HANGMAN SOLVER

noun

1. plural of acer

noun

1. plural of acre

noun

1. (entomology) An elastic band around the base of the arolium, a pad at the end of the leg of certain insects
2. (medicine) A white band of cholesterol that forms at the edge of the cornea
3. (meteorology) A low, horizontal cloud typically forming at the leading edge of thunderstorm outflow
4. (palynology) An arc-shaped band of thickened sexine extending between two apertures on a pollen grain or spore

noun

1. plural of carb

noun

1. card games
2. plural of card

verb

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

noun

1. plural of care

verb

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

noun

1. plural of cark

noun

1. plural of carl

noun

1. plural of carn

noun

1. plural of carp

verb

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

noun

1. plural of carr

noun

1. (Scotland) Low, fertile land; a river valley.

noun

1. plural of cart

verb

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

noun

1. (medicine) coma with complete insensibility; deep lethargy

noun

1. (slang, UK) A crown, a five-shilling coin.

noun

1. (biology) A dorsal or lateral outgrowth on the body of nudibranchs.

noun

1. plural of cere

noun

1. plural of cero

Proper noun

1. name of Welsh origin; a variant of Carys.

noun

1. plural of char

verb

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

Proper noun

1. A diminutive of the male given names Christopher and, less commonly, of Christian.
2. A diminutive of the female name Christina and of its variant forms.

noun

1. (plural only, informal) Circumstances.
2. plural of circ

verb

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

noun

1. plural of cire

noun

1. plural of coir

noun

1. (informal) Corduroys.
2. plural of cord

verb

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

noun

1. plural of core

verb

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

noun

1. plural of cork

verb

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

noun

1. plural of corm

noun

1. plural of corn

verb

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

noun

1. (military) A battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions.
2. An organized group of people united by a common purpose.
3. plural of corp

noun

1. (archaic) A dead body, a corpse.
2. (obsolete) A (living) body.

noun

1. Obsolete form of course.

noun

1. (slang) pubic lice
2. plural of crab

verb

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

noun

1. plural of crag.

noun

1. plural of cram

verb

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

noun

1. (gambling, dice games) A game of gambling, or chance, where the players throw dice to make scores and avoid crap.
2. (slang, vulgar) (preceded by the) diarrhea
3. plural of crap

verb

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

adj

1. Quick, fast, intensive, impromptu.

noun

1. (collective) A group of rhinoceroses.
2. (computing) A malfunction of computer software or hardware which causes it to shut down or become partially or totally inoperable.
3. (fibre) A type of rough linen.
4. (finance) A sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures).
5. (informal) A comedown from a drug.
6. A sudden, intense, loud sound, as made for example by cymbals.
7. An automobile, airplane, or other vehicle accident.

verb

1. (computing, hardware, software, intransitive) To terminate extraordinarily.
2. (computing, hardware, software, transitive) To cause to terminate extraordinarily.
3. (intransitive) To experience a period of depression and/or lethargy after a period of euphoria, as after the euphoric effect of a psychotropic drug has dissipated.
4. (intransitive, slang) To lie down for a long rest, sleep or nap, as from tiredness or exhaustion.
5. (intransitive, slang) To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements, especially overnight.
6. (medicine, of a patient's condition) To take a sudden and severe turn for the worse; to rapidly deteriorate.
7. (transitive) To collide with something destructively, fall or come down violently.
8. (transitive) To hit or strike with force
9. (transitive) To severely damage or destroy something by causing it to collide with something else.
10. (transitive, management) To accelerate a project or a task or its schedule by devoting more resources to it.
11. (transitive, slang) Short for gatecrash.
12. (transitive, slang) To give, as a favor.
13. To make a sudden loud noise.

adj

1. Lacking finesse; crude and obvious.
2. coarse; crude; unrefined or insensitive; lacking discrimination
3. dense
4. materialistic

noun

1. plural of craw

noun

1. (plants) A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic.

