HANGMAN SOLVER

noun

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

adj

1. Preventing breakage.

noun

1. A person who says nasty things about another person behind the second person's back: that is, out of their sight and hearing.

noun

1. plural of backbiter

noun

1. plural of backcourtman

noun

1. A pig yielding significant backfat.

noun

1. A guide attached to the slide rest of a lathe, and placed in contact with the work to steady it in turning.
2. The back piece of a chair, used to support the sitter's back.

noun

1. plural of backrest

noun

1. (computing) The sending of IP packets to essentially random addresses in response to incoming packets that have a spoofed origin.
2. (military) A portion of the energy of electromagnetic radiation such as a laser or radio waves that is scattered back in the direction of the source of radiation by an obscurant.
3. (physics) The deflection of particles and/or radiation through angles greater than 90 degrees to the original direction of travel.
4. The particles and/or radiation deflected in this manner.

verb

1. To scatter particles and/or radiation back to the direction from which they come.

verb

1. past participle of backscatter

noun

1. (physics) The scattering of waves, particles, or signals back in the direction of their source.

verb

1. present participle of backscatter

noun

1. plural of backscatter

verb

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

noun

1. A long slender rod with a rake-like device on one end, sometimes in the form of a human hand, designed to let a person scratch their own back.

noun

1. One living in the back or outlying districts of a community.

noun

1. A traitor or hypocrite, such as a co-worker or friend assumed trustworthy but who figuratively attacks when one's back is turned.

noun

1. plural of backstabber

noun

1. (obsolete) A baker.

noun

1. plural of backstory

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. plural of backstreet

noun

1. (athletics, horse racing, car racing) Synonym of back straight (“straight part of a racetrack, running track, etc., opposite the finishing line”).
2. (exercise) An exercise that stretches the muscles of the back.
3. (figuratively) The middle part of an event.
4. (horse racing) An area next to a racetrack used to stable the racehorses and house employees.

noun

1. plural of backstretch.

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.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backstroke

noun

1. plural of backstroke

verb

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

noun

1. (mineralogy) Synonym of hydrohausmannite

noun

1. (computing) A stack trace.

verb

1. (by extension) To find the cause of something by examining past events
2. (computing) To examine a stack trace

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backtrack

noun

1. One who, or that which, backtracks.

noun

1. plural of backtracker

noun

1. (idiomatic) A remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.
2. (paper industry) Water used in the papermaking process. Recycled to reduce usage of fresh water, and usually containing residual amounts of chemicals and fibres.
3. A rowing stroke in which the oar is pushed forward to stop the boat; see back water
4. The water held back by a dam or other obstruction

verb

1. (idiomatic) To vacillate on a long-held position.
2. To row or paddle a backwater stroke.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of backwater

noun

1. plural of backwater

verb

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

noun

1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing boron, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.

noun

1. plural of bankruptcy

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of bankrupt

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a bankrupt.

noun

1. (dated) bankruptcy

noun

1. (sailing) Alternative spelling of barquentine

noun

1. plural of barkentine

noun

1. (mineralogy) A particular hornblende mineral.

adj

1. Of or relating to the mineral barkevikite.

adj

1. superlative form of barky: most barky

noun

1. A magenta-coloured turbid variety of ruby from Victoria, Australia.

noun

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

noun

1. (informal) A basketball player; a person who plays basketball.

noun

1. A person who weaves baskets.

noun

1. plural of basketry

noun

1. Baskets collectively.
2. The process of weaving unspun vegetable fibers to make a basket.

noun

1. basketwork goods collectively

noun

1. Material woven in the style of a basket.
2. The craft of making such material.

noun

1. plural of basketwork

noun

1. The larva of a psychid moth.

noun

1. A manufacturer of batik fabrics.

noun

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

noun

1. Someone who makes belts.

noun

1. plural of berakah

noun

1. (historical) An old Russian unit of weight, approximately 164 kilograms or 10 poods.

verb

1. (transitive) To mark or cover with streaks.

noun

1. That which betokens.

verb

1. (transitive) To deprive (a river) of its lower course or trunk by submergence or erosion of the land by the sea.

noun

1. Someone who sticks up advertisements on billboards, walls, and similar surfaces.

noun

1. Alternative form of bitter bark

noun

1. Short for black marketeer.

noun

1. A cruel and remorseless person.
2. A heart-shaped cherry with a very dark skin.
3. A type of malleable cast iron with minimum tensile strength of 350 N/mm².
4. Any of various plant diseases that cause darkening of the central tissue.

adj

1. Alternative form of black-hearted

noun

1. The state or quality of being blackhearted; villainy.

noun

1. plural of blackheart

noun

1. One who blacklists.

noun

1. plural of blacklister

noun

1. Blackwater fever; malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum.
2. Waste from domestic toilets; water containing fecal matter.
3. Water containing loam, tannins, etc., giving it a very dark appearance.

