HANGMAN SOLVER

adj

1. Having no gills

verb

1. present participle of abrase

noun

1. A device which measures the resistance of surfaces to abrasion.

noun

1. (dentistry) The wearing away of the surface of the tooth by chewing.
2. (geology) The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it.
3. (medicine) A superficial wound caused by scraping; an area of skin where the cells on the surface have been scraped or worn away.
4. (obsolete) The substance thus rubbed off; debris.
5. An abraded, scraped, or worn area.
6. The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction.

noun

1. plural of abrasion

adj

1. Being rough and coarse in manner or disposition; overly aggressive and causing irritation.
2. Producing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface.

noun

1. (geology) Rock fragments, sand grains, mineral particles, used by water, wind, and ice to abrade a land surface.
2. A hard inorganic substance or material consisting in powder or granule form such as sandpaper, pumice, or emery, used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing.

adv

1. Hardly; roughly; in a rough manner.
2. In an abrasive manner; in a rude and unkind manner; acting in a way that may hurt other people's feelings.

noun

1. The property, quality or instance of being abrasive.

noun

1. plural of abrasiveness

noun

1. plural of abrasive

noun

1. plural of abreaction

noun

1. plural of abridgement

noun

1. plural of abridger

verb

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

noun

1. plural of abridgment

noun

1. plural of abri

adj

1. Bristling.

noun

1. plural of abrogation

noun

1. Abstinence from food.
2. Abstinence.
3. Wasting away as a result of abstinence from food.

noun

1. (mineralogy) A basaltic-trachyandesite rock containing phenocrysts of olivine and augite

verb

1. present participle of abscess

noun

1. (obsolete) An abscess.
2. (rare) A separating; a removal; a going away.

verb

1. (transitive, archaic) To cut off.

verb

1. (intransitive, botany) To separate by means of abscission; to shed or drop off.
2. (transitive) To cut off.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of abscise

verb

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

noun

1. Alternative spelling of abscissin

verb

1. present participle of abscise

noun

1. plural of abscisin

noun

1. A cutting away.

noun

1. Alternative form of abscissa

verb

1. (intransitive) To separate (as a leaf from a twig) by abscission.
2. (transitive) To cut off by abscission.

noun

1. (geometry) The first of the two terms by which a point is referred to, in a system of fixed rectilinear coordinate (Cartesian coordinate) axes.
2. (geometry) The horizontal line representing an axis of a Cartesian coordinate system, on which the abscissa (sense above) is shown.

noun

1. plural of abscissa

noun

1. (biochemistry, dated) A plant hormone controlling the dropping off or abscission of certain plant parts, notably the leaves of trees in autumn or cotton bolls.

noun

1. (botany) The natural separation of a part at a predetermined location, such as a leaf at the base of the petiole.
2. (obsolete) The state of being cut off.
3. (rhetoric) A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly
4. The act or process of cutting off.

noun

1. plural of abscission

noun

1. An instance in which someone absconds.

verb

1. present participle of abscond

noun

1. A descent in mountaineering using a rope looped at the top and a friction device.

verb

1. (intransitive) To descend a steep or vertical drop using a rope with a mechanical friction device or (classic abseil) by wrapping the rope around the body; to rappel.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of abseil

noun

1. The process or act of abseiling.

verb

1. present participle of abseil

noun

1. plural of abseil

verb

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

noun

1. The act of absenting oneself.

noun

1. The practice of absenting oneself from the country or district where one's estate is situated.
2. The state of being absent, especially frequently or without good reason; the practice of an absentee.

noun

1. plural of absenteeism

noun

1. (rare) Absenteeism, in particular related to landowners.

noun

1. absence

verb

1. present participle of absent

adj

1. Alternative form of absent-minded

adv

1. Alternative form of absent-mindedly

noun

1. Alternative form of absent-mindedness

noun

1. Alternative form of absinthe

noun

1. (US) Sagebrush.
2. (color) A moderate yellow green.
3. (figurative) Bitterness; sorrow.
4. A distilled, highly alcoholic, anise-flavored liquor originally made from grande wormwood, anise, and other herbs.
5. The herb absinthium Artemisia absinthium (grande wormwood); essence of wormwood.
6. absinthe green:

noun

1. plural of absinthe

adj

1. Of or pertaining to wormwood; absinthian.

adj

1. Of or pertaining to absinthe.
2. Of the nature of wormwood.

verb

1. To impregnate with wormwood.

adj

1. Impregnated with wormwood.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of absinthiate

verb

1. present participle of absinthiate

adj

1. (chemistry) Relating to the common wormwood or to an acid obtained from it.

