HANGMAN SOLVER

verb

1. (transitive) To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in
2. (transitive) To be grateful of (e.g. a benefit or a favour)
3. (transitive) To own as genuine or valid; to assent to (a legal instrument) to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form.
4. (transitive) To own or recognize in a particular quality, character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to.
5. (transitive) To report (the receipt of a message to its sender).

adj

1. Able to be acknowledged.
2. Worthy of acknowledgement.

adj

1. Generally accepted, recognized or admitted.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of acknowledg
2. simple past tense and past participle of acknowledge

adv

1. Confessedly, admittedly.

noun

1. (most common British spelling, also sometimes used in the US) Alternative spelling of acknowledgment

noun

1. plural of acknowledgement

noun

1. One who acknowledges.

noun

1. plural of acknowledger

verb

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

adj

1. (obsolete, specifically) Expressing esteem or gratitude.
2. That acknowledges, in various sense; (especially) that notices or recognises someone or something.

noun

1. (archaic) The act of acknowledging something.

verb

1. present participle of acknowledg
2. present participle of acknowledge

noun

1. (law) A formal statement or document recognizing the fulfillment or execution of a legal requirement or procedure.
2. (law) The act of a person admitting a child as their own.
3. (telecommunications, computing, networking) A response (ACK) sent by a receiver to indicate successful receipt of a transmission (See Wikipedia article on transmission).
4. A message from the addressee informing the originator that the originator's communication has been received and understood.
5. A recognition as genuine or valid; an avowing or admission in legal form.
6. A reward or other expression or token of gratitude.
7. An expression of gratitude for a benefit or an obligation.
8. The act of acknowledging
9. The act of recognizing in a particular character or relationship; recognition of existence, authority, truth, or genuineness.

noun

1. plural of acknowledgment

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.

adj

1. (rare) Composed of both good and evil.

noun

1. (architecture, informal) A vestibule, foyer or entranceway with doors to the exterior on one end and doors to the interior on the other, functioning to keep indoor and outdoor air, humidity, and air temperatures separate.
2. A sealed, airtight chamber, such as in a manned spacecraft or submarine, used to provide access to and from the sealed area without allowing air out or water in.
3. Alternative form of air lock

noun

1. plural of airlock

noun

1. Misspelling of alarm clock.

adj

1. Relating to alkaptonuria

noun

1. (archaic, historical) shell money used by Native American peoples of California

noun

1. a stout adjustable walking stick with a metal point, used by mountain climbers and walkers in hilly or uneven terrain

noun

1. A mountain-climber, especially one that uses an alpenstock.

noun

1. plural of alpenstock

adj

1. Resembling an anchor.

adj

1. Of or pertaining to ankylosis.

adj

1. (South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, British, Ireland, of movement) in a circular fashion so as to be moving to the left at the top of the circle and to the right at the bottom (when viewed from the front), in the opposite direction to the way the hands of an analogue clock move.

adv

1. (Australia, New Zealand, Britian, Ireland) In an anticlockwise fashion.

noun

1. (figuratively, by extension) Power to control or heavily influence something or someone.
2. A wrestling move in which the opponent's arm is held immobile.
3. Any of several distinct attacks against an opponent’s arm in martial arts.

verb

1. (transitive) To hold in an armlock.

noun

1. plural of armlock

verb

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

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a bachelor.

noun

1. plural of backblock

adj

1. Cowardly, spineless.
2. Without a backbone; invertebrate.

noun

1. cowardice; spinelessness

noun

1. The painted scenery at the back of a stage; the backdrop.

noun

1. The flow of a fluid (through a pipe etc.) in a direction opposite to that which is normal or intended.

verb

1. To flow in the wrong or backward direction.

adj

1. flowing backwards

verb

1. present participle of backflow

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

noun

1. A large log to burn at the back of a fire.
2. A log containing text previously read, as in text-based video games or chat rooms.
3. A reserve source or supply.
4. An accumulation or buildup, especially of unfilled orders, unconsumed products or unfinished work.

verb

1. (transitive, intransitive) To acquire something as a backlog, or to become a backlog

adj

1. Having an excessive list of tasks to do, especially tasks that should have already been performed.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backlog

verb

1. present participle of backlog

noun

1. plural of backlog

noun

1. (Scotland) The edible seaweed Alaria esculenta

noun

1. Alternative spelling of bollock

noun

1. Alternative form of bollocks

noun

1. (printing, historical) The handle of a printer's ball.

adj

1. (rare) Deep-bosomed.

adv

1. So as to beckon or call near; enticingly.

verb

1. (transitive, literally, figurative) To cover or surround, as with a cloak.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of becloak

verb

1. present participle of becloak

verb

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

verb

1. (archaic, transitive) To lock up or lock in place; hold tight; fasten.

adv

1. (nautical) Below the main deck of a ship.

noun

1. Someone who suffers from bibliokleptomania.

noun

1. The European water rail.

noun

1. (dated) A felt hat with a rounded crown, similar to a bowler.

