HANGMAN SOLVER

noun

1. An abnormal state of a road or motorway where the traffic temporarily travels in the opposite direction to normal, usually as a result of repair work or an accident.
2. Flow in the opposite direction to normal.

adj

1. Of a blue colour, as that of the cornflower; cornflower blue.

noun

1. A plant of the species Cichorium intybus.
2. A small annual plant in the family Asteraceae, Centaurea cyanus, usually with bushy blue flowers which grows natively in European cornfields (i.e. wheatfields).
3. Cornflower blue.

noun

1. plural of cornflower

noun

1. A flow in the opposite direction; or the flow of two fluids in opposite directions

verb

1. To flow in the opposite direction

noun

1. plural of counterflow

noun

1. A common bottlenose dolphin of California, Tursiops truncatus gillii.
2. A common galaxias (Galaxias maculatus)
3. A marine plectognath fish, Acanthostracion quadricornis and allied species, having two projections, like horns, in front.
4. Any of genera Acanthostracion and Lactoria, of the boxfish family Ostraciidae.
5. The grampus, Grampus griseus, Risso's dolphin.

noun

1. plural of cowfish

noun

1. Alternative form of cowflop (“a cowpat”)

noun

1. plural of cowflap

noun

1. A cowpat.

noun

1. plural of cowflop

noun

1. A staff used to carry a cowl or other burden, especially held by two people on their shoulders.

noun

1. A female artisan.

noun

1. plural of craftswoman

noun

1. An item produced by handicraft.

noun

1. A maker of craftwork.

noun

1. (Quebec, Canada, slang, derogatory) A slur against Anglo-Canadians used in some corners of Quebec (including the Gaspé).
2. (South Africa) Various marine crustaceans, rock lobster; especially Jasus lalandii, the Cape crawfish.
3. (Southern US, Midwestern US and Western US) Various freshwater crustaceans, crayfish.

verb

1. (colloquial, Southern US) To backpedal, desert or withdraw (also used with out).

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of crawfish

noun

1. plural of crawfish

noun

1. fishing for crawfish

verb

1. present participle of crawfish

Proper noun

1. derived from several different placenames.

noun

1. As much (of something one dislikes) as one can accept.
2. Enough to fill the craw.

noun

1. A crosswise flow.

verb

1. To flow across, or in a contrary direction.

noun

1. (obsolete) A kind of campion.

noun

1. Any of many plants, mostly of the genus Ranunculus, that have a leaf shaped somewhat like a bird's foot; especially the buttercups

noun

1. plural of crowfoot

noun

1. lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis)
2. ragged robin (Silene flos-cuculi, syn. Lychnis flos-cuculi)

noun

1. Any plant of the genus Nierembergia.

noun

1. (historical) A regulation in feudal Europe by which fires had to be covered up or put out at a certain fixed time in the evening, marked by the ringing of an evening bell.
2. A fireplace accessory designed to bank a fire by completely covering the embers.
3. A signal indicating this time.
4. Any regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time.
5. The evening bell, which continued to be rung in many towns after the regulation itself became obsolete.
6. The time when such restriction begins.

adj

1. Subject to a curfew

noun

1. plural of curfew

noun

1. plural of daffadowndilly

noun

1. (archaic, poetic) daffodil

noun

1. plural of daffodowndilly

noun

1. (informal) the daffodil.

noun

1. Alternative form of daffadowndilly

noun

1. Alternative spelling of data flow

noun

1. Any of several plants, of the genus Commelina, whose flowers last only a day

noun

1. plural of dayflower

verb

1. (obsolete) To flow down.

verb

1. (transitive) To deprive of flowers.
2. (transitive) To deprive of grace and beauty.
3. (transitive) To take the virginity of (somebody), especially a woman or girl.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of deflower

noun

1. One who deflowers.

noun

1. plural of deflowerer

noun

1. The breaking of the hymen of a virgin.

verb

1. present participle of deflower

Noun

1. The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.

verb

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

noun

1. Alternative spelling of Delftware

noun

1. (archaic) A mongrel dog, between a dog and a wolf.

