HANGMAN SOLVER

adv

1. In the manner of a bachelor; (as though) living alone as a single man.

noun

1. A handsaw that has a reinforcement along its back edge.

noun

1. plural of backsaw

adj

1. Swept back.

noun

1. Any of various aquatic insects, of the family Notonectidae, that swim on their backs.

noun

1. (sports) The preparatory stroke preceding that which produces contact with the target. Normally associated with sports using an implement such as a bat, club, racket or stick.

verb

1. To swing backward.

noun

1. (UK, dated) A stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements.
2. (UK, dated) The game in which the stick is used.
3. A sword with one sharp edge.

noun

1. Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.

noun

1. (historical) One who fights with a backsword or singlestick.

noun

1. plural of backswordman

noun

1. Reluctance.
2. The state of being backward.

noun

1. plural of backwardness

adj

1. Synonym of backward; see usage notes there.

noun

1. (economics) The situation where economic growth in one area harms other areas by attracting people and business away from those areas.
2. (nautical) The backward flow of water from oars or propeller or breaking waves.
3. The result or consequence of an event; an aftermath.
4. The saliva, spit or food particles that have flowed back into a drink after someone has drunk from it.
5. The similar flow of air from an aircraft engine.

verb

1. (transitive) To affect with backwash.
2. To clean the oil from wool after combing.
3. To operate a water filter in the reverse direction in order to clean it.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backwash

noun

1. (textiles) A machine used for washing wool after carding to remove the impurities.

noun

1. plural of backwash

noun

1. A form of water treatment in which water is pumped backwards through the filter media, sometimes with intermittent use of compressed air.

noun

1. plural of backwater

verb

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

adj

1. Pertaining to the backwoods.
2. Rough, uncouth, coarse, or crude in social matters.

noun

1. A remote or sparsely inhabited region, especially in North America; away from big towns and from the influence of modern life.
2. Partly or wholly uncleared forest, especially in North America.

noun

1. The quality of being backwoodsy.

noun

1. (informal, UK politics) A Peer who is seldom present in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom Parliament, who may be encouraged to attend when a very important vote is expected.
2. A person who is acclimated to living in a forest area that is far removed from civilization or modern conveniences.
3. An uncivilized person.

noun

1. plural of backwoodsman

adj

1. (US) Typical of something or someone from the backwoods

noun

1. plural of backwrap

verb

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

noun

1. plural of bailiwick

adv

1. In terms of balance.

adv

1. In the manner of a baldric.

noun

1. Any form of switch that is activated barometrically (by a change in pressure)

noun

1. plural of bawcock

noun

1. plural of bawdric

adv

1. Like a beacon; in the manner of a beacon.

verb

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

verb

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

verb

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

noun

1. plural of beechwood

adv

1. (nautical) Below the main deck of a ship.

noun

1. plural of benchwarmer

Proper noun

1. A lieutenancy area and historic county in the Scottish Borders.

verb

1. (transitive) To cover (something) with scrawls; to scribble over.

noun

1. The state or quality of being bewitched.

noun

1. plural of bewitchery

verb

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

noun

1. The state or quality of being bewitching.

noun

1. plural of bewitchment

verb

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

noun

1. plural of blackfellow

noun

1. (chiefly politics) A villainization campaign.
2. (medicine) A lotion made by mixing calomel and limewater.
3. (slang, New Zealand) A whitewash victory for any New Zealand national sporting team.
4. (slang, cricket) A whitewash victory for the West Indies cricket team. Started in the 1984–86 "Blackwash" series of the West Indian cricket team in England in 1984.
5. (slang, mining) Public campaigns and advertising funded by the coal industry to draw attention away from environmentally unsustainable practices or to justify exclusion from carbon taxes.

verb

1. (transitive) To blacken, to cover with a black color.
2. (transitive) To portray in a revisionist fashion as belonging to a black race of people.
3. (transitive) To villainize, to present in a damaging light.

noun

1. One who blackwashes.

noun

1. (derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as belonging to a black race of people.
2. (derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as evil.
3. The application of a coating of blackwash.

