HANGMAN SOLVER

noun

1. (astronautics) The use of atmospheric drag to reduce the velocity of a spacecraft, especially so as to establish a stable orbit and to reduce fuel consumption.

verb

1. present participle of aerobrake

noun

1. (by extension) Someone who does not play an active role in a process.
2. (education) A student who does not perform well, especially one who sits at the back of the classroom.
3. (politics) A Member of Parliament who does not have cabinet rank, and who therefore sits on one of the backbenches or in one of the back rows of the legislature.
4. (sports) A member of a team who does not usually play, but who is held in reserve.

noun

1. plural of backbench

noun

1. plural of backbiting

noun

1. A strenuous and exhausting task, typically involving physical effort.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backcheck

noun

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

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backcross

noun

1. plural of backcross

verb

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

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backdrop

noun

1. The process by which something is backfilled.

verb

1. present participle of backfill

verb

1. present participle of backfit

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backflip

adj

1. flowing backwards

verb

1. present participle of backflow

noun

1. plural of backgammon

verb

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

noun

1. plural of background

verb

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

noun

1. plural of backhander

verb

1. present participle of backhand

verb

1. present participle of backhaul

noun

1. plural of backlasher

verb

1. present participle of backlash

verb

1. present participle of backlist

noun

1. (transport) The transportation of cargo or shipment on a return trip, using the space already paid for and used for the outward leg.

verb

1. present participle of backload

verb

1. present participle of backlog

noun

1. A hostel catering to backpackers.
2. plural of backpacker

noun

1. hiking and camping overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack.
2. low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodations.

verb

1. present participle of backpack

verb

1. (US) simple past tense and past participle of backpedal

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. present participle of backset

noun

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

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backslap

noun

1. One who makes a show of liking another person with profuse or excessive displays of camaraderie, such as vigorous hand clasping, back-slapping, hearty words of greeting, etc.

noun

1. plural of backslash

verb

1. past participle of backslide

noun

1. plural of backslider

adj

1. sliding back

noun

1. An occasion on which one backslides, especially in a moral sense.

verb

1. present participle of backslide

verb

1. present participle of backspace

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backsplice

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backstab

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.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backstop

noun

1. plural of backstory

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.

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

noun

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

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backtrack

noun

1. One who, or that which, backtracks.

noun

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

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backwater

verb

1. present participle of backwind

noun

1. (Scotland) The edible seaweed Alaria esculenta

noun

1. Obsolete form of bailiwick.

Proper noun

1. A major city in California, USA

Proper noun

1. an unincorporated community in Mercer County, New Jersey, USA.
2. a town in North Carolina, USA, and the county seat of Mitchell County.
3. an unincorporated community in Coshocton County, Ohio, USA.

noun

1. plural of baksheesh

verb

1. present participle of bakshish

verb

1. present participle of balkanise

verb

1. present participle of balkanize

adj

1. Resembling a balloon in form

noun

1. The state or condition of being bankable.

noun

1. plural of bankroller

verb

1. present participle of bankroll

verb

1. present participle of bankrupt

noun

1. (obsolete) bankruptcy

noun

1. (dated) bankruptcy

Proper noun

1. A village near Stirling in Scotland
2. A battle important in Scotland's struggle for independence

noun

1. plural of barkentine

noun

1. (mineralogy) A particular hornblende mineral.

noun

1. An ancient rural game, commonly played round stacks of barley or other grain, in which some players attempt to catch others who run from a goal.

noun

1. A maker of barrels, especially a cooper or a container manufacturer.

noun

1. Alternative spelling of bashi-bazouk

Proper noun

1. A town in Hampshire, England

Proper noun

1. A serif typeface from the 18th century.

noun

1. plural of basketball

noun

1. A person who weaves baskets.

noun

1. (historical) A woman who sells goods from a basket.

noun

1. plural of basketwork

adj

1. (rare) Deep-bosomed.

adj

1. Wearing a cassock.

adv

1. So as to beckon or call near; enticingly.

verb

1. present participle of bedarken

verb

1. present participle of beknight

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a bellows (device for delivering pressurized air).

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of benchmark

adj

1. Sprinkled.

noun

1. One who or that which besprinkles.

verb

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

adj

1. Having whiskers

noun

1. A person who steals books

noun

1. Alternative form of bibliotheque

noun

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

noun

1. A technique consisting of measuring a person's quantifiable bodily functions, such as blood pressure, heart rate, skin temperature, sweat gland activity, and muscle tension, then conveying the information to the person in real-time.

noun

1. (medical biology) The study of movements of or within organisms

Adjective

1. Resembling a biscuit or some aspect of one.

Adjective

1. Of or pertaining to (1815-1898), German statesman associated with antisocialism, complex diplomacy and the creation of the welfare state.

verb

1. present participle of bivouac

noun

1. plural of blackamoor

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of blackball

noun

1. One who blackballs, or casts a vote rejecting somebody.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of blackbird

noun

1. A person involved in blackbirding (kidnapping Pacific islanders as cheap labour).
2. A ship used for blackbirding.

noun

1. plural of blackboard

verb

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

noun

1. plural of blackbody

noun

1. plural of blackening

noun

1. (Australia, now usually considered offensive) A (male) Australian Aborigine.

noun

1. plural of blackfish

intj

1. (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) look out; beware

noun

1. plural of blackfriar

noun

1. plural of blackguard

noun

1. plural of blackheart

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of blackjack