noun

1. The forming of dew.
2. The time when dew begins to form.

noun

1. plural of dewfall

noun

1. Lack of, or exclusion from, fellowship.

verb

1. (transitive) To subject to disfellowshipment.

adj

1. (of a sound) Dull; hollow.
2. Dull; flat; denoting a defect of spirit, animation, or courage; melancholy; gloomy; inactive; listless; lethargic; pithless; vapid; lacking force; frivolous.

noun

1. (meteorology, American spelling) A strong, downward air current; an air pocket or air hole.

adj

1. Having or on a downward oriented face.

adv

1. Further down the face

noun

1. (dogs) A profile characterized by a downward sloping muzzle.
2. The face that is oriented downward.

verb

1. (transitive) To disparage; to cause to lose face.
2. (transitive, archaic, rare) to persist in an assertion in the face of opposition.

noun

1. A precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth.
2. An act of falling down.
3. The cause of such a fall; a critical blow or error.

verb

1. (intransitive) To fall down; deteriorate; decline.

adj

1. (figurative) Having undergone a defeat, or been ousted from a position of authority.
2. Fallen down.
3. crestfallen, depressed, down in the dumps.

verb

1. past participle of downfall.

adj

1. falling downward

noun

1. A downfall.
2. An act of falling downward.

noun

1. plural of downfall

adj

1. (chemistry) Describing an NMR resonance at a higher frequency to that of a reference signal
2. (sports) Toward the defending team's end of the playing field

adv

1. Towards the lower part of a field

noun

1. A downward flow.

noun

1. (geology) A syncline.

adj

1. folded down

noun

1. (automotive, cycling) A shift of a transmission into a lower gear.
2. A change in career or lifestyle to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
3. A change of direction or a movement downwards.
4. A reduction in quality or quantity.

verb

1. (automotive, cycling) To shift (a car or bicycle) into a lower gear.
2. (automotive, cycling) To shift a transmission into a lower gear.
3. To change (one's career or lifestyle) to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
4. To change one's career or lifestyle to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
5. To function at a lower rate; to slacken.
6. To reduce (something) in quality or quantity (as effect, scope, speed, etc.)

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of downshift

noun

1. A social trend towards living a simpler, less ambitious life with a better work-life balance.

verb

1. present participle of downshift

verb

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

noun

1. A woman employed in making drawings.
2. A woman exceptionally skilled in drawing.

noun

1. (rare) The art or craft of a female draftsman.

noun

1. Alternative form of draftswoman

noun

1. A drawer filled with something, or a sufficient quantity of something to fill a drawer

noun

1. The process of smooth filing by working the file sidewise instead of lengthwise.

noun

1. A joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; a drawshave.
2. A tool used for the purpose of making an incision along the path a saw is to follow, to prevent it from tearing the surface of the wood.

verb

1. (transitive) To cut or shave with a drawknife.

noun

1. (US, Rhode Island) An access road to the sea.
2. (mining) A drift, or horizontal passage in a mine.
3. A common road or path for driving cattle.

noun

1. Seaweed brought ashore by the wind.

noun

1. A driving wind; a wind that drives snow, sand, etc., into heaps.

noun

1. A floating piece, or pieces, of wood that drifts with the current of a body of water.
2. Such a piece of wood that has been cast ashore.

noun

1. plural of driftwood

verb

1. present participle of drownproof

adj

1. (especially in botany) Miniature.

noun

1. (astronomy) A star of relatively small size.
2. (mythology) Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves.
3. (now often offensive) A person of short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in relation to the body as compared with typical adults, usually as the result of a genetic condition.
4. An animal, plant or other thing much smaller than the usual of its sort.

