscus: the basilisk lizard.
5. A type of large brass cannon.

noun

1. plural of basilisk

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a basin.

Proper noun

1. A serif typeface from the 18th century.

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a basket.

adj

1. Alternative spelling of bathykolpian

adj

1. (rare) Deep-bosomed.

adj

1. Having characteristics similar to those of a bat, usually used with reference to the flying mammal.
2. Similar to that of a bat.

adj

1. comparative form of baulky: more baulky

adj

1. superlative form of baulky: most baulky

noun

1. Alternative form of balking

verb

1. present participle of baulk

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a bay (body of water mostly surrounded by land).

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a bead.

adj

1. Resembling a beak; pointed

adj

1. Having the form of a beam

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a bean.

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a beard.

adj

1. Having physical or temperamental characteristics like those of a bear.
2. Like that of a bear

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a beast.

adj

1. Having physical or temperamental characteristics like those of a beaver.