noun

1. (anatomy) A ridge along the surface of a bone.
2. (heraldry) A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually on a helmet above it, sometimes (as for clerics) separately above the shield or separately as a mark for plate, in letterheads, and the like.
3. (informal) A design or logo, especially one of an institution, sports club, association or high-class family.
4. A tuft, or other natural ornament, growing on an animal's head, for example the comb of a cockerel, the swelling on the head of a snake, the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc.
5. Any of several birds in the family Regulidae, including the goldcrests and firecrests.
6. The helm or head, as typical of a high spirit; pride; courage.
7. The ornamental finishing which surmounts the ridge of a roof, canopy, etc.
8. The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on or displayed on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet.
9. The ridge or top of a wave.
10. The summit of a hill or mountain ridge.
11. The top line of a slope or embankment.
12. The upper curve of a horse's neck.

verb

1. (intransitive) Particularly with reference to waves, to reach a peak.
2. (transitive) To reach the crest of (a hill or mountain)
3. To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for.
4. To mark with lines or streaks like waving plumes.

noun

1. plural of crew

verb

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

noun

1. plural of crib

verb

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

noun

1. plural of cry

verb

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

noun

1. plural of crip

adj

1. (computing theory) Not using fuzzy logic; based on a binary distinction between true and false.
2. (dated) Curling in stiff curls or ringlets.
3. (obsolete) Curled by the ripple of water.
4. (obsolete) Lively; sparking; effervescing.
5. (of movement, action etc.) Quick and accurate.
6. (of something seen or heard) Sharp, clearly defined.
7. (of talk, text, etc.) Brief and to the point.
8. (of weather, air etc.) Dry and cold.
9. (of wine) having a refreshing amount of acidity; having less acidity than green wine, but more than a flabby one.
10. Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture.
11. Possessing a certain degree of firmness and freshness.

noun

1. (Britain) A very thin slice of potato that has been deep fried, typically packaged and sold as a snack.
2. (food) Anything baked or fried in thin slices and eaten as a snack.
3. A baked dessert made with fruit and crumb topping

verb

1. (intransitive) To become crisp.
2. (intransitive, dated) To become contorted or tensed (of a part of the body).
3. (intransitive, dated) To become curled.
4. (intransitive, dated) To make a sharp or harsh sound.
5. (intransitive, dated) To undulate or ripple.
6. (transitive) To make crisp.
7. (transitive, dated) To cause to curl or wrinkle (of the leaves or petals of plants, for example); to form into ringlets or tight curls (of hair).
8. (transitive, dated) To cause to undulate irregularly (of water); to cause to ripple.
9. (transitive, dated) To colour (something with highlights); to add small amounts of colour to (something).
10. (transitive, dated) To wrinkle, contort or tense (a part of one's body).
11. (transitive, intransitive, rare) To interweave (of the branches of trees).

Proper noun

1. A Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaia.

noun

1. plural of croc

noun

1. plural of crop

verb

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

adj

1. (archaic) Opposite, opposed to.
2. (chiefly Britain) Bad-tempered, angry, annoyed.
3. (nautical) Of the sea, having two wave systems traveling at oblique angles, due to the wind over shifting direction or the waves of two storm systems meeting.
4. (now rare) Opposing, adverse; being contrary to what one would hope or wish for.
5. Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged.
6. Transverse; lying across the main direction.

