HANGMAN SOLVER

noun

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

adv

1. On the back of a horse; horseback.

noun

1. plural of amberjack

adj

1. Having the characteristics of an amoeba.

noun

1. plural of anklebone

adv

1. Alternative form of pickaback

adj

1. which may be attacked

noun

1. plural of backbiter

adj

1. Slanderous or speaking badly, especially of a person without that person's knowledge.

noun

1. The action of slandering a person without that person's knowledge.

verb

1. present participle of backbite

verb

1. past participle of backbite

noun

1. plural of backblock

noun

1. plural of backboard

verb

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

noun

1. The act by which something is backdated.

verb

1. present participle of backdate

noun

1. A pig yielding significant backfat.

noun

1. plural of backfield

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backfill

noun

1. A machine for refilling an excavation.

noun

1. A failure that leads to further misfortune.
2. The occurrence of a backfire.

verb

1. present participle of backfire

noun

1. (UK, dialectal) A friend at one's back; a backer; one who does his best for another; a supporter.
2. (UK, dialectal) A hangnail.
3. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) A false friend; a secret enemy.

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. 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.

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. (of writing) inclining to the left
2. Backwards, turned around.
3. Indirect.
4. Insincere, sarcastic, ironic, or self-contradictory.
5. Involving a backward flip of the hand.
6. Retrospective, occurring after the fact rather than in advance.
7. Self-serving, corrupt, slipshod, or neglectful.
8. With the back of the hand.

adv

1. In a backhanded manner.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backhand

noun

1. (informal) A bribe, a secret payment.
2. (racquet sports) A player who plays a backhand shot.
3. (racquet sports) A shot played backhand, a backhand stroke.
4. (surfing) A surfer who approaches a swell with the wave behind them ("on their backhand") rather than facing the wave ("on their forehand").
5. A blow with the back of the hand.
6. A glass of wine given out of turn, the bottle having been handed backwards.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backhaul

noun

1. plural of backhouse

adj

1. Having a backlash.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backlash

noun

1. A participant in a backlash

noun

1. plural of backlash

verb

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

adj

1. Having an excessive list of tasks to do, especially tasks that should have already been performed.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backlog

adj

1. Wearing a backpack.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backpack

noun

1. (music, slang) A fan or performer of backpack rap.
2. A traveler whose luggage consists of a backpack; especially, such a traveler who uses hostels, public transport, and other inexpensive services.

noun

1. plural of backplane

noun

1. plural of backrush

noun

1. Alternative spelling of baksheesh.

noun

1. A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.
2. She married him thinking to change his ways, and for a while he got religion, but he was ever a backslider; she soon began finding bottles stashed about the house.

noun

1. plural of backslide

verb

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

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backspace

noun

1. A mechanism in a typewriter that controls backspacing.

noun

1. plural of backspace

verb

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

noun

1. Such a knot

verb

1. To secure the ends of a twisted rope within the rope itself in order to prevent fraying

adj

1. Secret or furtive.

noun

1. A staircase at the rear of a building or one normally only used by servants and tradesmen.
2. An indirect or furtive means of access or intercourse.

noun

1. (sewing) A type of sewing stitch where the stitch goes backwards on the top side of the fabric and doubles forward on the bottom, coming out farther in front, then repeats. The backstitch is a very tight and secure stitch, and also looks very neat.

verb

1. To sew with a backstitch.

adj

1. (figuratively) Done in poor and unsanitary conditions, secretly and illegally; back-alley.
2. Associated with neighborhoods on back streets, often in older neighborhoods, with poorer residents.

noun

1. Alternative spelling of back street

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.

noun

1. plural of backtrack

verb

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

noun

1. A native or inhabitant of the backveld.

adv

1. In a backward direction.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backwash

noun

1. (textiles) A machine used for washing wool after carding to remove the impurities.

noun

1. plural of backwash

noun

1. plural of backwater

verb

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

adj

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

noun

1. One who carries on a project or business in a backyard, especially the raising of poultry.

Proper noun

1. A region comprising parts of what is now northeastern Afghanistan and southeastern Tajikistan.
2. A province of Afghanistan, Badakhshan Province.
3. Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province, or Kūhistoni Badakhshon, a province of Tajikistan.

adj

1. Similar to a badger.
2. Similar to that of a badger.

noun

1. plural of bailiwick

noun

1. plural of bakehouse

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of bakshish

noun

1. plural of bakshish

Adjective

1. Relating to, or supporting the revolutionary anarchism of

noun

1. plural of balalaika

adj

1. Wearing a baldrick (ornamental belt).

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of balkanise

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of balkanize

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a ballad.

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. (finance, law) A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of bankrupt

adv

1. In a bankrupt manner.

adj

1. Resembling a banner

adv

1. So as to resemble a banner

noun

1. (regional, US) three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus).

adj

1. Of a bird raised for meat: lacking feathers, seen as an undesirable trait.

adv

1. Synonym of bareback

adj

1. Having the neck bare.

noun

1. plural of barkeeper

noun

1. (sailing) Alternative spelling of barquentine

noun

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

noun

1. (Australia, New Zealand) The act of cheering for or supporting a team.
2. An act of jeering or heckling.

verb

1. present participle of barrack

noun

1. (countable) The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball.
2. (sports, uncountable) A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop.

verb

1. To play basketball
2. To throw in a similar way to when shooting a basketball

noun

1. plural of basketful

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a basket.

noun

1. plural of basketry

noun

1. basketwork goods collectively

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. The larva of a psychid moth.

noun

1. A kind of flat cake similar to a pancake.

noun

1. plural of beanstalk

noun

1. The social and artistic ideas associated with beatniks

adj

1. Having physical or temperamental characteristics like those of a beaver.

noun

1. The pelt of a beaver.

verb

1. present participle of bechalk

verb

1. present participle of becloak

adj

1. Dim, dark, or obscure

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of bedarken

noun

1. plural of beefsteak

noun

1. plural of beekeeper

noun

1. The practice or profession of keeping and caring for bees.

noun

1. The making of beer.

verb

1. present participle of befleck

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a beggar: poor, wheedling, insolent, etc.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of beknight

noun

1. The manufacture of bells.

adv

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

noun

1. The manufacture of belts.

noun

1. plural of benchmark

verb

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

Adjective

1. Of or relating to or his system of idealism.

verb

1. present participle of bespeak

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of bespeckle

verb

1. (archaic, transitive) To sprinkle.

verb

1. present participle of bestick

verb

1. present participle of bethank