noun

1. Alternative form of absinthin

noun

1. (organic chemistry) The principal compound found in wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), having a bitter taste: C₁₅H₂₀O₄

adj

1. Like absinthe.

noun

1. The condition of being poisoned by the excessive use of absinthe.

adj

1. Afflicted with absinthism.

noun

1. (now rare) The common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), an intensely bitter herb used in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic.
2. The dried leaves and flowering tops of the wormwood plant.
3. absinthe oil

noun

1. (organic chemistry) A monoterpene ketone that is a major constituent of the essential oil of wormwood, C₁₀H₁₆O; thujone.

noun

1. plural of absinth

noun

1. Alternative spelling of apsis

verb

1. (obsolete) To stand apart from; to leave off; to desist.

noun

1. (UK) Formal permission to be away from a college for the greater part of the day or more.
2. A portion of fermenting dough diluted to a paste with water and then cooked.

noun

1. (civil law, obsolete) An acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring an accused person innocent.
2. (ecclesiastical) An absolving of sins from ecclesiastical penalties by an authority.
3. (obsolete) Delivery, in speech.
4. An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense.
5. The forgiveness of sins, in a general sense.
6. The form of words by which a penitent is absolved.

noun

1. plural of absolution

noun

1. (philosophy) Belief in a metaphysical absolute; belief in Absolute.
2. (political science, sociology) The principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism.
3. (rare) The characteristic of being absolute in nature or scope; absoluteness.
4. (theology) Doctrine of preordination; doctrine of absolute decrees; doctrine that God acts in an absolute manner.
5. Positiveness; the state of being absolute.

noun

1. plural of absolutism

adj

1. Of or pertaining to absolutism; arbitrary; despotic; uncompromising.

noun

1. (metaphysics) One who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the Absolute.
2. An uncompromising person; one who maintains certain principles to be absolute.
3. One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government.

adj

1. Alternative form of absolutist

adv

1. In an absolutist manner.

noun

1. plural of absolutist

adj

1. (grammar) Of or pertaining to the grammatical case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb’s action.
2. (rare) Of, exhibiting, or pertaining to absolution; absolutory, absolving.

noun

1. (grammar) An uninflected verb form used to indicate another action performed by the subject of the principal verb.
2. (grammar) The absolutive case, or a phrase that uses it.

noun

1. An act, process or result of absolutizing.

verb

1. (transitive) To make absolute.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of absolutize

verb

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

verb

1. present participle of absolutize

verb

1. present participle of absolve

noun

1. (Scotland, law) A decision or decree made by a court in favour of the defendant in a given action; dismissal.

adj

1. Of or pertaining to a dismissal or an acquittal.

noun

1. The state or quality of being absorbable.

noun

1. plural of absorbancy

adj

1. (medicine) Inducing or increasing absorption (of a drug).

noun

1. (medicine) Any such medicine that induces absorption.

noun

1. plural of absorbency

adj

1. (statistics, of a state) Allowing a process to enter it, but not to leave it.
2. Engrossing, that sustains someone's interest.

verb

1. present participle of absorb

adv

1. In an absorbing manner.

noun

1. (obsolete) absorption

noun

1. Misspelling of absorption.

noun

1. A instrument that computes the absorption rate by measuring the pressure of the gas; a colorimeter for liquids.
2. An instrument used to measure the amount of radiation or light absorbed.

adj

1. Of or pertaining to the measurement of absorption.

noun

1. (chemistry, physics) the imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action, of radiant energy; the process of being neutrons being absorbed by the nucleus; interception.
2. (electrical engineering) The retaining of electrical energy for a short time after it has been introduced to the dielectric.
3. (meteorology) The process in which incident radiant energy is retained by a substance (such as an air mass) by conversion to some other form of energy (such as heat).
4. (obsolete) engulfing; swallowing up, as of bodies or land.
5. (physiology) in living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs; taking in by various means, such as by osmosis.
6. Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind.
7. Mental assimilation.
8. assimilation; incorporation.

adj

1. Relating to absorption.

noun

1. plural of absorption

adj

1. Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent.

noun

1. Any substance that absorbs.

adv

1. In an absorptive way.

noun

1. The quality of being absorptive; absorptive power.

noun

1. (analytical chemistry) The constant a in the Beer's law relation A = abc, where A is the absorbance, b the path length, and c the concentration of solution. Also known as absorptive power. Formerly known as absorbency index; absorption constant; extinction coefficient.
2. (thermodynamics) The fraction of radiation absorbed by a surface to the total radiation incident on the surface.
3. The quality of being absorptive; absorptiveness.

noun

1. The act of absquatulating; hasty departure.

verb

1. (intransitive) Deliberately refrain from casting one's vote at a meeting where one is present.
2. (intransitive) Refrain from (something or doing something); keep from doing, especially an indulgence.
3. (intransitive, obsolete) Fast (not eat for a period).
4. (transitive, obsolete) Hinder; keep back; withhold.
5. (transitive, reflexive, obsolete) Keep or withhold oneself.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of abstain

noun

1. Agent noun of abstain; one who abstains; especially, one who abstains from something, such as the use of alcohol or drugs, or one who abstains for religious reasons; one who practices self-denial.

