HANGMAN SOLVER

noun

1. (rare, dialectal) An angleworm; earthworm.

adj

1. Opposing or countering growth.

noun

1. Synonym of antitwilight arch (“atmospheric phenomenon”)

adj

1. Against the practice of whaling, the practice of hunting whales.

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. (boxing) A weight class in boxing and other sports, intermediate between flyweight and featherweight. In boxing it ranges from 112 to 118 pounds (51 to 54 kg).
2. A boxer or other competitor of this weight.

noun

1. plural of bantamweight

verb

1. present participle of beshadow

noun

1. (slang) The hobby of watching rocket launches.
2. Observing or identifying wild birds in their natural environment.

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. Alternative spelling of brain-washing

verb

1. present participle of brainwash

Proper noun

1. a city in Lower Saxony, Germany; Brunswick

noun

1. Alternative letter-case form of Braunschweiger (a sausage).

noun

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

verb

1. present participle of bushwalk

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

noun

1. (obsolete) A chandler, or maker of candles.

verb

1. present participle of cartwheel

noun

1. The work of a cartwright, building carts.

verb

1. present participle of chainsaw

verb

1. present participle of chaw, i.e. nonstandard variant of chewing.

noun

1. A person, elected by miners, whose task is to check what the mine owner's weighman states has been the amount of coal that has been mined; used especially if the miners' wages are related to production.

noun

1. (Britain, Ireland, informal) An informal conversation, usually about everyday matters; a chat, a gossip.

verb

1. (British, Ireland, informal) To chat, to gossip.

verb

1. present participle of chinwag

noun

1. fishing for crawfish

verb

1. present participle of crawfish

noun

1. The light of dawn.

noun

1. The act of cleaning the dishware.

noun

1. plural of dishwashing

noun

1. draughtsmanship by a woman

Noun

1. A female native or inhabitant of England; a woman who is English by birth, descent or naturalisation.

verb

1. present participle of enswathe

verb

1. present participle of enwreathe

noun

1. (historical) A person who makes fans for use in winnowing.

noun

1. (computing) the design and construction of flowcharts

noun

1. (literature, usually uncountable) A literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story.

verb

1. present participle of foreshadow

noun

1. The quality of being gawkish.

noun

1. The transplantation of hair onto the scalp by weaving it into the existing hair, sometimes to disguise baldness.

noun

1. The act by which something is hallowed.

verb

1. present participle of hallow

adj

1. (not comparable) Waving the hands.
2. Pertaining to empty gesturing, with little substance behind it; vague; not supported by data.

noun

1. (chiefly figuratively) Alternative spelling of hand waving (“empty gesturing”)

verb

1. present participle of handwave

noun

1. the manufacture of handwoven goods

noun

1. A person who clasps and squeezes the hands in an excessive expression of distress.

noun

1. plural of handwringer

noun

1. (by extension) A characteristic trait or hallmark by which somebody may be recognised.
2. Text that was written by hand.
3. The act or process of writing done with the hand, rather than typed or word-processed.
4. The characteristic writing of a particular person.

verb

1. present participle of handwrite

noun

1. plural of handwriting

adj

1. Of a person, taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly.

adj

1. Causing pain or distress.

noun

1. (Christianity) Christ's ravaging or hostile incursion of Hell, conducted between his crucifixion and resurrection, in which he liberated the souls of the righteous held captive by Satan.
2. Ravaging; hostile incursion; spoliation; intentional widespread destruction.
3. Suffering, torment.
4. The process of breaking up earth with a harrow.

verb

1. present participle of harrow

adv

1. In a way or to an extent that is harrowing

noun

1. The quality of being harrowing.

noun

1. The act of saying "haw", in intermission or hesitation of speech.

verb

1. present participle of haw

noun

1. Action of the verb to hawk.

verb

1. present participle of hawk

noun

1. plural of hawking

verb

1. present participle of hawse

adj

1. Alternative form of heart-warming

verb

1. present participle of heehaw

Proper noun

1. (1899–1961), American writer and journalist.

