HANGMAN SOLVER

noun

1. (drugs) The hole on a pipe which is covered and opened to control the inflow of air.
2. (informal) Clipping of carburettor / carburetor.
3. (informal, usually in the plural) Clipping of carbohydrate.

noun

1. (dated) An unsold book that is returned to the publisher.
2. (in plural crabs, informal) An infestation of pubic lice (Pthirus pubis).
3. (informal) Short for carabiner.
4. (rowing) A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under the rigger by the force of the water.
5. (slang) A playing card with the rank of three.
6. (uncountable) The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat.
7. (uncountable, aviation) The angle by which an aircraft's nose is pointed upwind of its groundtrack to compensate for crosswinds during an approach to landing; its crab angle.
8. (uncountable, aviation) The state of an aircraft's nose being pointed upwind of its groundtrack to compensate for crosswinds during an approach to landing.
9. A bad-tempered person.
10. A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
11. A crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
12. A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
13. A defect in an outwardly normal object that may render it inconvenient and troublesome to use.
14. A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.
15. A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.
16. A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.
17. The crab apple or wild apple.
18. The tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark with medical use.
19. The tree species Carapa guianensis, native to South America.

verb

1. (British dialect) To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick
2. (intransitive) To drift or move sideways or to leeward (by analogy with the movement of a crab).
3. (intransitive) To fish for crabs.
4. (obsolete) To irritate, make surly or sour
5. (obsolete, World War I), to fly slightly off the straight-line course towards an enemy aircraft, as the machine guns on early aircraft did not allow firing through the propeller disk.
6. (rare) To back out of something.
7. (transitive) To complain about.
8. (transitive, US, slang) To ruin.
9. (transitive, aviation) To navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course.
10. (transitive, film, television) To move (a camera) sideways.
11. To be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault.
12. To move in a manner that involves keeping low and clinging to surfaces.

noun

1. (Britain) A bed for a child older than a baby.
2. (Canada) A small raft made of timber.
3. (UK, obsolete, thieves' cant) The stomach.
4. (US) A baby’s bed with high, often slatted, often moveable sides, suitable for a child who has outgrown a cradle or bassinet.
5. (cribbage) The card game cribbage.
6. (cribbage) The cards discarded by players and used by the dealer.
7. (cryptography) A known piece of information corresponding to a section of encrypted text, that is then used to work out the remaining sections.
8. (nautical) A small sleeping berth in a packet ship or other small vessel
9. (now chiefly Australia, New Zealand) A snack or packed lunch, especially as taken to work to eat during a break.
10. (obsolete) A job, a position; (Britain) an appointment.
11. (obsolete) A minor theft, extortion or embezzlement, with or without criminal intent.
12. (slang) A cheat sheet or past test used by students; crib sheet.
13. (slang, sometimes African-American Vernacular) One’s residence, house or dwelling place, or usual place of resort.
14. (southern New Zealand) A small holiday home, often near a beach and of simple construction.
15. (usually in the plural) A collection of quotes or references for use in speaking, for assembling a written document, or as an aid to a project of some sort; a crib sheet.
16. A bin for drying or storing grain, as with a corn crib.
17. A boxy structure traditionally built of heavy wooden timbers, to support an existing structure from below, as with a mineshaft or a building being raised off its foundation in preparation for being moved; see cribbing.
18. A confined space, as with a cage or office-cubicle
19. A hovel, a roughly constructed building best suited to the shelter of animals but used for human habitation.
20. A literal translation, usually of a work originally in Latin or Ancient Greek.
21. A manger, a feeding trough for animals elevated off the earth or floor, especially one for fodder such as hay.
22. A small room or covered structure, especially one of rough construction, used for storage or penning animals.
23. A wicker basket; compare Moses basket.
24. The baby Jesus and the manger in a creche or nativity scene, consisting of statues of Mary, Joseph and various other characters such as the magi.

verb

1. (India) To complain, to grumble
2. (intransitive) To install timber supports, as with cribbing.
3. (intransitive, of a horse) To seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth and draw in wind.
4. (transitive) To collect one or more passages and/or references for use in a speech, written document or as an aid for some task; to create a crib sheet.
5. (transitive) To place or confine in a crib.
6. (transitive, informal) To plagiarize; to copy; to cheat.
7. (transitive, obsolete) To steal or embezzle, to cheat out of.
8. To crowd together, or to be confined, as if in a crib or in narrow accommodations.
9. To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp.

noun

1. (American spelling, Canadian spelling) A concrete margin along the edge of a road; a kerb (UK, Australia, New Zealand)
2. (Canada, US) A sidewalk, covered or partially enclosed, bordering the airport terminal road system with adjacent paved areas to permit vehicles to off-load or load passengers.
3. A raised margin along the edge of something, such as a well or the eye of a dome, as a strengthening.
4. A riding or driving bit for a horse that has rein action which amplifies the pressure in the mouth by leverage advantage placing pressure on the poll via the crown piece of the bridle and chin groove via a curb chain.
5. A swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint, generally causing lameness.
6. Something that checks or restrains; a restraint.

verb

1. (intransitive) To crouch; to cringe.
2. (transitive) To bend or curve.
3. (transitive) To bring to a stop beside a curb.
4. (transitive) To check, restrain or control.
5. (transitive) To damage vehicle wheels or tires by running into or over a pavement curb.
6. (transitive) To furnish with a curb, as a well; to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.
7. (transitive) To rein in.
8. (transitive, slang) Ellipsis of curb stomp.