HANGMAN SOLVER

noun

1. The tiny lifeforms that float and drift in the air, carried by the current of the wind.

noun

1. (nautical) The compartment nearest the stern in the hold of a ship

noun

1. A small tree of New Zealand (Olearia furfuracea).

noun

1. plural of akepiro

noun

1. a stout adjustable walking stick with a metal point, used by mountain climbers and walkers in hilly or uneven terrain

noun

1. A mountain-climber, especially one that uses an alpenstock.

noun

1. plural of alpenstock

noun

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

noun

1. One who opposes a skeptical viewpoint.

noun

1. Opposition to a skeptical viewpoint.

adv

1. (nautical, of an anchor) In a vertical line, the cable having been sufficiently hove in to bring the ship over it.

adv

1. (nautical) Alternative form of apeak

adj

1. Given to servile imitation.
2. Similar to an ape in appearance or movement.

noun

1. An alcoholic drink similar to apple brandy and calvados, made by freeze-distilling ("jacking") apple cider.

noun

1. plural of applejack

adj

1. Prickling.

adj

1. Resembling an apron.

adj

1. Sparkling.

noun

1. (organic chemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the phosphorylation of the amino acid aspartate, the first step in the biosynthesis of three essential amino acids: methionine, lysine, and threonine.

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of asphalt.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backdrop

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backflip

adj

1. Wearing a backpack.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backpack

noun

1. (music, slang) A fan or performer of backpack rap.
2. A traveler whose luggage consists of a backpack; especially, such a traveler who uses hostels, public transport, and other inexpensive services.

noun

1. A hostel catering to backpackers.
2. plural of backpacker

verb

1. (intransitive) To pedal backwards on a bicycle.
2. (intransitive) To step backwards.
3. (intransitive, idiomatic) To distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement; back off from an idea.

verb

1. (US) simple past tense and past participle of backpedal

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

verb

1. (British spelling) simple past tense and past participle of backpedal

noun

1. A decorated comb that attaches a veil to the back of a bride's head.
2. A large tattoo on a person's back.
3. A piece or plate of armour protecting a person's back.

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. (UK, automotive) A rigid metal plate inside the brake drum, which supports the wheel cylinder, brake shoes, and other parts of a drum brake.
2. (underwater diving) A plate harnessed to a diver's back, to which the gas cylinders are attached.
3. A metal plate on the rear of a computer's casing, used to cover a port or slot.
4. A plate protecting a fighting person's back.
5. A wood or metal (or glass, etc) plate that serves as a backing for an object.
6. Part of a condenser microphone that sits behind the diaphragm and which acts, in conjunction with the diaphragm, as a sort of variable capacitor.

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. (computing) A keyboard key used for removing a character behind the cursor, and moving the cursor one position backwards.
2. (computing) The non-printable text character representing a backspace.
3. The key on a typewriter that moves the head one position backwards.

verb

1. (computing) To move a magnetic tape to a previous block.
2. (computing) To remove a character behind a cursor.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backspace

noun

1. A mechanism in a typewriter that controls backspacing.

noun

1. plural of backspace

verb

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

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. simple past tense and past participle of backstop

adj

1. Swept back.

noun

1. (Atlantic Canada) The cloudberry, Rubus chamaemorus

noun

1. The role or status of a baker.

noun

1. A shop where baked goods are made and sold.

noun

1. plural of bakeshop

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. (informal) a bartender

noun

1. A bartender: a person preparing and serving drinks at a bar.

noun

1. plural of barkeeper

noun

1. plural of barkeep

noun

1. A person who maintains hives and keeps bees, especially for the production of honey.

noun

1. plural of beekeeper

noun

1. The practice or profession of keeping and caring for bees.

verb

1. (archaic) simple past tense of bespeak

noun

1. (archaic) A request for a specific performance; a benefit performance, by a patron.

verb

1. (intransitive) To speak up or out; exclaim; speak.
2. (transitive) To betoken; show; indicate; foretell; suggest; allude to.
3. (transitive) To speak about; tell of; relate; discuss.
4. (transitive) To speak for beforehand; engage in advance; make arrangements for; order or reserve in advance.
5. (transitive) To stipulate, solicit, ask for, or request, as in a favour.
6. (transitive, archaic) To forbode; foretell.
7. (transitive, archaic, poetic) To speak to; address.

noun

1. One who bespeaks.

verb

1. present participle of bespeak

verb

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

verb

1. To add speckles.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of bespeckle

adj

1. Individually or custom made.
2. Relating to someone who makes custom-made products, especially clothing items.

verb

1. (archaic) past participle of bespeak
2. simple past tense of bespeak

adj

1. (obsolete) betrothed or engaged to be married (compare with: spoken for)

verb

1. past participle of bespeak

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. A person who steals books

noun

1. A mental disorder that produces a compulsion to steal books.

noun

1. Someone who suffers from bibliokleptomania.

adj

1. Resembling, or pertaining to a bishop.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of blacktop

noun

1. (historical) A person who operated small-crew open fishing boats and fishing rooms on the shores around Newfoundland in the early 19th century.
2. A person in charge of a boat.

verb

1. Alternative spelling of book-keep

noun

1. (accounting) A person responsible for keeping records or documents, such as of a business.
2. A bookseller

noun

1. plural of bookkeeper

noun

1. (accounting) The skill or practice of keeping books or systematic records of financial transactions, e.g. income and expenses.
2. (computing) General tasks for maintaining a system.

verb

1. present participle of bookkeep

noun

1. plural of bookkeeping

verb

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

noun

1. A printed piece of paper pasted on one of the pages of a book, most often on the inside front cover, showing ownership and thus deterring theft.

verb

1. (transitive) To affix a bookplate to (a book).

noun

1. plural of bookplate

noun

1. (now historical) A theatre attendant in charge of the boxes.

noun

1. (meteorology) A location referred to when issuing watches, warnings, or advisories for specific areas.
2. (physics) The point where surface water waves are breaking in, e.g., oceans or lakes.
3. (programming) A point in a program at which operation may be interrupted during debugging so that the state of the program at that point can be investigated.
4. (web development) A particular size at which a web page is designed to switch to a different layout.

verb

1. (programming, transitive) To flag with a breakpoint.

noun

1. plural of breakpoint

noun

1. (Alaska and northern Canada, seasons, time) The time of year during which winter ice covering bodies of water disintegrates; more generally, spring.
2. A loss of emotional control; a breakdown.
3. The act of breaking up; disintegration or division.
4. The termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship.

noun

1. plural of breakup

noun

1. One who guards (or keeps) a bridge.

noun

1. The role or position of a broker.

noun

1. Alternative spelling of bucket shop

noun

1. A horse that buckjumps.
2. One who takes part in buckjumping.

adj

1. Wearing a calpack.

noun

1. A soft sheepskin leather especially used for gloves.

noun

1. plural of capeskin