noun

1. (archaic, often offensive) A person with dark skin, especially one from north Africa.
2. (heraldry) A stylized Negro.
3. A blackamoor slave, a blackamoor servant; and hence any slave, servant, inferior, or child.

noun

1. plural of blackamoor

noun

1. A large flat surface, finished with black slate or a similar material, that can be written upon with chalk and subsequently erased; a chalkboard.

verb

1. To use a blackboard to assist in an informal discussion.

noun

1. plural of blackboard

verb

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

noun

1. plural of blackbody

noun

1. (physics) a theoretical body, approximated by a hole in a hollow black sphere, that absorbs all incident electromagnetic radiation and reflects none; it has a characteristic emission spectrum

noun

1. (Australia, informal) Any plant in the genus Xanthorrhoea, native to Australia.
2. (Australia, obsolete, possibly offensive) An Aboriginal boy or servant.

noun

1. plural of blackboy

Noun

1. A member of the clergy.

noun

1. The male black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix).

noun

1. (Australia, now usually considered offensive) A (male) Australian Aborigine.

noun

1. plural of blackfellow

noun

1. A tropical American bush of the genus Melampodium

noun

1. (attributive) The blocking out of as much light as possible.
2. (historical) The mandatory blocking of all light emanating from buildings, as well as outdoor and street lighting as a measure against aerial bombing or naval attack, as imposed during, e.g., World War II.
3. A large-scale power failure, and resulting loss of electricity to consumers.
4. A temporary loss of consciousness.
5. A temporary loss of memory.
6. An instance of censorship, especially a temporary one.

verb

1. (nonstandard) Alternative form of black out

noun

1. plural of blackout

noun

1. A North American warbler, Dendroica striata, the male of which has a black patch on its head

Proper noun

1. A town and resort in Lancashire, England

noun

1. Colicroot, Aletris farinosa
2. Culver's root, Veronicastrum virginicum
3. Either of two species in the genus Pterocaulon: Pterocaulon pycnostachyum and Pterocaulon virgatum
4. Several plant diseases caused by fungi in the genus Aphanomyces causing that cause roots to rot and turn black.

noun

1. A large shrub or small tree, Prunus spinosa, that is native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa. It has a dark bark and bears thorns.
2. A stick or staff taken from this tree.

noun

1. plural of blackthorn

noun

1. (US, countable) A paved area on a schoolground reserved for recess activities, often doubling as a parking lot.
2. (US, countable) A road so paved.
3. (US, uncountable) Asphalt concrete or similar bituminous black paving material used for the surface of roads (e.g., tarmacadam, tarmac).

verb

1. (US) To pave with blacktop.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of blacktop

verb

1. present participle of blacktop

verb

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

noun

1. (uncountable) The very dark wood of such trees.
2. African blackwood (Dalbergia melanoxylon), of Africa
3. Australian blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon), of eastern Australia
4. Bombay blackwood (Dalbergia latifolia), of India
5. Haematoxylum campechianum, a tree from Mexico.

noun

1. (obsolete) Work connected with funerals, as an undertaker's assistant or a maker of mourning clothes, etc.
2. (sewing) A form of counted-thread embroidery that is usually stitched on even-weave fabric with a twisted thread.

noun

1. A factory that manufactures bleach.

noun

1. (UK) Solitary confinement.
2. (chemistry) A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present in adjacent portions.
3. (computing) A contiguous range of Unicode code points used to encode characters of a specific type; can be of any size evenly divisible by 16, up to 65,536 (a full plane).
4. (computing) A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see cluster).
5. (cricket) A blockhole.
6. (cricket) A shot played by holding the bat vertically in the path of the ball, so that it loses momentum and drops to the ground.
7. (cricket) The popping crease.
8. (cricket) The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.
9. (cryptography) A fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message.
10. (falconry) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
11. (obsolete) A blockhead; a stupid fellow; a dolt.
12. (philately) A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.
13. (printing, dated) A piece of hard wood on which a stereotype or electrotype plate is mounted.
14. (programming) A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop.
15. (rail transport) A section of a railroad where the block system is used.
16. (slang) The human head.
17. (sports) An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).
18. (viticulture) A discrete group of vines in a vineyard, often distinguished from others by variety, clone, canopy training method, irrigation infrastructure, or some combination thereof.
19. (volleyball) A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s court.
20. A case or frame housing one or more sheaves (pulleys), used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example as part of lifting gear or a sailing ship's rigging. See also block and tackle.
21. A cellblock.
22. A chopping block: a cuboid base for cutting or beheading.
23. A contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.
24. A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
25. A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
26. A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular.
27. A roughly cuboid building.
28. A section of split logs used as fuel.
29. A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end, forming a cuboid shape.
30. A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
31. A temporary or permanent ban that prevents access to an online account or service, or connection to or from a designated telephone number, IP address, or similar.
32. A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.
33. Interference or obstruction of cognitive processes.
34. Misspelling of bloc.
35. Something that prevents something from passing.
36. The distance from one street to another in a city or suburb that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.

