HANGMAN SOLVER

noun

1. plural of acrophony

noun

1. The naming of letters in an alphabetic writing system using words whose initial sounds are represented by the respective letters.

noun

1. plural of acropodium

noun

1. (anatomy) The upper surface of the foot
2. (architecture) A plinth or pedestal bearing a statue

noun

1. plural of acropolis

noun

1. A promontory (usually fortified with a citadel) forming the hub of many Grecian cities, and around which many were built for defensive purposes before and during the classical period; compare Acropolis.

adj

1. Of or befitting an acropolis, especially in lofty glory and in the capacity to inspire awe; compare Acropolitan.

noun

1. Any coral of the genus Acropora

adj

1. Toward or facing the apex.

noun

1. (botany) The sprout at the end of a seed when it begins to germinate.

verb

1. To put forth the first sprout.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of acrospire

verb

1. present participle of acrospire

noun

1. A spore borne at the extremity of the cells of fructification in fungi.

adj

1. having acrospores

adj

1. (biology, of an insect) Having nutritive cells at the top of the follicular tube

adj

1. (obsolete, photography) That produces a developable impression on light-sensitive material without contact

noun

1. (obsolete, photography) The production of an actinautographic image

noun

1. A recording actinometer.

noun

1. measurement with an actinograph

adj

1. (botany, of a flower) Having its petals arranged in a radially symmetric fashion.

adj

1. (botany, of a flower) Having petals arranged in a radially symmetric pattern.

noun

1. The condition of being actinomorphic.

noun

1. An apparatus for the production of sound by the action of the actinic, or ultraviolet, rays.

adj

1. Relating to the production of sound by means of the actinic, or ultraviolet, rays.

noun

1. (biology) A cartilaginous spine that supports the fin rays of fish

adj

1. (biology) Having straight projecting spines

noun

1. (zoology) Any member of the variously ranked group Actinopoda of protozoa.

adj

1. Of the nature of fish of the class Actinopterygii.

noun

1. (zoology) Any of the ray-finned fish of the taxonomic class Actinopterygii.

noun

1. (medicine, archaic) Radiology; examination by means of an X-ray machine.

adj

1. Relating to actinotherapy.

noun

1. actinotherapy

noun

1. (medicine) The treatment of disease, especially skin disease, by exposure to ultraviolet light; radiotherapy.

noun

1. The state or quality associated with being an actor.

noun

1. The role or status of actuary.

verb

1. (transitive) To apply acupressure to.

noun

1. (countable) An act or instance of applying an acupressure technique.
2. (dated) A mode of arresting hemorrhage resulting from wounds or surgical operations, by passing under the divided vessel a needle, the ends of which are left exposed externally on the cutaneous surface.
3. (uncountable) An alternative medicine technique, derived from acupuncture, in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints.

noun

1. plural of acupressure

verb

1. (rare) To pierce with a needle; to treat with acupuncture.

noun

1. (rare) A pricking with or as if with a needle; the practice of acupuncture.

noun

1. (medicine, archaic) Acupuncture

noun

1. An acupuncturist.

noun

1. The insertion of needles into the (living) tissue of the body, especially for purposes of pain relief.

verb

1. (transitive) To treat with acupuncture.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of acupuncture

noun

1. plural of acupuncture

verb

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

verb

1. present participle of acupuncture

noun

1. A healthcare professional who is qualified or professionally engaged in the practice of acupuncture.

noun

1. plural of acupuncturist

noun

1. Inability to see the colour blue.

noun

1. Alternative form of acyanopia

noun

1. (zoology) Any extinct primate of the family Adapidae

adj

1. Adapted; fit; suited; suitable.

verb

1. (intransitive) To make oneself comfortable to a new thing.
2. (transitive) To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust
3. (transitive) To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character
4. (transitive) To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit

noun

1. plural of adaptability

noun

1. (biology) Variability in respect to, or under the influence of, external conditions; susceptibility of an organism to that variation whereby it becomes suited to or fitted for its conditions of environment; the capacity of an organism to be modified by circumstances.
2. The quality of being adaptable; a quality that renders adaptable.

