HANGMAN SOLVER

noun

1. A form of articulation that allows considerable change in position and spatial relationship between the articulated parts, and which bones move freely upon one another; diarthrosis.

adj

1. (medicine) Away from the joints; not articular.

noun

1. (anatomy) A term sometimes used for diarthrosis, and also for synarthrosis. Also called dearticulation.
2. (anatomy) An articulation, especially one that permits free motion in the joint; a hinge joint.
3. The act of dislocating a joint.

noun

1. Alternative spelling of abbasi
2. plural of aba

verb

1. (transitive) To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate.
2. (transitive, archaic) To lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To lower in value, in particular by altering the content of alloys in coins; to debase.

adj

1. (heraldry) Borne lower than usual, as a fess; also, having the ends of the wings turned downward towards the point of the shield.
2. Humbled; lowered, especially in rank, position, or prestige.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of abase

adv

1. In an abased manner; abjectly.

noun

1. The quality of being abased.

noun

1. The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low.
2. The state of being abased or humbled; humiliation.

noun

1. plural of abasement

noun

1. One who, or that which, abases.

noun

1. plural of abaser

verb

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

verb

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To lose self-possession; to become ashamed.
2. (transitive) To make ashamed; to embarrass; to destroy the self-possession of, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to disconcert; to discomfit.

adj

1. Embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of abash

adv

1. In an abashed manner.

noun

1. (rare) The state of being abashed; abashment.

verb

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

adj

1. Tending to abash; causing embarrassment or the loss of self-possession.

verb

1. present participle of abash

adj

1. (literary) Not disconcerted or embarrassed; not concealed; not eliciting shame.

adv

1. In an abashless, unabashed manner: unabashedly.

noun

1. The state of being abashed; embarrassment from shame.

noun

1. plural of abashment

noun

1. (medicine) An inability to walk due to a defect in muscular coordination.

noun

1. plural of abasia

adj

1. (biochemistry, of a site in a DNA molecule) That has neither a purine nor a pyrimidine base.
2. (genetics, biochemistry) Missing a nucleotide base
3. (medicine) Of, pertaining to or caused by abasia.

verb

1. present participle of abase

adv

1. in the sunshine; basking.

noun

1. Obsolete spelling of abbasi

verb

1. To abastardize.

verb

1. (transitive, obsolete) To stigmatize as a bastard; debase.

adj

1. Capable of being abated.

noun

1. Alternative form of abattage

noun

1. (uncountable) Abatement; reduction; (countable) an instance of this.
2. (uncountable) Deduction; subtraction; (countable) an instance of this.
3. An Italian abbot or other member of the clergy.

verb

1. (archaic, chiefly figuratively) Of an edge, point, etc.: to become blunt or dull.
2. (chiefly US) Of legal proceedings: to be dismissed or otherwise brought to an end before they are completed, especially on procedural grounds rather than on the merits.
3. (chiefly US) To dismiss or otherwise bring to an end (legal proceedings) before they are completed, especially on procedural grounds rather than on the merits.
4. (chiefly figuratively) To dull (an edge, point, etc.); to blunt.
5. (chiefly historical) Of a writ or other legal document: to become null and void; to cease to have effect.
6. (transitive, intransitive, law, chiefly historical) To enter upon and unlawfully seize (land) after the owner has died, thus preventing an heir from taking possession of it.
7. Chiefly followed by from, of, etc.: to omit or remove (a part from a whole); to deduct, to subtract.
8. Chiefly followed by of: to deduct or subtract from.
9. Chiefly followed by of: to deprive (someone or something of another thing).
10. To bow down; hence, to be abased or humbled.
11. To bring down (someone) mentally or physically; to lower (someone) in status.
12. To curtail or end (something); to cause to cease.
13. To cut away or hammer down (material from metalwork, a sculpture, etc.) in such a way as to leave a figure in relief.
14. To decrease in amount or size.
15. To decrease in force or intensity; to subside.
16. To demolish or level to the ground (a building or other structure).
17. To give (someone) a discount or rebate; also, to relieve (someone) of a debt.
18. To give a discount or rebate; to discount, to rebate.
19. To give no consideration to (something); to treat as an exception.
20. To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate.
21. To lower (something) in price or value.
22. To lower in price or value; (law) specifically, of a bequest in a will: to lower in value because the testator's estate is insufficient to satisfy all the bequests in full.
23. To make (a writ or other legal document) void; to nullify.
24. To put an end to (a nuisance).
25. To reduce (something) in amount or size.

