HANGMAN SOLVER

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.

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. 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.

Adjective

1. Causing a waste of candles by studying late into the night.

noun

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

noun

1. A North American tree (Sideroxylon lanuginosum); the wood of this tree

noun

1. The wood of the citron tree (Citrus medica).

adj

1. Directed toward cities

adv

1. Toward a city or cities

adv

1. Towards a city

adj

1. Throughout a city.

noun

1. (slang, chiefly Philadelphia) A combined order of a shot of distilled spirit (especially bourbon) and an order of beer

adj

1. Throughout a community.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of counterweigh

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of counterweight

noun

1. A wind that blows in the opposite direction to another.

adj

1. Throughout a country; nationwide.

adj

1. Occurring or extending throughout a county

adv

1. Throughout a county.

adj

1. (finance) Deemed likely to repay debts.
2. (finance) Having an acceptable credit rating.

Adjective

1. Relating to Darwinism, the theory of evolution by natural selection.

noun

1. The stagnant water that collects in a ditch.

noun

1. Any of three long-legged and long-billed migratory wading birds in the genus Limnodromus of the family Scolopacidae.

noun

1. plural of dowitcher

noun

1. (finance) A stock market transaction or quote at a price below a preceding one.
2. A small decrease or downward change in something that has been steady or rising.

noun

1. A female practitioner of a handicraft.

noun

1. Veratrum viride, a toxic North American plant.

noun

1. Eupatorium leucolepis, a herbaceous perennial plant of the Asteraceae.

adj

1. To the kitchen

adv

1. (figuratively) Toward food in general.
2. Toward the kitchen.

adv

1. Alternative form of kitchenward

adj

1. foolish; stupid

noun

1. The quality of being lackwitted.

noun

1. (nautical) A watch kept from midnight until four o'clock in the morning.

noun

1. plural of midwatch

verb

1. present participle of outcrowd

noun

1. The state or condition of being quickwitted.

noun

1. Any of various unrelated plants that have seeds that stick to clothing

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle 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. simple past tense and past participle of switch

noun

1. Part of a railway with an arrangement of switches (or points) allowing trains to be diverted and reassembled.

noun

1. plural of switchyard

noun

1. A cane incorporating a concealed blade.

adj

1. (obsolete) Being in second childhood.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of twitch

adj

1. Not bewitched.

adj

1. (physics, computing) Directly connected without an intervening switch.
2. Not switched.

adj

1. Not twitched.

adj

1. Alternative form of unwainscotted

adj

1. Not wainscotted.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of unwitch

adj

1. Alternative spelling of wainscotted

adj

1. Having a wainscot.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of wainscot

adj

1. Wearing a waistcoat

verb

1. present participle of watchdog

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of whipstitch

adj

1. superlative form of wicked: most wicked

adj

1. (derogatory, dated) Of or concerning irresponsible banks or banking, (particularly) small, independent operations.
2. (firearms) Of or concerning customized or hand-made cartridges.
3. (oil industry) Of or concerning oil exploration in new areas, (particularly) small, independent operations.
4. (usually derogatory) Of or concerning businesses operating outside standard or legitimate practice, especially:
5. Of or concerning actions undertaken by workers without approval or in defiance of the formal leadership of their trade unions.
6. Unauthorized by the proper authorities.

noun

1. (American football) An offensive formation with an unbalanced line and a snap directly to the running back rather than the quarterback.
2. (UK) Felis silvestris, a common small Old World wild cat somewhat larger than a house cat.
3. (US) A bobcat (Lynx rufus) or other similar New World species of lynx.
4. (figurative) A person who acts like a wildcat, (usually) a violent and easily-angered person or a sexually vigorous one.
5. (firearms) Clipping of wildcat cartridge.
6. (nautical) A wheel that can be adjusted so as to revolve either with or on the shaft of a capstan.
7. (obsolete) Clipping of wildcat money, notes issued by a wildcat bank.
8. (uncommon) Alternative spelling of wild cat, any undomesticated felid, as tigers or lions.
9. (uncommon) Clipping of wildcat strike, a strike undertaken without authorization from the relevant trade union.
10. Any feral cat.

verb

1. (oil industry) To drill for oil in an area where no oil has been found before.

noun

1. plural of wildcat

verb

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

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of wildcat

noun

1. (US) Someone who drills for oil speculatively.
2. (firearms) A person who makes wildcat cartridges and the guns that use them.
3. A worker who participates in a wildcat strike.

noun

1. plural of wildcatter

verb

1. present participle of wildcat

noun

1. A traditional Persian architectural element for creating natural ventilation in buildings.

noun

1. (chiefly Britain) A heavy weatherproof jacket

noun

1. (music) A chest or reservoir of wind in an organ.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of witch

noun

1. Any of several flowering plants of the genus Striga, from Africa and Asia, some of which are parasitic to crops.

noun

1. The quality of possessing woodcraft skills for outdoor survival in woodland habitats.

noun

1. The felling of trees, or the cutting of wood.
2. The process of making woodcuts.

noun

1. plural of woodcutting