HANGMAN SOLVER

noun

1. (medicine) A trepan having a conical shape so that injurious penetration of the brain is impossible.

noun

1. A form of articulation that allows considerable change in position and spatial relationship between the articulated parts, and which bones move freely upon one another; diarthrosis.

noun

1. plural of abattoir

noun

1. plural of abbotcy

noun

1. The state, term, or office of an abbot; abbacy.

noun

1. plural of abbotship

noun

1. plural of abbreviation

noun

1. plural of abbreviator

noun

1. plural of abdication

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1. plural of abdominal

noun

1. (surgery) Extraction of peritoneal fluid from the abdomen for evaluation, using a trocar

adj

1. (anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and to the bladder.

noun

1. (surgery) Removal of the uterus via an incision made in the abdominal wall rather than via the vagina.

noun

1. (surgery) An incision of the uterus, done through a surgical hole in the abdomen.

noun

1. An instrument like an endoscope, for use in abdominoscopy.

noun

1. (medicine) Examination of the abdomen to detect abdominal disease, using an endoscope.

adj

1. Having a protuberant belly; potbellied.

adj

1. (anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and the urinary bladder

noun

1. plural of abduction

noun

1. plural of aberration

adj

1. (botany) Of or relating to the Abietineae.

noun

1. plural of abiogenesis

noun

1. (evolutionary theory) The origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living parents.

noun

1. A proponent of abiogenesis.

noun

1. (biology) One who believes that life can be produced independently of antecedent life.

noun

1. plural of abiogenist

adj

1. (biology) Produced by spontaneous generation.

noun

1. plural of abiosis

noun

1. (uncountable) The absence of life.
2. Necrosis, especially that which occurs at the single cell level.
3. The temporary cessation of biological processes.

noun

1. plural of abjection

noun

1. plural of abjuration

noun

1. plural of ablation

adj

1. (obsolete) Diminishing

noun

1. A building that houses bathing and toilet facilities on a military base.
2. plural of ablution

noun

1. plural of abnegation

noun

1. plural of abnormalcy

verb

1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of abnormalize.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of abnormalise

verb

1. present participle of abnormalise

noun

1. (Christianity, theology) One who believes that the cosmos is in an abnormal state that can only be set right by divine influence.

noun

1. plural of abnormality

noun

1. plural of abnormity

noun

1. plural of aboideau

noun

1. plural of aboiteau

verb

1. (archaic) To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out.
2. To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.

adj

1. Capable of being abolished.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of abolish

noun

1. Agent noun of abolish; one who abolishes.

noun

1. plural of abolisher

verb

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

verb

1. present participle of abolish

noun

1. The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction.

noun

1. plural of abolishment

verb

1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of abolitionize.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of abolitionise

verb

1. present participle of abolitionise

noun

1. (abortion) Support for the abolition (banning) of abortion.
2. (historical, US) Support for the abolition of slavery.
3. Support for the abolition (banning) of sex work.
4. Support for the abolition of prisons.
5. Support for the abolition of something; the tenets of abolitionists.

adj

1. (historical) In favor of the abolition of slavery.

noun

1. (historical, US) A person who favored or advocated the abolition of slavery.
2. A person who favors the abolition of any particular institution or practice.

noun

1. plural of abolitionist

noun

1. plural of abolition

noun

1. plural of abomasus

noun

1. The characteristic of being abominable; odiousness.

verb

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

noun

1. plural of abomination

noun

1. plural of abominator

noun

1. plural of aboriginal

noun

1. (history) The inhabitants of a location before colonization by the Europeans occurred.
2. Indigenous flora and fauna.
3. The original people of a location, originally Greek and Roman.
4. plural of aborigine

adj

1. (obsolete) abortive from the first.

noun

1. (chiefly derogatory) A person who advocates for or supports the legality of abortion.
2. (now sometimes offensive) A person who performs abortions, especially illegally or secretly.

noun

1. plural of abortionist

noun

1. plural of abortion

noun

1. (countable) The result or product of being abortive.
2. (uncountable) The quality of being abortive.

