HANGMAN SOLVER

noun

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

noun

1. homogentisic acid

noun

1. (medicine) A rare inherited genetic disorder of phenylalanine and tyrosine metabolism, causing the accumulation and eventual excretion of alkapton.

adj

1. Relating to alkaptonuria

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. Alternative form of apocatastasis

adj

1. Alternative form of apocatastatic

noun

1. A troparion chanted at Orthodox Christian worship services, summarizing the feast being celebrated that day.

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.

noun

1. (baseball) A wall or fence behind home plate.
2. (baseball, slang) A catcher; the position of catcher.
3. (cricket, dated) The longstop.
4. (cricket, dated) The wicket-keeper.
5. (espionage) Something serving to bolster or support a cover story etc.
6. (rounders) The player who stands immediately behind the striking base.
7. A default arrangement that holds if all else fails.
8. A thing or a person put in the rear or in the back of something to reinforce, hold, support.

verb

1. (transitive) To bolster, support.
2. (transitive) To serve as backstop for.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backstop

verb

1. present participle of backstop

noun

1. plural of backstop

verb

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

adj

1. Alternative spelling of bathykolpian

adj

1. (rare) Deep-bosomed.

noun

1. (biology) plankton living in the bathyal zone

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.

noun

1. (US, countable) A paved area on a schoolground reserved for recess activities, often doubling as a parking lot.
2. (US, countable) A road so paved.
3. (US, uncountable) Asphalt concrete or similar bituminous black paving material used for the surface of roads (e.g., tarmacadam, tarmac).

verb

1. (US) To pave with blacktop.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of blacktop

verb

1. present participle of blacktop

verb

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form 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.

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. (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. Alternative spelling of bucket shop

noun

1. carpeting generally

noun

1. Any of a group of butterflies of the subfamily Nymphalinae whose wings bear a checkered, spotted pattern.

noun

1. (computing) A situation, often represented by a point in time, at which the state of a database system is known to be valid, and to which it can be returned in the event of a crisis by using a combination of backups and logs; the data stored at this event.
2. (video games) A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart from if they choose to.
3. A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection

verb

1. To set a checkpoint.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of checkpoint

verb

1. present participle of checkpoint

noun

1. plural of checkpoint

noun

1. A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of the collar, to keep the collar in place.

noun

1. (ethnic slur) An Asian person.
2. (usually in the plural) An East Asian eating utensil usually used as a pair and held in one hand to grip pieces of food or occasionally to mix liquids or scoop up small pieces of food. The utensil is a stick, usually made of wood and measuring approximately 23cm (10 inches) in length.

verb

1. (transitive, intransitive, informal) To pick up (food) using chopsticks.

noun

1. plural of chopstick

noun

1. (Jamaica) A valley surrounded by steep forested slopes.
2. (figurative) A site of conflict; a battlefield.
3. (figurative) An area from where something is controlled or managed; a centre of control.
4. (nautical) A well, usually near the stern, where the helm is located.
5. (nautical, now historical) The area set aside for junior officers including the ship's surgeon on a man-of-war, where the wounded were treated; the sickbay.
6. (now chiefly historical) A pit or other enclosure for cockfighting.
7. (vulgar, slang) The vagina.
8. The compartment in an aircraft in which the pilot sits and from where the craft is controlled; an analogous area in a spacecraft.
9. The driver's compartment in a racing car (or, by extension, in a sports car or other automobile).

noun

1. plural of cockpit

adj

1. Having some similarity to a computer.

noun

1. (informal, dated) A computer enthusiast.

noun

1. plural of computernik

noun

1. One who partakes in something with others.

noun

1. (historical) A stick or switch used among some Native Americans for making or counting a coup.

adj

1. (informal) Eccentric or impractical.

noun

1. (informal) An eccentric, crazy or foolish person.
2. (informal) Someone addicted to crack cocaine (i.e. a drug addict).

