HANGMAN SOLVER

adj

1. (computing) That is intended as a backup.
2. Standby, reserve or extra.
3. Supporting, reinforcing; (music) of or related to accompaniment

noun

1. (computing) A copy of a file or record, stored separately from the original, that can be used to recover the original if it is destroyed or damaged.
2. (law enforcement) reinforcements
3. A reserve or substitute.
4. An accumulation of material caused by a (partial) obstruction or (complete) blockage of the flow or movement of the material, or an accumulation of material that causes an overflow due to the flow being greater than the maximum possible flow.

verb

1. Misspelling of back up.

noun

1. Alternative spelling of b'ak'tun

noun

1. (India) The tree Mimusops elengi.

noun

1. plural of baulk

verb

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

adj

1. Alternative spelling of balky

verb

1. (transitive) To duck or immerse thoroughly; submerge.

verb

1. (reflexive) To behave or dress as a duke.
2. (transitive) To make a duke.

noun

1. (dialectal, chiefly Scotland) An illusion; trick; cheat.

verb

1. (transitive, dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To befool; deceive; balk; jilt.

verb

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

noun

1. (Canada, US, derogatory) A brawny or coarse person.
2. (Canada, US, ethnic slur) An immigrant from Central Europe, Eastern Europe, or the Balkans, especially one who is regarded as vain, aggressively masculine, and socially unsophisticated.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of buck

noun

1. (mining) A broad-headed hammer used in bucking ore.
2. (mining) One who bucks ore.
3. A horse or other animal that bucks.

noun

1. (MTE, slang) an insult term used in Toronto to refer to someone who habitually uses crack cocaine.
2. (UK, archaic) A unit of measure equal to four gallons.
3. (aviation, mechanical engineering, uncommon) A turbine blade driven by hot gas or steam.
4. (basketball, informal) A field goal.
5. (basketball, informal) The basket.
6. (computing) A storage space in a hash table for every item sharing a particular key.
7. (informal, chiefly in the plural) A great deal of anything.
8. (informal, chiefly in the plural) A large amount of liquid.
9. (slang) An old vehicle that is not in good working order.
10. (slang, humorous) A helmet.
11. (variation management) A mechanism for avoiding the allocation of targets in cases of mismanagement.
12. A bucket bag.
13. A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items.
14. Part of a piece of machinery that resembles a bucket (container).
15. The amount held in this container.
16. The leather socket for holding the whip when driving, or for the carbine or lance when mounted.
17. The pitcher in certain orchids.

verb

1. (computing, transitive) To categorize (data) by splitting it into buckets, or groups of related items.
2. (intransitive, informal) To rain heavily.
3. (intransitive, informal) To travel very quickly.
4. (transitive) To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets.
5. (transitive) To place inside a bucket.
6. (transitive) To ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly.
7. (transitive, Australia, slang) To criticize vehemently; to denigrate.
8. (transitive, UK, US, rowing) To make, or cause to make (the recovery), with a certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of the body.

noun

1. (Canada, heraldry) The brisure of an eighth daughter.
2. (US, baking) A cake baked with fresh fruit and a streusel topping.
3. (countable) A clasp used for fastening two things together, such as the ends of a belt, or for retaining the end of a strap.
4. (roofing) An upward, elongated displacement of a roof membrane frequently occurring over insulation or deck joints. A buckle may be an indication of movement with the roof assembly.
5. A contorted expression, as of the face.
6. A curl of hair, especially a kind of crisp curl formerly worn; also, the state of being curled.
7. A distortion, bulge, bend, or kink, as in a saw blade or a plate of sheet metal.

verb

1. (Scotland) To unite in marriage.
2. (intransitive) To distort or collapse under physical pressure; especially, of a slender structure in compression.
3. (intransitive) To yield; to give way; to cease opposing.
4. (intransitive, figuratively) To give in; to react suddenly or adversely to stress or pressure (of a person).
5. (obsolete, intransitive) To enter upon some labour or contest; to join in close fight; to contend.
6. (transitive) To fasten using a buckle.
7. (transitive) To make bend; to cause to become distorted.
8. To buckle down; to apply oneself.

adj

1. (African-American Vernacular, archaic) White.

noun

1. (Caribbean) A white person.
2. (dated, now rare, African-American Vernacular, derogatory) A poor white person.

noun

1. (historical) The paymaster in native Indian states.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of bulk

noun

1. (nautical) A bulk dry goods cargo ship.
2. (nautical) A person employed to ascertain the bulk or size of goods, in order to fix the amount of freight or dues payable on them.
3. A person who bulks (gains body mass).
4. Anything, such as a dietary supplement or an exercise, that helps a person to gain body mass.

