HANGMAN SOLVER

noun

1. (anatomy) A spinous process of a vertebra.
2. (botany) A prickle.
3. (zoology) A spine or prickly fin.

adj

1. (botany): Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a member of the Acanthaceae family.
2. Armed with prickles, as a plant.

noun

1. A plant that is a member of the family Acanthaceae.

adj

1. Of or belonging to the acanthion.

noun

1. (zoology, dated) strontium sulfate, the main constituent of the skeletons of the Acantharea

adj

1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the plant acanthus, or its leaves.

noun

1. (medicine) A point lying near the base of the nose; specifically, the point at the base of the anterior nasal spine that lies on the mesial line; tip of the anterior nasal spine.

noun

1. (mineralogy) A mineral form of silver sulfide, Ag₂S, that is a major ore of silver, that forms slender prisms.

adj

1. (botany) Having the fruit covered with spines.

adj

1. In a manner similar to Acanthocephala.

noun

1. Any of parasitic intestinal worms comprising the phylum Acanthocephala.

adj

1. (zoology) Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala.

adj

1. (botany) describing a plant which has spiny branches

noun

1. Alternative form of acanthodian

adj

1. Pertaining to Acanthodii.

noun

1. (zoology) A member of a group of extinct fish (Acanthodii) that existed from the Silurian to the Permian period.

adj

1. Having the shape of a spine or thorn

adj

1. of or pertaining to acanthology

noun

1. The study of spined things, in particular sea urchins, and the resultant impact on taxonomy.

noun

1. (medicine) The loss of intercellular connections, resulting in loss of cohesion between keratinocytes, seen in diseases such as pemphigus vulgaris.

noun

1. (medicine) A neoplasm of the prickle cell layer of the skin

adj

1. Spine-bearing.

adj

1. Spiny-footed.

adj

1. Having spiny peduncles.

noun

1. (paleontology) A tubular spine in some bryozoans.

noun

1. Alternative form of acanthopterygian

noun

1. (zoology) A group of teleostean fishes having spiny fins. See Acanthopterygii.

adj

1. (zoology) Acanthopterygious
2. (zoology) Spiny-winged.

adj

1. (zoology) Similar to an acanthopterygian.

noun

1. (zoology) Any fish of the superorder Acanthopterygii.

noun

1. plural of acanthosis

noun

1. (pathology) A benign abnormal thickening of the stratum spinosum, or prickle cell, layer of the epidermis.

adj

1. Of or relating to acanthosis.

adj

1. (botany) Synonym of spinous

noun

1. (architecture) An ornament resembling the foliage or leaves of Acanthus spinosus, used in the capitals of the Corinthian and composite orders.
2. A member of the genus Acanthus of herbaceous prickly plants with toothed leaves, (family Acanthaceae, order Lamiales (formerly Scrophulariales)) found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India.

noun

1. plural of acanthus

noun

1. (organic chemistry) n-methyl-n',n'-diphenylurea, used to stabilize chemicals and as a plasticizer.

noun

1. (pathology) inflammation of the skin caused by mites

noun

1. A specialist in acarology - the study of ticks and mites.

adj

1. (poetry, prosody) Designating a line of verse having the required number of syllables in the last foot

noun

1. (poetry, prosody) A verse which has the complete number of feet and syllables

noun

1. plural of acatalectic

noun

1. Alternative form of acatalepsy

noun

1. Incomprehensibility of things; the doctrine held by the ancient skeptic philosophers, that human knowledge never amounts to certainty, but only to probability.

adj

1. Incapable of being comprehended; incomprehensible; inconceivable.

noun

1. An adherent of acatalepsy

adj

1. (economics) Not catallactic

noun

1. (pathology) A loss of the ability to understand, especially to understand speech

noun

1. (pathology) A loss of the ability to express oneself using organized syntax

adj

1. Not categorical; not subject to being included in a category.

noun

1. (obsolete) caterer

noun

1. (obsolete) Cates: provisions; food.

adj

1. not Catholic

adj

1. (biology, zoology) Tailless.

adj

1. (botany) Having no stem or caulis, or only a very short one concealed in the ground.

