HANGMAN SOLVER

adj

1. (optics, relational) Of, or relating to optics or optical instruments.
2. (relational) Of, or relating to the eye or to vision.

noun

1. (archaic, humorous) An eye.
2. (optics) A lens or other part of an optical instrument that interacts with light.
3. (trademark in UK) A measuring device with a small window, attached to an upside-down bottle, used to dispense alcoholic drinks in a bar.

noun

1. A paved outside area, adjoining a house, used for dining or recreation.
2. An inner courtyard typical of traditional houses in some regions of Spain.

noun

1. An embroidery trim made of a series of small loops.

adj

1. Being a vehicle to warn other road users of the presence of an oversize vehicle/combination.
2. Made or used as a test or demonstration of capability.
3. Used to control or activate another device.

noun

1. (Australia, road transport) A person authorised to drive such a vehicle during an escort.
2. (Australia, road transport, informal) A pilot vehicle.
3. (aviation) A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft.
4. (mining) The heading or excavation of relatively small dimensions, first made in the driving of a larger tunnel.
5. (motor racing) A driver.
6. (rail transport) A cowcatcher.
7. (television) A sample episode of a proposed TV series produced to decide if it should be made or not. If approved, typically the first episode of an actual TV series.
8. A guide book for maritime navigation.
9. A guide or escort through an unknown or dangerous area.
10. A person who knows well the depths and currents of a harbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel to help navigate the harbor or coast.
11. A person who steers a ship, a helmsman.
12. A pilot light.
13. A short plug, sometimes made interchangeable, at the end of a counterbore to guide the tool.
14. An instrument for detecting the compass error.
15. One who flies a kite.
16. Something serving as a test or trial.

verb

1. (rail transport, of a locomotive) To serve as the leading locomotive on a double-headed train.
2. (transitive) To control (an aircraft or watercraft).
3. (transitive) To guide (a vessel) through coastal waters.
4. (transitive) To test or have a preliminary trial of (an idea, a new product, etc.)

noun

1. (by extension) Any of several wines made from these grapes.
2. Any of several grape varieties grown in Europe and North America.

adj

1. Pied, mottled.

noun

1. A horse with a patchy coloration that includes white.

noun

1. (philosophy) A notional living being used in discussing certain aspects of the philosophy of language.

noun

1. (climbing) A spike, wedge, or peg that is driven into a rock or ice surface as a support (as for a mountain climber).

verb

1. (climbing) To put pitons into a rock/ice to facilitate climbing.

noun

1. (Canadian football) A quarterback.
2. (US, politics) A shift during a general election in a political candidate's messaging to reflect plans and values more moderate than those advocated during the primary.
3. (computing) A pivot table.
4. (computing) An element of a set to be sorted that is chosen as a midpoint, so as to divide the other elements into two groups to be dealt with recursively.
5. (figuratively, by extension) Something or someone having a paramount significance in a certain situation.
6. (graphical user interface) Any of a row of captioned elements used to navigate to subpages, rather like tabs.
7. (handball) A circle runner.
8. (mathematics) An element of a matrix that is used as a focus for row operations, such as dividing the row by the pivot, or adding multiples of the row to other rows making all other values in the pivot column 0.
9. (military) The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place while the company or line moves around him in wheeling.
10. (roller derby) A player with responsibility for co-ordinating their team in a particular jam.
11. A thing on which something turns; specifically a metal pointed pin or short shaft in machinery, such as the end of an axle or spindle.
12. Act of turning on one foot.

verb

1. (US, politics) To shift a political candidate's messaging during a general election to reflect plans and values more moderate than those advocated during the primary.
2. (business slang) To change the direction of a business, usually in response to changes in the market.
3. (intransitive) To turn on an exact spot.