noun

1. (Christianity) A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross.
2. (Christianity) A modified representation of the crucifixion stake, worn as jewellery or displayed as a symbol of religious devotion.
3. (Christianity) Usually with the: the cross on which Christ was crucified.
4. (Rubik's Cube) Four edge cubies of one side that are in their right places, forming the shape of a cross.
5. (biology) An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization.
6. (boxing) A hook thrown over the opponent's punch.
7. (by extension) A hybrid of any kind.
8. (cartomancy) The thirty-sixth Lenormand card.
9. (figurative, from Christ's bearing of the cross) A difficult situation that must be endured.
10. (heraldry) Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese cross.
11. (obsolete) A coin stamped with the figure of a cross, or that side of such a piece on which the cross is stamped; hence, money in general.
12. (obsolete, Ireland) Church lands.
13. (slang) crossfire.
14. (soccer) A pass in which the ball is kicked from a side of the pitch to a position close to the opponent’s goal.
15. (surveying) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.
16. A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other.
17. A line drawn across or through another line.
18. A monument that marks such a place. (Also common in UK or Irish place names such as Charing Cross)
19. A pipe-fitting with four branches whose axes usually form a right angle.
20. A place where roads intersect and lead off in four directions; a crossroad (common in UK and Irish place names such as Gerrards Cross).
21. A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman Empire) to execute criminals (by crucifixion).
22. The act of going across; the act of passing from one side to the other

prep

1. (archaic) across
2. cross product of the previous vector and the following vector.

verb

1. (biology) To cross-fertilize or crossbreed.
2. (cricket, reciprocally) Of both batsmen, to pass each other when running between the wickets in order to score runs.
3. (intransitive) To travel in a direction or path that will intersect with that of another.
4. (law) To conduct a cross examination; to question a hostile witness.
5. (reflexive, to cross oneself) To make the sign of the cross over oneself.
6. (rugby) To score a try.
7. (soccer) To pass the ball from one side of the pitch to the other side.
8. (transitive) To contradict (another) or frustrate the plans of.
9. (transitive) To go from one side of (something) to the other.
10. (transitive) To make the sign of the cross over (something or someone).
11. (transitive) To pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the same time.
12. (transitive) To stamp or mark (a cheque) in such a way as to prevent it being cashed, thus requiring it to be deposited into a bank account.
13. (transitive, obsolete) To interfere and cut off ; to debar.
14. To lay or draw something across, such as a line.
15. To mark with an X.
16. To place across or athwart; to cause to intersect.
17. To write lines of text at right angles to and over the top of one another in order to save paper.ᵂ

noun

1. Pronunciation spelling of cross.

noun

1. plural of crow

verb

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

noun

1. plural of crud

verb

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

noun

1. (heraldry) An oil lamp or similar emblem.
2. (religion or obsolete) A small jar used to hold liquid, such as oil or water.

noun

1. (Australia) The process of crushing cane to remove the raw sugar, or the season when this process takes place.
2. (dated) A party or festive function.
3. (informal) An infatuation with somebody one is not dating.
4. (informal, by extension) The human object of such infatuation or affection.
5. (slang) A group or gang.
6. (television, uncountable) The situation where certain colors are so similar as to be hard to distinguish, either as a deliberate effect or as a limitation of a display.
7. (uncountable, sexuality) A paraphilia involving arousal from seeing things destroyed by crushing.
8. A crowd control barrier.
9. A crowd that produces uncomfortable pressure.
10. A drink made by squeezing the juice out of fruit.
11. A standing stock or cage with movable sides used to restrain livestock for safe handling.
12. A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
13. A violent crowding.
14. Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd.

verb

1. (figurative) To overwhelm by pressure or weight.
2. (figurative, colloquial) To do impressively well at (sports events; performances; interviews; etc.).
3. (film, television) To give a compressed or foreshortened appearance to.
4. (intransitive) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller volume or area, by external weight or force.
5. (intransitive) To feel infatuation or unrequited love.
6. (transitive, television) To make certain colors so similar as to be hard to distinguish, either as a deliberate effect or as a limitation of a display.
7. To oppress or grievously burden.
8. To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
9. To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass.
10. To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding.

noun

1. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Canada) The top or bottom slice of a loaf of bread; The end piece of a loaf; The heel.
2. (Britain, informal) A living.
3. (astronomy, by extension) The outermost layer of any terrestrial planet.
4. (geology) The outermost layer of the lithosphere of the Earth.
5. (music) Ellipsis of crust punk (a subgenre of punk music)
6. (uncountable, informal) Nerve, gall.
7. A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.
8. An outer layer composed of pastry
9. The bread-like base of a pizza.
10. The external, hardened layer of certain foodstuffs, including most types of bread, fried meat, etc.
11. The shell of crabs, lobsters, etc.

