(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
anticlockwise
anticlockwise
adj
(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.
awestricken
awestricken
adj
Filled with awe.
backflowing
backflowing
adj
flowing backwards
verb
present participle of backflow
backswimmer
backswimmer
noun
Any of various aquatic insects, of the family Notonectidae, that swim on their backs.
backswing
backswing
noun
(sports) The preparatory stroke preceding that which produces contact with the target. Normally associated with sports using an implement such as a bat, club, racket or stick.
verb
To swing backward.
backswording
backswording
noun
Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.
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.
backwashing
backwashing
noun
A form of water treatment in which water is pumped backwards through the filter media, sometimes with intermittent use of compressed air.
backwind
backwind
noun
(nautical) The flow of air so deflected
verb
(nautical) To deflect air into the back of a sail or of a vessel
(transitive) To wind backwards.
backwinded
backwinding
backwinding
verb
present participle of backwind
backwoodsiness
backwoodsiness
noun
The quality of being backwoodsy.
bailiffwick
bailiffwick
noun
Obsolete form of bailiwick.
bailiwick
bailiwick
noun
A person's concern or sphere of operations, their area of skill or authority.
The district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.
bailiwicks
bailiwicks
noun
plural of bailiwick
barwick
bawdrick
beckwith
beckwith
Proper noun
of origin.
berewick
berewick
noun
(now historical) An outlying estate.
berwick
berwick
Proper noun
Any of various towns, including:
a town in Maine, USA.
berwickshire
berwickshire
Proper noun
A lieutenancy area and historic county in the Scottish Borders.
bewick
blackwashing
blackwashing
noun
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as belonging to a black race of people.
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as evil.
The application of a coating of blackwash.
verb
present participle of blackwash
bostwick
bracketwise
bracketwise
adv
In terms of brackets (in various senses).
brickwall
brickwall
noun
(nonstandard) Alternative form of brick wall
brickwise
brickwise
adj
In the manner of bricks, especially the overlapping way in which they are assembled into a wall.
brickwork
brickwork
noun
The quality of the construction of brick built items.
Those parts of items that are made of brick.
browsick
brunswick
brunswick
Proper noun
A city in Germany; Braunschweig.
Any of several towns in the United States and elsewhere.
A suburb of Melbourne, Australia.
buckwashing
buckwheatlike
buckwheatlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of buckwheat.
bushwhacking
bushwhacking
noun
criticizing, by someone or a person(s), on policies and stances by George W. Bush, in forums and discussions
fighting, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
travelling through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress
verb
present participle of bushwhack
cabinetwork
cabinetwork
noun
cabinetmaking
furniture made by a cabinetmaker
cabinetworker
cabinetworker
noun
One who makes cabinets; a practitioner of cabinetwork.
cabinetworking
cabinetworks
cakewalking
cakewalking
verb
present participle of cakewalk
candlestickward
candlewick
candlewick
noun
A soft cotton yarn that gives a tufted pattern to embroidery
The thread used to make the wicks of candles
candlewicking
candlewicks
candlewicks
noun
plural of candlewick
chadwick
chadwicks
chainwork
chainwork
noun
Work looped or linked after the manner of a chain.
changchiakow
chawstick
chawstick
noun
Alternative form of chewstick (“plant”)
checkerwise
checkerwise
adj
Alternative spelling of chequerwise
checkrowing
checkrowing
verb
present participle of checkrow
checkweigher
checkweigher
noun
Alternative form of check weigher
checkweighman
checkweighman
noun
A person, elected by miners, whose task is to check what the mine owner's weighman states has been the amount of coal that has been mined; used especially if the miners' wages are related to production.
checkweighmen
checkweighmen
noun
plural of checkweighman
checkwriter
checkwriter
noun
A machine that writes on preprinted checks in such a way as to prevent fraudulent alteration of the check.
One who writes checks.
cheewink
cheewink
noun
Alternative form of chewink
cheswick
cheswick
Proper noun
A village on the northern border of Bristol, England
chewink
chewink
noun
A bird, Pipilo erythrophthalmus, the Eastern towhee.
chewinks
chewinks
noun
plural of chewink
chewstick
chewstick
noun
A twig with a frayed end, used for cleaning the teeth.
Any of various plants in the genus Gouania used for oral hygiene, especieally Gouania lupuloides, of the Caribbean.
chickasaw
chickasaws
chickenweed
chickenweed
noun
The plant Euphorbia hypericifolia.
The plant Portulaca quadrifida.
