HANGMAN SOLVER

adj

1. Able to be acknowledged.
2. Worthy of acknowledgement.

noun

1. (astronautics) The use of atmospheric drag to reduce the velocity of a spacecraft, especially so as to establish a stable orbit and to reduce fuel consumption.

verb

1. present participle of aerobrake

noun

1. The bone of the ankle, forming the lower part of the ankle joint and joining with the tibia and fibula.

noun

1. plural of anklebone

noun

1. (pathology) fusion of the margins of the eyelids

adj

1. Preventing breakage.

noun

1. An old Thai unit of length, approximately 2.6 centimetres.

noun

1. (by extension) Someone who does not play an active role in a process.
2. (education) A student who does not perform well, especially one who sits at the back of the classroom.
3. (politics) A Member of Parliament who does not have cabinet rank, and who therefore sits on one of the backbenches or in one of the back rows of the legislature.
4. (sports) A member of a team who does not usually play, but who is held in reserve.

noun

1. plural of backbencher

noun

1. plural of backbench

noun

1. (gymnastics, dance) A move in which the performer bends backwards until the hands touch the floor or catches him/herself with the hands.

verb

1. To perform such a move.

noun

1. plural of backbend

verb

1. past participle of backbite

noun

1. (figuratively) Any fundamental support, structure, or infrastructure.
2. (figuratively) Courage, fortitude, or strength.
3. The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals.

adj

1. Having a spine.

adj

1. Cowardly, spineless.
2. Without a backbone; invertebrate.

noun

1. cowardice; spinelessness

noun

1. plural of backbone

adj

1. (figuratively) Of work, very physically tiring.

verb

1. present participle of backcheck

noun

1. plural of backcourtman

noun

1. (UK, dialectal) A friend at one's back; a backer; one who does his best for another; a supporter.
2. (UK, dialectal) A hangnail.
3. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) A false friend; a secret enemy.

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.

adj

1. (of writing) inclining to the left
2. Backwards, turned around.
3. Indirect.
4. Insincere, sarcastic, ironic, or self-contradictory.
5. Involving a backward flip of the hand.
6. Retrospective, occurring after the fact rather than in advance.
7. Self-serving, corrupt, slipshod, or neglectful.
8. With the back of the hand.

adv

1. In a backhanded manner.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backhand

noun

1. (of writing) Leftward slant.
2. Backwardness of direction.
3. Deceit or neglect.
4. Indirection.
5. Insincerity, irony, or sarcasm.
6. The use of a backward flip of the hand.

noun

1. (informal) A bribe, a secret payment.
2. (racquet sports) A player who plays a backhand shot.
3. (racquet sports) A shot played backhand, a backhand stroke.
4. (surfing) A surfer who approaches a swell with the wave behind them ("on their backhand") rather than facing the wave ("on their forehand").
5. A blow with the back of the hand.
6. A glass of wine given out of turn, the bottle having been handed backwards.

noun

1. plural of backhander

noun

1. The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop.

verb

1. (US) present participle of backpedal

noun

1. (electronics) A circuit board that connects several connectors in parallel to each other, so that each pin of each connector is linked to the same relative pin of all the other connectors, forming a computer bus.

noun

1. plural of backplane

noun

1. (physics) The scattering of waves, particles, or signals back in the direction of their source.

verb

1. present participle of backscatter

verb

1. present participle of backset

verb

1. past participle of backslide

noun

1. plural of backswordman

noun

1. Reluctance.
2. The state of being backward.

noun

1. plural of backwardness

noun

1. The quality of being backwoodsy.

noun

1. plural of backwoodsman

noun

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

verb

1. (UK dialectal, Northern England) alternative past participle of bake; baked.

noun

1. Synonym of Welshcake
2. Synonym of baking stone

verb

1. Alternative spelling of balkanize

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of balkanise

noun

1. (mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal white gray mineral containing copper, mercury, silver, and sulfur.

verb

1. Alternative letter-case form of Balkanize

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of balkanize

noun

1. The state or quality of being balky or uncooperative.

noun

1. baulk line

noun

1. plural of balkline

adj

1. Resembling a balloon in form

noun

1. (geology) A form of trachyandesite

noun

1. Alternative form of banjouke

adj

1. Acceptable to a bank.
2. Certain to bring profit and success, especially in the entertainment industry.
3. Reliable.

adj

1. Of a cheque, deposited in a bank.
2. Piled high.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of bank

noun

1. (UK, dialect) A ditcher; a drain digger.
2. (mining) A banksman.
3. (obsolete) A money changer.
4. (rail transport, Britain, Australia) A railway locomotive that can be attached to the rear of a train to assist it in climbing an incline.
5. A vessel employed in the cod fishery on the banks of Newfoundland.
6. One who conducts the business of banking; one who, individually, or as a member of a company, keeps an establishment for the deposit or loan of money, or for traffic in money, bills of exchange, etc.
7. The dealer in a casino, or one who keeps the bank in a banking game.
8. The stone bench on which a mason cuts or squares his work.

noun

1. The world of bankers and finance.

noun

1. (obsolete) A female banker.

noun

1. plural of banker

noun

1. A sweet almond dessert pastry that originated in the Netherlands.

noun

1. (now historical) A promissory note issued by a bank, payable at a given time to a specific beneficiary.
2. A piece of paper currency.

noun

1. plural of banknote

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of bankroll

noun

1. One who bankrolls; usually an individual who has enough seed capital to launch a venture; one who can fund a project; angel investor.

noun

1. plural of bankroller

noun

1. plural of bankruptcy

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of bankrupt

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a bankrupt.

noun

1. (dated) bankruptcy

noun

1. The land by a riverbank.

noun

1. plural of bankside

noun

1. plural of banksman

adj

1. Resembling a banner

adv

1. So as to resemble a banner

noun

1. (regional, US) three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus).

adj

1. Having the neck bare.

adj

1. (poetic) Made of bark.

verb

1. (intransitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To become hard or form a crust, like bark.
2. (transitive, UK dialectal) To tan or dye with bark.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of barken

verb

1. present participle of barken

noun

1. (sailing) Alternative spelling of barquentine

noun

1. plural of barkentine

adj

1. Resembling a barn

noun

1. The manufacture of barrels.

Proper noun

1. A town in Hampshire, England

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a basin.

verb

1. present participle of basket

noun

1. The construction of baskets, especially by traditional means.

noun

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

noun

1. (historical) A woman who sells goods from a basket.

noun

1. plural of baudekin

noun

1. Alternative form of beak-iron

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a bean.

noun

1. (chiefly science fiction) A space elevator.
2. (figuratively, colloquial, by extension) A tall, slim person.
3. The stem of a bean plant, proverbially fast-growing and tall.

noun

1. plural of beanstalk

noun

1. (dated) A coarse, shaggy, woollen cloth for overcoats.
2. A tall ceremonial hat worn by members of some British regiments for ceremonial occasions; a busby.
3. The pelt of a bear, especially when used as a rug.

noun

1. plural of bearskin

noun

1. A person associated with the Beat Generation of the 1950s and 1960s or its style.
2. A person who dresses in a manner that is not socially acceptable and is supposed to reject conventional norms of thought and behavior; nonconformist in dress and behavior.

noun

1. The social and artistic ideas associated with beatniks

noun

1. plural of beatnik

noun

1. (diminutive) A small or young beaver.
2. A small hat made of beaver fur.

noun

1. The pelt of a beaver.

verb

1. present participle of bechalk

verb

1. present participle of beck