verb

1. (intransitive) To form a crust.
2. (transitive) To cover with a crust.

noun

1. plural of curb

noun

1. plural of curd

verb

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

noun

1. plural of cure

verb

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

noun

1. plural of curf

noun

1. Specifically, a body of curly hair on someone's head.
2. plural of curl

verb

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

verb

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

noun

1. (slang, dated, derogatory, usually with "the") A woman's menses.
2. A prayer or imprecation that harm may befall someone.
3. A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane.
4. A vulgar epithet.
5. The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment.

verb

1. (intransitive) To use offensive or morally inappropriate language.
2. (transitive) To place a curse upon (a person or object).
3. (transitive) To speak or shout a vulgar curse or epithet.
4. To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment.
5. To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.

adj

1. Archaic spelling of cursed.

verb

1. Archaic spelling of cursed: simple past tense and past participle of curse

Proper noun

1. An ancient king of Persia.

noun

1. plural of czar

noun

1. plural of ecru

noun

1. plural of icer

noun

1. plural of marc

noun

1. plural of narc

verb

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

noun

1. plural of orca

noun

1. (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Oscar from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
2. Astronotus ocellatus, a cichlid fish, native to South America, sometimes kept in aquariums.

noun

1. plural of race

verb

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

noun

1. (metonymically) publication, distribution (of a magazine)
2. plural of rack

verb

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

verb

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

noun

1. plural of rice (Referring to more than one strain or variety of rice. Rice is usually uncountable.)

verb

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

noun

1. plural of rick

verb

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

noun

1. (vulgar, slang) Testicles.
2. plural of rock

verb

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

noun

1. plural of ruck

verb

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

noun

1. plural of sacrum
2. sacral artery

noun

1. Alternative form of saker (“type of cannon”)

verb

1. (obsolete) To consecrate

adj

1. lean; scanty

noun

1. A cause of slight terror; something that inspires fear or dread.
2. A device or object used to frighten.
3. A minor fright.

verb

1. To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way.

noun

1. (Scotland) A cormorant.
2. (dated) A neckcloth or cravat.
3. A dip or notch or cut made in the trunk of a tree to direct its fall when felling.
4. A groove on one side of a sewing machine needle.
5. A headscarf.
6. A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck.
7. A type of joint in woodworking.
8. Archaic form of scurf (“skin disease; skin flakes”).

verb

1. (transitive, US, slang) To eat very quickly.
2. To dress with a scarf, or as with a scarf; to cover with a loose wrapping.
3. To form a scarf on the end or edge of, as for a joint in timber, forming a "V" groove for welding adjacent metal plates, metal rods, etc.
4. To shape by grinding.
5. To throw on loosely; to put on like a scarf.
6. To unite, as two pieces of timber or metal, by a scarf joint.

noun

1. (obsolete, UK, dialect) dung

noun

1. (geology) a cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge caused by erosion or faulting; the steeper side of an escarpment
2. the steep artificial slope below a fort's parapet

verb

1. (earth science, geography, transitive) to cut, scrape, erode, or otherwise make into a scarp or escarpment

noun

1. plural of scar

verb

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

noun

1. (Scotland) A dash or stroke.
2. (Scotland) A niggard.
3. (Scotland) A poor-looking creature; a wretch.
4. (Scotland) A slight wound.

verb

1. (Scotland, transitive) To scratch or scrape.

adj

1. (US, colloquial) Subject to sudden alarm; easily frightened.
2. (informal) Uncannily striking or surprising.
3. (now chiefly informal) Causing fear or anxiety

adv

1. (informal) To a scary extent; scarily.

