HANGMAN SOLVER

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1. (mineralogy) A basaltic-trachyandesite rock containing phenocrysts of olivine and augite

noun

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

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1. Knowledge acquired later, or after the event.

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1. (figuratively) By extension, any result or consequence following a major event.
2. An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").
3. Emotional and physical distress following a traumatic event.

noun

1. plural of aftershock

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1. (India) A walnut.

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1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic reddish brown mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, magnesium, manganese, and oxygen.

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1. plural of akroterion

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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 mountain-climber, especially one that uses an alpenstock.

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1. (historical, Ancient Greece) A palace that only hierophants were permitted to enter as part of the Eleusinian Mysteries.

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1. (medicine) A benign cutaneous lesion of capillaries, resulting in small marks of red to blue colour and characterized by hyperkeratosis.

adj

1. (UK, regional, obsolete) Of another kind.

noun

1. plural of antismoker

adj

1. (business) Countering a corporate takeover.

adj

1. Alternative form of arrhenotokous

noun

1. Alternative form of arrhenotoky

adj

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

noun

1. (biology) The production of male offspring by parthenogenesis.

noun

1. A dull green colour, like that of an artichoke.
2. A plant related to the thistle with enlarged flower heads eaten as a vegetable while immature, Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus.

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1. plural of artichoke

noun

1. (uncountable) Artistic work.
2. (uncountable, reprographics) The graphical elements to be included in a reproduced work.
3. A painting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art.

noun

1. plural of artwork

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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.

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1. (Christianity, Eastern Orthodoxy) A metal cross that is placed over the diskos to prevent the veil from touching the host.

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

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1. plural of autoworker

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

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1. (basketball) A team's defensive half of the court; the part of the court where the other team's basket is located, or the guards playing in that area.
2. (chiefly Scotland) A courtyard behind a housing block or tenement building.

noun

1. (basketball) A backcourt player.

noun

1. plural of backcourtman

noun

1. plural of backstory

noun

1. (bellringing) The pull on the tail of the rope that swings the bell through a full circle (compare handstroke)
2. (swimming) A stroke swum lying on one's back, while rotating both arms through the water as to propel the swimmer backwards.
3. A backhanded stroke or blow.

verb

1. To swim the backstroke.

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

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

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1. plural of basketwork

noun

1. The larva of a psychid moth.

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1. plural of berakah

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

noun

1. That which betokens.

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. Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia.

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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

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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.

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

noun

1. (archaic) Authorship; literary skill.

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

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1. plural of bookrest

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1. A store where books are bought and sold.

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1. plural of bookstore

noun

1. A writer of books; an author.

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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

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1. plural of bootlicker

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1. A maker of boots; a cobbler.

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1. (mineralogy) Alternate name for delvauxite.

noun

1. Inferior and shoddy work.

noun

1. A manufacturer of bottles.

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1. (chiefly attributive) Any piece of furniture (especially a bookcase or cabinet) that has a central section that projects farther forward than the other sections.

noun

1. plural of breakfront

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

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. Burnet saxifrage (Pimpinella saxifraga)
2. Parsley piert (Aphanes arvensis)
3. Pearlwort (Sagina spp.)
4. Saxifrage (Saxifraga spp.)

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

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1. (nautical) A horizontal timber fitted in the bows of a ship to add strength and to connect the sides to the stem.

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1. A swimming stroke in which the swimmer lies face down, the arms being swept forward, outward and back under the water and the legs are kicked like a frog's

verb

1. to swim using this stroke

noun

1. (swimming) A person swimming using the breaststroke.

noun

1. plural of breaststroke

verb

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

noun

1. (nautical) A railing on the quarter-deck and forecastle.
2. (slang) Breast augmentation.
3. A fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark; a parapet.
4. A parapet.

noun

1. plural of breastwork

noun

1. Polished metal fixtures, especially aboard a boat.
2. The varnished or oiled wood trim aboard a boat.

noun

1. plural of brightwork

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1. A genus, Mazama, of short-horned deer from Brazil.
2. A stag in its second year, before its horns have started branching.

noun

1. plural of brocket

Proper noun

1. a city in Massachusetts, USA, which is one of the two county seats of
2. a small town in Montana, USA.
3. an unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, USA.
4. a town in Ontario, Canada. The name is formed from Brant, Greenock and Walkerton, places that merged into Brockton.
5. a township in parish, Shropshire, England

adj

1. Grieved and disappointed, especially with the loss of a beloved person or thing, such as the repudiation of a romantic relationship.

adv

1. In a brokenhearted manner.

noun

1. The quality of being brokenhearted.

noun

1. (organic chemistry) Any brominated derivative of a ketone

noun

1. (mineralogy) A dark brown mineral form of titanium dioxide, with the chemical formula TiO₂.

noun

1. plural of brookite

noun

1. A little brook.

noun

1. plural of brooklet