noun

1. plural of crackpot

noun

1. The flowering plant Arum maculatum that has arrow-shaped leaves and a cluster of scarlet berries.
2. The related plant Arum italicum.

noun

1. plural of cuckoopint

adj

1. (computing) Of an application or website, designed to be run or viewed on a personal computer.
2. Designed for use on a desk or similar piece of furniture.

noun

1. (computing) A desktop computer.
2. (computing) A personal computer, as opposed to computers for business or server purposes.
3. (computing, graphical user interface) The main graphical user interface of an operating system, usually displaying icons, windows and background wallpaper.
4. (computing, graphical user interface, synecdoche) The wallpaper of this interface.
5. The top surface of a desk.

noun

1. plural of desktop

noun

1. (biology) A dikaryotic mycelium.

adj

1. Alternative form of ectodynamorphic

noun

1. Plankton normally living in the top hundred fathoms of a body of water (at a depth of about 180 metres or less).

adj

1. Relating to epiplankton

noun

1. Alternative form of episcotister

noun

1. (zoology) A pelagic morph capable of sexual reproduction.

noun

1. (archaic) A laughing stock.

noun

1. A process of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially one characterized by uncritical acceptance of or conformity to a perceived majority view.

noun

1. (biology) oceanic plankton

noun

1. Alternative form of hectograph

noun

1. (biology) Any organism that spends all of its life-cycle as plankton

adj

1. Of or pertaining to holoplankton

noun

1. Any of various drepanid moths.

noun

1. Alternative spelling of hoop skirt

noun

1. A hotelier; a hotel owner.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of housekeep

noun

1. Alternative form of hypercatabolism

noun

1. plural of hyperkeratosis

noun

1. (pathology) Excess keratin formation on the skin surface, as can be seen in a number of dermatologic conditions.

adj

1. Of, pertaining to, or suffering from hyperkeratosis

noun

1. The condition of having an unusually high leukocyte count.

adj

1. Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting hypokinesis

adj

1. (anatomy) Beneath the endoskeleton; hypaxial.

verb

1. (transitive, rare) To place into a pocket.

noun

1. A pot for holding ink; inkwell.

noun

1. plural of inkpot

noun

1. (Western US) A difficult situation.
2. (forestry) A concentration of surface wood or fuel.
3. (pinball) A large accumulated point bonus, originally awarded after a long set of actions but now often easily available in multiball modes.
4. A jumble of felled timber.
5. A large cash prize or money.
6. A money prize pool which accumulates until the conditions are met for it to be won.
7. An unexpected windfall or reward.

verb

1. (of a slot machine, intransitive) To issue a jackpot.

noun

1. plural of jackpot

noun

1. (sports) An athletic supporter worn by men and boys to support the genitals during strenuous exercise.

noun

1. plural of jockstrap

noun

1. Alternative form of cacotopia

noun

1. a rare mineral, a form of KAlSiO₄, found in volcanic rocks in parts of Italy

noun

1. (archaic) A kind of elastic floorcloth, made of India rubber, gutta-percha, linseed oil, and powdered cork.

noun

1. (genetics) A record of such characteristics, usually photographic.
2. (genetics) The observed characteristics (number, type, shape, etc) of the chromosomes of an individual or species.
3. (obsolete, genetics) A group of individuals or species that have the same chromosomal characteristics.

verb

1. To investigate or record such characteristics

adj

1. (genetics) Of or pertaining to karyotypes

adj

1. Relating to, or characteristic of a karyotype

noun

1. The separation and identification of karyotypes

verb

1. present participle of karyotype

noun

1. Alternative spelling of catagelophobia

noun

1. (geology) Any form of metamorphism that occurs near the Earth's surface

noun

1. Alternative form of cataphoresis

adj

1. Alternative form of cataphoretic

adj

1. Alternative form of cataphoric

noun

1. A venomous spider, Latrodectus katipo, endemic to New Zealand.