HANGMAN SOLVER

noun

1. (organic chemistry) An indole alkaloid found in the seeds of the tree Picralima nitida.

adj

1. Producing or generating alkali.

noun

1. plural of ankus

noun

1. plural of ankush

noun

1. (biology, medicine) Impaired patency of the urethra owing to any sort of fusion that either partially or completely obstructs its lumen (for example, stricture due to adhesions).

adj

1. (oncology, pharmacology) Preventing or countering leukemia.

noun

1. Any drug that prevents or counters leukemia.

adj

1. Opposed to nuclear weapons.

noun

1. (informal) One who opposes nuclear weapons.

noun

1. An old Thai unit of length, approximately 2.6 centimetres.

adj

1. Alternative form of arrhenotokous

adj

1. (zoology) Relating to arrhenotoky; producing males from unfertilized eggs.

adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of an aunt.

noun

1. A visual illusion in which a stationary source of light appears to move.
2. Spontaneous or voluntary movement; movement due to an internal cause.

noun

1. autokinesis

adj

1. (historical) Of a fire-alarm telegraphy system, arranged so that when one alarm is being transmitted, no other alarm, sent in from another point, will be transmitted until after the first alarm has been disposed of.
2. Moving by itself or automatically.

adj

1. Like an automaton; robotic.

noun

1. (zoology) The true skeleton of a sponge, composed of elements secreted by the sponge itself.

noun

1. plural of backcourtman

adj

1. (computing) (of a task) Made non-interactive
2. Moved to the background

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of background

noun

1. (chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives basic details on subjects that are likely to be mentioned.
2. A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation.
3. A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon.

noun

1. Alternative form of banjouke

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. plural of baudekin

noun

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

verb

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

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. (historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.
2. (historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament
3. (usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.

adj

1. Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.

noun

1. (colloquial) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.

noun

1. plural of bluestocking

adj

1. (obsolete) Gray; grayish or light blue.

noun

1. (obsolete) A cloth, or kind of cloth (blanket cloth), generally but not always of this color.
2. (obsolete) A color, generally a light bluish gray or blue or gray, but sometimes seemingly a dark red or violet.

noun

1. Alternative form of bontebok (“South African antelope”)

noun

1. plural of bontebuck

noun

1. (Internet) An automated response to an email, indicating that it could not be delivered.
2. (marketing) A customized order form sent out with previously ordered goods, encouraging the customer to make a further order, perhaps motivated by a discount or free gift.
3. A rebound.
4. An economic recovery.

noun

1. A plant, the acanthus.

Proper noun

1. of German origin. Widely known as the surname of the Austrian composer (1824-96).

noun

1. The state of being brusk

noun

1. Menyanthes trifoliata, a plant with racemes of white or reddish flowers and intensely bitter leaves, sometimes used in medicine.

noun

1. plural of buckbean

noun

1. (Ireland, historical) a poor young man of the lower Anglo-Irish gentry who aspires to the habits and dress of the wealthy.

noun

1. plural of buckeen

noun

1. A heavy pouring down of liquid; a deluge.
2. Synonym of binning (“data pre-processing technique”)
3. The act of moving material using a bucket.

verb

1. present participle of bucket

noun

1. The manufacture of buckets.

Proper noun

1. An inland county of England bounded by Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Greater London, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.

noun

1. The quality of being buckish.

verb

1. present participle of buckler

adj

1. Wearing clothes made from buckskin.

noun

1. bulkheads in general

noun

1. The characteristic of being bulky, or of having bulk.

noun

1. plural of bulkiness

noun

1. The manufacture of bullets.

noun

1. A bull-necked person.
2. A short and thick neck, like that of a bull.

adj

1. Having a thick, muscular neck

noun

1. plural of bullneck

noun

1. Pituophis catenifer sayi, a large non-venomous colubrid snake endemic to the central United States, northern Mexico, and southwestern Canada.

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. (nautical) Oil or coal used for the engine of a vessel
2. (nautical) The act of bunkering (loading a vessel with oil or coal)

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of bunker

noun

1. (chiefly Nigeria) The illicit removal of oil from a pipeline or other distribution system.
2. (nautical) The taking on board of bunker fuel.

verb

1. present participle of bunker

noun

1. (historical) A man in charge of an industrial coal storage bunker.

noun

1. plural of bunkerman

noun

1. plural of bunker

noun

1. A building providing sleeping quarters for workers or guests, especially in a rural setting.

noun

1. plural of bunkhouse

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.

noun

1. Especially, one who shares a bunk bed.
2. One who sleeps in the same area as another person.

noun

1. plural of bunkmate

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of bunko

noun

1. Alternative form of burkundaz

adj

1. Earnest and practical without being distracted or enthusiastic.
2. Methodical and efficient, in a way that would be advantageous to a business or businessperson.

noun

1. The state or condition of being businesslike.

adj

1. Tragic, dignified or serious in style.
2. Trodden by buskins.
3. Wearing buskins.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of buttonhook

adj

1. Resembling a button.

adj

1. Causing canker; ulcerating.
2. Infected with canker; ulcerous.

adj

1. Given to or marked by an ill-tempered, quarrelsome nature; ill-tempered, cranky, crabby.

adv

1. In a cantankerous manner.

noun

1. The state of being cantankerous.

verb

1. present participle of checksum

noun

1. The quality of being chuckleheaded.

Noun

1. A chuck; a pebble.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of chunk

adj

1. comparative form of chunky: more chunky

adj

1. superlative form of chunky: most chunky

noun

1. the state of being chunky

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of clunk

noun

1. (informal) A decrepit motor car.
2. (informal) Anything which is in poor condition or of poor quality.

noun

1. plural of clunker

adj

1. comparative form of clunky: more clunky

noun

1. the state or condition of being cocksure

noun

1. Archaic form of coconut.

noun

1. (informal, dated) A computer enthusiast.

noun

1. plural of computernik

noun

1. (usually capitalized) A person who is a native or resident of the U.S. state of Nebraska.
2. A person or device that removes husks from corn.

noun

1. Alternative form of counter-attack

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of counterattack

noun

1. One who carries out a counterattack.

verb

1. present participle of counterattack

noun

1. plural of counterattack; alternative spelling of counter-attacks

verb

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counterattack; alternative spelling of counter-attacks

noun

1. A blockade set up in opposition to another blockade.

noun

1. plural of counterblockade

noun

1. A restriction or limit.
2. A second check (in order to confirm or deny a previous one).

verb

1. To recheck.
2. To restrict or limit by counteracting.

adj

1. (US, Canada) Moving or located in the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.

adv

1. (US, Canada) In the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.

noun

1. (farriery) An artificial cavity made in the teeth of horses that have outgrown their natural mark, to disguise their age.
2. A mark or token added to those already existing, as a security or proof.

verb

1. (transitive) To apply a countermark to.