HANGMAN SOLVER

noun

1. An act of backing down; a retraction or withdrawal.

noun

1. The flow of a fluid (through a pipe etc.) in a direction opposite to that which is normal or intended.

verb

1. To flow in the wrong or backward direction.

noun

1. plural of backsaw

noun

1. (sports) Alternative form of back wall

adj

1. (chess) Of a pawn, further behind than pawns of the same colour on adjacent files and unable to be moved forward safely.
2. (cricket) Further behind the batsman's popping crease than something else.
3. (cricket) On that part of the field behind the batsman's popping crease.
4. (figuratively) Acting or moving oppositely to the desired direction of progress.
5. (figuratively) Of a culture, country, practice etc., undeveloped or unsophisticated.
6. (figuratively) Slow to apprehend; having difficulties in learning.
7. (obsolete) Already past or gone; bygone.
8. (obsolete) Unwilling; averse; reluctant.
9. Acting or moving in the direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing.
10. Acting or moving in the direction opposite to the usual direction of movement.
11. Lacking progressive or enlightened thought; outdated.
12. Late or behindhand.
13. Reluctant or unable to advance or act.
14. Reversed in order or sequence.
15. Situated toward or at the rear of something.

adv

1. (figuratively) Oppositely to the desired direction of progress, or from a better to a worse state.
2. (obsolete) In the past.
3. At, near or towards the rear of something.
4. By way of reflection; reflexively.
5. In a direction opposite to the usual direction of movement.
6. In a reversed order or sequence.
7. In a reversed orientation; back to front.
8. Toward or into the past;

noun

1. The state behind or past.

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.

noun

1. (nautical) The flow of air so deflected

verb

1. (nautical) To deflect air into the back of a sail or of a vessel
2. (transitive) To wind backwards.

adj

1. Native to or located in a remote rural location.
2. Rustic, unsophisticated, countrified.

noun

1. A contention, retort, or reply.
2. A contradiction or answer to put off an engagement; a countermand.
3. A section of commentary at the end of a book.

noun

1. (obsolete) The thread-like worm found in filanders, the disease of hawks.

noun

1. (computing, dated) A word wrap feature that restores a word to the preceding line when space is made for it by deletion.
2. A portion of something that is wrapped backward.

verb

1. (computing, dated) To restore a word to the preceding line when space is made for it by deletion.
2. To wrap around the back of something.

noun

1. (India, historical) A cook.

noun

1. plural of bawcock

noun

1. plural of bawdric

Proper noun

1. of origin.

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. (now historical) An outlying estate.

verb

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

verb

1. (transitive) To pelt, thrash, or cudgel soundly.

noun

1. (computing) Synonym of backscatter.
2. (firearms) A type of action where the pressure from the fired cartridge blows a sliding mechanism backward to extract the fired cartridge, chamber another cartridge, and cock the hammer.
3. (rail transport) On a steam locomotive, the reversal of exhaust gases when the regulator is closed without using the blower.
4. (slang) The act of shotgunning (inhaling from a pipe etc. and exhaling into another smoker's mouth).
5. An unintended adverse result, especially of covert political action.

noun

1. (nautical) A frame or fender of rope or junk, laid out at the sides or bows of a vessel to secure it from damage.

noun

1. plural of bucksaw

verb

1. Alternative spelling of bushwhack

noun

1. A system of suspended cables from which cable cars are hung.

noun

1. plural of catawba

verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To beat with a chabuk.

adj

1. (finance, of a poison pill) Allowing for a particular type of bid that does not trigger the flip-in.
2. Capable of being chewed.
3. Chewy.

noun

1. A medicine supplied in a form that can be chewed.
2. Anything that is chewable; anything that is able to be chewed.

noun

1. (US law of evidence) A rule that permits a party to take back evidentiary materials that were mistakenly turned over to the other party but to which the other party would not have been entitled.
2. (US taxation law) Money that a party is entitled to keep under one tax provision but is taken by another tax provision.
3. (US, business) Any recovery of a performance-related payment based on discovery that the performance was not genuine.
4. (obsolete) A flatterer or sycophant.

adj

1. (figurative) Old or dated.
2. Having many cobwebs.
3. Resembling a cobweb or cobwebs.

adv

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

noun

1. plural of cowbane

noun

1. plural of cowbell

noun

1. A shrub native to the cool temperate areas of the Northern Hemisphere (Vaccinium vitis-idaea).
2. The berry of this shrub.

noun

1. plural of cowbird

adj

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

noun

1. A flowering plant of the genus Carapa in the mahogany family, Meliaceae.

noun

1. cribbing (structural members)

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. (US, often attributive) An old, emaciated horse.

noun

1. plural of crowbar

verb

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

noun

1. (surgery) A kind of forceps for extracting bullets etc. from wounds.
2. A bec de corbin.

noun

1. A disadvantage; something that detracts or takes away.
2. A partial refund of an import fee, as when goods are re-exported from the country that collected the fee.
3. The inhalation of a lungful of smoke from a cigarette.

noun

1. Alternative letter-case form of Micawber; a person of modest income or background who remains optimistic that their situation will improve.

noun

1. plural of sawbuck

noun

1. The plant elecampane.

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

noun

1. An animal with such excessive sagging.
2. An excessive sagging of the spine of a quadruped animal, especially a horse.

noun

1. plural of wetback; a slur towards persons of Mexican descent in the United States

noun

1. (American football) A running back who is in formation near the line of scrimmage and outside the tackles, a slotback.
2. (soccer) A player who doubles on either side of the center as a defender when their team is defending, and a winger when they are attacking.
3. A wingback chair.
4. One of the projecting side pieces on a wingback chair.

noun

1. A usually sweetened bread enriched with eggs that is baked and then sliced and toasted until dry and crisp; considered easy to digest and therefore given to the ill and used as a teething food for toddlers.