adj

1. Causing acceleration or speeding up; accelerating.

noun

1. (figurative) Something that speeds up a process or the uptake of something else.
2. A substance used to catalyze the vulcanization of rubber.
3. In the context of fire protection, a substance that accelerates the development of a fire, especially some hydrocarbon-based fuel used to spread a fire caused by arson.

noun

1. plural of accelerant

adj

1. (rare) Accelerated; quickened; hastened; hurried.

verb

1. (intransitive) Grow; increase.
2. (intransitive) To become faster; to begin to move more quickly.
3. (obsolete) Alternative form of accelerated
4. (transitive) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.
5. (transitive) To hasten, as the occurrence of an event.
6. (transitive) To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of.
7. (transitive, education) To enable a student to finish a course of study in less than normal time.
8. (transitive, physics) To cause a change of velocity.

adj

1. Happening sooner than expected.
2. Moving or progressing faster than is usual.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of accelerate

adv

1. In an accelerated manner.

verb

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

noun

1. An act of acceleration.

verb

1. present participle of accelerate

adv

1. In an accelerating manner.

noun

1. (countable) The amount by which a speed or velocity increases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector quantity).
2. (physics) The change of velocity with respect to time (can include deceleration or changing direction).
3. (uncountable) The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as opposed to retardation or deceleration.
4. The advancement of students at a rate that places them ahead of where they would be in the regular school curriculum.

noun

1. plural of acceleration

adj

1. Relating to acceleration; adding to velocity; quickening.

noun

1. (chemistry) A substance which speeds up chemical reactions.
2. (computing) A computer component using dedicated hardware to accelerate the processing and display of graphics.
3. (computing) An accelerator key.
4. (historical) A light van to take mails between a post office and a railway station.
5. (photography) A chemical that reduces development time.
6. (physics) A device that accelerates charged subatomic particles; a particle accelerator.
7. (physiology, medicine) A muscle or nerve that speeds the performance of an action.
8. (vehicles) A pedal causing the vehicle to accelerate when it is pressed.
9. A device for causing acceleration.
10. One who, or that which, accelerates.

noun

1. plural of accelerator

adj

1. accelerative

noun

1. An instrument for measuring acceleration.
2. An instrument made for detecting and measuring vibrations.

noun

1. plural of accelerometer

noun

1. Capacity for being kindled; inflammability.

noun

1. (archaic) Utterance.
2. (figuratively) Emphasis or importance in general.
3. (informal, sometimes proscribed) A manner of pronunciation suggesting that the speaker is from a different region; a foreign accent.
4. (linguistics) A higher-pitched or stronger (louder or longer) articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to emphasize it.
5. (linguistics, sociolinguistics) The distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region, social group, etc., whether of a native speaker or a foreign speaker; the phonetic and phonological aspects of a dialect.
6. (mathematics) A prime symbol.
7. (music) A mark used to represent this special emphasis.
8. (music) A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.
9. (music) A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.
10. (music) The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.
11. (orthography) A mark or character used in writing, in order to indicate the place of the spoken accent, or to indicate the nature or quality of the vowel marked.
12. (prosody, poetry) Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.
13. (sign languages) A distinctive manner of producing a sign language, such as someone who does not normally use a certain sign language might have when using it.
14. (usually plural only) Expressions in general; speech.
15. A very small gemstone set into a piece of jewellery.
16. A word; a significant tone or sound.
17. Emphasis laid on a part of an artistic design or composition; an emphasized detail, in particular a detail in sharp contrast to its surroundings.
18. Modulation of the voice in speaking; the manner of speaking or pronouncing; a peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice, expressing emotion; tone.

verb

1. (transitive) To express the accent of vocally; to utter with accent.
2. (transitive) To mark emphatically; to emphasize; to accentuate; to make prominent.
3. (transitive) To mark with written accents.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of accent

verb

1. present participle of accent

adj

1. Of a word, having no diacritical mark; unaccented.
2. Speaking without an accent.

noun

1. (music, obsolete) One who sings the leading part; the director or leader.
2. (obsolete) The ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapilla.
3. Any bird of the Eurasian genus Prunella, such as the dunnock.