adj

1. (decorative arts) Lowered, beaten down, or cut away, as the background of an ornamental pattern in relief. Used specifically of stone-cutting; also of metal when the pattern or inscription is to show bright on dark, and the ground is therefore worked out with the graving-tool and left rough or hatched in lines.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of abate

noun

1. (Scotland) Waste of stuff in preparing to size.
2. (heraldry) A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon; any figure added to the coat of arms tending to lower the dignity or station of the bearer.
3. (law) The action of a person that abates, or without proper authority enters a residence after the death of the owner and before the heir takes possession.
4. (law) The reduction of the proceeds of a will, when the debts have not yet been satisfied; the reduction of taxes due.
5. An amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed; in particular from a tax.
6. The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; a moderation; removal or putting an end to; the suppression.

noun

1. plural of abatement

noun

1. One who, or that which, abates.

noun

1. plural of abater

noun

1. plural of abate

verb

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

adj

1. Alternative form of abasic

noun

1. (rhetoric) Anesis.

verb

1. present participle of abate

noun

1. (historical) In the Middle Ages, an officer of the stables who had the care of measuring out the provender; an avenor.
2. A means of defense formed by felled trees, or sometimes by bent trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy, and more recently fortified with barbed wire.
3. In coal-mining, walls of cord-wood piled up crosswise to keep the underground roads open so as to secure ventilation.

adj

1. Provided with an abatis.

noun

1. plural of abatis

noun

1. A skylight or other device whose purpose is to direct light into a room.

noun

1. plural of abatjour

noun

1. (historical) In Ancient Greece, an enclosure in the temple of Asclepios where patients slept.

noun

1. (law) a person who, without right, enters into a freehold on the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee
2. (law) one who abates, ends, or does away with a nuisance

noun

1. plural of abator

noun

1. (military) The anchoring of the wheels of an artillery piece, preparatory to firing.
2. (veterinary medicine) The slaughter of animals, especially diseased ones to limit the spread of the disease.

noun

1. Alternative spelling of abatis

adj

1. Alternative spelling of abatised

noun

1. plural of abattis

noun

1. A place or event likened to a slaughterhouse, because of great carnage or bloodshed.
2. A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.

noun

1. plural of abattoir

noun

1. (usually in the plural) Grass and sprigs beaten or trampled down by a stag passing through them.

adj

1. (botany, zoology) Of a side that is facing away from the axis or central line, such as the underside of a leaf; or the back of an animal.
2. Not in the axis. Applied to an embryo placed out of the axis of the seed.

adj

1. Alternative form of abaxial

noun

1. (obsolete) Barking or baying of dogs at their prey.

noun

1. (UK) A filling pick used in weaving.
2. A rough wool from the inferior parts of the fleece, used for the woof or weft.
3. A type of yarn for the warp.

noun

1. (Christianity, Judaism) Father; religious superior; in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch; a title given to Jewish scholars in the Talmudic period.
2. Alternative form of aba (Middle Eastern garment).

noun

1. plural of abbacy

noun

1. The dignity, estate, term, or jurisdiction of an abbot or abbess.

noun

1. plural of abba

noun

1. (historical) A Persian unit of weight, equivalent to approximately 12.8 oz.
2. (historical) A silver coin of Persia, introduced by Safavid Shah Abbas in 16th century, worth about twenty cents.
3. (historical) An Afghan bronze coin from the early 20th century, equivalent to four shahi.
4. A unit of measurement for Afghan postage stamps.

