(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
adamstown
adamstown
Proper noun
The capital and only settlement of the
A village in Ireland
A in Maryland.
A borough in Pennsylvania.
afterknowledge
afterknowledge
noun
Knowledge acquired later, or after the event.
antiendowment
antiendowment
adj
Opposing an endowment.
antiworld
antiworld
noun
(astrophysics) A hypothetical world constructed from antimatter.
attiwendaronk
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.
bandytown
bardstown
bardstown
Proper noun
a home rule-class city in Kentucky, USA
beardstown
bondelswarts
bowdlerisation
bowdlerisation
noun
The action or instance of bowdlerising; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
bowdlerization
bowdlerization
noun
The action or instance of bowdlerizing; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
bowdlerizations
bowdlerizations
noun
plural of bowdlerization
brantwood
cedartown
chontawood
countryward
countryward
adv
Toward the countryside.
daisytown
dallastown
danewort
danewort
noun
A European dwarf version of the elder, Sambucus ebulus, that has a bad smell
daneworts
daneworts
noun
plural of danewort
darktown
darktown
noun
(US, dated) An African-American area of a city in the American South.
datnow
dawmont
dawsonite
dawsonite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic mineral composed of sodium aluminium carbonate hydroxide.
dearworthiness
dearworthiness
noun
(obsolete) The state or quality of being dearworthy.
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
disavowment
disavowment
noun
disavowal
downbeat
downbeat
adj
Cautiously optimistic.
Sad or pessimistic.
noun
(music) The accented beat at the beginning of a bar (indicated by a conductor with a downward stroke).
downbeats
downbeats
noun
plural of downbeat
downcast
downcast
adj
(of a person) Feeling despondent.
(of eyes) Looking downwards.
noun
(computing) A cast from supertype to subtype.
(mining) A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.
(obsolete) A melancholy look.
verb
(transitive, computing) To cast from supertype to subtype.
(transitive, obsolete) To cast or throw down; to turn downward.
downcastly
downcastly
adv
In a downcast manner.
downcastness
downcastness
noun
The quality of being downcast.
downcasts
downcasts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downcast
downdraft
downdraft
noun
(meteorology, American spelling) A strong, downward air current; an air pocket or air hole.
downdraught
downdraught
noun
Alternative spelling of downdraft
downgate
downhearted
downhearted
adj
Sad, discouraged, in low spirits, unhappy, having no hope
downheartedly
downheartedly
adv
In a downhearted manner
downheartedness
downheartedness
noun
The characteristic of being downhearted; sadness.
downpatrick
downstage
downstage
adj
At the front of a stage.
adv
Toward or at the front of a theatrical stage.
Towards a motion-picture or television camera.
noun
The part of a stage that is closest to the audience or camera.
verb
(medicine, transitive) To restage downward; to restage (a case of a disease, usually a cancer) to a lower stage than that found at last assessment (compare upstage).
downstair
downstair
adj
(dated) downstairs
downstairs
downstairs
adj
Located on a lower floor.
adv
(figurative) In or to hell.
Living, stepping, or coming down the stairs.
noun
(slang, euphemistic) The genitalia.
The lower floor of a house, at ground level; especially the servants’ quarters.
downstate
downstate
adj
(US) Of the southern section of a state.
adv
(US) To the southern section of a state.
noun
(US) The southern region of certain US states, particularly Michigan, New York, and Illinois.
downstater
downstater
noun
A person from downstate; usually specifically a person from downstate New York.
downstaters
downstaters
noun
plural of downstater
downstream
downstream
adj
(biology) Towards the 3′ end of a DNA molecule.
(computer networking) In the direction from the server to the client.
(metaphoric) Occurring later than something else; (also, usually, especially) influenced by something else; being a consequence of something else.
Further along in the flow of current, in relation to a river, stream, bloodstream, or other flow of fluid.
adv
Following the path of a river or stream
verb
To stream downward.
downtake
downtake
noun
An outlet for conveying something downward.
Material conveyed downward by such an outlet.
downtrampling
downtreading
downtreading
verb
present participle of downtread
draftswoman
draftswoman
noun
A woman employed in making drawings.
A woman exceptionally skilled in drawing.
draftswomanship
draftswomanship
noun
(rare) The art or craft of a female draftsman.
draftwoman
draftwoman
noun
Alternative form of draftswoman
dragonwort
dragonwort
noun
A perennial herb of Europe and Asia, Bistorta officinalis (syns. Persicaria bistorta, Polygonum bistorta), formerly used as an astringent.