The plant Senecio vulgaris.
chickenwort
chickenwort
noun
common chickweed
chickweed
chickweed
noun
Ageratum conyzoides, chickweed
Cerastium - mouse-ear chickweed
Holosteum - jagged chickweed
Moenchia - upright chickweed
Paronychia - chickweed
Stellaria pro parte - chickweed
especially common chickweed, Stellaria media, a common, edible weed in North America and Europe.
chickweeds
chickweeds
noun
plural of chickweed
chickwit
chilliwack
chimalakwe
chmielewski
clawlike
clawlike
adj
Resembling a claw
clawsick
cloakwise
cloakwise
adv
In the manner of a cloak.
clockwise
clockwise
adj
Moving clockwise; having rotary motion in the manner of a clock.
adv
In a curve or twist corresponding to the movement of the hands of a clock.
cockcrowing
cockcrowing
noun
The crowing sound of a cock.
cockcrow; daybreak
cocklewife
cockswain
cockswain
noun
Alternative spelling of coxswain
cockthrowing
cockthrowing
noun
Alternative form of cock throwing
constablewick
constablewick
noun
(obsolete) The district to which a constable's power is limited.
contraclockwise
contraclockwise
adv
counterclockwise
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
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.
counterworking
counterworking
verb
present participle of counterwork
cowkine
cowlick
cowlick
noun
An unruly lock or section of hair that sticks straight out from the skull or lies at an angle at odds with the rest of an individual's hair, like a whorl or vortex.
cowlicks
cowlicks
noun
plural of cowlick
cowlike
cowlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cow.
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
cribwork
cribwork
noun
cribbing (structural members)
cribworks
cribworks
noun
plural of cribwork
crosswicks
crownlike
crownlike
adj
Resembling a crown.
crowstick
cwikielnik
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.
duckwalking
duckwalking
verb
present participle of duckwalk
duckwife
duckwing
duckwing
noun
Any of various types of chicken noted for their triangular wing patch
fenwick
ficklewise
flockwise
flockwise
adv
In or as a flock.
fredericktown
fuckwit
fuckwit
noun
(derogatory, vulgar, slang) A contemptible person.
(derogatory, vulgar, slang) A very stupid person.
hardwick
hardwicke
hardwickia
hartwick
harwick
hawick
hawick
Proper noun
A town in the Scottish Borders region
herdwick
herdwick
Noun
A sheep of a Cumbrian breed prized for their robust health and durable wool.
herwick
hickorywithe
hickwall
hickwall
noun
(UK, regional) A European green woodpecker, Picus viridis.
(UK, regional) A lesser spotted woodpecker, Dryobates minor.
(UK, regional, archaic) A blue tit, Cyanistes caeruleus.
hickway
hickway
noun
Alternative form of hickwall
icework
icework
noun
(geology) Glacier action.
Art or building work using ice as a material.
inwick
inwick
noun
(curling) A stroke in which the stone rebounds from the inside edge of another stone, and then slides close to the tee.
jabberwockian
jabberwockies
jabberwockies
noun
plural of jabberwocky
jacketwise
jacketwise
adv
In the manner of a jacket.
jinrickshaw
katowice
katowice
Proper noun
A city in southern Poland, capital of Silesian Voivodeship.
kawaguchi
kawchodinne
kennewick
kennewick
Proper noun
A city in in the southeastern part of the State of Washington, along the southwest bank of the
kenwrick
keswick
keswick
Proper noun
a market town in Cumbria, England, formerly in Cumberland.
kiaochow
kickdown
kickdown
noun
(automotive) In a vehicle with automatic transmission, a downshift triggered by pressing down the throttle pedal.
kickshaw
kickshaw
noun
A dainty or delicacy.
A trinket or gewgaw.
kickshaws
kickshaws
noun
Alternative form of kickshaw
plural of kickshaw
kickwheel
kilwich
kimmswick
kingchow
kirschwasser
kirschwasser
noun
A distilled spirit made from cherries, usually of the species Cerasus avium; kirsch.
kitchenward
kitchenward
adj
To the kitchen
adv
(figuratively) Toward food in general.
Toward the kitchen.
kitchenwards
kitchenwards
adv
Alternative form of kitchenward
kitchenware
kitchenware
noun
(attributive, uncountable) Of or pertaining to utensils and appliances used for food preparation.
Instruments and utensils found in a kitchen, particularly those associated with the preparation and serving of food.
kitchenwares
kitchenwares
noun
plural of kitchenware
kitchenwife
kiungchow
kiwach
kweichow
kwic
kwic
Noun
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