noun

1. plural of aboulia

adj

1. Mentioned or recited before.

noun

1. Alternative form of above stairs.

adj

1. Having no gills

noun

1. A device which measures the resistance of surfaces to abrasion.

noun

1. (dentistry) The wearing away of the surface of the tooth by chewing.
2. (geology) The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it.
3. (medicine) A superficial wound caused by scraping; an area of skin where the cells on the surface have been scraped or worn away.
4. (obsolete) The substance thus rubbed off; debris.
5. An abraded, scraped, or worn area.
6. The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction.

noun

1. plural of abrasion

noun

1. plural of abreaction

noun

1. plural of abrogation

noun

1. Abstinence from food.
2. Abstinence.
3. Wasting away as a result of abstinence from food.

noun

1. (mineralogy) A basaltic-trachyandesite rock containing phenocrysts of olivine and augite

noun

1. (obsolete) An abscess.
2. (rare) A separating; a removal; a going away.

noun

1. A cutting away.

noun

1. (botany) The natural separation of a part at a predetermined location, such as a leaf at the base of the petiole.
2. (obsolete) The state of being cut off.
3. (rhetoric) A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly
4. The act or process of cutting off.

noun

1. plural of abscission

noun

1. An instance in which someone absconds.

verb

1. present participle of abscond

noun

1. The act of absenting oneself.

noun

1. (organic chemistry) A monoterpene ketone that is a major constituent of the essential oil of wormwood, C₁₀H₁₆O; thujone.

noun

1. (civil law, obsolete) An acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring an accused person innocent.
2. (ecclesiastical) An absolving of sins from ecclesiastical penalties by an authority.
3. (obsolete) Delivery, in speech.
4. An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense.
5. The forgiveness of sins, in a general sense.
6. The form of words by which a penitent is absolved.

noun

1. plural of absolution

noun

1. (philosophy) Belief in a metaphysical absolute; belief in Absolute.
2. (political science, sociology) The principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism.
3. (rare) The characteristic of being absolute in nature or scope; absoluteness.
4. (theology) Doctrine of preordination; doctrine of absolute decrees; doctrine that God acts in an absolute manner.
5. Positiveness; the state of being absolute.

noun

1. plural of absolutism

adj

1. Of or pertaining to absolutism; arbitrary; despotic; uncompromising.

noun

1. (metaphysics) One who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the Absolute.
2. An uncompromising person; one who maintains certain principles to be absolute.
3. One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government.

adj

1. Alternative form of absolutist

adv

1. In an absolutist manner.

noun

1. plural of absolutist

adj

1. (grammar) Of or pertaining to the grammatical case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb’s action.
2. (rare) Of, exhibiting, or pertaining to absolution; absolutory, absolving.

noun

1. (grammar) An uninflected verb form used to indicate another action performed by the subject of the principal verb.
2. (grammar) The absolutive case, or a phrase that uses it.

noun

1. An act, process or result of absolutizing.

verb

1. (transitive) To make absolute.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of absolutize

verb

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

verb

1. present participle of absolutize

verb

1. present participle of absolve

noun

1. (Scotland, law) A decision or decree made by a court in favour of the defendant in a given action; dismissal.

adj

1. Of or pertaining to a dismissal or an acquittal.

noun

1. The state or quality of being absorbable.

noun

1. plural of absorbancy

adj

1. (medicine) Inducing or increasing absorption (of a drug).

noun

1. (medicine) Any such medicine that induces absorption.

noun

1. plural of absorbency

adj

1. (statistics, of a state) Allowing a process to enter it, but not to leave it.
2. Engrossing, that sustains someone's interest.

verb

1. present participle of absorb

adv

1. In an absorbing manner.

noun

1. (obsolete) absorption

noun

1. Misspelling of absorption.

noun

1. A instrument that computes the absorption rate by measuring the pressure of the gas; a colorimeter for liquids.
2. An instrument used to measure the amount of radiation or light absorbed.

