HANGMAN SOLVER

adj

1. Relating to alkaptonuria

noun

1. The territory or dignity of an archduke or archduchess; an archduchy.

noun

1. plural of archdukedom

adj

1. (historical) Of a fire-alarm telegraphy system, arranged so that when one alarm is being transmitted, no other alarm, sent in from another point, will be transmitted until after the first alarm has been disposed of.
2. Moving by itself or automatically.

noun

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

noun

1. (basketball) A team's defensive half of the court; the part of the court where the other team's basket is located, or the guards playing in that area.
2. (chiefly Scotland) A courtyard behind a housing block or tenement building.

noun

1. (basketball) A backcourt player.

noun

1. plural of backcourtman

noun

1. (agriculture) The line of piled soil thrown up beside a furrow when it is created by a plow

verb

1. (agriculture) To throw or turn the soil in alternating directions for every other row that is plowed, so that every pair of furrows has a single backfurrow with clear areas on the outside.

adj

1. Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system.

noun

1. (computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
2. (computing) The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).
3. (physics) Clipping of background radiation.
4. A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
5. A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
6. Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
7. One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.

verb

1. (journalism) To gather and provide background information (on).
2. To put in a position that is not prominent.
3. simple past tense and past participle of backgrind

adj

1. (computing) (of a task) Made non-interactive
2. Moved to the background

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of background

noun

1. (chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives basic details on subjects that are likely to be mentioned.
2. A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation.
3. A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon.

noun

1. plural of background

verb

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

noun

1. (US, Canada, euphemistic) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
2. (now dialect) An outbuilding behind the main building.

noun

1. plural of backhouse

noun

1. (aerospace) A reversed countdown (i.e. ascending numbers) in response to problems leading up to a launch.
2. A reversal or undoing of tasks previously done (often in reverse order).

noun

1. plural of backout

Proper noun

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

adj

1. (rare) Deep-bosomed.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of bivouac

verb

1. present participle of bivouac

noun

1. plural of bivouack

verb

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

noun

1. (attributive) The blocking out of as much light as possible.
2. (historical) The mandatory blocking of all light emanating from buildings, as well as outdoor and street lighting as a measure against aerial bombing or naval attack, as imposed during, e.g., World War II.
3. A large-scale power failure, and resulting loss of electricity to consumers.
4. A temporary loss of consciousness.
5. A temporary loss of memory.
6. An instance of censorship, especially a temporary one.

verb

1. (nonstandard) Alternative form of black out

noun

1. plural of blackout

noun

1. (US) One who engages in blockbusting (technique encouraging people to sell property).
2. (informal) Something, especially an event or a film, book or other creative work, that is intended to achieve high sales (perhaps indicated by large budgets or high advertising spending) or that is conceived on a large or epic scale
3. (informal) Something, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales, as opposed to a box office bomb.
4. (slang) Anything very large or powerful; a whopper.
5. A high-explosive bomb used for the purposes of demolishing extensive areas, such as a city block.
6. A large firework of the firecracker type; an M-80.

noun

1. plural of blockbuster

adj

1. Having the characteristics of a blockbuster; hugely successful.

noun

1. (US) A technique used to encourage people to sell their property by giving the impression that a neighborhood is changing for the worse, especially by implying a change in its racial makeup.

noun

1. (dated) A temporary wooden fortification with a projecting upper story.
2. A reinforced building from which to control hazardous operations, such as an explosion or a rocket launch.
3. A sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports.

noun

1. plural of blockhouse

noun

1. (construction) A void that is deliberately not filled with concrete, so that it can be used to insert something else such as pipework.

noun

1. (by extension) Any parasite.
2. (by extension) One who attempts to take as much from others as possible; a leech.
3. A vampire.
4. An animal that drinks the blood of others, especially by sucking blood through a puncture wound; a hemovore.
5. The changeable lizard (Calotes versicolor).

noun

1. plural of bloodsucker

adj

1. (by extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading
2. (of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.

noun

1. (historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.
2. (historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament
3. (usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.

adj

1. Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.

noun

1. (colloquial) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.

noun

1. plural of bluestocking

noun

1. The American woodcock.

noun

1. Alternative form of bontebok (“South African antelope”)

noun

1. plural of bontebuck

noun

1. (Internet) An automated response to an email, indicating that it could not be delivered.
2. (marketing) A customized order form sent out with previously ordered goods, encouraging the customer to make a further order, perhaps motivated by a discount or free gift.
3. A rebound.
4. An economic recovery.

noun

1. (slang) A dollar; a buck.
2. A cowboy; specifically, a working cowboy who generally does not partake in rodeos.
3. A reckless, headstrong person.
4. A style of cowboy boot with a high and uniquely tapered heel.
5. One who sports a distinctive buckaroo style of cowboy clothing, boots, and heritage.

noun

1. plural of buckaroo

noun

1. Obsolete form of buckaroo.

noun

1. plural of buckayro

noun

1. A simple, distinctively American four-wheeled horse-drawn wagon designed for personal transport as well as for transporting animal fodder and domestic goods, often with a spring-mounted seat for the driver.

