(most common British spelling, also sometimes used in the US) Alternative spelling of acknowledgment
acknowledgements
acknowledgements
noun
plural of acknowledgement
acknowledgment
acknowledgment
noun
(law) A formal statement or document recognizing the fulfillment or execution of a legal requirement or procedure.
(law) The act of a person admitting a child as their own.
(telecommunications, computing, networking) A response (ACK) sent by a receiver to indicate successful receipt of a transmission (See Wikipedia article on transmission).
A message from the addressee informing the originator that the originator's communication has been received and understood.
A recognition as genuine or valid; an avowing or admission in legal form.
A reward or other expression or token of gratitude.
An expression of gratitude for a benefit or an obligation.
The act of acknowledging
The act of recognizing in a particular character or relationship; recognition of existence, authority, truth, or genuineness.
acknowledgments
acknowledgments
noun
plural of acknowledgment
alkalimetric
alkalimetric
adj
(chemistry) Describing a titration in which the titrant is an alkali.
alkalimetrical
alkalimetrical
adj
Alternative form of alkalimetric
alkalimetrically
alkalimetrically
adv
By means of alkalimetry.
amchitka
amphikaryotic
amtrack
amtracks
amtracks
noun
plural of amtrack
anakinetomeric
antiblackism
antiblackism
noun
Antiblack sentiments or politics.
antileukemic
antileukemic
adj
(oncology, pharmacology) Preventing or countering leukemia.
noun
Any drug that prevents or counters leukemia.
antiskepticism
antiskepticism
noun
Opposition to a skeptical viewpoint.
archworkmaster
attackman
attackman
noun
(sports) A player in a position whose primary responsibility is offense.
backcourtman
backcourtman
noun
(basketball) A backcourt player.
backcourtmen
backcourtmen
noun
plural of backcourtman
backmost
backmost
adj
farthest back
backstamp
backstamped
backstamping
backstromite
backstromite
noun
(mineralogy) Synonym of hydrohausmannite
bespecklement
bibliokleptomaniac
bibliokleptomaniac
noun
Someone who suffers from bibliokleptomania.
biscuitmaker
biscuitmaking
blacksmith
blacksmith
noun
(informal) A person who shoes horses.
A blackish fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis punctipinnis).
A person who forges iron.
verb
(intransitive) To work as a blacksmith.
blacksmithing
blacksmithing
noun
the business of a blacksmith
verb
present participle of blacksmith
blacksmiths
blacksmiths
noun
plural of blacksmith
bluestockingism
bluestockingism
noun
(colloquial) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
bricktimber
broomstick
broomstick
noun
(slang, rare) A gun.
A broom imbued with magic, enabling one to fly astride the handle.
The handle of a broom (sweeping tool).
verb
(intransitive) To fly on a broomstick, as witches are said to.
broomsticks
broomsticks
noun
plural of broomstick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of broomstick
bucketmaker
bucketmaker
noun
A manufacturer of buckets.
bucketmaking
bucketmaking
noun
The manufacture of buckets.
bucketman
cabinetmake
cabinetmaker
cabinetmaker
noun
A skilled woodworker who makes high-quality wooden furniture
cabinetmakers
cabinetmakers
noun
plural of cabinetmaker
cabinetmaking
cabinetmaking
noun
The art of the cabinetmaker
cabinetmakings
carpetmaker
carpetmaker
noun
One who manufactures carpets.
carpetmaking
carpetmaking
noun
The manufacture of carpets.
cartmaker
cartmaker
noun
A manufacturer of carts.
cartmaking
cartmaking
noun
The manufacture of carts.
catakinetomer
catakinomeric
cementlike
cementlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of cement.
cementmaker
cementmaking
cementwork
checkmate
checkmate
intj
(by extension) Said when one has placed a person in a losing situation with no escape.
(chess) Word called out by the victor when making a move that wins the game.
noun
(figuratively, by extension) Any losing situation with no escape; utter defeat.
The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king is threatened with unavoidable capture.
verb
(transitive, by extension) To place in a losing situation that has no escape.
(transitive, chess) To put the king of an opponent into checkmate.
checkmated
checkmated
adj
(chess) Having a king in check with no possible move to escape check, thus losing the game.
(figuratively) Suffering a personal loss with no obvious chance to escape the loss.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checkmate
checkmates
checkmates
noun
plural of checkmate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of checkmate
checkmating
checkmating
verb
present participle of checkmate
chemokinetic
chemokinetic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or provoking chemokinesis
chikamatsu
chimkent
clockmutch
clockmutch
noun
(New York, obsolete) A three-piece cap or bonnet worn by women, with a straight central piece reaching from the neck to the forehead and two side pieces reaching as far down as the chin.
clocksmith
clothmaker
clothmaker
noun
A person who makes cloth.
clothmaking
clothmaking
noun
The art or trade of a clothmaker.
cockmaster
cockmaster
noun
(vulgar, slang, derogatory) Term of abuse.
