HANGMAN SOLVER

noun

1. (uncommon, usually in the plural) Other members of the genus Abelmoschus, such as okra.
2. The edible and aromatic seed pods (properly, capsules) of the Abelmoschus moschatus.
3. The tropical evergreen shrub Abelmoschus moschatus itself.

noun

1. plural of abelmosk

noun

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of abelmosk in its various senses.

noun

1. plural of anklebone

adj

1. (mechanics) Countering or preventing backlash (jarring reflex motion in machinery).

noun

1. Antiblack sentiments or politics.

adj

1. Capable of being consulted for an answer.
2. Capable of being stated as a question.

noun

1. plural of backblock

adj

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

noun

1. cowardice; spinelessness

noun

1. plural of backfield

noun

1. plural of backfill

verb

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

noun

1. Synonym of flashback (“dramatic device”)
2. The hazardous situation where the flame propagates backward down the hose of an oxyfuel welding and cutting system.

verb

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

noun

1. plural of backland

noun

1. (figurative) A negative reaction, objection or outcry, especially of a violent or abrupt nature.
2. (mechanics) The looseness through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, gear, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, or a measurement of the distance moved thereby; either intentional (as allowance) or unintentional (from error or wear).
3. A sudden backward motion.
4. The jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion.

verb

1. To cause or set off a backlash.

adj

1. Having a backlash.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backlash

noun

1. A participant in a backlash

noun

1. plural of backlasher

noun

1. plural of backlash

verb

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

verb

1. present participle of backlash

adj

1. (of a person) having an uncovered back, having a back that shows skin
2. having no back, said of things that typically have backs, such as chairs or dresses

noun

1. (publishing) A list of older books available from a publisher, as opposed to the frontlist of more recent titles.

verb

1. (transitive) To hold back a student's application (to a college etc.) based on whether a preferred candidate declines their offer.
2. (transitive, publishing) To place (a book) on a backlist.

verb

1. present participle of backlist

verb

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

noun

1. plural of backlog

noun

1. plural of backplane

noun

1. One living in the back or outlying districts of a community.

verb

1. To enthusiastically affirm or congratulate a person, especially by patting them on the back.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backslap

noun

1. One who makes a show of liking another person with profuse or excessive displays of camaraderie, such as vigorous hand clasping, back-slapping, hearty words of greeting, etc.

noun

1. plural of backslapper

noun

1. action of the verb to backslap

verb

1. present participle of backslap

verb

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

noun

1. (computing, rare, proscribed) Used erroneously in reference to, or in reading out, the ordinary slash, that is, the punctuation mark /.
2. The punctuation mark \.
3. |passage= […] I was trying to find a web-site for which I had been given the following address: http://www.isop.ucla.edu/pacrim/pubs/korjournal.htm. […] I began to work backwards, removing first the last part of the address following the last backslash (/korjournal.htm).}}

verb

1. (computing, transitive) To escape (a metacharacter) by prepending a backslash that serves as an escape character, thereby forming an escape sequence.

noun

1. plural of backslash

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backslide

verb

1. past participle of backslide

noun

1. (dance) A dance move in which the feet are alternately slid back and the heels lifted, giving the illusion of walking forwards while actually moving backwards.
2. A backward regression; a reverting back to a worse state.

verb

1. (Christianity) To revert back into a life of sin after being saved.
2. To regress; to slip backwards or revert to a previous, worse state.
3. To shirk responsibility; to renege on one's obligations or commitments.

noun

1. A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.
2. She married him thinking to change his ways, and for a while he got religion, but he was ever a backslider; she soon began finding bottles stashed about the house.

noun

1. plural of backslider

noun

1. plural of backslide

verb

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

adj

1. sliding back

noun

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

verb

1. present participle of backslide

noun

1. plural of backsplash

noun

1. Such a knot

verb

1. To secure the ends of a twisted rope within the rope itself in order to prevent fraying

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backsplice

verb

1. present participle of backsplice

noun

1. (Scotland) The edible seaweed Alaria esculenta

noun

1. plural of bailiwick

adj

1. Without a baker.

Proper noun

1. A major city in California, USA

Proper noun

1. an unincorporated community in Mercer County, New Jersey, USA.
2. a town in North Carolina, USA, and the county seat of Mitchell County.
3. an unincorporated community in Coshocton County, Ohio, USA.

noun

1. plural of baklava

noun

1. plural of baklawa

noun

1. plural of balalaika

noun

1. plural of baldrick

verb

1. Alternative spelling of balkanize

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of balkanise

verb

1. present participle of balkanise

noun

1. Alternative letter-case form of Balkanism

Proper noun

1. A geographical region in the southeast of Europe, roughly equivalent to the area covered by Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia (and Kosovo), sometimes including Romania and Slovenia.

noun

1. plural of balker

adj

1. superlative form of balky: most balky

noun

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

adj

1. (obsolete, rare) uneven; ridgy

noun

1. plural of balkline

noun

1. plural of balk

verb

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

noun

1. plural of ballhawk

noun

1. Alternative form of bollocks

noun

1. plural of ballpark

verb

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

noun

1. (printing, historical) The handle of a printer's ball.

noun

1. plural of bankroller

noun

1. plural of bankroll

verb

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

noun

1. (India, historical) A warehouse.
2. (India, historical) The office of a harbormaster or other port authority.

noun

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

adj

1. (of a dog) That does not bark.
2. Without bark (the tree covering).

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a base (in various senses).

noun

1. Alternative spelling of bashlyk

noun

1. A protective cone-shaped hood with lappets for wrapping around the neck, used especially by Turks and Cossacks.

noun

1. plural of bashlyk

adj

1. Suggesting a basilisk (snake-like dragon): baleful, spellbinding.

noun

1. (heraldry) A type of dragon used in heraldry.
2. (science fiction) An infohazard or cognitohazard, especially a Langford's basilisk.
3. A mythical snake-like dragon, so venomous that even its gaze was deadly.
4. A tree-dwelling type of lizard of the genus Basiliscus: the basilisk lizard.
5. A type of large brass cannon.

noun

1. plural of basilisk

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a basin.

Proper noun

1. A serif typeface from the 18th century.

noun

1. (countable) The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball.
2. (sports, uncountable) A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop.

verb

1. To play basketball
2. To throw in a similar way to when shooting a basketball

noun

1. (informal) A basketball player; a person who plays basketball.

noun

1. plural of basketball

noun

1. The amount that will fit into a basket

noun

1. plural of basketful

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a basket.

adj

1. superlative form of baulky: most baulky

noun

1. plural of baulk

verb

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

adj

1. Not having a beak.

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

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a beast.

verb

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

verb

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

verb

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

noun

1. plural of belleek

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a bellows (device for delivering pressurized air).

adv

1. (nautical) Below the main deck of a ship.

noun

1. (historical) A silver coin of the Ottoman Empire.

verb

1. To add speckles.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of bespeckle

verb

1. (archaic, transitive) To sprinkle.

adj

1. Sprinkled.

noun

1. One who or that which besprinkles.

verb

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

verb

1. present participle of besprinkle

noun

1. plural of beylik

noun

1. plural of bilker

verb

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

noun

1. plural of billhook

noun

1. Someone who sticks up advertisements on billboards, walls, and similar surfaces.

noun

1. Synonym of billposting