noun

1. Barren land having only a thin coat of grass.

noun

1. (chiefly Scotland) A steep cliff or bank.

intj

1. (US, slang) Acknowledgement of success

noun

1. (UK, regional) In the Lowestoft area, a narrow pathway running down a cliff to the beach.
2. (gambling) An amount of money won in gambling; winnings.
3. (music) The music of a movie or play.
4. (music) The written form of a musical composition showing all instrumental and vocal parts below each other.
5. (originally US, vulgar, slang) A sexual conquest.
6. A bribe paid to a police officer.
7. A distance of twenty yards, in ancient archery and gunnery.
8. A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.
9. A prostitute's client.
10. A robbery.
11. A weight of twenty pounds.
12. Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.
13. An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; debt.
14. An illegal sale, especially of drugs.
15. Subject.
16. The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers.
17. The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a grade.
18. The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.
19. Twenty, 20.

verb

1. (US, crime, slang, of a police officer) To extract a bribe.
2. (gambling) To win money by gambling.
3. (intransitive) To record the tally of points for a game, a match, or an examination.
4. (slang) To acquire or gain.
5. (transitive) To cut a notch or a groove in a surface.
6. (transitive) To provide (a film, etc.) with a musical score.
7. (transitive, intransitive) To obtain something desired.
8. (vulgar, slang) To obtain a sexual favor.
9. To achieve (a score) in e.g. a test.
10. To earn points in a game.

noun

1. (countable) A display of disdain; a slight.
2. (countable) An object of disdain, contempt, or derision.
3. (uncountable) Contempt or disdain.

verb

1. (intransitive) To scoff, to express contempt.
2. (transitive) To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.
3. (transitive) To refuse to do something, as beneath oneself.
4. (transitive) To reject, turn down.

noun

1. A place scoured out by running water, as in the bed of a stream below a waterfall.
2. A place where wool is washed to remove grease and impurities prior to processing.
3. The removal of sediment caused by swiftly moving water.

verb

1. (transitive) To clean, polish, or wash (something) by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously, frequently with an abrasive or cleaning agent.
2. (transitive) To remove debris and dirt (from something) by purging; to sweep along or off by a current of water.
3. (transitive) To search an area thoroughly.
4. (transitive, intransitive) To move swiftly over; to brush along.
5. (transitive, intransitive) To run with speed; to scurry.
6. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To cleanse (something) without rubbing.
7. (transitive, intransitive, veterinary medicine) To (cause livestock to) suffer from diarrhoea or dysentery.
8. (transitive, veterinary medicine) To clear the digestive tract (of an animal) by administering medication that induces defecation or vomiting; to purge.

noun

1. A crabapple.

verb

1. (transitive) To scrape or scratch.

noun

1. (Australia, slang, derogatory) A rough or unkempt woman.
2. (Scotland) A scrog.
3. (UK, slang, derogatory) A chav or ned; a stereotypically loud and aggressive person of lower social class.
4. (archaic) A thin or scrawny person or animal.
5. (archaic) The lean end of a neck of mutton; the scrag end.
6. (archaic) The neck, especially of a sheep.
7. A ragged, stunted tree or branch.

verb

1. (obsolete, colloquial) To hang on a gallows, or to choke, garotte, or strangle.
2. To destroy or kill.
3. To harass; to manhandle.

noun

1. (Derbyshire, Wales) A scratch, especially caused by claws or fingernails.
2. (US, mining, archaic) A mine previously worked on where most of the ore is believed to have been removed, but which is still being mined on a small scale.
3. (also attributively) A shutdown of a nuclear reactor (or, by extension, some other thing), often done rapidly due to an emergency.
4. The device used to shut down a nuclear reactor; also, the button or switch used to initiate a shutdown.

