HANGMAN SOLVER

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

adj

1. Preventing breakage.

adj

1. Slanderous or speaking badly, especially of a person without that person's knowledge.

noun

1. The action of slandering a person without that person's knowledge.

verb

1. present participle of backbite

adv

1. In a backbiting manner.

noun

1. plural of backbiting

adj

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

verb

1. present participle of backcheck

noun

1. (genetics) The crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents or an individual genetically similar to its parent.

verb

1. present participle of backcross

noun

1. The act by which something is backdated.

verb

1. present participle of backdate

verb

1. present participle of backdrop

noun

1. The process by which something is backfilled.

verb

1. present participle of backfill

noun

1. A failure that leads to further misfortune.
2. The occurrence of a backfire.

verb

1. present participle of backfire

verb

1. present participle of backfit

verb

1. present participle of backflip

adj

1. flowing backwards

verb

1. present participle of backflow

verb

1. present participle of backhand

verb

1. present participle of backhaul

adj

1. (music) Providing support for the main performer.

noun

1. (music) Musicians and vocalists who support the main performer.
2. (television, film) A backdrop.
3. A liner or other material added behind or underneath.
4. Support, especially financial.
5. The action of putting something back; a switching into reverse.
6. The mounting of a horse or other animal.

verb

1. present participle of back

noun

1. plural of backing

verb

1. present participle of backlash

noun

1. The illumination of a photographic subject from the rear, causing edges to glow while other areas remain in shadow.

verb

1. present participle of backlight

verb

1. present participle of backlist

noun

1. (transport) The transportation of cargo or shipment on a return trip, using the space already paid for and used for the outward leg.

verb

1. present participle of backload

verb

1. present participle of backlog

noun

1. hiking and camping overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack.
2. low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodations.

verb

1. present participle of backpack

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. (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 backscratch

verb

1. present participle of backset

noun

1. (surveying) A measurement of a previously shot point, used to set the angle to zero when occupying a new position.
2. (surveying) A measurement or reading taken back towards a point of known elevation, used to calculate the height of the surveying instrument (theodolite, transit, total station).
3. The rear sight of a firearm.

verb

1. (surveying) To shoot a backsight.

noun

1. action of the verb to backslap

verb

1. present participle of backslap

adj

1. sliding back

noun

1. An occasion on which one backslides, especially in a moral sense.

verb

1. present participle of backslide

verb

1. present participle of backspace

verb

1. present participle of backsplice

noun

1. The act of one who backstabs.

verb

1. present participle of backstab

verb

1. present participle of backstitch

verb

1. present participle of backstop

verb

1. present participle of backstroke

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. (aviation) The usage of a runway as a taxiway, especially at private strips and smaller airports.
2. (computer science) The act of building all possible solutions to a problem incrementally, abandoning any candidate solution if it cannot lead to a valid solution.
3. (countable, uncountable) The act of one who, or that which, backtracks; a retracing of one's steps.

verb

1. present participle of backtrack

noun

1. A form of water treatment in which water is pumped backwards through the filter media, sometimes with intermittent use of compressed air.

verb

1. present participle of backwind

adj

1. Similar to a badger.
2. Similar to that of a badger.

noun

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

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a bag.

noun

1. The manufacture of bags.

adj

1. (figuratively) Of a person, an object, or the weather: very hot; boiling, broiling, roasting.
2. That bakes.

noun

1. (countable) The production of a batch of baked product.
2. An action in which something is baked.
3. The way in which something is baked.

verb

1. present participle of bake.

adv

1. So as to bake.

noun

1. plural of baking

verb

1. present participle of bakshish

verb

1. present participle of balkanise

verb

1. present participle of balkanize

noun

1. A frustration or disappointment; a check.

verb

1. present participle of balk

adv

1. in a balking manner

noun

1. (aviation) A horizontal turn.
2. (rail transport) The practice of assisting a train up a steep incline (called a bank) with another locomotive at the rear.
3. A mechanical component to prevent vibration in a timepiece, etc.
4. The business of managing a bank.
5. The occupation of managing or working in a bank.

verb

1. present participle of bank

noun

1. plural of banking

verb

1. present participle of bankroll

verb

1. present participle of bankrupt

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a barge.

verb

1. present participle of barken

adj

1. (British slang) Clipping of barking mad.

noun

1. The action of the verb to bark.

verb

1. present participle of bark

adv

1. With barking sounds.

noun

1. (Australia, New Zealand) The act of cheering for or supporting a team.
2. An act of jeering or heckling.

