HANGMAN SOLVER

adj

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

noun

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

noun

1. The flow of a fluid (through a pipe etc.) in a direction opposite to that which is normal or intended.

verb

1. To flow in the wrong or backward direction.

adj

1. flowing backwards

verb

1. present participle of backflow

noun

1. (agriculture) The line of piled soil thrown up beside a furrow when it is created by a plow

verb

1. (agriculture) To throw or turn the soil in alternating directions for every other row that is plowed, so that every pair of furrows has a single backfurrow with clear areas on the outside.

noun

1. (UK, dated) A stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements.
2. (UK, dated) The game in which the stick is used.
3. A sword with one sharp edge.

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.

adj

1. Native to or located in a remote rural location.
2. Rustic, unsophisticated, countrified.

adj

1. Pertaining to the backwoods.
2. Rough, uncouth, coarse, or crude in social matters.

noun

1. A remote or sparsely inhabited region, especially in North America; away from big towns and from the influence of modern life.
2. Partly or wholly uncleared forest, especially in North America.

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

adj

1. (US) Typical of something or someone from the backwoods

noun

1. A contention, retort, or reply.
2. A contradiction or answer to put off an engagement; a countermand.
3. A section of commentary at the end of a book.

noun

1. (obsolete) The thread-like worm found in filanders, the disease of hawks.

noun

1. (martial arts) Training with a punching bag.

noun

1. (art) Decorative work resembling interlaced bands.

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.

noun

1. (archaic) A fine fellow.

noun

1. plural of bawcock

noun

1. Decorative work involving beads.

noun

1. plural of beadwork

verb

1. (archaic, Scotland) To play a trick on, make a fool of.

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

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a bellows (device for delivering pressurized air).

adv

1. (nautical) Below the main deck of a ship.

noun

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

verb

1. (transitive) To work around or about; surround.
2. (transitive) To work over; rework; edit.
3. (transitive) To work, as with thread; embroider.

noun

1. (Australia, now usually considered offensive) A (male) Australian Aborigine.

noun

1. plural of blackfellow

noun

1. (uncountable) The very dark wood of such trees.
2. African blackwood (Dalbergia melanoxylon), of Africa
3. Australian blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon), of eastern Australia
4. Bombay blackwood (Dalbergia latifolia), of India
5. Haematoxylum campechianum, a tree from Mexico.

noun

1. (obsolete) Work connected with funerals, as an undertaker's assistant or a maker of mourning clothes, etc.
2. (sewing) A form of counted-thread embroidery that is usually stitched on even-weave fabric with a twisted thread.

noun

1. Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia.

noun

1. The bluebuck (extinct mammal).

noun

1. A factory that manufactures bleach.

noun

1. (computing) Synonym of backscatter.
2. (firearms) A type of action where the pressure from the fired cartridge blows a sliding mechanism backward to extract the fired cartridge, chamber another cartridge, and cock the hammer.
3. (rail transport) On a steam locomotive, the reversal of exhaust gases when the regulator is closed without using the blower.
4. (slang) The act of shotgunning (inhaling from a pipe etc. and exhaling into another smoker's mouth).
5. An unintended adverse result, especially of covert political action.

noun

1. plural of blowback

noun

1. A slightly elevated path for pedestrians over sandy or swampy ground, typically made out of wood; specifically (Canada, US) one running alongside a body of water or beach.

verb

1. To install a boardwalk over.

noun

1. plural of boardwalk.

verb

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

noun

1. Work woven with bobbins.

noun

1. A service offered that includes an erotic massage and may also include prostitution.
2. The application of physical therapy as a preventive measure.
3. The exterior body of a motor vehicle.
4. The repair of a such body.

noun

1. plural of bodywork

noun

1. The art or process of making objects from bone.

adv

1. In the manner of a book.

noun

1. (chiefly University of Cambridge) The act of memorising information; used attributively to describe or denote questions that test information learned rather than requiring additional thought.
2. Accounting work; book keeping.
3. The art and science of formatting books.
4. Work done with the aid of textbooks.

noun

1. (figurative) An avid book reader.
2. Any of various insects that infest books.

noun

1. plural of bookworm

noun

1. A writer of books; an author.

noun

1. Inferior and shoddy work.

noun

1. (woodworking) Obsolete form of buhl work.

verb

1. (Tyneside) To belch, to burp.
2. (UK) To vomit.

noun

1. A knot that has two loops and two loose ends, either used decoratively, or to tie shoelaces.

noun

1. plural of bowknot

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a bow (bent frame for firing arrows).

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a bowl.

noun

1. A manufacturer of bowls.

noun

1. Alternative form of bow maker

noun

1. The manufacture of bows (for archery or for musical instruments).

noun

1. (geology) A form of weathering found in caves

noun

1. Work done with the brain; mental effort.

noun

1. Work or ornamentation made of brass.

noun

1. A person who manufactures or shapes brass.

noun

1. A place where brass is manufactured and/or shaped.

noun

1. (US) Any rapid bluegrass dance tune, especially featuring a five-string banjo.
2. (US, dated) A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs in succession, common in traditional African American music from the Southern United States.
3. (US, dated) Any noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet, usually by one person at a time.
4. (chemistry) Breaking of chemical bonds within a compound to produce simpler compounds or elements.
5. (film, television) A detailed description of a forthcoming project, including the characters and roles required.
6. (music) The percussion break of songs chosen by a DJ for use in hip-hop music.
7. (physics) The sudden transition of an electrical insulator to a conductor when subjected to a sufficiently strong voltage, caused by the partial or complete ionization of the insulator.
8. (sports) A loss of organization (of the parts of a system).
9. A failure, particularly mechanical in nature.
10. A musical technique by which the music is stripped down, becoming simpler, varying in heaviness depending on the genre.
11. A physical collapse or lapse of mental stability.
12. Listing, division or categorization in great detail.
13. Something that has experienced a mechanical failure.

noun

1. plural of breakdown

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. The quality of the construction of brick built items.
2. Those parts of items that are made of brick.

noun

1. (dentistry) A partial denture that is anchored to existing teeth.
2. The component parts of a bridge.
3. The construction or repair of bridges.

noun

1. plural of bridgework

noun

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

noun

1. plural of brightwork

noun

1. A small white-flowered herb (Samolus valerandi) usually found in wet places; the water pimpernel.

noun

1. A bird, the dowitcher or red-breasted snipe.
2. A note of scrip printed on brown paper, such as that issued by the city of St. Louis during a financial crisis.
3. A postage stamp printed in brown ink, used in the 1890s.

noun

1. (painting) The technique or practice of applying and manipulating paint (usually oil or gouache) in a painting.

noun

1. (South Africa) A strong wagon with a frame over the wheels used for hauling goods.
2. (US) A buckboard; a wagon for personal transport as well as transporting goods.

noun

1. (woodworking) Alternative form of buhl work

noun

1. Alternative spelling of busy work

noun

1. Work done in addition to one's normal duties; subordinate or secondary business; work done on the side.

noun

1. plural of bywork

noun

1. cabinetmaking
2. furniture made by a cabinetmaker

noun

1. One who makes cabinets; a practitioner of cabinetwork.

noun

1. construction work made of logs, etc., laid horizontally, with the ends dovetailed together at the corners, and in marine work often surrounding a central space filled with stones

noun

1. (obsolete) The district to which a constable's power is limited.

noun

1. cribbing (structural members)

noun

1. plural of cribwork

adj

1. That may be known in advance.

noun

1. (historical) A kind of wheelbarrow used to carry new-made bricks to the hacks or racks where they are dried.