(transitive, obsolete) To acknowledge; confess (often with "of" or "on"), reveal, disclose, realize
(transitive, obsolete) To recognize.
acknowing
acknowing
verb
present participle of acknow
acknowledge
acknowledge
verb
(transitive) To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in
(transitive) To be grateful of (e.g. a benefit or a favour)
(transitive) To own as genuine or valid; to assent to (a legal instrument) to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form.
(transitive) To own or recognize in a particular quality, character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to.
(transitive) To report (the receipt of a message to its sender).
acknowledgeable
acknowledgeable
adj
Able to be acknowledged.
Worthy of acknowledgement.
acknowledged
acknowledged
adj
Generally accepted, recognized or admitted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acknowledg
simple past tense and past participle of acknowledge
acknowledgedly
acknowledgedly
adv
Confessedly, admittedly.
acknowledgement
acknowledgement
noun
(most common British spelling, also sometimes used in the US) Alternative spelling of acknowledgment
acknowledgements
acknowledgements
noun
plural of acknowledgement
acknowledger
acknowledger
noun
One who acknowledges.
acknowledgers
acknowledgers
noun
plural of acknowledger
acknowledges
acknowledges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acknowledge
acknowledging
acknowledging
adj
(obsolete, specifically) Expressing esteem or gratitude.
That acknowledges, in various sense; (especially) that notices or recognises someone or something.
noun
(archaic) The act of acknowledging something.
verb
present participle of acknowledg
present participle of acknowledge
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
acknown
acknown
verb
(obsolete) Acknowledged; confessed (often with "of" or "on"), revealed, disclosed, realized
(South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, British, Ireland, of movement) in a circular fashion so as to be moving to the left at the top of the circle and to the right at the bottom (when viewed from the front), in the opposite direction to the way the hands of an analogue clock move.
adv
(Australia, New Zealand, Britian, Ireland) In an anticlockwise fashion.
backdown
backdown
noun
An act of backing down; a retraction or withdrawal.
backflowing
backflowing
adj
flowing backwards
verb
present participle of backflow
backswording
backswording
noun
Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.
backswordman
backswordman
noun
(historical) One who fights with a backsword or singlestick.
backswordmen
backswordmen
noun
plural of backswordman
backswordsman
backwardation
backwardation
noun
(obsolete) In the London Stock Exchange: a fee paid by a seller on settlement day either to the buyer or to a third party who lends stock, when the seller wishes to defer settlement until the next settlement day.
In full normal backwardation: the situation in a futures market where the price for future delivery of a commodity (the forward price) is lower than the price for immediate delivery (the spot price) or nearer delivery, generally arising from a near-term shortage of the commodity.
The situation in a stock market where the offer price for stock is lower than the bid price.
backwoodsiness
backwoodsiness
noun
The quality of being backwoodsy.
backwoodsman
backwoodsman
noun
(informal, UK politics) A Peer who is seldom present in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom Parliament, who may be encouraged to attend when a very important vote is expected.
A person who is acclimated to living in a forest area that is far removed from civilization or modern conveniences.
An uncivilized person.
backwoodsmen
backwoodsmen
noun
plural of backwoodsman
benchwork
benchwork
noun
the structure supporting a model railway layout
work performed at a workbench
brownback
brownback
noun
A bird, the dowitcher or red-breasted snipe.
A note of scrip printed on brown paper, such as that issued by the city of St. Louis during a financial crisis.
A postage stamp printed in brown ink, used in the 1890s.
buckeystown
buckwagon
buckwagon
noun
(South Africa) A strong wagon with a frame over the wheels used for hauling goods.
(US) A buckboard; a wagon for personal transport as well as transporting goods.
cabinetwork
cabinetwork
noun
cabinetmaking
furniture made by a cabinetmaker
cabinetworker
cabinetworker
noun
One who makes cabinets; a practitioner of cabinetwork.
cabinetworking
cabinetworks
canework
canework
noun
Objects made from canes (slender, flexible plant stems).
cankerflower
cankerworm
cankerworm
noun
(figurative) A corrupting or destructive force.
Either of two caterpillars, the larvae of geometrid moths, that are destructive to fruit, buds and leaves.
cankerworms
cankerworms
noun
plural of cankerworm
cankerwort
cankerwort
noun
The plant Taraxacum officinale.
cementwork
chainwork
chainwork
noun
Work looped or linked after the manner of a chain.
changchiakow
checkrowing
checkrowing
verb
present participle of checkrow
chickenwort
chickenwort
noun
common chickweed
cockcrowing
cockcrowing
noun
The crowing sound of a cock.
cockcrow; daybreak
cockswain
cockswain
noun
Alternative spelling of coxswain
cockthrowing
cockthrowing
noun
Alternative form of cock throwing
coforeknown
constablewick
constablewick
noun
(obsolete) The district to which a constable's power is limited.
contraclockwise
contraclockwise
adv
counterclockwise
cookstown
corkscrewing
corkscrewing
noun
A winding, twisting motion.
verb
present participle of corkscrew
corkwing
corkwing
noun
corkwing wrasse (Symphodus melops)
cottonwick
cottonwick
noun
A grunt (fish) of the species Haemulon melanurum
counterbreastwork
counterclockwise
counterclockwise
adj
(US, Canada) Moving or located in the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
adv
(US, Canada) In the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
counterwork
counterwork
verb
(transitive) To work in opposition to; to counteract.
counterworker
counterworker
noun
(rare) One who works against something; a saboteur.
