HANGMAN SOLVER

adv

1. In the manner of a bachelor; (as though) living alone as a single man.

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. 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

adv

1. In terms of balance.

adv

1. In the manner of a baldric.

noun

1. Any form of switch that is activated barometrically (by a change in pressure)

noun

1. (India, historical) A cook.

noun

1. plural of bawdric

adv

1. Like a beacon; in the manner of a beacon.

Proper noun

1. of origin.

verb

1. present participle of beclown

verb

1. present participle of becrawl

verb

1. present participle of becrowd

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. (transitive) To astonish, amaze.
2. (transitive) To cast a spell upon.
3. (transitive) To fascinate or charm.

adj

1. (Of a person) entranced, charmed, fascinated, as though subject to a magical influence.
2. Under a spell; subject to an act of witchcraft.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of bewitch

noun

1. The state or quality of being bewitched.

noun

1. One who bewitches; an enchanter.

noun

1. plural of bewitchery

noun

1. The power of bewitching or fascinating; charm.

verb

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

adj

1. Bewitching; alluring; fascinating; amazing.

adj

1. Enchanting.

noun

1. The act by which somebody is bewitched; a curse or enchantment.

adv

1. In a bewitching manner

noun

1. The state or quality of being bewitching.

noun

1. The characteristic of being bewitched.

noun

1. plural of bewitchment

noun

1. (countable) A wood largely populated with birch trees (Betula spp.).
2. (uncountable) The wood from a birch tree.

noun

1. A session of observing and identifying birds.

verb

1. (intransitive) To take part in birdwatching; to observe and identify birds.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of birdwatch

verb

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

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

verb

1. present participle of blowtorch

adv

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

Proper noun

1. a city in Lower Saxony, Germany; Brunswick

noun

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

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.

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.

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.

adj

1. comparative form of cobwebby: more cobwebby

adj

1. superlative form of cobwebby: most cobwebby

noun

1. (mathematics) A graphical technique for solving discrete-time systems, useful in finding the stationary points.

adv

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

noun

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

noun

1. plural of cowberry

noun

1. The white bryony, Bryonia alba.

noun

1. Any bird of the genus Molothrus. The cowbirds are brood parasites.

noun

1. plural of cowbird

adj

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

noun

1. cribbing (structural members)

noun

1. plural of cribwork

noun

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

verb

1. present participle of crowbar

noun

1. plural of crowberry

noun

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

noun

1. Alternative form of elbow chair

Noun

1. A member of a street gang in London, England, circa 1700.
2. A ruffian or bully.

noun

1. plural of jabberwocky

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. optimism in the face of financial adversity

noun

1. plural of micawber

noun

1. The person or company that operates a microbrewery.

noun

1. plural of microbrewer

noun

1. A small commercial brewery, often one serving a single pub at which it is physically located; in the United States, often used to indicate a brewery that produces fewer than 15,000 barrels of beer annually.

noun

1. Small-scale commercial brewing, as carried out in a microbrewery.

adj

1. suitable for heating in a microwave oven; said of food and non-food items, especially containers.

noun

1. A unit equal to one millionth of a weber.

adj

1. Alternative form of swashbuckling

adj

1. Adventurous, exciting.

adj

1. capable of being switched

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. A folding knife with a blade which opens automatically (under spring pressure) when a button is pressed.

verb

1. (intransitive) To spring open or up.
2. (transitive) To attack or cut with a switchblade.
3. (transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) make a sudden move or transition.

noun

1. plural of switchblade

verb

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

noun

1. (electrical engineering) A large piece of power-distribution equipment that directs electricity to multiple loads.
2. (telecommunications) The electronic panel that is used to direct telephone calls to the desired recipient.

noun

1. plural of switchboard

verb

1. (transitive) To free from a curse or enchantment.

adj

1. Not bewitched.

adj

1. Not bewitching.

noun

1. The cancellation of a spell cast upon somebody or something.

verb

1. present participle of unbewitch

noun

1. A wild duck, the canvasback.

Proper noun

1. most common in Yorkshire.
2. William Wilberforce, English politician and abolitionist.

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. 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