verb

1. (intransitive) Of a nuclear reactor or some other thing: to shut down, usually because of an emergency.
2. (intransitive, originally US, often imperative) To leave in a hurry; to go away.
3. (transitive) To shut down (a nuclear reactor or, by extension, some other thing) for safety reasons, usually because of an emergency.
4. (transitive, Derbyshire, Wales) To scratch (something) with claws or fingernails; to claw.
5. (transitive, US, mining, archaic) To mine for ore on a small scale, especially from mines previously been worked on where most of the ore is believed to have been removed.
6. Of one's body or limbs: to become numb or stiff due to cold, lack of movement, etc.
7. To be weakened by an accident, a disease, starvation, etc.

noun

1. (UK, Ireland, slang) Food, especially that of an inferior quality; grub.
2. Refuse; rubbish.

verb

1. (slang, Liverpudlian, Manchester) to eat

noun

1. (UK, in the plural) A piece of deep-fried batter left over from frying fish, sometimes sold with chips.
2. (ethnic slur, offensive) A Hispanic criminal, especially a Mexican or one affiliated with the Sureno gang.
3. (obsolete) A snare for catching birds.
4. (uncountable) Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.
5. (uncountable) Loose-leaf tobacco of a low grade, such as sweepings left over from handling higher grades.
6. (usually in the plural) Leftover food.
7. A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
8. A fight, tussle, skirmish.
9. I found a scrap of cloth to patch the hole.
10. The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat.

verb

1. (intransitive) To scrapbook; to create scrapbooks.
2. (transitive) To discard.
3. (transitive) To dispose of at a scrapyard.
4. (transitive) To make into scrap.
5. (transitive, of a project or plan) To stop working on indefinitely.
6. to fight

noun

1. (obsolete) A devil.
2. (obsolete) A hermaphrodite.

verb

1. (obsolete) To scratch; to use one's nails or claws.
2. (obsolete, UK) To rake; to search.

noun

1. A sod of grass-grown turf from the surface of a bog or from a field.
2. A turf covering the roof of a cottage beneath the thatch.

noun

1. A tern; the sea swallow.

noun

1. (Scotland) A coarse sieve.
2. (countable) A slope made up of loose stony debris at the base of a cliff, mountain, etc.
3. (uncountable) Loose stony debris on a slope.
4. (uncountable, by extension) Similar debris made up of broken building material such as bricks, concrete, etc.
5. A harsh, high-pitched sound or cry (as of a hawk).

verb

1. To flatten or level concrete while still wet, and remove protruding gravel and stones from the surface.
2. To make a high-pitched cry like that of a hawk.
3. To traverse scree downhill.

noun

1. (US, slang, dated) An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a student by an instructor.
2. (billiards) Backspin.
3. (dated) An old, worn-out, unsound and worthless horse.
4. (informal, in the plural, with "the") Rheumatism.
5. (mathematics) A straight line in space with which a definite linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated. It is used to express the displacement of a rigid body, which may always be made to consist of a rotation about an axis combined with a translation parallel to that axis.
6. (nautical) A ship's propeller.
7. (slang) A small packet of tobacco.
8. (slang) Salary, wages.
9. (slang, derogatory) A prison guard.
10. (slang, derogatory) An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint.
11. (vulgar, slang) A casual sexual partner.
12. (vulgar, slang) Sexual intercourse; the act of screwing.
13. A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a partially or completely threaded shank, sometimes with a threaded point, and a head used to both hold the top material and to drive the screw either directly into a soft material or into a prepared hole.
14. A simple machine, a helical inclined plane.
15. A steam vessel propelled by a screw instead of wheels.
16. An Archimedes screw.
17. An amphipod crustacean.
18. The motion of screwing something; a turn or twist to one side.

verb

1. (US, slang, dated) To examine (a student) rigidly; to subject to a severe examination.
2. (billiards, snooker, pool) To screw back.
3. (intransitive, US, slang, often imperative, dated) To leave; to go away; to scram.
4. (soccer, transitive) To miskick (a ball) by hitting it with the wrong part of the foot.
5. (transitive) To connect or assemble pieces using a screw.
6. (transitive) To contort.
7. (transitive) To extort or practice extortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions; to put the screws on.
8. (transitive, intransitive, vulgar, slang) To have sexual intercourse with.
9. (transitive, slang) To cheat someone or ruin their chances in a game or other situation.

