HANGMAN SOLVER

adj

1. flowing backwards

verb

1. present participle of backflow

noun

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

noun

1. (sports) The preparatory stroke preceding that which produces contact with the target. Normally associated with sports using an implement such as a bat, club, racket or stick.

verb

1. To swing backward.

noun

1. Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.

noun

1. (obsolete) In the London Stock Exchange: a fee paid by a seller on settlement day either to the buyer or to a third party who lends stock, when the seller wishes to defer settlement until the next settlement day.
2. In full normal backwardation: the situation in a futures market where the price for future delivery of a commodity (the forward price) is lower than the price for immediate delivery (the spot price) or nearer delivery, generally arising from a near-term shortage of the commodity.
3. The situation in a stock market where the offer price for stock is lower than the bid price.

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. (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.

verb

1. present participle of backwind

noun

1. The quality of being backwoodsy.

noun

1. (nautical) A brush-like pad made of rope, attached to a shroud in order to prevent wear on sails.

noun

1. Obsolete form of bailiwick.

noun

1. A person's concern or sphere of operations, their area of skill or authority.
2. The district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.

noun

1. plural of bailiwick

noun

1. (figurative) Any useless, unproductive, or lightweight activity.
2. The act of weaving baskets, as for example from grasses, wicker, or rope.

Proper noun

1. of origin.

adj

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

noun

1. (now historical) An outlying estate.

Proper noun

1. Any of various towns, including:
   1. a town in Maine, USA.

Proper noun

1. A lieutenancy area and historic county in the Scottish Borders.

verb

1. (obsolete) to labour, toil; belabour

verb

1. (transitive) To give or add whiskers to; to put whiskers on.

adj

1. Having whiskers

noun

1. A bicycle lane or path.

noun

1. plural of bikeway

noun

1. plural of biweekly

adj

1. Occurring once every two weeks; fortnightly.
2. Occurring twice a week.

adv

1. Every two weeks.
2. Twice a week (but see the Usage notes).

noun

1. Something that is published or released once every two weeks.

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. Work woven with bobbins.

adv

1. In the manner of a book.

noun

1. A writer of books; an author.

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a bow (bent frame for firing arrows).

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a bowl.

noun

1. The manufacture of bows (for archery or for musical instruments).

adv

1. In terms of brackets (in various senses).

noun

1. Work done with the brain; mental effort.

noun

1. (Australia, New Zealand) A windbreak.

noun

1. (nonstandard) Alternative form of brick wall

adj

1. In the manner of bricks, especially the overlapping way in which they are assembled into a wall.

noun

1. The quality of the construction of brick built items.
2. Those parts of items that are made of brick.

noun

1. (dentistry) A partial denture that is anchored to existing teeth.
2. The component parts of a bridge.
3. The construction or repair of bridges.

noun

1. plural of bridgework

noun

1. Polished metal fixtures, especially aboard a boat.
2. The varnished or oiled wood trim aboard a boat.

noun

1. plural of brightwork

Proper noun

1. A city in Germany; Braunschweig.
2. Any of several towns in the United States and elsewhere.
3. A suburb of Melbourne, Australia.

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of buckwheat.

verb

1. present participle of bulwark

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. cabinetmaking
2. furniture made by a cabinetmaker

noun

1. One who makes cabinets; a practitioner of cabinetwork.

noun

1. (obsolete) The district to which a constable's power is limited.

noun

1. cribbing (structural members)

noun

1. plural of cribwork

noun

1. Alternative spelling of hawksbill

noun

1. plural of hawkbill

noun

1. Any dandelion-like flower of the genera Leontodon, Scorzoneroides, and others in subtribe Hypochaeridinae, in the family Asteraceae.

noun

1. A tropical marine turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, that is a source of tortoiseshell.

adj

1. Able to be hoodwinked.

noun

1. plural of jabberwocky

adj

1. Very difficult to pronounce.

adv

1. In a way that is very difficult to say or pronounce.

noun

1. The quality or state of being knowable.

noun

1. The condition of being knowledgeable.

adj

1. unlawful; illegal.

noun

1. The commission of a criminal act, the violation or breaking of a law.

noun

1. plural of lawbreaking

noun

1. Synonym of pawnbroking

noun

1. The business of a pawnbroker; advancing loans against pledges of household goods or personal possessions, and selling those pledges that are not redeemed.

adj

1. Resembling a rainbow; displaying a range of colours.

noun

1. The use of ribs in architecture or construction.

noun

1. Synonym of iceblink

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a strawberry (plant or fruit).

adj

1. Alternative form of swashbuckling

adj

1. Adventurous, exciting.

noun

1. (aviation) A flight path consisting of a series of steep ascents and descents, generally flown as a stunt.
2. (chiefly Britain) A path or road having a series of steep ascents and descents.
3. (chiefly Canada, US, road transport) A sharp bend in a path or road which causes a traveller to almost reverse their direction of travel, especially one of a series of such bends on an incline; a hairpin bend; also a path or road having such a series of bends.
4. A railway track on a steep slope in a zigzag formation, in which a train travels in a reverse direction at each switch.
5. A railway track on which there are steep ascents and descents, a train moving partially or fully by the force of gravity using the momentum generated when descending to travel up an ascending part of the track; especially (Britain, dated), such a track built for fun rides at an amusement park; a type of rollercoaster.

verb

1. (intransitive) To take a zigzag course or path.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of switchback

noun

1. plural of switchback

noun

1. Work made of timbers.

noun

1. plural of timberwork

noun

1. The quality or state of being unknowable.

noun

1. An unworkable aspect or element.
2. The quality or state of being unworkable, lack of workability.

adj

1. Not wrinkleable.

noun

1. (sports) A water sport where a rider on a small board is towed by a motor boat, attached by a cable.

noun

1. Any of several perennial flowering plants, of the genus Trillium, having flowers with three petals.
2. Any plant of the genus Arum, especially the cuckoopint.

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a warble.

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a warbler.

adj

1. Alternative spelling of weak-brained

Adjective

1. Resembling a web.

noun

1. A small hand broom, with a short handle, for brushing clothes.

noun

1. A wild duck, the canvasback.

noun

1. The North American pine Pinus albicaulis, found in mountainous and subalpine regions, often as krummholz.

noun

1. (agriculture) A hedge, fence or row of trees positioned to reduce wind damage to crops.
2. A sheet or stack of material used to protect people or fire from wind.
3. The act of breaking wind; flatulence.

noun

1. A thin outer coat designed to resist wind chill and light rain.

noun

1. plural of windbreaker

noun

1. plural of windbreak

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. plural of wingback

noun

1. The ease with which something can be worked or fashioned.
2. The quality of being workable; practical capacity to succeed.

adj

1. Able to become wrinkled.

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.

noun

1. plural of zwieback