HANGMAN SOLVER

Proper noun

1. A city in southwest Nigeria.

adj

1. Yielding alkalis.

adj

1. Producing or generating alkali.

noun

1. The territory or dignity of an archduke or archduchess; an archduchy.

noun

1. plural of archdukedom

adj

1. Alternative form of arrhenotokous

adj

1. (zoology) Relating to arrhenotoky; producing males from unfertilized eggs.

noun

1. A visual illusion in which a stationary source of light appears to move.
2. Spontaneous or voluntary movement; movement due to an internal cause.

noun

1. autokinesis

adj

1. (historical) Of a fire-alarm telegraphy system, arranged so that when one alarm is being transmitted, no other alarm, sent in from another point, will be transmitted until after the first alarm has been disposed of.
2. Moving by itself or automatically.

noun

1. One who manufactures automobiles; typically used to refer to a large corporation such as General Motors.

adj

1. Like an automaton; robotic.

noun

1. (zoology) The true skeleton of a sponge, composed of elements secreted by the sponge itself.

noun

1. plural of autoworker

noun

1. plural of backcourtman

adj

1. (computing) (of a task) Made non-interactive
2. Moved to the background

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of background

noun

1. (chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives basic details on subjects that are likely to be mentioned.
2. A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation.
3. A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon.

noun

1. (US, Canada, euphemistic) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
2. (now dialect) An outbuilding behind the main building.

noun

1. plural of backhouse

noun

1. (UK dialectal) Bakery.
2. A building or an apartment used for the preparing and baking of bread and other baked goods.
3. A building principally containing ovens.

noun

1. plural of bakehouse

noun

1. The act of heating a material in a vacuum in order to drive off volatile components

Noun

1. A member of one of the historical aboriginal peoples of Canada.

Proper noun

1. The extinct language of these people.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of bivouac

noun

1. (US) One who engages in blockbusting (technique encouraging people to sell property).
2. (informal) Something, especially an event or a film, book or other creative work, that is intended to achieve high sales (perhaps indicated by large budgets or high advertising spending) or that is conceived on a large or epic scale
3. (informal) Something, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales, as opposed to a box office bomb.
4. (slang) Anything very large or powerful; a whopper.
5. A high-explosive bomb used for the purposes of demolishing extensive areas, such as a city block.
6. A large firework of the firecracker type; an M-80.

noun

1. plural of blockbuster

noun

1. (dated) A temporary wooden fortification with a projecting upper story.
2. A reinforced building from which to control hazardous operations, such as an explosion or a rocket launch.
3. A sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports.

noun

1. plural of blockhouse

noun

1. (by extension) Any parasite.
2. (by extension) One who attempts to take as much from others as possible; a leech.
3. A vampire.
4. An animal that drinks the blood of others, especially by sucking blood through a puncture wound; a hemovore.
5. The changeable lizard (Calotes versicolor).

noun

1. plural of bloodsucker

adj

1. Resembling a blouse.

noun

1. A blank booklet of lined paper used in the administration of examinations, so named because of its pale blue front and back covers.

verb

1. (law) To format a document, particularly a legal document including citations, according to the rules of the Bluebook, a US style guide.

noun

1. plural of bluebook

noun

1. (historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.
2. (historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament
3. (usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.

adj

1. Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.

noun

1. (colloquial) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.

noun

1. plural of bluestocking

noun

1. The American woodcock.

noun

1. Alternative form of bontebok (“South African antelope”)

noun

1. plural of bontebuck

noun

1. Any of the small insects who feed on bookbindings, especially those of the order Psocoptera.

noun

1. (woodworking) Obsolete form of buhl work.

noun

1. (Internet) An automated response to an email, indicating that it could not be delivered.
2. (marketing) A customized order form sent out with previously ordered goods, encouraging the customer to make a further order, perhaps motivated by a discount or free gift.
3. A rebound.
4. An economic recovery.

adj

1. Of a book, film, or other work: leading its author to mainstream success.

noun

1. (aviation) The point at which visibility returns after passing through cloud.
2. A breakdown of statistics; a detailed view of component parts.
3. A room in a hotel etc. that can be taken by a smaller group at a large conference.
4. An escape from any restrictive or confining situation.
5. An escape from prison.
6. An outbreak (sudden eruption of disease etc.).

noun

1. plural of breakout

adj

1. (immunology) Involving the contraction of a disease by a person with a decreased susceptibility, such as a person who has been vaccinated to help prevent that disease.
2. (medicine) The emergence or one or more symptoms of a condition despite medication or other medical treatment.
3. Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.