noun

1. plural of buckboard

noun

1. Alternative spelling of buckaroo

noun

1. plural of buckeroo

noun

1. Alternative spelling of bucket shop

Proper noun

1. a city in West Virginia, USA

noun

1. A horn of a buck.
2. The royal fern, Osmunda regalis.

noun

1. (UK) A hound for deer hunting.

noun

1. plural of buckhound

noun

1. Buckaroo.
2. Young lad, friend, pal (used in addressing someone).

noun

1. (chiefly US) Lead shot used in shotgun cartridges, made of larger pellets than birdshot and suitable for hunting larger game. [from 18th c.]

noun

1. plural of buckshot

noun

1. Hippophae (family Elaeagnaceae), the sea buckthorn.
2. also genus Frangula, especially Frangula alnus, the alder buckthorn.
3. especially genus Rhamnus,
4. especially the common buckthorn or purging buckthorn; Rhamnus cathartica.

noun

1. An upper tooth that protrudes further than the bottom teeth.

adj

1. Having buckteeth

noun

1. (South Africa) A strong wagon with a frame over the wheels used for hauling goods.
2. (US) A buckboard; a wagon for personal transport as well as transporting goods.

noun

1. The back of a buffalo

noun

1. (archaic) A young bull.
2. A castrated bull; an ox.

verb

1. To bully.

intj

1. (slang, euphemistic) Expression of frustration.

noun

1. (slang, euphemistic) Testicles.
2. plural of bullock

noun

1. (Australia and New Zealand colloquial, now historical) A person (usually a man) who drives a cart pulled by a team of bullocks.

noun

1. (Scotland, obsolete) A brewing of ale.
2. A submerged, downward-projecting piece of ice.

noun

1. Any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium.

noun

1. plural of burdock

noun

1. A small weir or dam in a river to direct the stream to gaps where fish traps are placed.

noun

1. (nautical) The convexity of a ship behind, under the stern.
2. (usually in the plural) Each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body between the base of the back, the perineum and the top of the legs.

adj

1. (in combination) Having some specific type of buttocks

noun

1. (mining, historical) A worker who gets coal off at a longwall face.
2. (wrestling) One who uses the cross-buttock throw.

noun

1. plural of buttock.

noun

1. The stock in a firearm located in the rear of the firing mechanism where one's shoulder is held when shooting

noun

1. (archaic) A place for the storage of cakes of material, such as seedcake.
2. (archaic) A place where cakes are sold.

adj

1. Causing canker; ulcerating.
2. Infected with canker; ulcerous.

adj

1. Given to or marked by an ill-tempered, quarrelsome nature; ill-tempered, cranky, crabby.

adv

1. In a cantankerous manner.

noun

1. The state of being cantankerous.

noun

1. Alternative form of chabuk

noun

1. plural of chabouk

noun

1. (Internet, by extension) The process of confirming and paying for an online purchase.
2. (darts) The number of points that a player scores on their final, winning visit to the oche.
3. A test to see if some device is functioning properly.
4. An inspection or investigation.
5. The place in a supermarket where this is done.
6. The process of checking out items at a supermarket or library.
7. The process of checking out of a hotel, or the latest time to vacate a room in one.

noun

1. plural of checkout

noun

1. A folder or booklet containing preprinted cheques for use by the holder of a bank account

noun

1. Alternative form of checkerwork

noun

1. A Turkish tobacco pipe.

noun

1. plural of chibouk

adj

1. Alternative spelling of chock-full

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a chorus.

noun

1. (US) A pothole.

noun

1. plural of chuckhole

adj

1. Causing chuckles; humorous.

Noun

1. A chuck; a pebble.

noun

1. Alternative form of chukar

noun

1. (architecture) A house or dwelling featuring a large visible clock on its exterior.
2. (architecture) A part of a building featuring such a clock; the section of a clocktower in which the clock is housed.

noun

1. (New York, obsolete) A three-piece cap or bonnet worn by women, with a straight central piece reaching from the neck to the forehead and two side pieces reaching as far down as the chin.

noun

1. Alternative spelling of cloud-cuckoo-land

adj

1. Resembling a cloud or clouds; thus, often, fluffy

noun

1. (countable) A menial yet self-important person; a person who makes empty boasts.
2. (uncountable) A game similar to leapfrog.
3. (uncountable) Boastful speech, crowing.

noun

1. plural of cockalorum

noun

1. (historical) A sachem or leader in certain Native American groups.

noun

1. Any of the coarse composite weeds of the genus Xanthium, with a prickly fruit.

noun

1. (countable, obsolete) A kind of net for catching woodcock.
2. (obsolete) Twilight, when poultry would be shut in for the night.

noun

1. plural of cockshut

noun

1. A blade for tying to the foot of a gamecock.
2. A kind of grass (Echinochloa crus-galli).
3. A kind of hawthorn (Crataegus crus-galli).

noun

1. plural of cockspur

noun

1. (vulgar) plural of cocksucker

adj

1. (informal) Too confident; overconfident.

adv

1. In a cocksure manner.

noun

1. the state or condition of being cocksure

noun

1. The condition of being cocksure

noun

1. (archaic) A hat or cap worn turned up in front.
2. A large edible fish of India (Lates calcarifer)
3. Alternative spelling of cock-up

noun

1. plural of cockup