HANGMAN SOLVER

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. 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. (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.

noun

1. (computing) The situation where an algorithm or process refrains from taking an action it would otherwise have taken.
2. (surfing) The situation where an incoming wave passes from shallower water to a deeper area, making the wave less steep and potentially unsurfable.

adj

1. Wearing a frock.

noun

1. A technique consisting of measuring a person's quantifiable bodily functions, such as blood pressure, heart rate, skin temperature, sweat gland activity, and muscle tension, then conveying the information to the person in real-time.

noun

1. plural of biofeedback

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. (archaic) Authorship; literary skill.

noun

1. The back of a buffalo

noun

1. (US) A tax on sales of agricultural goods in order to finance a generic commodity marketing program.
2. (US) The collection of union dues or other fees from employees via deductions from their wages.
3. (US) The optional allocation of part of a citizen's income tax towards the presidential election campaign fund.

noun

1. plural of checkoff

adj

1. Alternative spelling of chock-full

noun

1. Members of a clan; clanspeople.

noun

1. Alternative spelling of clock face

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. A contest, in a cockpit, between gamecocks fitted with cockspurs

verb

1. To participate in (as a rooster), or organize and run (as a gambler or bookmaker), a cockfighting event.

noun

1. One who engages in a cockfight.

noun

1. A gambling blood sport (illegal in most countries) in which two roosters have spikes placed on their feet and are made to fight each other, usually to the death.

verb

1. present participle of cockfight

noun

1. plural of cockfight

noun

1. A small attic or garret

noun

1. plural of cockloft

noun

1. the use of cockney words or mannerisms, especially by non-cockneys

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of cockneyfy

verb

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

verb

1. (transitive) To make cockney; to vulgarize.

verb

1. present participle of cockneyfy

noun

1. Any of the genus Dactylis of Eurasian and North African bluegrasses, especially Dactylis glomerata.

noun

1. Alternative form of coffee cake

noun

1. plural of coffeecake

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. The manufacture of coffins.

noun

1. Alternative spelling of corn flakes

noun

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

noun

1. An item produced by handicraft.

noun

1. A maker of craftwork.

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. (agriculture, often attributive) A relatively small, shallow share used in tillage, shaped like a duck's foot.

adj

1. Alternative spelling of duck-footed

noun

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

noun

1. (now rare) A lock of hair that is tangled.

noun

1. plural of elflock

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

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a falcon.

noun

1. Decorative embroidery.

noun

1. Fattened livestock.

noun

1. plural of fatstock

noun

1. Any bulk raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process.

noun

1. A ferroalloy of iron and nickel.

noun

1. A joint of the horse's leg below the knee or hock and above the hoof.
2. The tuft of hair that grows at this joint.

adj

1. (in combination) Having fetlocks (of a specified kind).
2. Tied by the fetlock.

noun

1. plural of fetlock

noun

1. (heraldry) A shackle or lock.

noun

1. A wanton girl.

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

noun

1. A type of lock used on muskets, rifles, and pistols from the early 17th to the mid-19th century.
2. An early type of firearm, using a spring-loaded flint to strike sparks into the firing pan.

noun

1. plural of flintlock

noun

1. (Christianity) A religious congregation.
2. A large number of animals associated together in a group; commonly used of sheep, but (dated) also used for goats, farmed animals, and a wide variety of animals.
3. A large number of people.
4. A lock of wool or hair.
5. A number of birds together in a group, such as those gathered together for the purpose of migration.
6. Coarse tufts of wool or cotton used in bedding.
7. Those served by a particular pastor or shepherd.herd/flock
8. Very fine sifted woollen refuse, especially that from shearing the nap of cloths, formerly used as a coating for wallpaper to give it a velvety or clothlike appearance; also, the dust of vegetable fibre used for a similar purpose.

verb

1. (intransitive) To congregate in or head towards a place in large numbers.
2. (transitive) To coat a surface with dense fibers or particles; especially, to create a dense arrangement of fibers with a desired nap.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To flock to; to crowd.
4. To cover a Christmas tree with artificial snow.
5. To treat a pool with chemicals to remove suspended particles.

adj

1. (of Christmas trees) Covered with artificial snow.
2. (of bristles) Having split, bushy ends.
3. (of swabs) Having dense fibers with a desirable nap to optimize collection and elution of specimens.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of flock

noun

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

adj

1. comparative form of flocky: more flocky

adj

1. superlative form of flocky: most flocky

noun

1. A material textured in this way, such as the artificial snow of a Christmas tree.
2. The process of adding small particles to a surface for the sake of texture.

verb

1. present participle of flock

noun

1. plural of flocking

adj

1. Without a flock.

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of flocks.

noun

1. (obsolete, rare) A lamb.

noun

1. A head shepherd.

noun

1. Someone who owns a flock of animals.

noun

1. plural of flock

verb

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

adv

1. In or as a flock.

adj

1. Abounding with flocks; floccose.

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.

adj

1. sycophantic

noun

1. The act of licking someone's feet.
2. sycophantic behavior

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

noun

1. A measuring rod that is one foot long.
2. A piece of wood serving as a simple bridge over water.

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.

verb

1. (intransitive, Australia, Britain, New Zealand) To search for something; to rummage.
2. (intransitive, Australia, Britain, New Zealand, specifically) To elicit information; to ferret out.
3. (intransitive, Australia, Britain, New Zealand, specifically) To search for gems, gold, etc., on the surface or in abandoned workings.
4. (intransitive, British dialect) To be troublesome.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of fossick