HANGMAN SOLVER

adj

1. Somewhat awkward.

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 ballhawk

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. A factory that manufactures bleach.

noun

1. plural of buckwheat

verb

1. Alternative spelling of bushwhack

noun

1. (Australia, New Zealand) The activity of hiking or backpacking.

verb

1. present participle of bushwalk

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. Alternative form of chewstick (“plant”)

noun

1. plural of chuckawalla

noun

1. plural of chuckwalla

noun

1. plural of dorhawk

noun

1. plural of earthwork

adj

1. gawky

adv

1. In a gawkish manner.

noun

1. The quality of being gawkish.

noun

1. Any of several birds of prey, principally in the genus Accipiter.

noun

1. plural of goshawk

noun

1. A saw, with a blade that is put under tension, for cutting metal

verb

1. To cut with a hacksaw.

noun

1. plural of hacksaw

verb

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

noun

1. plural of hackwork

noun

1. plural of hairwork

noun

1. plural of handiwork

noun

1. plural of handworker

noun

1. plural of handwork

noun

1. plural of hawkbill

noun

1. plural of hawker

noun

1. plural of hawkeye

noun

1. plural of hawkey

noun

1. plural of hawkie

noun

1. plural of hawking

adj

1. Favouring increasing interest rates; inclined towards increasing interest rates.
2. Resembling a hawk in appearance or behaviour.
3. Supportive of warlike foreign policy; bellicose; inclined toward military action.

adv

1. In a hawkish manner.

noun

1. The characteristic of being hawkish.

noun

1. plural of hawkmoth

noun

1. A nose shaped like a hawk's beak.

adj

1. Having a nose that resembles a hawk's beak.

noun

1. plural of hawknose

noun

1. plural of hawk

verb

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

noun

1. A tropical marine turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, that is a source of tortoiseshell.

noun

1. (dated, 19th century) A detective.

noun

1. plural of hawkshaw

noun

1. plural of hawkweed

noun

1. Any structure at the head or diversion point of a waterway. It is smaller than a barrage and is used to divert water from a river into a canal or from a large canal into a smaller canal.

noun

1. (historical) A Powhatan initiation ritual for boys, involving fasting and narcotics.

noun

1. A dainty or delicacy.
2. A trinket or gewgaw.

noun

1. Alternative form of kickshaw
2. plural of kickshaw

noun

1. A distilled spirit made from cherries, usually of the species Cerasus avium; kirsch.

noun

1. (Islam) The cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

adv

1. Alternative form of kitchenward

noun

1. plural of kitchenware

noun

1. plural of kwacha

noun

1. (pathology) A form of malnutrition, found in children, caused by dietary insufficiency of protein in combination with a high-carbohydrate diet.

noun

1. plural of kwashiorkor

Proper noun

1. Indian union territory comprising twelve atolls in the Arabian Sea, having Kavaratti as its capital.

noun

1. plural of lathwork

adj

1. Somewhat lukewarm; tepid.

noun

1. plural of makeweight

adj

1. (archaic or dialectal) Feeling sick, queasy.
2. (archaic) Sickening or insipid in taste or smell.
3. Excessively or falsely sentimental; showing a sickly excess of sentiment.

adv

1. In a mawkish manner.

noun

1. The property of being mawkish.

noun

1. plural of mawkishness

noun

1. plural of mohawk

noun

1. (informal) A keen investigative reporter.

noun

1. plural of nighthawk

noun

1. plural of nightwalker

noun

1. A grove of oaks.

noun

1. plural of patchwork

Proper noun

1. a city in Oklahoma, USA

noun

1. A two-wheeled carriage pulled along by a person.

verb

1. To move someone by means of a rickshaw.

noun

1. plural of rickshaw

noun

1. Alternative spelling of rickshaw

noun

1. plural of rikshaw

Proper noun

1. A river in Canada.
2. Prairie province in western Canada (named after the river, which flows through it) which has Regina as its capital city.

Noun

1. A Schwenkfelder.

noun

1. The first layer of plaster to be applied in plasterwork.

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a shadow.

adj

1. that tests the performance of a ship or aircraft

noun

1. (slang) A thorough search; a frisk
2. (slang) Extortion, especially through blackmail
3. A trial or test period, especially of a ship or aircraft
4. An improvised bed.

noun

1. plural of shakedown

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a shawl.

noun

1. Land given to pasturing of sheep, smaller than a sheep-run.

noun

1. Alternative spelling of shock wave

noun

1. (Britain) Alternative form of shop-walker

Proper noun

1. a town in Maine, USA

Proper noun

1. A London Borough within Greater London, to the south of the River Thames, including the historic borough plus the Pool of London and Bankside.

noun

1. (UK, dialect) Alternative form of sparrow hawk

noun

1. (falconry) A female such bird, a male being a musket.
2. Alternative form of sparrow hawk; the American kestrel, Falco sparverius, of similar size and habit.
3. Any of numerous other relatively small Old World species of Accipiter, that prey on smaller birds or otherwise resemble A. nisus.
4. The Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus, a small, short-winged European hawk that preys on smaller birds.

noun

1. The position of being a spokeswoman.

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.

adj

1. Alternative form of swashbuckling

noun

1. plural of swashbuckler

noun

1. adventure and excitement; that which is swashbuckling

verb

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

adj

1. Adventurous, exciting.

noun

1. (aviation) A flight path consisting of a series of steep ascents and descents, generally flown as a stunt.
2. (chiefly Britain) A path or road having a series of steep ascents and descents.
3. (chiefly Canada, US, road transport) A sharp bend in a path or road which causes a traveller to almost reverse their direction of travel, especially one of a series of such bends on an incline; a hairpin bend; also a path or road having such a series of bends.
4. A railway track on a steep slope in a zigzag formation, in which a train travels in a reverse direction at each switch.
5. A railway track on which there are steep ascents and descents, a train moving partially or fully by the force of gravity using the momentum generated when descending to travel up an ascending part of the track; especially (Britain, dated), such a track built for fun rides at an amusement park; a type of rollercoaster.

verb

1. (intransitive) To take a zigzag course or path.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of switchback

noun

1. plural of switchback

noun

1. The quality or state of being thankworthy.

noun

1. plural of throwback

noun

1. plural of thwacker