HANGMAN SOLVER

adj

1. Able to be acknowledged.
2. Worthy of acknowledgement.

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

noun

1. The bone of the ankle, forming the lower part of the ankle joint and joining with the tibia and fibula.

noun

1. plural of anklebone

noun

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

noun

1. The fear of ankylosis.

noun

1. (figuratively) Any fundamental support, structure, or infrastructure.
2. (figuratively) Courage, fortitude, or strength.
3. The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals.

adj

1. Having a spine.

adj

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

noun

1. cowardice; spinelessness

noun

1. plural of backbone

noun

1. A remote region; countryside that is relatively inaccessible; the boondocks.

noun

1. (basketball) A backcourt player.

noun

1. plural of backcourtman

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. An act of backing down; a retraction or withdrawal.

verb

1. present participle of backdrop

adj

1. flowing backwards

verb

1. present participle of backflow

noun

1. A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board.
2. {{lb|en|backgammon}} A victory in the game when the loser has not borne off a stone, and still has one or more stones in the winner's inner home row or on the bar.

verb

1. To win at a backgammon game with the opponent having one or more pieces in the winner’s inner home row or on the bar.

noun

1. plural of backgammon

verb

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

adj

1. Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system.

noun

1. (computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
2. (computing) The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).
3. (physics) Clipping of background radiation.
4. A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
5. A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
6. Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
7. One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.

verb

1. (journalism) To gather and provide background information (on).
2. To put in a position that is not prominent.
3. simple past tense and past participle of backgrind

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. plural of background

verb

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

noun

1. (architecture) A rebate or chase in masonry left to receive a permanent slab or other filling.

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

verb

1. present participle of backstop

verb

1. present participle of backstroke

noun

1. Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.

noun

1. (historical) One who fights with a backsword or singlestick.

noun

1. plural of backswordman

noun

1. (obsolete) In the London Stock Exchange: a fee paid by a seller on settlement day either to the buyer or to a third party who lends stock, when the seller wishes to defer settlement until the next settlement day.
2. In full normal backwardation: the situation in a futures market where the price for future delivery of a commodity (the forward price) is lower than the price for immediate delivery (the spot price) or nearer delivery, generally arising from a near-term shortage of the commodity.
3. The situation in a stock market where the offer price for stock is lower than the bid price.

noun

1. The quality of being backwoodsy.

noun

1. (informal, UK politics) A Peer who is seldom present in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom Parliament, who may be encouraged to attend when a very important vote is expected.
2. A person who is acclimated to living in a forest area that is far removed from civilization or modern conveniences.
3. An uncivilized person.

noun

1. plural of backwoodsman

Proper noun

1. A city in Kazakhstan, rented and administered by Russia, constructed to service Baikonur Cosmodrome, since 1995 also called Baikonur.

noun

1. Synonym of Welshcake
2. Synonym of baking stone

noun

1. Alternative letter-case form of Balkanization

adj

1. Resembling a balloon in form

noun

1. (art) Decorative work resembling interlaced bands.

noun

1. A kind of straw hat.

noun

1. plural of bangkok

noun

1. (transferred sense) wealth
2. passbook, chequebook

noun

1. plural of bankbook

noun

1. The world of bankers and finance.

noun

1. (now historical) A promissory note issued by a bank, payable at a given time to a specific beneficiary.
2. A piece of paper currency.

noun

1. plural of banknote

noun

1. A roll of banknotes or other paper currency, carried in lieu of a wallet.
2. The monetary assets of a person or organization.

verb

1. (transitive) To fund a project; to underwrite something.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of bankroll

noun

1. One who bankrolls; usually an individual who has enough seed capital to launch a venture; one who can fund a project; angel investor.

noun

1. plural of bankroller

verb

1. present participle of bankroll

noun

1. plural of bankroll

verb

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

noun

1. (Canada) A biscuit bread made of wheat flour or cornmeal, fat, and sometimes baking powder, typically baked over a fire, wrapped around a stick or in a pan.
2. (especially Scotland, Northern England) An unleavened bread made with barley, wheat, or oatmeal.

Proper noun

1. A village near Stirling in Scotland
2. A battle important in Scotland's struggle for independence

noun

1. plural of bannock

adj

1. Prevented from growing, by having the bark too firm or close.

Proper noun

1. A town in Hampshire, England

noun

1. (historical) A woman who sells goods from a basket.

adj

1. Alternative spelling of bathykolpian

noun

1. (biology) plankton living in the bathyal zone

noun

1. Alternative form of beak-iron

noun

1. A children's game similar to hide and seek in which children who have been "caught" may escape if they see another hider beckon to them.
2. A sign made without words; a beck.

verb

1. (transitive, intransitive) To seem attractive and inviting
2. (transitive, intransitive) To wave or nod to somebody with the intention to make the person come closer.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of beckon

noun

1. One who, or that which, beckons.

noun

1. plural of beckoner

adj

1. That beckons.

noun

1. Such a wave or similar action.

verb

1. present participle of beckon

adv

1. So as to beckon or call near; enticingly.

noun

1. plural of beckon

verb

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

verb

1. present participle of becloak

adj

1. Knotted again and again; covered with knots.

noun

1. (mathematics) The measure or degree to which a knot is complicated, i.e., a knot's complexity; the number of times that it is necessary to pass one part of the curve of the knot projected upon a plane through another in order to untie the knot.

verb

1. (transitive) To acknowledge; own; confess.
2. (transitive) To know about; have knowledge of; recognise; understand; be aware (of); be knowledgeable about.

adj

1. (obsolete) known

verb

1. past participle of beknow

verb

1. present participle of bemock

noun

1. the structure supporting a model railway layout
2. work performed at a workbench

verb

1. present participle of besmoke

adj

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

verb

1. past participle of bespeak

verb

1. (transitive) To foreshow by present signs; indicate something future by that which is seen or known.
2. (transitive) To signify by some visible object; show by signs or tokens.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of betoken

noun

1. That which betokens.

verb

1. present participle of betoken

verb

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

noun

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

noun

1. Someone who suffers from bibliokleptomania.

noun

1. (organic chemistry) An alkaloid found in bikh (Aconitum spicatum).

noun

1. (medical biology) The study of movements of or within organisms

verb

1. present participle of bivouac

noun

1. A large shrub or small tree, Prunus spinosa, that is native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa. It has a dark bark and bears thorns.
2. A stick or staff taken from this tree.

noun

1. plural of blackthorn

verb

1. present participle of blacktop

noun

1. Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia.

verb

1. present participle of blockade

adj

1. Having the characteristics of a blockbuster; hugely successful.

noun

1. (US) A technique used to encourage people to sell their property by giving the impression that a neighborhood is changing for the worse, especially by implying a change in its racial makeup.

noun

1. The state or condition of being blockheaded.

noun

1. The state or condition of being blocky.

noun

1. (computing) A feature that prevents a keyboard from registering multiple simultaneous keypresses that would cause ghosting.
2. Blocks used to support (a building, etc.) temporarily.
3. The act by which something is blocked; an obstruction.
4. The precise movement and positioning of actors in order to facilitate a performance (originally planned using miniature blocks).

verb

1. present participle of block

noun

1. The state or quality of being blockish.

noun

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

adj

1. (by extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading
2. (of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.

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.