Noun

1. A member of the dynasty of caliphs that ruled from Baghdad, from about 750 to 1250, claiming ancestry of Abbas.

Adjective

1. Of or relating to the Abbasid caliphs.

noun

1. Alternative form of abate (“Italian abbot”)
2. An Italian abbot, or similar clergyman in minor orders

adj

1. Belonging to, relating to, or pertaining to an abbey, abbot, or abbess.

adj

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of abbatial

noun

1. (obsolete) The office, tenure, estate, or jurisdiction of an abbot.

noun

1. Archaic form of abbey.

noun

1. Alternative spelling of abbé

noun

1. plural of abbe

noun

1. (archaic, British slang) A woman who runs a brothel; a woman employed by a prostitute to find clients.
2. A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks.

noun

1. plural of abbess

Proper noun

1. A town in Picardy, France, on the Somme.
2. A city in Alabama, USA
3. A city in Georgia, USA
4. A city in Louisiana
5. A town in Mississippi.
6. A city in South Carolina, USA

Adjective

1. Of or relating to any of various early Paleolithic sites, particularly in Europe, that are characterized by the presence of bifacial stone axes.

Proper noun

1. The earliest epoch of the early Paleolithic stage or tradition characterized by the presence of bifacial stone axes, especially in Europe. name = oxf/>

noun

1. (British) A residence that was previously an abbatial building.
2. A monastery or society of people, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy, which is headed by an abbot or abbess; also, the monastic building or buildings.
3. The church of a monastery.
4. The office or dominion of an abbot or abbess.

noun

1. plural of abbey

noun

1. (archaic) The seat of an abbey.

noun

1. Archaic form of abbeystead.

Proper noun

1. A diminutive of the female given name Abigail.

noun

1. (archaic, British slang) A brothel-owner's husband or lover.
2. (archaic, British slang) A ponce; a man employed by a prostitute to find clients, and who may also act as a bodyguard or equivalent to a bouncer.
3. A layman who received the abbey's revenues, after the closing of the monasteries.
4. The pastor or administrator of an order, including minor and major orders starting with the minor order of porter.
5. The superior or head of an abbey or monastery.

noun

1. plural of abbotcy

noun

1. (obscure) abbacy
2. office of the superior of a monastery.

noun

1. (obsolete) An abbacy.

noun

1. plural of abbot

noun

1. The state, term, or office of an abbot; abbacy.

noun

1. plural of abbotship

Proper noun

1. name transferred from the surname.

Proper noun

1. A borough in Adams County, Pennsylvania

noun

1. (art) A rough drawing or model.

noun

1. Alternative spelling of abbr.

noun

1. Alternative spelling of abbrev.

adj

1. Capable of being abbreviated.

adj

1. (biology) Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.
2. (obsolete) Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.

noun

1. (obsolete, Scotland) An abridgment.

verb

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To speak or write in a brief manner.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To shorten by omitting parts or details.
3. (transitive) To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned.
4. (transitive) To reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form.
5. (transitive, mathematics) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.

adj

1. Relatively short; shorter than normal, or compared to others.
2. Scanty, as in clothing.
3. Shortened; made briefer.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of abbreviate

adv

1. In an abbreviate way.

verb

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

verb

1. present participle of abbreviate

noun

1. (biology) Loss during evolution of the final stages of the ancestral ontogenetic pattern.
2. (linguistics) A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase, used to represent the whole, utilizing omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as +, =, @.
3. (mathematics) Reduction to lower terms, as a fraction.
4. (music) A notation used in music score to denote a direction, as pp or mf.
5. (music) One or more dashes through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, demisemiquavers, or hemidemisemiquavers.
6. Any convenient short form used as a substitution for an understood or inferred whole.
7. The process of abbreviating.
8. The result of shortening or reducing; abridgment.

noun

1. plural of abbreviation

noun

1. (Roman Catholicism, historical) One of a college of seventy-two officers of the papal court whose duty was to make a short minute of a decision on a petition, or reply of the pope to a letter, and afterwards expand the minute into official form.
2. A person who abbreviates or shortens.

noun

1. plural of abbreviator

adj

1. Serving or tending to abbreviate; shortening; abridging.

noun

1. (obsolete) An abbreviated state or form.
2. (obsolete) The process of abbreviating.
3. A shortened form of a word or phrase, used in place of the whole; an abbreviation.
4. An abridgment; a compendium; an abstract.

noun

1. Obsolete spelling of abbey

noun

1. A unit of electromagnetic charge equal to ten coulombs.

noun

1. A religious devotee or dervish in Persia.