HANGMAN SOLVER

noun

1. (biochemistry) Either of two neuropeptide hormones found in vertebrates; the hypocretins.

noun

1. (psychology) The affective and conative character of mental activity as contrasted with its cognitive aspect; the appetitive aspect of an act; desire, appetite.

noun

1. plural of oryx

noun

1. (computing) An electronic folder serving the same purpose, for electronic mail.
2. A box holding papers to be transmitted to others, eg, by mail.

verb

1. (boxing, transitive) To box better than.

verb

1. (transitive) to beat in a competition of wits

noun

1. Archaic form of oxyacid.

noun

1. (chemistry) A complex nitrogenous substance, C₃N₃H₅O₃, obtained from alloxan (or when urea is fused with ethyl oxamate).

adj

1. (medicine, rare) Of or pertaining to oxaluria.
2. Of or pertaining to oxalic acid or its derivatives.

noun

1. (horticulture) Any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Oxalis

noun

1. (organic chemistry, especially in combination) Either the univalent or the divalent radicals derived from oxalic acid by removal of one or two hydrogen atoms

adj

1. (organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to oxamic acid or its derivatives

noun

1. Archaic form of oxamide.

noun

1. A poisonous bulbous plant, Buphane toxicaria.

noun

1. An African weaverbird (Bubalornis albirostris).
2. The dunlin.
3. The sanderling.

noun

1. plural of oxbow

noun

1. A cart designed to be drawn by an ox or oxen.

noun

1. plural of oxeye

noun

1. Alternative letter-case form of Oxford (cloth)
2. Alternative letter-case form of Oxford (shoe)

noun

1. (historical) The area of land that could be plowed by an ox in a year, ¹⁄₈ hide or carucate and notionally 15 acres.
2. (historical, Scotland) The similar Scottish concept, ¹⁄₈ of a ploughgate and notionally 12+¹⁄₂ or 13 Scottish acres.

noun

1. A goad for driving oxen.

noun

1. (obsolete) A dolt; a blockhead.
2. The head of an ox; an emblem of cuckoldom.

noun

1. One who herds oxen.

noun

1. Leather made from the hide of an ox.
2. The skin (hide) of an ox.

noun

1. The horn of an ox.

noun

1. plural of oxide

adj

1. (inorganic chemistry) Relating to an oxide

noun

1. plural of oxime

noun

1. An old land measure, equivalent to eight acres.

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of an ox: strong, foolish, etc.

noun

1. plural of oxlip

Proper noun

1. A city in southern California, United States.

noun

1. A shoe for oxen, consisting of a flat piece of iron nailed to the hoof.

noun

1. The hide of an ox.

noun

1. A cut of meat taken from the tail of a cow or calf; it requires long, slow braising, and is used to prepare oxtail soup.
2. The tail of an ox or cow.

noun

1. plural of oxter

noun

1. (countable) An atom of this element.
2. (figurative) A condition or environment in which something can thrive.
3. (medicine) A mixture of oxygen and other gases, administered to a patient to help them breathe.
4. Molecular oxygen (O₂), a colorless, odorless gas at room temperature, also called dioxygen.
5. The chemical element (symbol O) with an atomic number of 8 and relative atomic mass of 15.9994. It is a colorless and odorless gas.

noun

1. (geometry) A triangle with three acute angles.

noun

1. (historical, medicine) A mixture of honey, water, and vinegar, boiled to a syrup, sometimes mixed with herbs or spices.

noun

1. Archaic form of oxyopia.

Proper noun

1. name transferred from the surname.

noun

1. (music, lutherie) The part of a violin or similar stringed instrument that holds the tuning pegs.

noun

1. (chemistry, in combination) The divalent radical -O-O- derived from a peroxide

noun

1. (medicine, now rare) A hammer (or other instrument) used to test a person's reflexes.

noun

1. Alternative spelling of poleaxe

noun

1. The thumb; the first, or preaxial, digit of the forelimb, corresponding to the hallux in the hind limb. In birds, the pollex is the joint which bears the alula or bastard wing.

noun

1. (mineralogy) A variety of petalite always found with castor.

verb

1. present participle of pox

noun

1. Alternative form of praecox

adj

1. (obsolete) Long; having great length.
2. Tediously lengthy; dwelling on trivial details.

noun

1. (obsolete) viceroy

Proper noun

1. The wife of Alexander the Great.

Proper noun

1. name borrowed from the form of Roxana.

Proper noun

1. A historic realm and modern state of Germany.

Noun

1. A fine soft woollen fabric.
2. Saxony yarn, or flannel made of it or similar yarn.

noun

1. (zoology) The structure at the front end of a tapeworm which, in the adult, has suckers and hooks by which it attaches itself to a host.

noun

1. (informal) A sexy person.

noun

1. A church official who looks after a church building and its graveyard and may act as a gravedigger and bell-ringer.
2. A sexton beetle.

noun

1. plural of sexto

noun

1. plural of sixmo

noun

1. Any member of the genus Styrax of trees and shrubs.
2. The resin of the oriental sweetgum tree (Liquidambar orientalis), formerly used as a stimulating expectorant.

noun

1. (proscribed) plural of taxon

noun

1. A box for carrying or storing tea; a tea chest or tea caddy.

noun

1. (anatomy) The region of the mammalian body between the neck and abdomen as well as the cavity containing the heart and lungs.
2. (entomology and arachnology) The middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body to which the legs are attached.

Noun

1. A secondary explosive made from RDX, TNT and powdered aluminium, used in World War II.

verb

1. (transitive) To make or render toxic.

noun

1. Archaic form of toxin.

noun

1. plural of toxin

noun

1. A toxin that has had its toxic properties removed, but retains its ability to generate an immune response.

noun

1. A typically black formal jacket worn by men.
2. Ellipsis of tuxedo cat.
3. The entire suit complementing and including this jacket.

adj

1. Not foxy.

noun

1. alloxantin

noun

1. (zoology) Any of the genus Volvox of chlorophytes.

noun

1. (figuratively) Anything that inevitably draws surrounding things into its current.
2. (figuratively) Anything that involves constant violent or chaotic activity around some centre.
3. (historical) A supposed collection of particles of very subtle matter, endowed with a rapid rotary motion around an axis which was also the axis of a sun or planet; part of a Cartesian theory accounting for the formation of the universe, and the movements of the bodies composing it.
4. (zoology) Any of numerous species of small Turbellaria belonging to Vortex and allied genera.
5. A whirlwind, whirlpool, or similarly moving matter in the form of a spiral or column.

verb

1. (chemistry) To mix using a vortex mixer

noun

1. plural of xenon

noun

1. (medicine) Dryness of the eye.

noun

1. (historical) A wooden statue used as a cult image in Ancient Greece.

adj

1. Characteristic of wood; woody

noun

1. plural of xylol

noun

1. A tumour on the woody part of a plant

noun

1. (biochemistry) One of the pentoses, C₅H₁₀O₅, a white crystalline sugar, derived from wood.

noun

1. plural of xystos

noun

1. Alternative form of xystus