noun

1. (construction) The penetration of a separating wall or the remaining distance to an adjacent hollow (a crosscut in mining) or between two parts of a tunnel build from both ends; knockthrough.
2. (military) An advance through and past enemy lines.
3. (sports) The penetration of the opposition's defence.
4. Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle.

noun

1. plural of breakthrough

noun

1. Alternative spelling of buckaroo

noun

1. plural of buckeroo

noun

1. Alternative spelling of bucket shop

adj

1. Having buckteeth

noun

1. A building providing sleeping quarters for workers or guests, especially in a rural setting.

noun

1. plural of bunkhouse

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of bunko

adj

1. (in combination) Having some specific type of buttocks

noun

1. (mining, historical) A worker who gets coal off at a longwall face.
2. (wrestling) One who uses the cross-buttock throw.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of buttonhook

adj

1. Resembling a button.

noun

1. (archaic) A place for the storage of cakes of material, such as seedcake.
2. (archaic) A place where cakes are sold.

adj

1. Causing canker; ulcerating.
2. Infected with canker; ulcerous.

adj

1. Given to or marked by an ill-tempered, quarrelsome nature; ill-tempered, cranky, crabby.

adv

1. In a cantankerous manner.

noun

1. The state of being cantankerous.

noun

1. (Internet, by extension) The process of confirming and paying for an online purchase.
2. (darts) The number of points that a player scores on their final, winning visit to the oche.
3. A test to see if some device is functioning properly.
4. An inspection or investigation.
5. The place in a supermarket where this is done.
6. The process of checking out items at a supermarket or library.
7. The process of checking out of a hotel, or the latest time to vacate a room in one.

noun

1. plural of checkout

noun

1. A folder or booklet containing preprinted cheques for use by the holder of a bank account

noun

1. Alternative form of checkerwork

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a chorus.

noun

1. (US) A pothole.

noun

1. plural of chuckhole

adj

1. Causing chuckles; humorous.

Noun

1. A chuck; a pebble.

noun

1. (architecture) A house or dwelling featuring a large visible clock on its exterior.
2. (architecture) A part of a building featuring such a clock; the section of a clocktower in which the clock is housed.

adj

1. Resembling a cloud or clouds; thus, often, fluffy

noun

1. (historical) A sachem or leader in certain Native American groups.

noun

1. Any of the coarse composite weeds of the genus Xanthium, with a prickly fruit.

noun

1. (vulgar) plural of cocksucker

adj

1. (informal) Too confident; overconfident.

adv

1. In a cocksure manner.

noun

1. the state or condition of being cocksure

noun

1. The condition of being cocksure

noun

1. Archaic form of coconut.

adj

1. Having some similarity to a computer.

noun

1. (informal, dated) A computer enthusiast.

noun

1. plural of computernik

noun

1. A small building where cooking takes place.

noun

1. plural of cookhouse

noun

1. (usually capitalized) A person who is a native or resident of the U.S. state of Nebraska.
2. A person or device that removes husks from corn.

noun

1. A manufacturer of couches.

noun

1. Alternative form of counter-attack

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of counterattack

noun

1. One who carries out a counterattack.

verb

1. present participle of counterattack

noun

1. plural of counterattack; alternative spelling of counter-attacks

verb

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counterattack; alternative spelling of counter-attacks

noun

1. A blockade set up in opposition to another blockade.

noun

1. plural of counterblockade

noun

1. A restriction or limit.
2. A second check (in order to confirm or deny a previous one).

verb

1. To recheck.
2. To restrict or limit by counteracting.

adj

1. (US, Canada) Moving or located in the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.

adv

1. (US, Canada) In the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.

noun

1. (farriery) An artificial cavity made in the teeth of horses that have outgrown their natural mark, to disguise their age.
2. A mark or token added to those already existing, as a security or proof.

verb

1. (transitive) To apply a countermark to.

verb

1. simple past tense of countersink

noun

1. A shock that travels in the opposite direction to an applied impulse

noun

1. a cylindrical recess, typically machined around a hole to admit a screw so that it sits flush with a surface.

verb

1. (transitive) To cause to sink even with or below the surface.
2. (transitive) To create such a conical recess.

verb

1. present participle of countersink

noun

1. plural of countersink

verb

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

noun

1. (dated) counterfoil

noun

1. (military, sports) The tactic of counterattacking

verb

1. (intransitive) To perform a counterstrike.

noun

1. A blow given in return.
2. A retaliation.

adj

1. (of a bolt or screw) That has a flat conical top allowing it to be inserted flush with a surface

verb

1. past participle of countersink

verb

1. (transitive) To work in opposition to; to counteract.

noun

1. (rare) One who works against something; a saboteur.
2. (rare) One who works at a counter.