verb

1. (intransitive) To become (much) smaller.
2. (transitive) To make appear (much) smaller, puny, tiny.
3. (transitive) To make appear insignificant.
4. (transitive) To render (much) smaller, turn into a dwarf (version).
5. To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of dwarf

adj

1. (horticulture) comparative form of dwarf: more dwarf

adj

1. (horticulture) superlative form of dwarf: most dwarf

noun

1. The situation where something is made to seem (relatively) small or unimportant.

verb

1. present participle of dwarf

adj

1. Like a dwarf; being especially small or stunted.
2. Of, pertaining to, or made by or for dwarves.

adv

1. In a dwarfish manner.

noun

1. The quality of being dwarfish.

noun

1. The condition of being a dwarf (person of short stature).
2. The quality of being puny or inferior.

noun

1. plural of dwarfism

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a dwarf; small, diminutive.

noun

1. A diminutive dwarf.

noun

1. The quality of being a dwarf, or unusually small specimen.

verb

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

adj

1. Much undersized; dwarfish.

verb

1. (rare) To graze; (leatherworking) to remove the outer surface of (a skin) with a knife.

noun

1. krummholz

verb

1. (transitive, poetic) To cover or deck with flowers.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of enflower

verb

1. present participle of enflower

noun

1. (dentistry) A prosthodontic instrument used to transfer functional and aesthetic components from the patient's mouth to the dental articulator.

adv

1. Alternative form of face-down

noun

1. Alternative form of face-down (“a confrontation”)

adv

1. By means of or in terms of the face.

noun

1. (mining) work done at the face, such as the coalface
2. (sociology, psychology) The communicative strategies involved in upholding face, or social prestige.
3. The material of the outside or front side, as of a wall or building.

noun

1. (basketball) A jump shot made while jumping backwards, away from the basket. The goal is to create space between the shooter and the defender, making it much harder to block.
2. (slang) The ending of a personal relationship by stopping any contact with the other party and not providing an explanation.
3. An instance of fading away, of diminishing in proximity or intensity.

noun

1. plural of fadeaway

noun

1. (nautical) A device that improves the streamlining of a vessel.

noun

1. (golf) The area between the tee and the green, where the grass is cut short.
2. (military) A channel either from offshore, in a river, or in a harbor that has enough depth to accommodate the draft of large vessels. (JP 4-01.6)
3. (nautical) A navigable channel in a harbour, offshore etc; the usual course taken by vessels in such places.
4. Any tract of land free from obstacles.

noun

1. plural of fairway

adj

1. Alternative spelling of fair-weather

adv

1. In terms of religious faith.

noun

1. (archaic) trustworthiness

adj

1. (archaic) trustworthy

adj

1. (basketball) Of a shot, taken while moving away from the basket.

noun

1. (basketball) A shot taken while moving away from the basket.

adj

1. (color) Of a pale red or yellow, light brown; dun.
2. (figurative) Inactive; undeveloped.
3. (of agricultural land) Left unworked and uncropped for some amount of time.
4. (of agricultural land) Ploughed but left unseeded for more than one planting season.

noun

1. (agriculture, uncountable) Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year.
2. (agriculture, uncountable) Uncultivated land.
3. The ploughing or tilling of land, without sowing it for a season.

verb

1. (transitive) To make land fallow for agricultural purposes.

adj

1. Of land, ploughed but left unseeded.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of fallow

noun

1. A period during which a field is left fallow.

verb

1. present participle of fallow

noun

1. One who favors the practice of fallowing land.

noun

1. The state or quality of being fallow.

noun

1. plural of fallow (uncultivated land)

verb

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

noun

1. (US) A well or opening, through the successive floors of a factory or warehouse or the decks of a ship, providing access for goods, material, or people.
2. A hydraulic canal, as for a water-powered mill.

noun

1. (engineering) A temporary framework used in the building of bridges and arched structures in order to hold items in place until the structure is able to support itself.
2. (engineering) Scaffolding, a temporary frame serving to support and brace a building under construction until it can stand alone.

noun

1. Any of several flowering plants in different families within the order Caryophyllales.