noun

1. plural of accentor

noun

1. plural of accent

verb

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

adj

1. Capable of being accentuated

adj

1. Designating verse rhythms based on stress accents.
2. Of or pertaining to accent; characterized or formed by accent.

noun

1. The quality of being accentual.

adv

1. In an accentual manner; in accordance with accent.

verb

1. (transitive) To bring out distinctly; to make more noticeable or prominent; to emphasize.
2. (transitive) To mark with a written accent.
3. (transitive) To pronounce with an accent or vocal stress.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of accentuate

verb

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

verb

1. present participle of accentuate

noun

1. (ecclesiastical, music) Pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.
2. Act of accentuating; applications of accent.

noun

1. plural of accentuation

noun

1. An agent that accentuates.

adj

1. (obsolete) Accepted.

verb

1. (intransitive) To receive something willingly.
2. (transitive) To acknowledge patiently without opposition or resistance.
3. (transitive) To admit to a place or a group.
4. (transitive) To endure patiently.
5. (transitive) To receive as adequate or satisfactory.
6. (transitive) To receive officially.
7. (transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.
8. (transitive) To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
9. (transitive) To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in.
10. (transitive, law, business) To agree to pay.

noun

1. plural of acceptability

noun

1. (military) Operation plan review criterion. The determination as to whether the contemplated course of action is worth the cost in manpower, materiel, and time involved; is consistent with the law of war; and is militarily and politically supportable. (JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms)
2. The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness.

adj

1. Barely worthy, less than excellent; passable.
2. worthy, decent, sure of being accepted or received with at least moderate pleasure

noun

1. The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorably received; acceptability.

adv

1. In an acceptable manner; in a manner to please or give satisfaction.
2. To an acceptable degree.

noun

1. (business, finance) An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance; the bill of exchange itself when accepted.
2. (countable) An instance of that act.
3. (government, US) The act of an authorized representative of the government by which the government assents to ownership of existing and identified supplies, or approves specific services rendered, as partial or complete performance of a contract.
4. (horse racing, Australia, New Zealand, plural only) A list of horses accepted as starters in a race.
5. (law) An agreeing to the action, proposals, or terms of another by some act which results in the conclusion of a legally binding contract; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking of possession of a thing as owner.
6. (optics) Synonym of etendue.
7. (uncountable) The act of accepting; the receiving of something offered, with acquiescence, approbation, or satisfaction; especially, favourable reception; approval.
8. Belief in something; agreement, assent.
9. The state of being accepted.
10. The usual or accepted meaning of a word or expression.

noun

1. plural of acceptance

noun

1. (dated) acceptance

adj

1. accepting; receiving.

noun

1. One who accepts something.

noun

1. (obsolete) Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; the state of being acceptable.
2. Ready belief.
3. The meaning (sense) in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received.

noun

1. plural of acceptation

adj

1. Generally approved, believed, or recognized.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of accept

adv

1. In an accepted manner; admittedly.

noun

1. A person who accepts, or is accepted for, a position

noun

1. plural of acceptee

noun

1. (law) An acceptor; one who accepts an order or a bill of exchange.
2. (obsolete) A respecter; one who views others with partiality.
3. A person who accepts; a taker.

noun

1. plural of accepter

verb

1. (transitive) To discharge a (claim) by acceptilation

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of acceptilate

verb

1. present participle of acceptilate

noun

1. (civil law) Gratuitous discharge; a release from debt or obligation without payment; free remission.
2. (theology) The doctrine, laid down by Duns Scotus and maintained by the Arminians, that the satisfaction rendered by Christ was not in itself really a true or full equivalent, but was merely accepted by God, through his gracious goodwill, as sufficient.

adj

1. Characterized by acceptance.

verb

1. present participle of accept

adv

1. In a accepting manner; tolerantly.

noun

1. The ability or desire to accept.

noun

1. (obsolete) Acceptation; received meaning.

adj

1. (obsolete) Ready to accept.
2. Fit for acceptance.
3. Receptive.

noun

1. (biochemistry) A transfer RNA molecule that can accept a specific amino acid
2. (chemistry) An atom or molecule which can accept an electron to form a chemical bond.
3. (computing theory) A kind of finite-state machine whose binary output indicates whether or not a received input was accepted.
4. (law, commerce) One who accepts a draft or a bill of exchange; a drawee after he has accepted.
5. (physics) A chemical acceptor atom forming a positive hole in a semiconductor
6. (physiology) A cluster of skin cells that respond to pain
7. One who accepts.

noun

1. plural of acceptor