HANGMAN SOLVER

noun

1. (nautical) The part of a ship's deck from amidships toward the stern

noun

1. plural of afterdeck

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. (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic reddish brown mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, magnesium, manganese, and oxygen.

adj

1. (chemistry) Describing a titration in which the titrant is an alkali.

adj

1. Alternative form of alkalimetric

adv

1. By means of alkalimetry.

adj

1. Relating to alkaptonuria

noun

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

noun

1. plural of amtrack

noun

1. (archaic) One who performs antics; a comic performer.

adj

1. Countering racketeering.

adj

1. Preventing rickets.

noun

1. (historical) A member of the Soviet apparat; a Communist bureaucrat or agent.
2. A blindly loyal bureaucrat.

noun

1. plural of apparatchik

noun

1. A dull green colour, like that of an artichoke.
2. A plant related to the thistle with enlarged flower heads eaten as a vegetable while immature, Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus.

noun

1. plural of artichoke

adj

1. Trickling.

noun

1. Someone who attacks.

noun

1. plural of attacker

adj

1. Pertaining to an autarky; self-sufficient.

adj

1. Autarkic.

adv

1. In an autarkic way.

adj

1. Filled with awe.

adj

1. Filled or overcome with awe or wonder.

noun

1. A person who says nasty things about another person behind the second person's back: that is, out of their sight and hearing.

noun

1. plural of backbiter

noun

1. A remote region; countryside that is relatively inaccessible; the boondocks.

noun

1. (basketball) A team's defensive half of the court; the part of the court where the other team's basket is located, or the guards playing in that area.
2. (chiefly Scotland) A courtyard behind a housing block or tenement building.

noun

1. (basketball) A backcourt player.

noun

1. plural of backcourtman

noun

1. A pig yielding significant backfat.

noun

1. A guide attached to the slide rest of a lathe, and placed in contact with the work to steady it in turning.
2. The back piece of a chair, used to support the sitter's back.

noun

1. plural of backrest

noun

1. (computing) The sending of IP packets to essentially random addresses in response to incoming packets that have a spoofed origin.
2. (military) A portion of the energy of electromagnetic radiation such as a laser or radio waves that is scattered back in the direction of the source of radiation by an obscurant.
3. (physics) The deflection of particles and/or radiation through angles greater than 90 degrees to the original direction of travel.
4. The particles and/or radiation deflected in this manner.

verb

1. To scatter particles and/or radiation back to the direction from which they come.

verb

1. past participle of backscatter

noun

1. (physics) The scattering of waves, particles, or signals back in the direction of their source.

verb

1. present participle of backscatter

noun

1. plural of backscatter

verb

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

noun

1. A long slender rod with a rake-like device on one end, sometimes in the form of a human hand, designed to let a person scratch their own back.

verb

1. present participle of backscratch

noun

1. One living in the back or outlying districts of a community.

noun

1. A traitor or hypocrite, such as a co-worker or friend assumed trustworthy but who figuratively attacks when one's back is turned.

noun

1. plural of backstabber

adj

1. clandestine, secret or furtive

noun

1. The backstairs (stairs at the rear of a building).

adj

1. Secret or furtive.

noun

1. A staircase at the rear of a building or one normally only used by servants and tradesmen.
2. An indirect or furtive means of access or intercourse.

noun

1. (obsolete) A baker.

noun

1. plural of backstory

noun

1. (drugs) The rolling a marijuana cigarette in a certain fashion
2. (firearms) The rearmost surface applied to the grip especially of a pistol below a possible beavertail.
3. A loin of meat consisting of the muscle on each side of the spine.
4. A pull strap extending the backstay of a boot or shoe.
5. An anchoring strap, passed around the waist or hips, for a small loom.
6. The backbone of a book.

verb

1. To apply or make into a backstrap.

adj

1. (figuratively) Done in poor and unsanitary conditions, secretly and illegally; back-alley.
2. Associated with neighborhoods on back streets, often in older neighborhoods, with poorer residents.

noun

1. Alternative spelling of back street

noun

1. plural of backstreet

noun

1. (athletics, horse racing, car racing) Synonym of back straight (“straight part of a racetrack, running track, etc., opposite the finishing line”).
2. (exercise) An exercise that stretches the muscles of the back.
3. (figuratively) The middle part of an event.
4. (horse racing) An area next to a racetrack used to stable the racehorses and house employees.

noun

1. plural of backstretch.

noun

1. (bellringing) The pull on the tail of the rope that swings the bell through a full circle (compare handstroke)
2. (swimming) A stroke swum lying on one's back, while rotating both arms through the water as to propel the swimmer backwards.
3. A backhanded stroke or blow.

verb

1. To swim the backstroke.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backstroke

noun

1. plural of backstroke

verb

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

verb

1. present participle of backstroke

noun

1. (mineralogy) Synonym of hydrohausmannite

noun

1. (computing) A stack trace.

verb

1. (by extension) To find the cause of something by examining past events
2. (computing) To examine a stack trace

noun

1. the act of backtracking

verb

1. (aviation) To taxi down an active runway in the opposite direction to that being used for takeoff.
2. To exercise a racehorse around the racetrack in the opposite direction to that in which races are run.
3. To repeat or review work already done.
4. To retrace one's steps.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backtrack

noun

1. One who, or that which, backtracks.

noun

1. plural of backtracker

noun

1. (aviation) The usage of a runway as a taxiway, especially at private strips and smaller airports.
2. (computer science) The act of building all possible solutions to a problem incrementally, abandoning any candidate solution if it cannot lead to a valid solution.
3. (countable, uncountable) The act of one who, or that which, backtracks; a retracing of one's steps.