verb

1. present participle of barrack

noun

1. The manufacture of barrels.

Proper noun

1. A town in Hampshire, England

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. The act of one who basks.

verb

1. present participle of bask

verb

1. present participle of batik

noun

1. Alternative form of balking

verb

1. present participle of baulk

verb

1. present participle of bechalk

verb

1. present participle of becloak

verb

1. present participle of bedarken

noun

1. The skill or act of making beds (arranging the sheets, etc.).

noun

1. The making of beer.

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a beggar: poor, wheedling, insolent, etc.

noun

1. The manufacture of bells.

noun

1. The manufacture of belts.

noun

1. A performance measurement according to a benchmark.

verb

1. present participle of benchmark

verb

1. present participle of bespeak

verb

1. present participle of betake

verb

1. present participle of bethank

verb

1. present participle of bivouac

noun

1. An instance, or action, of a person being blackballed

verb

1. present participle of blackball

noun

1. (UK, Australia) The practice of kidnapping Pacific Islanders, or kanakas, for sale as cheap labour.

verb

1. present participle of blackbird

noun

1. (countable) The result or an instance of such an act or process; a black stain or mark.
2. (uncountable) The act or process of turning (becoming) black in colour.
3. Any of various (dark-colored) surface treatments for metal substrates, to inhibit corrosion; on steel, generally, synonym of bluing.
4. The act of defaming or sullying.

verb

1. present participle of blacken

noun

1. plural of blackening

noun

1. (slang, of a non-black person) The practice of appropriating signifiers of black identity, such as darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles.

verb

1. present participle of blackfish

noun

1. Blackguardly behaviour or language.

verb

1. To make blackguardly.

noun

1. A boycott, usually as part of an industrial dispute.
2. A preparation, containing lampblack, used to produce a shiny black coating.
3. Shoe polish.

verb

1. present participle of black

noun

1. plural of blacking

verb

1. present participle of blackjack

noun

1. The practice of working in place of those who are engaged in a strike.

verb

1. present participle of blackleg

noun

1. The character or actions of a blackleg.

noun

1. Alternative form of black light (“ultraviolet bulb”)

noun

1. The act of placing onto a blacklist.

verb

1. present participle of blacklist

noun

1. The act of one who blackmails.

verb

1. present participle of blackmail

noun

1. the business of a blacksmith

verb

1. present participle of blacksmith

verb

1. present participle of blacktop

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

noun

1. (countable) A layer of something that covers like a blanket.
2. (nautical, slang) A manoeuvre in which one vessel covers or becalms another with its sails.
3. (rail transport) Provision of a layer under the trackbed to prevent clay subsoil and water being forced to the surface by the weight of trains.
4. (uncountable, countable) Cloth for making blankets.
5. (uncountable, countable) The act or punishment of tossing in a blanket.

verb

1. present participle of blanket

noun

1. The manufacture of blankets.

noun

1. (television) The reduction of the brightness of the scanning beam to zero when it needs to be moved without updating the picture.
2. A metalworking process to form the rough shape of a sheet-metal workpiece.
3. An instance of something being blanked out.

verb

1. present participle of blank

verb

1. present participle of blockade

noun

1. The manufacture of blocks for use in printing.
2. The manufacture of nautical blocks.

noun

1. The manufacture of boilers.

noun

1. The manufacture of bolts.

noun

1. The art or practice of compiling books from the writings of others.
2. The art or profession of determining odds and receiving and paying off bets, especially bets on the outcome of sporting events.

noun

1. plural of bookmaking

verb

1. present participle of bookmark

noun

1. The making of boots.

noun

1. The manufacture of bottles.

noun

1. The manufacture of bows (for archery or for musical instruments).

noun

1. The manufacture of boxes.

noun

1. (architecture) A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively.
2. The act of enclosing (text, etc.) in brackets.

verb

1. present participle of bracket

noun

1. The act of applying brakes.

verb

1. present participle of brake

noun

1. The making of bread.

noun

1. The act of eating breakfast.

verb

1. present participle of breakfast

noun

1. (linguistics) A change of a vowel to a diphthong.
2. (music) A form of ornamentation in which groups of short notes are used instead of long ones.
3. Breakdancing.
4. The act by which something is broken.

verb

1. present participle of break

noun

1. plural of breaking

adj

1. Very surprising or shocking; to such a degree as to cause astonishment.
2. stunningly beautiful; amazing

adv

1. In a breathtaking manner.
2. To a degree that causes shock or awe; shockingly.