noun

1. plural of abstainer

verb

1. present participle of abstain

noun

1. (rare) An act of abstaining; an abstention.

verb

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

adj

1. (rare) Promotive of abstemiousness.
2. Marked by, or spent in, abstinence.
3. Refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink; sparing in diet; abstinent, temperate.
4. Sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.
5. Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation.

adv

1. Marked by abstinence or restraint, especially in relation to food or drink.

noun

1. The quality of being abstemious, temperate, or sparing, particularly in the use of food and strong drinks.

noun

1. (obsolete) The act of restraining oneself.
2. Non-participation in the political world; as a country avoiding international affairs.
3. The act of abstaining or refraining (from).
4. The act of declining to vote on a particular issue.

noun

1. A policy of abstaining or of the desirability of withholding one's vote or other participation with regard to some aspect of the political process.

adj

1. relating to or in accordance with abstentionism.

noun

1. A practitioner or advocate of not getting involved politically.

noun

1. plural of abstention

adj

1. Characterized by abstinence; self-restraint.

verb

1. present participle of absterge

noun

1. (archaic) Act of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging.

adj

1. Cleansing; purging; abstergent.

noun

1. (now rare) Something cleansing; detergent; abstergent.

noun

1. The quality of being abstersive.

noun

1. (business) Delay of spending to accrue capital.
2. (ecclesiastical) Abstention from certain foods on days of penitential observance.
3. (obsolete) Self-denial; abstaining; or forebearance of anything.
4. Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating/alcoholic beverages; total abstinence; teetotalism).
5. Specifically, the practice of abstaining from sexual intercourse, either permanently or until marriage.
6. The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite.
7. The practice of self-denial; self-restraint; forebearance from anything.

noun

1. plural of abstinence

noun

1. (rare) Alternative form of abstinence

adj

1. Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite.

noun

1. (usually capitalized, religion, historical) One of a sect who appeared in France and Spain in the 3rd century, and believed in abstinence from meat and sex.
2. One who abstains; a faster.

adj

1. of or pertaining to abstinence

adv

1. With abstinence.

verb

1. present participle of abstract

noun

1. (art) An abstract creation, or piece of art; qualities of artwork that are free from representational aspects.
2. (chemistry) A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation.
3. (computing) Any generalization technique that ignores or hides details to capture some kind of commonality between different instances for the purpose of controlling the intellectual complexity of engineered systems, particularly software systems.
4. (computing) Any intellectual construct produced through the technique of abstraction.
5. (engineering) Removal of water from a river, lake, or aquifer.
6. (euphemistic) The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining.
7. (geology) The merging of two river valleys by the larger of the two deepening and widening so much so, as to assimilate the smaller.
8. A member of an idealized subgroup when contemplated according to the abstracted quality which defines the subgroup.
9. A separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; the withdrawal from one's senses.
10. Absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects; preoccupation.
11. Abstraction is necessary for the classification of things into genera and species.
12. An idea of an idealistic, unrealistic or visionary nature.
13. An idea or notion of an abstract or theoretical nature.
14. Any characteristic of an individual object when that characteristic has been separated from the object and is contemplated alone as a quality having independent existence.
15. The act of abstracting, separating, withdrawing, or taking away; withdrawal; the state of being taken away.
16. The act of comparing commonality between distinct objects and organizing using those similarities; the act of generalizing characteristics; the product of said generalization.
17. The act of focusing on one characteristic of an object rather than the object as a whole group of characteristics; the act of separating said qualities from the object or ideas.
18. The result of mentally abstracting an idea; the product of any mental process involving a synthesis of: separation, despecification, generalization, and ideation in any of a number of combinations.

adj

1. Pertaining to abstraction.

noun

1. The creation, principles, or ideals of abstractions, in particular art.
2. The presentation of ideas in an abstract manner.

adj

1. Related or tending to abstractionism, particularly art.

noun

1. (art) Someone who supports or creates abstract art.
2. An idealist.

noun

1. plural of abstractionist

noun

1. plural of abstraction

adj

1. (obsolete) Obtained from plants by distillation.

adj

1. Derived by abstraction; belonging to abstraction.
2. Having an abstracting nature or tendency; tending to separate; tending to be withdrawn.

adv

1. (now rare) In an abstract manner; in the abstract.

noun

1. The property of being abstractive.

verb

1. (transitive, biology, mycology) To cut off, as in abstriction; abjoint

adj

1. Separated by abstriction.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of abstrict

verb

1. present participle of abstrict