verb

1. present participle of blackwash

noun

1. plural of blackwater

noun

1. A factory that manufactures bleach.

noun

1. plural of blowback

noun

1. plural of blowtorch

verb

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

adv

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

Proper noun

1. a city in Lower Saxony, Germany; Brunswick

noun

1. Alternative letter-case form of Braunschweiger (a sausage).

adj

1. In the manner of bricks, especially the overlapping way in which they are assembled into a wall.

Proper noun

1. A city in Germany; Braunschweig.
2. Any of several towns in the United States and elsewhere.
3. A suburb of Melbourne, Australia.

noun

1. A saw, in a metal frame, used to cut lengths of wood.

noun

1. plural of bucksaw

noun

1. plural of buckwheat

verb

1. Alternative spelling of bushwhack

verb

1. to ambush
2. to fight, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
3. to travel through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of bushwhack

noun

1. (Australia) A person who lives in the bush, especially as a fugitive; a person who clears woods and bush country.
2. (US) One who travels through the woods, off the designated path.
3. (US, historical) A guerrilla (of either side) during the American Civil War.
4. (dated) Someone who attacks without warning.
5. A small, soft-floored inflatable boat (designed for use by one or two people).

noun

1. plural of bushwhacker

noun

1. criticizing, by someone or a person(s), on policies and stances by George W. Bush, in forums and discussions
2. fighting, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
3. travelling through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress

verb

1. present participle of bushwhack

verb

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

noun

1. plural of cabbageworm

noun

1. plural of cableway

noun

1. plural of catawba

adj

1. superlative form of cobwebby: most cobwebby

noun

1. plural of cobweb

noun

1. (by extension) Often preceded by the: anxiety, fear, uneasiness.
2. Often preceded by the: a stomach ache or an upset stomach.

adv

1. In the manner of a comb; with a scraping motion intended to straighten.

noun

1. (obsolete) The district to which a constable's power is limited.

noun

1. plural of counterblow

noun

1. plural of cowbane

noun

1. plural of cowbell

noun

1. plural of cowberry

noun

1. plural of cowbird

noun

1. (poker slang) A pair of kings as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
2. plural of cowboy

verb

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

adj

1. (figuratively) Incidental.
2. In the manner of a crab; sideways.

noun

1. plural of cribwork

noun

1. A mechanised weapon, based on the bow and arrow, that shoots bolts.
2. A portable ballista that can be held in the hand.

noun

1. Someone (usually a soldier) equipped with a crossbow.

noun

1. plural of crossbowman

noun

1. plural of crossbow

noun

1. plural of crowbar

verb

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

noun

1. plural of crowberry

noun

1. plural of drawback

noun

1. plural of jabberwocky

Noun

1. optimism in the face of financial adversity

noun

1. plural of micawber

noun

1. plural of microbrewer

noun

1. (US, slang) A ten-dollar bill.
2. A framework for holding wood so that it can be sawed; a sawhorse.

noun

1. plural of sawbuck

noun

1. The plant elecampane.

adj

1. (not comparable) That can be screwed (fastened mechanically).
2. (slang, vulgar) Suitable or desirable for sexual intercourse.

adj

1. (originally US) Crazy, offbeat, bizarre, zany, or weird.

noun

1. (US) One who behaves in a crazy manner.
2. (baseball) A pitch thrown with added pressure by the index finger and a twisting wrist motion resulting in a motion to the right when thrown by a right-handed pitcher.

noun

1. plural of screwball

noun

1. Prosopis pubescens, a flowering shrub or small tree in the pea family, native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
2. The nutritious seedpod of this plant.

noun

1. (US) A woman employed to do general housework, such as cleaning a house or office.

noun

1. plural of scrubwoman

noun

1. Synonym of gumwood

noun

1. (architecture) The side of an arch; the course of masonry on the top of an abutment with a slope for the base of the arch to rest against.

noun

1. plural of skewback

noun

1. (archaic, slang) A lubber; an idle fellow; a loiterer.

noun

1. A low ridge of sand

noun

1. (UK, dialect) The black-backed gull (Larus marinus), or swarbie.

verb

1. (intransitive) To take part in exciting romantic adventures.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of swashbuckle

noun

1. A daring adventurer.
2. A kind of period adventure story with flashy action and lighthearted tone.
3. A swordsman or fencer who engages in showy or extravagant sword play.