HANGMAN SOLVER

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backstroke

noun

1. plural of backstroke

verb

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

verb

1. present participle of backstroke

noun

1. (mineralogy) Synonym of hydrohausmannite

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

noun

1. Synonym of Welshcake
2. Synonym of baking stone

noun

1. Alternative letter-case form of Balkanization

noun

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

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 hydrometer calibrated to test the strength of tanning liquors used in tanning leather.

Proper noun

1. A town in Hampshire, England

noun

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

noun

1. Any of various kinds of wood traditionally used for making baskets.

noun

1. Material woven in the style of a basket.
2. The craft of making such material.

noun

1. plural of basketwork

noun

1. The larva of a psychid moth.

adj

1. Alternative spelling of bathykolpian

adj

1. (rare) Deep-bosomed.

noun

1. (biology) plankton living in the bathyal zone

noun

1. (obsolete) The front or back part of the frame of a bedstead.

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.

Noun

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

Proper noun

1. The extinct language of these people.

noun

1. plural of berakah

noun

1. (historical) An old Russian unit of weight, approximately 164 kilograms or 10 poods.

verb

1. (transitive) to stock; furnish

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

verb

1. simple past tense of betake

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. Alternative form of bibliotheque

noun

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

noun

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

noun

1. A hand tool consisting of a crank which holds a fitted rotating drill bit tip, designed to bore holes in rigid materials, by cutting a disc in a spiral fashion.

noun

1. plural of bitstock

noun

1. A little bit; a small piece.
2. A short distance.

noun

1. plural of bittock

Noun

1. A member of the clergy.

noun

1. A tropical American bush of the genus Melampodium

noun

1. (attributive) The blocking out of as much light as possible.
2. (historical) The mandatory blocking of all light emanating from buildings, as well as outdoor and street lighting as a measure against aerial bombing or naval attack, as imposed during, e.g., World War II.
3. A large-scale power failure, and resulting loss of electricity to consumers.
4. A temporary loss of consciousness.
5. A temporary loss of memory.
6. An instance of censorship, especially a temporary one.

verb

1. (nonstandard) Alternative form of black out

noun

1. plural of blackout

noun

1. Colicroot, Aletris farinosa
2. Culver's root, Veronicastrum virginicum
3. Either of two species in the genus Pterocaulon: Pterocaulon pycnostachyum and Pterocaulon virgatum
4. Several plant diseases caused by fungi in the genus Aphanomyces causing that cause roots to rot and turn black.

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

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. Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia.

noun

1. (biology) A round, flattened region of cells from which the embryo of many vertebrates begins to develop in the fertilized ovum; a germinal disk

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

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.

adj

1. superlative form of blocky: most blocky

noun

1. (construction) A void that is deliberately not filled with concrete, so that it can be used to insert something else such as pipework.

noun

1. (countable) The breeding line of a thoroughbred horse or other animal.
2. (uncountable) Thoroughbred animals in general, but especially horses.

noun

1. plural of bloodstock

noun

1. (medicine, obsolete) Loss of sensation and motion from hemorrhage or congestion in the brain.
2. A stroke or blow with a weapon that draws blood.

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. (by extension) A pole or rod with such a hook at one end.
2. A hook attached to a pole used for pulling or pushing boats, rafts, logs or other objects to or from the side of a boat.

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.

adj

1. Resembling a boat

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a bolt (mechanical fastener).
2. Resembling or characteristic of a bolt, as of lightning.

noun

1. A machine that manufactures bolts.
2. A manufacturer of bolts.

noun

1. The manufacture of bolts.

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a bonnet (traditional hat).

noun

1. A South African antelope of genus Damaliscus

noun

1. plural of bontebok

noun

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

noun

1. plural of bontebuck

noun

1. (archaic) Authorship; literary skill.

noun

1. A small or thin book.

noun

1. plural of booklet

noun

1. plural of booklist

noun

1. A schoolfellow; an associate in studying.

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. A support used to maintain a book or sheet when reading.

noun

1. plural of bookrest

noun

1. One of a set of bookshelves in a library.

noun

1. A table with enclosed sides, for displaying books for sale.

noun

1. A rack for holding books; a bookrack.
2. A small stall where books are sold.
3. A stand, made for holding books open.

noun

1. A store where books are bought and sold.

noun

1. plural of bookstore

noun

1. A writer of books; an author.

noun

1. (dated) A shoeshine boy; a person who shines shoes as an occupation.

verb

1. (transitive) To shine shoes.

noun

1. plural of bootblack

noun

1. (obsolete) A small boot or gaiter.
2. (obsolete) The boot (torture device).
3. A covering for the foot or hand, worn as a cure for the gout.

noun

1. plural of bootikin

noun

1. a V-shaped, or forked, device for pulling off boots.

noun

1. plural of bootjack

verb

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

noun

1. (US) A toady or sycophant.

verb

1. (intransitive) To engage in fawning, servile behavior.
2. (transitive) To seek favor from by fawning, servile behavior.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of bootlick

noun

1. (by extension, derogatory) Anyone who is seen as supporting authoritarianism.
2. (derogatory) A person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner; a toady