verb

1. (intransitive, cricket) To play a block shot.
2. (programming, intransitive) To wait for some condition to become true.
3. (transitive) To bar (a message or communication), or bar connection with (an online account or service, a designated telephone number, IP address, etc.).
4. (transitive) To bar (someone undesirable) from connecting via telephone, instant messaging, etc., or from accessing an online account or service, or similar.
5. (transitive) To fill or obstruct (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
6. (transitive) To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).
7. (transitive) To prevent (something or someone) from passing.
8. (transitive) To shape or sketch out roughly.
9. (transitive) To stretch or mould (a knitted item, a hat, etc.) into the desired shape.
10. (transitive, cricket) To hit with a block.
11. (transitive, slang, obsolete) To knock (a person's hat) down over their eyes.
12. (transitive, sports) To impede (an opponent or opponent's play).
13. (transitive, theater) To specify the positions and movements of the actors for (a section of a play or film).

noun

1. (by extension) Any form of formal isolation of something, especially with the force of law or arms.
2. (chess) Preventing an opponent's pawn moving by placing a piece in front of it
3. (nautical) The ships or other forces used to effect a naval blockade.
4. The physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out.

verb

1. (transitive) To create a blockade against.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of blockade

noun

1. A person who blockades
2. A ship used in blockading

noun

1. plural of blockader

noun

1. plural of blockade

verb

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

verb

1. present participle of blockade

noun

1. A thing that is blocking; an obstruction.
2. The state of being blocked.
3. constipation

noun

1. plural of blockage

noun

1. A compound wood board consisting of nearly square strips of softwood placed side by side and sandwiched between veneer panels, often of hardwood.

noun

1. (US) One who engages in blockbusting (technique encouraging people to sell property).
2. (informal) Something, especially an event or a film, book or other creative work, that is intended to achieve high sales (perhaps indicated by large budgets or high advertising spending) or that is conceived on a large or epic scale
3. (informal) Something, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales, as opposed to a box office bomb.
4. (slang) Anything very large or powerful; a whopper.
5. A high-explosive bomb used for the purposes of demolishing extensive areas, such as a city block.
6. A large firework of the firecracker type; an M-80.

noun

1. plural of blockbuster

adj

1. Having the characteristics of a blockbuster; hugely successful.

noun

1. (US) A technique used to encourage people to sell their property by giving the impression that a neighborhood is changing for the worse, especially by implying a change in its racial makeup.

adj

1. (Ireland, slang) Drunk
2. (of a computer account or similar) Disabled or disconnected, so as to prevent access.
3. (of a person, telephone number, IP address, etc.) Banned or barred from connecting or logging on.
4. Obstructed, so that through movement or flow is prevented or impeded.
5. Unable to move owing to an obstruction.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of block

noun

1. (card games) A playing card, needed by one player, that is held by another.
2. (computing) A bug or issue that prevents software from being released.
3. (computing) An application that stops / impedes unauthorised access to a programme.
4. (computing) One who prevents another user from contacting them electronically.
5. (marketing) A gatekeeper who refuses the marketer access to the person they wish to contact.
6. (poker) A blocker bet.
7. (sports) One who blocks or impedes the movement of an opponent.
8. A close-fitting rectangular glove worn by a goalie in multiple forms of hockey.
9. A person who blocks (stretches or moulds) hats.
10. A puberty blocker.

noun

1. plural of blocker

noun

1. (colloquial) A stupid person.
2. A sideshow performer who hammers nails or similar items through his or her nostril into the nasal cavity; human blockhead.

verb

1. (rare) To behave in a stupid manner.
2. To perform as a human blockhead.

adj

1. Resembling a blockhead; stupid

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of blockhead

adv

1. In a blockheaded way.

noun

1. The state or condition of being blockheaded.

adj

1. stupid

noun

1. The character or behaviour of a blockhead; stupidity.

noun

1. plural of blockhead

verb

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

noun

1. (by extension) The approximate place where the toe of the bat touches the pitch when a batsman is taking guard.
2. (cricket) A small depression in the pitch caused by batsmen tapping their bats on the point where they have taken block.

noun

1. (dated) A temporary wooden fortification with a projecting upper story.
2. A reinforced building from which to control hazardous operations, such as an explosion or a rocket launch.
3. A sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports.

noun

1. plural of blockhouse

adj

1. comparative form of blocky: more blocky

adj

1. superlative form of blocky: most blocky

noun

1. The state or condition of being blocky.

noun

1. (computing) A feature that prevents a keyboard from registering multiple simultaneous keypresses that would cause ghosting.
2. Blocks used to support (a building, etc.) temporarily.
3. The act by which something is blocked; an obstruction.
4. The precise movement and positioning of actors in order to facilitate a performance (originally planned using miniature blocks).

verb

1. present participle of block

adj

1. Lacking understanding; stupid; obtuse; dull.
2. Like a block in shape or nature; coming across as a block.
3. Rude; clumsy; rough.

noun

1. The state or quality of being blockish.

noun

1. A person employed to lay down blocks of material, for example as a road surface.

adj

1. Having an oblong shape

noun

1. A manufacturer of blocks for use in printing.
2. A manufacturer of nautical blocks.