A perennial herb of Greece and the Balkans, Dracunculus vulgaris.
draughtswoman
draughtswoman
noun
Alternative spelling of draftswoman
draughtswomanship
draughtswomanship
noun
draughtsmanship by a woman
drawknot
drawpoint
drawtongs
dustwoman
dustwoman
noun
(Britain) Female equivalent of dustman; a woman employed to collect domestic refuse.
edgartown
edgartown
Proper noun
a town on Massachusetts, which is the county seat of
forwardation
forwardation
noun
Synonym of contango
frontward
frontward
adj
Frontwards.
frontwards
frontwards
adj
Oriented towards the front.
gentlewomanhood
gentlewomanhood
noun
The qualities or condition of a gentlewoman.
gerrardstown
groundwater
groundwater
noun
Water that exists beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers.
groundwaters
groundwaters
noun
plural of groundwater
handicraftswoman
handicraftswoman
noun
A female practitioner of a handicraft.
handwrote
handwrote
verb
simple past tense of handwrite
handwrought
handwrought
adj
Made by hand, handmade
hawthorned
heartwounding
hollowheartedness
hollowheartedness
noun
Alternative form of hollow-heartedness
howardstown
indiantown
katsuwonidae
knowledgeability
knowledgeability
noun
The condition of being knowledgeable.
leonardtown
leonardtown
Proper noun
a town in Maryland, USA
maudlinwort
maudlinwort
noun
The oxeye daisy.
mcclellandtown
mdewakanton
mountainward
mountainward
adv
Towards a mountain or mountains.
mountainwards
mountainwards
Adverb
Towards a mountain or mountains.
narrowhearted
narrowheartedness
nationwide
nationwide
adj
Extending throughout an entire nation.
adv
Throughout a nation.
nonacknowledgment
nonacknowledgment
noun
Absence of acknowledgment; failure to acknowledge something.
nonwarranted
northeastward
northeastward
adj
In or toward the northeast.
adv
Toward the northeast.
northeastwardly
northeastwardly
adv
Towards the northeast.
northeastwards
northeastwards
adj
northeastward
northward
northward
adj
Situated or directed towards the north; moving or facing towards the north.
adv
Towards the north; in a northerly direction.
noun
The direction or area lying to the north of a place.
northwardly
northwardly
adj
Having a northern direction.
adv
northwards, towards the north
northwards
northwards
adv
northward; in a northerly direction
northwestward
northwestward
adj
In or toward the northwest
adv
Toward the northwest
northwestwardly
northwestwardly
adv
Towards the northwest.
northwestwards
northwestwards
adj
northwestward
norwestward
notwithstanding
notwithstanding
adv
Nevertheless, all the same.
conj
Although; despite; even though.
prep
In spite of, despite.
outdrawing
outdrawing
verb
present participle of outdraw
outdrawn
outdrawn
adj
drawn out
extracted
outfawned
outfawned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outfawn
outgnawed
outgnawed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outgnaw
outwander
outwardness
outwardness
noun
(countable) The result or product of being outward.
(uncountable) The quality of being outward.
outweaponed
outwrangled
outwrangled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outwrangle
overshadowment
overshadowment
noun
overshadowing
pantherwood
pastedown
pastedown
noun
The part of an endpaper that is pasted to a book's cover
pheasantwood
pheasantwood
noun
The tree Senna siamea.
portadown
portadown
Proper noun
A town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland
powderization
powderization
noun
The process, or the result of powderizing
preacknowledgement
preacknowledgement
noun
Alternative form of preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
noun
acknowledgment in advance
pseudosweating
randallstown
reacknowledgment
reacknowledgment
noun
Alternative form of reacknowledgement
readstown
roadworthiness
roadworthiness
noun
The property of being roadworthy.
rowlandite
sandalwort
sandalwort
noun
Synonym of sandalwood
sandwort
sandwort
noun
Any of several plants in the genera Arenaria, Minuartia, and Moehringia.
sandworts
sandworts
noun
plural of sandwort
santalwood
santalwood
noun
Alternative form of sandalwood
sateenwood
sateenwood
noun
Wood of Euxylophora paraensis.
satinwood
satinwood
noun
Chloroxylon faho (Madagascar satinwood)
Chloroxylon swietenia (Ceylon or East Indian satinwood)
Murraya paniculata, from southeast Asia and Australia
Nematolepis squamea, from Australia
Wood used for crafting fine furniture, particularly for inlay and marquetry, from either Chloroxylon swietenia or Zanthoxylum flavum.
Zanthoxylum flavum (Jamaican satinwood or West Indian satinwood).
satinwoods
satinwoods
noun
plural of satinwood
saunderstown
scotlandwards
shorthandwriter
slowheartedness
southernward
southernwards
standelwort
standerwort
standerwort
noun
Synonym of standergrass
stannwood
stanwood
stewardson
stonewalled
stonewalled
adj
Surrounded or defined in size and shape by a wall of stone.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of stonewall
stonewashed
stonewashed
adj
Of cloth or clothing, having been tumbled with stones in order to soften the fabric.
stowbordman
straightforwardness
straightforwardness
noun
The state or quality of being straightforward.
superacknowledgment
takedown
takedown
noun
(martial arts) A taking down: an act of bringing one's opponent to the ground by grabbing one or both legs and applying a rearward bending moment.
(slang) A taking down: the arrest of a suspect by a police officer.