verb

1. present participle of backtrack

noun

1. plural of backtrack

verb

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

noun

1. A small path or trail that is not used regularly.
2. The path over which one has already traveled.

verb

1. To backtrack along a trail.

noun

1. (obsolete) In the London Stock Exchange: a fee paid by a seller on settlement day either to the buyer or to a third party who lends stock, when the seller wishes to defer settlement until the next settlement day.
2. In full normal backwardation: the situation in a futures market where the price for future delivery of a commodity (the forward price) is lower than the price for immediate delivery (the spot price) or nearer delivery, generally arising from a near-term shortage of the commodity.
3. The situation in a stock market where the offer price for stock is lower than the bid price.

noun

1. (idiomatic) A remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.
2. (paper industry) Water used in the papermaking process. Recycled to reduce usage of fresh water, and usually containing residual amounts of chemicals and fibres.
3. A rowing stroke in which the oar is pushed forward to stop the boat; see back water
4. The water held back by a dam or other obstruction

verb

1. (idiomatic) To vacillate on a long-held position.
2. To row or paddle a backwater stroke.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backwater

noun

1. plural of backwater

verb

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

noun

1. plural of bankruptcy

noun

1. (finance, law) A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.

adj

1. Of or relating to the mineral barkevikite.

noun

1. A kind of flat cake similar to a pancake.

noun

1. Someone who sticks up advertisements on billboards, walls, and similar surfaces.

noun

1. A shrub, Ribes nigrum, that produces small, very dark purple, edible berries.
2. The berry borne by this shrub.

noun

1. Short for black marketeer.

noun

1. A cruel and remorseless person.
2. A heart-shaped cherry with a very dark skin.
3. A type of malleable cast iron with minimum tensile strength of 350 N/mm².
4. Any of various plant diseases that cause darkening of the central tissue.

adj

1. Alternative form of black-hearted

noun

1. The state or quality of being blackhearted; villainy.

noun

1. plural of blackheart

noun

1. One who blacklists.

noun

1. plural of blacklister

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. (by extension) Any member of a fascist party.
2. (historical, chiefly in the plural) A uniformed member of a paramilitary wing of the Italian Fascist Party.

noun

1. (obsolete) A mixture of spirituous liquor (usually rum) and molasses.
2. (obsolete, nautical, slang) Bad port wine; any common wine of the Mediterranean.
3. The dark, viscous molasses remaining after maximum extraction of sugar from raw sugar cane, used in manufacturing and cattle feed.

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. Blackwater fever; malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum.
2. Waste from domestic toilets; water containing fecal matter.
3. Water containing loam, tannins, etc., giving it a very dark appearance.

noun

1. plural of blackwater

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

noun

1. (archaic) Authorship; literary skill.

noun

1. (by extension, derogatory) Anyone who is seen as supporting authoritarianism.
2. (derogatory) A person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner; a toady

noun

1. plural of bootlicker

noun

1. (mineralogy) Alternate name for delvauxite.

noun

1. Inferior and shoddy work.

noun

1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, lead, manganese, oxygen, vanadium, and zinc.

noun

1. (UK) "(" and ")" specifically, the other forms above requiring adjectives for disambiguation.
2. (US) "[" and "]" specifically - as opposed to the other forms, which have their own technical names.
3. (algebra) A pair of values that represent the smallest and largest elements of a range.
4. (engineering) Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part.
5. (land surveying, 19th century) a mark cut into a stone by land surveyors to secure a bench.
6. (military) The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage, supporting the trunnions.
7. (military) Typically of stationary weapons, the zone enclosed by one long and one short shot impact expected to be hit very accurately.
8. (nautical) A short crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.
9. (sports) A prediction of the outcome of games in a tournament, used for betting purposes.
10. (sports) A printed diagram of games in a tournament.
11. (typography) The small curved or angular corner formed by a serif and a stroke in a letter.
12. A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.
13. Alternative form of bragget (“drink made with ale and honey”)
14. One of several ranges of numbers.

verb

1. (military) To gauge the range of a target by firing equally short and long of it and ranging the weapon between the two to achieve a very accurate hit.
2. (philosophy, phenomenology) In the philosophical system of Edmund Husserl and his followers, to set aside metaphysical theories and existential questions concerning what is real in order to focus philosophical attention simply on the actual content of experience.
3. (photography) To take multiple images of the same subject, using a range of exposure settings, in order to help ensure that a satisfactory image is obtained.
4. To bound on both sides, to surround, as enclosing with brackets.
5. To enclose in typographical brackets.
6. To mark distinctly for special treatment.
7. To place in the same category.
8. To set aside, discount, ignore.
9. To support by means of mechanical brackets.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of bracket

noun

1. (architecture) A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively.
2. The act of enclosing (text, etc.) in brackets.

verb

1. present participle of bracket

noun

1. plural of bracket

verb

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

adv

1. In terms of brackets (in various senses).

adj

1. Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting bradykinesia

noun

1. (figurative) A criticism or uncomplimentary remark.
2. A piece of brick used as a weapon, especially if thrown, or placed in something like a sock and used as a club.

verb

1. (transitive) To attack by throwing brickbats.
2. (transitive, figurative) To assail with criticism.

noun

1. plural of brickbat

verb

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

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of brickbat

noun

1. The act of assailing with criticism.
2. The act of attacking by throwing brickbats.

verb

1. present participle of brickbat

adj

1. superlative form of bricky: most bricky

noun

1. (now chiefly historical) A type of horse-drawn carriage, with a foldable roof covering.

noun

1. A genus, Mazama, of short-horned deer from Brazil.
2. A stag in its second year, before its horns have started branching.