noun

1. (UK) A unit of measure for rain, equal to 0.254 mm or 0.01 of an inch.
2. (UK) An electric power socket.
3. (US, slang, dated) An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer.
4. (archaic) Condition, state.
5. (automotive, chiefly in the plural) Either of the two metal surfaces in a distributor which close or open to allow or prevent the flow of current through the ignition coil. There is usually a moving point, pushed by the distributor cam, and a fixed point, and they are built together as a unit.
6. (backgammon) Each of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played.
7. (baseball) The position of the pitcher and catcher.
8. (by extension) A note; a tune.
9. (by extension) An operational or public leadership position in a risky endeavor.
10. (cricket) A fielding position square of the wicket on the off side, between gully and cover.
11. (economics) A unit used to express differences in prices of stocks and shares.
12. (falconry) The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover.
13. (fencing) A movement executed with the sabre or foil.
14. (heraldry) One of the several different parts of the escutcheon.
15. (historical) A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.
16. (hunting) A spot to which a straight run is made; hence, a straight run from point to point; a cross-country run.
17. (in the plural, dated) The chief or excellent features.
18. (lacrosse, ice hockey) The position of the player of each side who stands a short distance in front of the goalkeeper.
19. (mathematics) A decimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud).
20. (mathematics, sciences) A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction.
21. (medicine, obsolete) A vaccine point.
22. (music) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time. In ancient music, it distinguished or characterized certain tones or styles (points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.). In modern music, it is placed on the right of a note to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half.
23. (nautical) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.
24. (nautical) The difference between two points of the compass.
25. (navigation, nautical) A unit of bearing equal to one thirty-second of a circle, i.e. 11.25°.
26. (now only in phrases) A tenth; formerly also a twelfth.
27. (obsolete) A tiny amount of time; a moment.
28. (obsolete) The smallest quantity of something; a jot, a whit.
29. (rail transport, UK, in the plural) A railroad switch.
30. (sports, video games, board games) A unit of scoring in a game or competition.
31. (typography) a unit of measure equal to 1/12 of a pica, or approximately 1/72 of an inch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era).
32. (usually in the plural) An area of contrasting colour on an animal, especially a dog; a marking.
33. A distinguishing quality or characteristic.
34. A focus of conversation or consideration; the main idea.
35. A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark.
36. A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture.
37. A peninsula or promontory.
38. A purpose or objective, which makes something meaningful.
39. A specific location or place, seen as a spatial position.
40. A tine or snag of an antler.
41. A topic of discussion or debate; a proposition.
42. An individual element in a larger whole; a particular detail, thought, or quality.
43. An object which has a sharp or tapering tip.
44. Any projecting extremity of an object.
45. Each of the main directions on a compass, usually considered to be 32 in number; a direction.
46. Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc.
47. Lace worked by the needle.
48. Pointedness of speech or writing; a penetrating or decisive quality of expression.
49. Short for percentage point.
50. Short for point man.
51. Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.
52. The act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions.
53. The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.
54. The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.
55. The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force.
56. The sharp tip of an object.

verb

1. (dated) To give point to (something said or done); to give particular prominence or force to.
2. (dated) To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate.
3. (intransitive) To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.
4. (intransitive) To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.
5. (intransitive) To face in a particular direction.
6. (intransitive) To indicate a probability of something.
7. (intransitive, hunting) To indicate the presence of game by a fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do.
8. (intransitive, nautical) To sail close to the wind.
9. (medicine, of an abscess) To approximate to the surface; to head.
10. (obsolete) To appoint.
11. (stone-cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
12. (transitive) To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.
13. (transitive) To mark with diacritics.
14. (transitive, Internet) To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name.
15. (transitive, computing) To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory.
16. (transitive, intransitive, masonry) To repair mortar.
17. (transitive, masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.
18. (transitive, mathematics) To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.
19. (transitive, sometimes figurative) To direct toward an object; to aim.
20. To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.

noun

1. (aviation) Abbreviation of position.
2. Something that is posited; a postulate.

verb

1. Assume the existence of; to postulate.
2. Propose for consideration or study; to suggest.
3. Put (something somewhere) firmly; to place or position.

noun

1. (New Zealand) A goblin.
2. (New Zealand) An evil spirit.

noun

1. plural of tophus

noun

1. (historical) A kind of mural decoration common in Ancient Roman houses, usually featuring landscapes.
2. (postmodern philosophy) The lived physical place, in opposition to the ideal of a utopia.

adj

1. topical

noun

1. (Internet) Discussion thread.
2. (music) A musical sign intended to suggest a particular style or genre.
3. (obsolete) An argument or reason.
4. (obsolete, medicine) An external local application or remedy, such as a plaster, a blister, etc.
5. Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.

noun

1. plural of topi