adj

1. Capable of adapting or of being adapted.

noun

1. The state or quality of being adaptable; adaptability.

adv

1. In an adaptable manner.

noun

1. (countable) A change that is made or undergone to suit a condition or environment.
2. (countable, authorship) An artistic work that has been adapted from a different medium.
3. (countable, evolutionary theory) An instance of an organism undergoing change, or the structure or behavior that is changed.
4. (sociology) The means by which social groups adapt to different social and physical environments.
5. (uncountable) The process of adapting an artistic work from a different medium.
6. (uncountable) The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification.
7. (uncountable, evolutionary theory) The process of change that an organism undergoes to be better suited to its environment.

adj

1. (biology) Applied to physiological or functional modifications of parts or organs, as distinguished from morphological or structural changes.
2. Relating or pertaining to adaptation, or the adjustment of one thing to another; adaptive

adv

1. In terms of, or by means of, adaptation.

noun

1. plural of adaptation

adj

1. Of or pertaining to adaptation; adaptive.

adj

1. Having been subject to an alteration or change to fit a different circumstance or medium.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of adapt

noun

1. (countable) The result of being adapted.
2. (uncountable) The state of being adapted; suitableness; fitness.

noun

1. A device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible.
2. One who adapts a thing, e.g. a play.
3. One who is capable of adapting to differing situations.
4. Specifically, a device that allows one format of plug to be used with a different format of socket.
5. Specifically, a device that permits two, three, or more plugs to be used at a single electrical power point.
6. Specifically, an AC adapter: a device that reduces voltage and converts AC to DC to allow a battery-powered device to use mains power.

noun

1. plural of adapter

verb

1. present participle of adapt

noun

1. Alternative form of adaptation

adj

1. (biology) Applied to the process by which an organism is fitted or adapted to its environment
2. Relating or pertaining to adaptation, or the action of adapting.

noun

1. Alternative form of adaptationism

noun

1. plural of adaption

noun

1. Adaptedness; special aptitude.

adj

1. (psychology) Of a trait: that helps an individual to function well in society.
2. Capable of being adapted or of adapting; susceptible of or undergoing accordant change.
3. Of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable.

adv

1. In an adaptive manner; with adaptation; in a fitting manner

noun

1. The state or quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt.

noun

1. plural of adaptivity

Noun

1. The state or quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt.

noun

1. An optometric instrument that measures the minimum threshold of brightness that can be detected or how well the human eye can adapt to a recently darkened environment.

noun

1. Alternative form of adapter

adj

1. Tending to adapt or fit; adaptive.

noun

1. plural of adaptor

verb

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

noun

1. Alternative form of addle pate

adj

1. Addled; confused; stupid; flustered.

noun

1. The quality of being addlepated.

noun

1. (historical) A device for making mailing labels, used for much of the 20th century.

adj

1. (medicine) Having a form that is not clearly defined, especially as applied to the principal cells in the pepsin glands of the stomach.

noun

1. (zoology) An animal having feet that are not apparent.

noun

1. Any plant of the genus Adelphia, of Latin America.

adj

1. Describing a form of polyandry in which a woman is married to two or more brothers
2. fraternal

noun

1. A form of polyandry where a woman is married to two or more brothers.
2. Marriage between a brother and a sister.

noun

1. The consumption of one embryo by another in utero, particularly among certain amphibians, sharks and fishes

adj

1. (botany) Having coalescent or clustered filaments.

verb

1. (transitive, obsolete) To take away.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of adempt

noun

1. (law) In the law of wills, the determination of what happens when property left under a will is no longer in the testator's estate when the testator dies.

adj

1. Pertaining to adenography.

noun

1. (anatomy) The division of anatomy describing the glands

adj

1. Alternative form of adenohypophysial

adj

1. Relating to the adenohypophysis.

noun

1. (anatomy) The anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, producing and secreting several peptide hormones that regulate many physiological processes including stress, growth, and reproduction.

noun

1. (oncology) A benign lipoma of a gland containing both glandular and fat tissue.

noun

1. (pathology) The formation of numerous adenolipomas in the neck, axilla and groin

noun

1. (pathology) cystic dilation of lymph nodes caused by an obstruction

noun

1. A kind of benign tumour of the salivary glands.

noun

1. (pathology) Swelling or enlargement of the glands (especially the lymph nodes); any glandular disease.

noun

1. (obsolete, pathology) inflammation of a lymph gland