noun

1. (nautical) A short outrigger projecting from the side of the aft part of a square-rigged sailing ship, used as an attachment point for a rope (brace) used to set a yard-arm at different angles to a mast so to allow the ship to sail at different angles to the wind.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of bunk

noun

1. (Britain, chiefly historical) A large bin or container for storing coal, often built outdoors in the yard of a house.
2. (Britain, slang) One who bunks off; a truant from school.
3. (US, regional) The menhaden, any of several species of fish in the genera Brevoortia and Ethmidium.
4. (golf) A hazard on a golf course consisting of a sand-filled hollow.
5. (military) A hardened shelter, often partly buried or fully underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks.
6. (nautical) A container for storing coal or fuel oil for a ship's engine; (by extension) the quantity of fuel needed to replenish that container.
7. (paintball) An obstacle used to block an opposing player's view and field of fire.
8. (rail transport) The coal compartment on a tank engine.
9. (slang) A kitchen worktop.
10. A sort of box or chest, as in a window, the lid of which serves as a seat.

verb

1. (Nigeria) To steal bunker fuel by illicitly siphoning it off.
2. (by extension, Britain, informal) To place (someone) in a position that is difficult to get out of; to hinder.
3. (golf) To hit (a golf ball) into a bunker; (chiefly passive) to place (a golfer) in the position of having a golf ball in a bunker.
4. (nautical) Of a vessel: to take a load of coal or fuel oil for its engine.
5. (paintball) To fire constantly at (an opponent hiding behind an obstacle), trapping them and preventing them from firing at other players; also, to eliminate (an opponent behind an obstacle) by rushing to the position and firing at extremely close range as the player becomes exposed.
6. Often followed by down: to take shelter in a bunker or other place.
7. To load (a vessel) with coal or fuel oil for the engine.

noun

1. Familiar term of address.
2. a small cabin with a bunk or bed(s), a free-standing bedroom or sleeping area separate from the main house or cottage, which may or may not have other facilities (a fully outfitted outbuilding with a kitchen or bathroom would be a guest house and not a bunkie)
3. bunkmate, someone with which one shares a bunk bed.

verb

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

noun

1. (politics) Bombastic political posturing or oratorical display designed only for show or public applause.
2. (slang, countable) Senseless talk; nonsense; a piece of nonsense.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of burke

noun

1. (UK, slang, historical) One who burkes; one who murders in order to sell the body to an anatomist, surgeon, etc.

noun

1. plural of burke

adj

1. Wearing a busk.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of busk

noun

1. (Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Canada, US) A person who makes money by passing the hat (soliciting donations) while entertaining the public (often by playing a musical instrument) on the streets or in other public area such as a park or market.

noun

1. (obsolete) A small bush.
2. (obsolete) A sprig or bouquet.
3. (obsolete) Part of a garden devoted to shrubs.

noun

1. (by extension) Tragic drama; tragedy.
2. (historical) A half-boot.
3. (historical) A type of half-boot with a high heel, worn by the ancient Athenian tragic actors.
4. An instrument of torture for the foot; bootikin.

verb

1. (transitive, intransitive, often reflexive) To prepare or equip; make ready; set out; hurry about; bustle

noun

1. Alternative form of bouzouki

noun

1. (now historical) A long whip formerly used as an instrument of punishment in India and parts of the Middle East.

verb

1. (transitive) To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something.

noun

1. Alternative form of dybbuk

noun

1. (mythology, Judaism) A malicious possessing spirit, believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person.

noun

1. (by extension, US) A stylized, pretentious, and often hollow performance; (especially) political posturing.
2. (often capitalized) A form of Japanese theatre in which elaborately costumed male performers use stylized movements, dances, and songs in order to enact tragedies and comedies.

Adjective

1. Of, from or related to the Afghan city of Kabul

Proper noun

1. A river in Turkey and Syria, the largest perennial tributary to the Euphrates.

noun

1. Alternative form of khutbah

adj

1. lumpy; knobbly

noun

1. Rafflesia arnoldii, a plant with very large flowers.

noun

1. The flying lemur Cynocephalus variegatus

noun

1. Alternative form of nebek

noun

1. (of a person) A harsh criticism.

verb

1. (of a person) To criticise harshly; to reprove.

verb

1. (transitive) To make (a fire) burn up by raking off the ashes from the top, opening draughts, etc.
2. (transitive) To remove a bank from; to open by, or as if by, the removal of a bank.

verb

1. (obsolete) To cause to disembark; to land.
2. To deprive of the bark.