noun

1. (online gaming) A practice match between one or more organized teams usually in preparation for a more competitive format, such as a tournament.
2. (photography) A sheet of gauze etc. used to reduce the intensity of light.
3. (theater) A theater drop that appears opaque when a scene in front is lighted and transparent or translucent when a scene in back is lighted.
4. A kind of light cotton or linen fabric, often woven in openwork patterns, used for curtains, etc,.
5. A large military scarf, usually camouflage coloured and used for concealment when not used as a scarf.
6. A woven, nonwoven or knitted fabric composed of continuous strands of material used for reinforcing or strengthening membranes.
7. Thin canvas glued on the inside of panels to prevent shrinking, checking, etc.

verb

1. (online gaming) To participate in a scrim.
2. (photography) To use a scrim.

noun

1. (archaic) Small change.
2. (informal, Britain, US) A medical prescription.
3. A document signifying a power to obtain a specified acreage of public land.
4. A scrap of paper.
5. A share certificate.
6. A small medieval bag used to carry food, money, utensils etc.
7. A substitute for legal tender that is produced by a local government or a private organization.
8. A voucher or token coin used in place of legal tender for payment of wages.

Noun

1. writing; document; scroll

noun

1. (New England, sometimes New York) Any cod, pollock, haddock, or other whitefish.

verb

1. (nonstandard, New England, humorous) simple past tense and past participle of screw
2. (transitive) To shred.

noun

1. (Scotland) The crab-apple tree.
2. (dialect) A blackthorn.
3. (heraldry) The branch of a tree, especially one used as a blazon in Scotland.
4. A stunted or shrivelled bush.
5. Brushwood.

noun

1. (obsolete) A clipping from skins; a currier's cuttings.
2. (obsolete) A scroll.

adj

1. Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.

noun

1. (US, stock breeding) One of the common livestock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, especially when inferior in size, etc. Often used to refer to male animals unsuited for breeding.
2. (by extension, in the plural) Any medical uniform consisting of a short-sleeved shirt and pants (trousers).
3. (medicine, in the plural) Clothing worn while performing surgery.
4. (obsolete, slang) Informal attire or dress code; morning dress
5. A cancellation.
6. A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant
7. A worn-out brush.
8. An exfoliant for the body.
9. An instance of scrubbing.
10. One not on the first team of players; a substitute.
11. One who is incompetent or unable to complete easy tasks.
12. One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.
13. One who scrubs.
14. Vegetation of inferior quality, though sometimes thick and impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also, brush.

verb

1. (audio) To move a recording tape back and forth with a scrubbing motion to produce a scratching sound, or to do so by a similar use of a control on an editing system.
2. (audio, video) To maneuver the play position on a media editing system by using a scroll bar or touch-based interface.
3. (databases, transitive) To eliminate or to correct data from a set of records to bring it inline with other similar datasets
4. (intransitive) To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour
5. (intransitive, figuratively) To be diligent and penurious
6. (transitive) To call off a scheduled event; to cancel.
7. (transitive) To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening

name

1. (software engineering) Alternative letter-case form of Scrum

noun

1. (Canada) A tightly packed group of reporters surrounding a person, usually a politician, asking for comments about an issue; an opportunity provided for a politician to be approached this way.
2. (rugby) In rugby union or rugby league, all the forwards joined together in an organised way.
3. (software engineering) In Agile software development (specifically Scrum or related methodologies), a daily meeting in which each developer describes what they have been doing, what they plan to do next, and any impediments to progress.
4. A tightly-packed and disorderly crowd of people.
5. Hostile shoving between two groups.

verb

1. (rugby, intransitive) To form a scrum.