(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
afterglow
afterglow
noun
An afterparty.
The glow seen in the sky after sunset.
The light emitted by a phosphor after excitation.
The light emitted by an incandescent object while cooling.
The mildly euphoric feeling experienced after a pleasurable experience, especially after an orgasm or drug-induced high.
afterglows
afterglows
noun
plural of afterglow
aftergrowth
aftergrowth
noun
(figuratively) Any abstraction of the above.
A second growth, seen in plants like crops or timber after harvesting.
afterknowledge
afterknowledge
noun
Knowledge acquired later, or after the event.
afterworking
angwantibo
angwantibo
noun
Either of two small primates, of the genus Arctocebus, similar to lemurs
antigrowth
antigrowth
adj
Opposing or countering growth.
bamangwato
batfowling
batfowling
noun
A method of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost so that the birds fly towards the light.
battlewagon
battlewagon
noun
(military) A heavily-armed combat vehicle.
(nautical) A battleship.
battlewagons
battlewagons
noun
plural of battlewagon
bestowage
bestowage
noun
(obsolete) Stowage.
boatwright
boatwright
noun
A maker of boats, especially of traditional wooden construction.
bragwort
browbeating
browbeating
verb
present participle of browbeat
cabbagetown
cabinetworking
cheektowaga
coachwright
counterthwarting
counterwager
counterwager
noun
A wager in response or opposition to another wager.
cowgate
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
dogwatch
dogwatch
noun
(by extension) A night shift, or other very late or early period of duty.
(nautical) A very brief period of naval service.
(nautical) Aboard a ship, either of the two short two-hour watches that take place between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.
dogwatches
dogwatches
noun
plural of dogwatch
downdraught
downdraught
noun
Alternative spelling of downdraft
downgate
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).
downtrampling
downtreading
downtreading
verb
present participle of downtread
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
drawtongs
eagletown
edgartown
edgartown
Proper noun
a town on Massachusetts, which is the county seat of
flagtown
flowcharting
flowcharting
noun
(computing) the design and construction of flowcharts
gabrilowitsch
gagetown
gagetown
Proper noun
A village in Michigan, USA
A village in New Brunswick, Canada
gainestown
galewort
gallwort
galsworthy
garlicwort
garmentworker
garmentworker
noun
A person who works making clothes.
garnetwork
gatchwork
gatchwork
noun
Decorative work made from gatch.
gatewoman
gatewoman
noun
The female equivalent of a gateman.
gatewood
gateworks
gatow
gentianwort
gentlewoman
gentlewoman
noun
(US, politics) A female member of a legislature, especially a female member of a House of Representatives.
(historical) A woman of the nobility.
gentlewomanhood
gentlewomanhood
noun
The qualities or condition of a gentlewoman.
gentlewomanish
gentlewomanlike
gentlewomanlike
adj
Characteristic of a gentlewoman; having the qualities of a gentlewoman.
adv
In a manner befitting a gentlewoman.
gentlewomanliness
gentlewomanliness
noun
The quality of being gentlewomanly.
gentlewomanly
gentlewomanly
adj
Having the manners or behavior of a gentlewoman; having social graces; polite.
germantown
gerrardstown
glasswort
glasswort
noun
Any plant of the salt-tolerant genus Salicornia, once burned to produce the ash used to make soda glass.
Arthrocnemum subterminale (Parish's glasswort)
Eriogonum salicornioides (glasswort buckwheat)
Kali turgida
Species of the Australian genus Tecticornia
Species of the European genus Sarcocornia
golden samphire (Inula crithmoides, now Limbarda crithmoides)
rock samphire (Crithmum maritimum)
gnatflower
gnatworm
gnatworm
noun
The aquatic larva of a gnat.
goatweed
goatweed
noun
Ageratum conyzoides, a herb with white to mauve flowers, native to tropical America, especially Brazil.
Croton capitatus, the hogwort.
goldthwaite
goldthwaite
Proper noun
a small city in Texas, USA
goldwater
goodwater
gottwald
granttown
grapewort
graytown
groatsworth
groatsworth
noun
(historical) An object or quantity that can be purchased for a groat; hence (figurative) a small amount; a morsel.
groundwater
groundwater
noun
Water that exists beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers.
groundwaters
groundwaters
noun
plural of groundwater
hagarstown
hagerstown
hagerstown
Proper noun
A city in and county seat of located in the west-central part of the American state of Maryland.