adj

1. Of or pertaining to the measurement of absorption.

noun

1. (chemistry, physics) the imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action, of radiant energy; the process of being neutrons being absorbed by the nucleus; interception.
2. (electrical engineering) The retaining of electrical energy for a short time after it has been introduced to the dielectric.
3. (meteorology) The process in which incident radiant energy is retained by a substance (such as an air mass) by conversion to some other form of energy (such as heat).
4. (obsolete) engulfing; swallowing up, as of bodies or land.
5. (physiology) in living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs; taking in by various means, such as by osmosis.
6. Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind.
7. Mental assimilation.
8. assimilation; incorporation.

adj

1. Relating to absorption.

noun

1. plural of absorption

adj

1. Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent.

noun

1. Any substance that absorbs.

adv

1. In an absorptive way.

noun

1. The quality of being absorptive; absorptive power.

noun

1. (analytical chemistry) The constant a in the Beer's law relation A = abc, where A is the absorbance, b the path length, and c the concentration of solution. Also known as absorptive power. Formerly known as absorbency index; absorption constant; extinction coefficient.
2. (thermodynamics) The fraction of radiation absorbed by a surface to the total radiation incident on the surface.
3. The quality of being absorptive; absorptiveness.

noun

1. The act of absquatulating; hasty departure.

adj

1. (rare) Promotive of abstemiousness.
2. Marked by, or spent in, abstinence.
3. Refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink; sparing in diet; abstinent, temperate.
4. Sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.
5. Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation.

adv

1. Marked by abstinence or restraint, especially in relation to food or drink.

noun

1. The quality of being abstemious, temperate, or sparing, particularly in the use of food and strong drinks.

noun

1. (obsolete) The act of restraining oneself.
2. Non-participation in the political world; as a country avoiding international affairs.
3. The act of abstaining or refraining (from).
4. The act of declining to vote on a particular issue.

noun

1. A policy of abstaining or of the desirability of withholding one's vote or other participation with regard to some aspect of the political process.

adj

1. relating to or in accordance with abstentionism.

noun

1. A practitioner or advocate of not getting involved politically.

noun

1. plural of abstention

adj

1. Characterized by abstinence; self-restraint.

noun

1. (archaic) Act of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging.

noun

1. (art) An abstract creation, or piece of art; qualities of artwork that are free from representational aspects.
2. (chemistry) A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation.
3. (computing) Any generalization technique that ignores or hides details to capture some kind of commonality between different instances for the purpose of controlling the intellectual complexity of engineered systems, particularly software systems.
4. (computing) Any intellectual construct produced through the technique of abstraction.
5. (engineering) Removal of water from a river, lake, or aquifer.
6. (euphemistic) The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining.
7. (geology) The merging of two river valleys by the larger of the two deepening and widening so much so, as to assimilate the smaller.
8. A member of an idealized subgroup when contemplated according to the abstracted quality which defines the subgroup.
9. A separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; the withdrawal from one's senses.
10. Absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects; preoccupation.
11. Abstraction is necessary for the classification of things into genera and species.
12. An idea of an idealistic, unrealistic or visionary nature.
13. An idea or notion of an abstract or theoretical nature.
14. Any characteristic of an individual object when that characteristic has been separated from the object and is contemplated alone as a quality having independent existence.
15. The act of abstracting, separating, withdrawing, or taking away; withdrawal; the state of being taken away.
16. The act of comparing commonality between distinct objects and organizing using those similarities; the act of generalizing characteristics; the product of said generalization.
17. The act of focusing on one characteristic of an object rather than the object as a whole group of characteristics; the act of separating said qualities from the object or ideas.
18. The result of mentally abstracting an idea; the product of any mental process involving a synthesis of: separation, despecification, generalization, and ideation in any of a number of combinations.

adj

1. Pertaining to abstraction.

noun

1. The creation, principles, or ideals of abstractions, in particular art.
2. The presentation of ideas in an abstract manner.

adj

1. Related or tending to abstractionism, particularly art.

noun

1. (art) Someone who supports or creates abstract art.
2. An idealist.

noun

1. plural of abstractionist

noun

1. plural of abstraction

adj

1. (obsolete) Obtained from plants by distillation.