Adjective

1. Reminiscent of Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961), American writer and journalist.

noun

1. (historical) A person, usually mounted on horseback, who robbed travelers on public roads.

noun

1. plural of highwayman

noun

1. (idiomatic) A party to celebrate moving into a new home.
2. The act of welcoming a person/family to their newly purchased or newly rented home.

noun

1. plural of housewarming

verb

1. present participle of inswathe

verb

1. present participle of interwreathe

verb

1. present participle of inwreathe

noun

1. (historical) A lay judge in Orkney.

noun

1. plural of lawrightman

noun

1. soldier beetle

noun

1. The manufacture of articles from leather.

adj

1. (by extension) Enticing or tantalizing.
2. That is pleasing to the sense of taste; appetizing; that makes one salivate.

noun

1. (chiefly Northern US, Western US) More generally, any arbitrarily large earthworm, especially those favored in angling.
2. An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.

noun

1. plural of nightcrawler

noun

1. (UK, regional) A nightjar, especially Caprimulgus europaeus (Eurasian nightjar).
2. (US) A New World nightjar of the genus Chordeiles, especially Chordeiles minor.
3. A nighthawker (metal detectorist who works illegally at night).
4. A person whose preference or custom is to remain awake and active during the night and the early morning hours.

noun

1. plural of nighthawk

noun

1. (archaic, euphemistic) A prostitute who looks for clients on the streets.
2. (fantasy) A vampire.

noun

1. plural of nightwalker

noun

1. (archaic, euphemistic) The activity of a prostitute who looks for clients on the streets.

adj

1. Toward night.

noun

1. Clothes worn at nighttime or in bed, such as pyjamas

adj

1. Not watertight.

adv

1. Nevertheless, all the same.

conj

1. Although; despite; even though.

prep

1. In spite of, despite.

adv

1. During the night at the present time; in modern nights.

verb

1. present participle of outwatch

noun

1. A dominating shadow or malign influence.

verb

1. present participle of overshadow

adv

1. So as to overshadow.

verb

1. present participle of overwatch

noun

1. The making of patchworks

verb

1. present participle of patchwork

noun

1. Writing plays: the craft of a playwright

verb

1. present participle of prewash

verb

1. present participle of pshaw

verb

1. present participle of rainwash

verb

1. present participle of rawhide

verb

1. present participle of rewash

verb

1. present participle of sandwich

verb

1. present participle of scrimshaw

noun

1. A form of solo exercise, involving throwing punches at the air, and not at an opponent.

verb

1. present participle of shadowbox

noun

1. (computing) The technique of copying ROM contents to RAM to allow for shorter access times. The ROM chip is then disabled while the initialized memory locations are switched in on the same block of addresses.
2. (education) A work experience option where students learn about a job by walking through the work day as a shadow to a competent worker.
3. (espionage) Secretly or discreetly tracking or following someone, keeping under surveillance.
4. A faint representation; an adumbration.
5. The effect of being shadowed (in the sense of blocked), as from a light source or radio transmission.
6. The situation where an individual repeats speech immediately as they hear it (usually through earphones).

verb

1. present participle of shadow

noun

1. The act of becoming shallower.

verb

1. present participle of shallow

noun

1. An act of wrapping in a shawl.

verb

1. present participle of shawl

verb

1. present participle of showboat

noun

1. (Internet, retailing) The activity of going to bricks-and-mortar stores to examine goods before buying them online, frequently from a different retailer.
2. An instance of something being showcased or exhibited.

verb

1. present participle of showcase

verb

1. present participle of stonewash

noun

1. The state or quality of being straightforward.

adj

1. Alternative form of swashbuckling

adj

1. Adventurous, exciting.

adj

1. Crushing; resounding.
2. Hectoring; swaggering.

noun

1. A back-and-forth movement of liquid; a swish or swash.

verb

1. present participle of swash

noun

1. A wrapping.

verb

1. present participle of swathe

noun

1. (business, retail) theft by employees at the cash register, as for example by giving away merchandise to friends and family
2. (dated) courting; lovemaking

noun

1. The process by which something thaws.

verb

1. present participle of thaw

noun

1. The action or sound of a thwack; a beating.

verb

1. present participle of thwack

adv

1. With a thwacking sound.

noun

1. An instance of blocking or obstructing.

verb

1. present participle of thwart

adv

1. So as to thwart.

verb

1. present participle of tomahawk

noun

1. The extraction of teeth, as by a dentist.

verb

1. present participle of unhallow

adj

1. Not straightforward; oblique, evasive, equivocal, indirect.

noun

1. The state or quality of being unstraightforward; a lack of straightforwardness; obliqueness, evasiveness.