One who breeds gamecocks.
cockmatch
cockmatch
noun
(archaic) A cockfight.
cockmate
comatik
comatiks
comatiks
noun
plural of comatik
cometlike
cometlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a comet.
computerlike
computerlike
adj
Having some similarity to a computer.
computernik
computernik
noun
(informal, dated) A computer enthusiast.
computerniks
computerniks
noun
plural of computernik
comstock
comstock
Noun
a censor; one who censors
comstockeries
comstockery
comstockery
noun
(US) Censorship of literature and performances because of especially broad definitions of obscenity or immorality.
countermark
countermark
noun
(farriery) An artificial cavity made in the teeth of horses that have outgrown their natural mark, to disguise their age.
A mark or token added to those already existing, as a security or proof.
verb
(transitive) To apply a countermark to.
coxankylometer
crackpotism
craftsmanlike
craftsmanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman
cratemaker
cratemaker
noun
A manufacturer of crates.
cratemaking
cratemaking
noun
The manufacture of crates.
cuckoomate
deutschemark
deutschmark
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
dockmaster
dockmaster
noun
Someone in charge of a dock, or of docking.
dockmasters
dockmasters
noun
plural of dockmaster
dokimastic
dokimastic
adj
Alternative form of docimastic
drumstick
drumstick
noun
(South Asia, Myanmar) The moringa or drumstick tree, Moringa oleifera, especially its slender, cylindrical pods.
(slang, chiefly in the plural) A person's leg.
A stick used to play drums.
The second joint of the legbone of a chicken or other fowl, especially as an item of food.
drumsticks
drumsticks
noun
plural of drumstick
duckmeat
duckmeat
noun
(archaic) duckweed
dumbstricken
dumbstruck
dumbstruck
adj
so shocked as to be unable to speak
ektachrome
ektodynamorphic
ektodynamorphic
adj
Alternative form of ectodynamorphic
electrokinematics
empacket
empacket
verb
(transitive, archaic, Scotland) To pack up.
empocket
enrockment
enrockment
noun
A layer of stones and rocks laying on the bottom of a sea or lake that provides the base for a pier or breakwater.
flockmaster
flockmaster
noun
A head shepherd.
gemuetlichkeit
gemutlichkeit
gemutlichkeit
noun
Alternative form of Gemütlichkeit
gitanemuck
hackamatak
hackmatack
hackmatack
noun
A balsam poplar, a tree of the species Populus balsamifera.
A larch, a tree of the species Larix laricina.
hackmatacks
hackmatacks
noun
plural of hackmatack
hamtramck
hamtramck
Proper noun
A city in Wayne County, Michigan, United States.
hemikaryotic
homeokinetic
homeokinetic
adj
Relating to homeokinesis.
Relating to homeokinetics.
honeymoonstruck
hucksterism
hucksterism
noun
The condition of being a huckster; hucksterish behavior.
hucksterisms
hucksterisms
noun
plural of hucksterism
impackment
impocket
impocket
verb
(transitive, rare) To place into a pocket.
jacksmelt
jacksmelt
noun
Atherinopsis californiensis, an edible neotropical silverside native to the Pacific coast of North America.
jacksmelts
jacksmelts
noun
plural of jacksmelt
jacksmith
jacksmith
noun
A smith who makes jacks.
kalymmocyte
kamacite
kamacite
noun
(mineralogy) A meteoritic mineral which consists chiefly of iron and nickel
kamacites
kamacites
noun
plural of kamacite
kamchatka
kamchatka
Proper noun
A long peninsula in the Russian Far East, lying between the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk.
kamchatkan
kamchatkan
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Kamchatka.
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Kamchatka.
kamptulicon
kamptulicon
noun
(archaic) A kind of elastic floorcloth, made of India rubber, gutta-percha, linseed oil, and powdered cork.
karyomitoic
karyomitotic
karyomitotic
adj
Relating to karyomitosis.
karyoplasmatic
karyosystematics
karyosystematics
noun
The systematics of karyotypes
katachromasis
katacrotism
katakinetomeric
katamorphic
katemcy
kecskemet
kelectome
kenoticism
kenoticism
noun
The doctrine of kenosis
kenticism
keratectomies
keratectomies
noun
plural of keratectomy
keratectomy
keratectomy
noun
(surgery) An operation that removes part of the cornea, as in keratomileusis
keratomalacia
keratomalacia
noun
An eye disorder that leads to a dry cornea, often caused by a deficiency of vitamin A.
keratometric
keratometric
adj
Measured with a keratometer
Relating to keratometry
keratomycosis
keratomycosis
noun
fungal infection of the cornea
kerectomy
kerectomy
noun
Synonym of keratectomy
kerygmatic
kerygmatic
adj
Presumptuous.
Relating to the kerygmata.
ketchum
kilometric
kilometric
adj
Measured in kilometres/kilometers
kilometrical
kinchinmort
kinematic
kinematic
adj
(physics) Of or relating to motion or to kinematics.
kinematical
kinematical
adj
kinematic
kinematically
kinematically
adv
In a kinematic manner
With regard to kinematics
kinematics
kinematics
noun
(physics) The branch of mechanics concerned with objects in motion, but not with the forces involved.