(rare) One who works at a counter.
counterworking
counterworking
verb
present participle of counterwork
cowkine
coworking
coworking
noun
The use of a shared working environment for independent activities by different organisations.
cowskin
cowskin
noun
A whip made of that material.
Leather made from the hide of a cow or similar animal.
cowskins
cowskins
noun
plural of cowskin
crackdown
crackdown
noun
Abruptly stern measures or disciplinary action; increased enforcement
crackdowns
crackdowns
noun
plural of crackdown
crownlike
crownlike
adj
Resembling a crown.
crownmaker
crownmaker
noun
A manufacturer of crowns.
crownwork
crownwork
noun
(dentistry) The addition of a crown.
A type of fortification, like a hornwork, but consisting of a full bastion with the walls on either side ending in half-bastions from which longer flank walls run back towards the main fortress.
disacknowledge
disacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
downpatrick
downtick
downtick
noun
(finance) A stock market transaction or quote at a price below a preceding one.
A small decrease or downward change in something that has been steady or rising.
ducktown
fancywork
fancywork
noun
Decorative embroidery.
flockowner
flockowner
noun
Someone who owns a flock of animals.
fredericktown
hackettstown
hornwrack
hornwrack
noun
(zoology) A bryozoan of the genus Flustra.
jabberwockian
jacksontown
kawchodinne
kickdown
kickdown
noun
(automotive) In a vehicle with automatic transmission, a downshift triggered by pressing down the throttle pedal.
kingchow
kiungchow
knockaway
knockdown
knockdown
adj
(of a rivet head) To be formed into a head by upsetting in fastening.
Capable of being taken apart for packing or removal.
powerful enough to overwhelm or knock down
reduced in price, originally to a price below which an article would not be sold by the auctioneer
noun
(film, television) A shelter erected for use as a temporary dressing room.
(genetics) A genetically modified organism that carries one or more genes in its chromosomes that have been made less active or had their expression reduced.
(genetics) The use of a reagent such as an oligonucleotide with sequence complementary to an active gene or its mRNA transcript, to interfere with the expression of said gene.
(nautical) The condition of a sailboat being pushed abruptly to horizontal, with the mast parallel to the water surface.
(slang, obsolete, uncountable) Very strong ale or beer.
(soccer) a short pass played downwards, for example from the head onto someone's feet.
A collection of parts required to assemble a product, typically manufactured in one region and exported elsewhere for assembly.
An act of knocking down or the condition of being knocked down.
An overwhelming blow.
verb
(genetics) To employ the knockdown technique
knockdowns
knockdowns
noun
plural of knockdown
knockemdown
knockwurst
knockwurst
noun
Alternative spelling of knackwurst
knockwursts
knockwursts
noun
plural of knockwurst
kwangchow
kwangchowan
lucknow
lucknow
Proper noun
State capital of Uttar Pradesh (India).
mcknightstown
misacknowledge
misacknowledge
verb
(rare) To fail to acknowledge; to acknowledge wrongly.
nawrocki
nicktown
nonacknowledgment
nonacknowledgment
noun
Absence of acknowledgment; failure to acknowledge something.
norridgewock
patchworking
patchworking
noun
The making of patchworks
verb
present participle of patchwork
pawneerock
pedricktown
pickstown
preacknowledge
preacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To acknowledge in advance.
preacknowledged
preacknowledged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of preacknowledge
preacknowledgement
preacknowledgement
noun
Alternative form of preacknowledgment
preacknowledging
preacknowledging
verb
present participle of preacknowledge
preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
noun
acknowledgment in advance
reacknowledge
reacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To acknowledge again or anew.
reacknowledged
reacknowledged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reacknowledge
reacknowledging
reacknowledging
verb
present participle of reacknowledge
reacknowledgment
reacknowledgment
noun
Alternative form of reacknowledgement
scowbank
scowbanker
screenwork
screenwork
noun
(architecture) Work in the form of a screen.
Work done for film or television, such as directing.
snowpack
snowpack
noun
An accumulation of packed snow, usually the seasonal amount.
snowpacks
snowpacks
noun
plural of snowpack
stockertown
stockowner
superacknowledgment
swingstock
trenchwork
trenchwork
noun
(military) A system of trenches.
unacknowledged
unacknowledged
adj
Not acknowledged.
unacknowledgedness
unacknowledging
unacknowledging
adj
Failing to acknowledge.
verb
present participle of unacknowledge
unacknowledgment
unacknowledgment
noun
Lack of acknowledgment; failure to acknowledge.
vowinckel
warnock
weinstock
wenlock
wenlock
Adjective
Of a geologic epoch within the Silurian period from about 428 to 423 million years ago; marked by the appearance of the first corals.
Proper noun
The Wenlock epoch.
wenlockian
whinnock
whinnock
noun
(UK, dialect) A milk-pail.
(UK, dialect) The smallest pig in a litter; the runt.
windock
windshock
windsock
windsock
noun
(aviation) A large, conical, open-ended tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed, used especially at smaller airfields.
windsocks
windsocks
noun
plural of windsock
winlock
winnock
winnocks
womanmuckle
wonderstruck
wonderstruck
adj
Filled or overcome with wonder.
woodknacker
woodknacker
noun
The yaffle
woonsocket
workbench
workbench
noun
A sturdy bench or table at which manual work is done by a carpenter, machinist, etc.