A town in in the American state of Indiana.
handwrought
handwrought
adj
Made by hand, handmade
hangworthy
hangworthy
adj
deserving of being hanged
worthy of being hung
heartwounding
howgates
knowledgeability
knowledgeability
noun
The condition of being knowledgeable.
kowagmiut
lagwort
langworthy
laughlintown
laughworthy
laughworthy
adj
(rare) Deserving to be laughed at, laughable.
leatherworking
leatherworking
noun
The manufacture of articles from leather.
lingtowman
metalworking
metalworking
noun
The art and craft of shaping metal.
metalworkings
metalworkings
noun
plural of metalworking
morgantown
morgantown
Proper noun
a town in Indiana, USA.
a home rule-class city in Kentucky, USA
an unincorporated community in Maryland, USA.
a CDP in Mississippi, USA.
unincorporated communities in and Mississippi.
a neighbourhood in North Carolina, USA.
a CDP in and Pennsylvania, USA.
a city in West Virginia, USA
mouthwatering
mouthwatering
adj
(by extension) Enticing or tantalizing.
That is pleasing to the sense of taste; appetizing; that makes one salivate.
neowashingtonia
nonacknowledgment
nonacknowledgment
noun
Absence of acknowledgment; failure to acknowledge something.
nonplantowning
nonsweating
nonwasting
nonwasting
adj
(law, finance) Of an asset: not undergoing a gradual decrease in value over time.
(medicine) Not wasting.
nonwatertight
nonwatertight
adj
Not watertight.
notwithstanding
notwithstanding
adv
Nevertheless, all the same.
conj
Although; despite; even though.
prep
In spite of, despite.
nowanights
nowanights
adv
During the night at the present time; in modern nights.
onwaiting
oswegatchie
outawing
outbawling
outbawling
verb
present participle of outbawl
outbrawling
outbrawling
verb
present participle of outbrawl
outcrawling
outcrawling
verb
present participle of outcrawl
outdrawing
outdrawing
verb
present participle of outdraw
outfawning
outfawning
verb
present participle of outfawn
outgnaw
outgnaw
verb
(transitive) To gnaw more or better than; to surpass in gnawing.
outgnawed
outgnawed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outgnaw
outgnawing
outgnawing
verb
present participle of outgnaw
outgnawn
outgnaws
outgnaws
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outgnaw
outlawing
outlawing
verb
present participle of outlaw
outswagger
outswagger
verb
(transitive) To surpass in swaggering.
outswearing
outswearing
verb
present participle of outswear
outwaiting
outwaiting
verb
present participle of outwait
outwalking
outwalking
verb
present participle of outwalk
outwarbling
outwarbling
verb
present participle of outwarble
outwarring
outwarring
verb
present participle of outwar
outwasting
outwasting
verb
present participle of outwaste
outwatching
outwatching
verb
present participle of outwatch
outwaving
outwearing
outwearing
verb
present participle of outwear
outwearying
outwearying
verb
present participle of outweary
outweaving
outweaving
verb
present participle of outweave
outwrangle
outwrangle
verb
(transitive) To surpass in wrangling.
outwrangled
outwrangled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outwrangle
outwrangling
outwrangling
verb
present participle of outwrangle
overstowage
overwatching
overwatching
verb
present participle of overwatch
overwatering
overwatering
verb
present participle of overwater
overweightage
overweightage
noun
(India) Extra or undue weight or importance.
partridgewood
patchworking
patchworking
noun
The making of patchworks
verb
present participle of patchwork
photoplaywright
photoplaywright
noun
(dated) A screenwriter for movies.
plowgate
plowgate
noun
Alternative form of ploughgate
plowgraith
plowrightia
postweaning
postweaning
adj
Following the weaning period
potwalling
preacknowledgement
preacknowledgement
noun
Alternative form of preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
noun
acknowledgment in advance
pseudosweating
ragwort
ragwort
noun
Any of a number of wild flowering plants with yellow flowers in the family Asteraceae, mostly belonging to Senecio and related genera.
ragworts
ragworts
noun
plural of ragwort
reacknowledgment
reacknowledgment
noun
Alternative form of reacknowledgement
saegertown
shadowgraphist
shadowgraphist
noun
An entertainer who produces the silhouettes of animals, etc. by selectively blocking parts of a light source.