noun

1. plural of blackwater

noun

1. Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia.

noun

1. A manufacturer of blankets.

noun

1. A voluble purveyor of nonsense; a blusterer.
2. A worthless fellow; a deadbeat.
3. Nonsense or blather; empty talk.

noun

1. plural of blatherskite

noun

1. A fast military offensive, typically involving a large and highly mobile tank force with air support.

noun

1. plural of blitzkrieg

noun

1. (US) One who engages in blockbusting (technique encouraging people to sell property).
2. (informal) Something, especially an event or a film, book or other creative work, that is intended to achieve high sales (perhaps indicated by large budgets or high advertising spending) or that is conceived on a large or epic scale
3. (informal) Something, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales, as opposed to a box office bomb.
4. (slang) Anything very large or powerful; a whopper.
5. A high-explosive bomb used for the purposes of demolishing extensive areas, such as a city block.
6. A large firework of the firecracker type; an M-80.

noun

1. plural of blockbuster

noun

1. (medicine, obsolete) Loss of sensation and motion from hemorrhage or congestion in the brain.
2. A stroke or blow with a weapon that draws blood.

noun

1. (historical) A person who operated small-crew open fishing boats and fishing rooms on the shores around Newfoundland in the early 19th century.
2. A person in charge of a boat.

noun

1. A machine that manufactures bolts.
2. A manufacturer of bolts.

noun

1. A support used to maintain a book or sheet when reading.

noun

1. plural of bookrest

noun

1. A store where books are bought and sold.

noun

1. plural of bookstore

noun

1. (by extension, derogatory) Anyone who is seen as supporting authoritarianism.
2. (derogatory) A person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner; a toady

noun

1. plural of bootlicker

noun

1. A maker of boots; a cobbler.

noun

1. (mineralogy) Alternate name for delvauxite.

noun

1. A manufacturer of bottles.

noun

1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, lead, manganese, oxygen, vanadium, and zinc.

noun

1. (UK) "(" and ")" specifically, the other forms above requiring adjectives for disambiguation.
2. (US) "[" and "]" specifically - as opposed to the other forms, which have their own technical names.
3. (algebra) A pair of values that represent the smallest and largest elements of a range.
4. (engineering) Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part.
5. (land surveying, 19th century) a mark cut into a stone by land surveyors to secure a bench.
6. (military) The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage, supporting the trunnions.
7. (military) Typically of stationary weapons, the zone enclosed by one long and one short shot impact expected to be hit very accurately.
8. (nautical) A short crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.
9. (sports) A prediction of the outcome of games in a tournament, used for betting purposes.
10. (sports) A printed diagram of games in a tournament.
11. (typography) The small curved or angular corner formed by a serif and a stroke in a letter.
12. A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.
13. Alternative form of bragget (“drink made with ale and honey”)
14. One of several ranges of numbers.

verb

1. (military) To gauge the range of a target by firing equally short and long of it and ranging the weapon between the two to achieve a very accurate hit.
2. (philosophy, phenomenology) In the philosophical system of Edmund Husserl and his followers, to set aside metaphysical theories and existential questions concerning what is real in order to focus philosophical attention simply on the actual content of experience.
3. (photography) To take multiple images of the same subject, using a range of exposure settings, in order to help ensure that a satisfactory image is obtained.
4. To bound on both sides, to surround, as enclosing with brackets.
5. To enclose in typographical brackets.
6. To mark distinctly for special treatment.
7. To place in the same category.
8. To set aside, discount, ignore.
9. To support by means of mechanical brackets.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of bracket

noun

1. (architecture) A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively.
2. The act of enclosing (text, etc.) in brackets.

verb

1. present participle of bracket

noun

1. plural of bracket

verb

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

adv

1. In terms of brackets (in various senses).

adj

1. Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting bradykinesia

noun

1. (agriculture) A region which has favourable conditions to produce a large quantity of grain or, by extension, other food products; a food bowl.
2. (humorous) The abdomen or stomach, especially as a vulnerable part of the body in an attack.
3. A basket used for storing or carrying bread.

noun

1. plural of breadbasket

noun

1. The state or property of being breakable.

noun

1. (by extension) A meal consisting of food normally eaten in the morning, which may typically include eggs, sausages, toast, bacon, etc.
2. (largely obsolete outside religion) A meal eaten after a period of (now often religious) fasting.
3. The celebratory meal served after a wedding (and occasionally after other solemnities e.g. a funeral).
4. The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.

verb

1. (intransitive) To eat the morning meal.
2. (transitive) To serve breakfast to.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of breakfast

noun

1. One eating breakfast.

noun

1. plural of breakfaster

noun

1. The act of eating breakfast.

verb

1. present participle of breakfast