(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
ahgwahching
aircraftswoman
aircraftswoman
noun
An aircraftwoman.
aircraftswomen
aircraftswomen
noun
plural of aircraftswoman
aircraftwoman
aircraftwoman
noun
A female aircraftman.
aircrewman
aircrewman
noun
A member of a military aircrew.
aircrewmen
aircrewmen
noun
plural of aircrewman
allowancing
allowancing
verb
present participle of allowance
anchorwise
angletwitch
angletwitch
noun
(rare, dialectal) An angleworm; earthworm.
angwich
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.
archswindler
awestricken
awestricken
adj
Filled with awe.
awunctive
backflowing
backflowing
adj
flowing backwards
verb
present participle of backflow
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.
balancewise
balancewise
adv
In terms of balance.
beaconwise
beaconwise
adv
Like a beacon; in the manner of a beacon.
beclowning
beclowning
verb
present participle of beclown
becowarding
becrawling
becrawling
verb
present participle of becrawl
becrowding
becrowding
verb
present participle of becrowd
bewitchedness
bewitchedness
noun
The state or quality of being bewitched.
bewitching
bewitching
adj
Enchanting.
noun
The act by which somebody is bewitched; a curse or enchantment.
bewitchingly
bewitchingly
adv
In a bewitching manner
bewitchingness
bewitchingness
noun
The state or quality of being bewitching.
bewitchment
bewitchment
noun
The characteristic of being bewitched.
bewitchments
bewitchments
noun
plural of bewitchment
birdwatching
birdwatching
noun
(slang) The hobby of watching rocket launches.
Observing or identifying wild birds in their natural environment.
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
blowtorching
blowtorching
verb
present participle of blowtorch
braunschweig
braunschweig
Proper noun
a city in Lower Saxony, Germany; Brunswick
braunschweiger
braunschweiger
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Braunschweiger (a sausage).
brownistic
brownistical
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
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
candlewasting
candlewasting
Adjective
Causing a waste of candles by studying late into the night.
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
candlewright
candlewright
noun
(obsolete) A chandler, or maker of candles.
canewise
cantwise
cartwheeling
cartwheeling
verb
present participle of cartwheel
cartwrighting
cartwrighting
noun
The work of a cartwright, building carts.
caterwauling
caterwauling
noun
A sound that caterwauls.
verb
present participle of caterwaul
causewaying
causewaying
verb
present participle of causeway
cawing
cawing
noun
The act of producing a caw sound.
verb
present participle of caw
cawnie
cawnie
noun
(historical) A measure of land equal to 57,600 square feet or 1.3225 acres, formerly used in India.
ceilingward
ceilingward
adj
Facing or directed toward the ceiling.
adv
Toward the ceiling.
ceilingwards
ceilingwards
adv
Towards the ceiling.
centerwise
chainsawing
chainsawing
verb
present participle of chainsaw
chainwale
chainwale
noun
Obsolete spelling of channel (Etymology 3)
chainwheels
chainwheels
noun
plural of chainwheel
chainwork
chainwork
noun
Work looped or linked after the manner of a chain.
chairwoman
chairwoman
noun
(obsolete) A charwoman
A female chairperson
chairwomen
chairwomen
noun
plural of chairwoman
chancewise
chancewise
adv
By chance; at random.
changchiakow
chatwin
chawing
chawing
verb
present participle of chaw, i.e. nonstandard variant of chewing.
checkrowing
checkrowing
verb
present participle of checkrow
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
cheewink
cheewink
noun
Alternative form of chewink
chemawinite
chevronwise
chevronwise
adv
(heraldry) Synonym of chevrony: chevron-like, in the manner of a chevron.
chewinesses
chewing
chewing
noun
(drugs) The consumption of (the juice from) the khat plant.
(drugs) The consumption of loose leaf tobacco juice from tobacco plants by chewing leaves near the cheek.
The act by which something is chewed on; mastication.
verb
present participle of chew
chewink
chewink
noun
A bird, Pipilo erythrophthalmus, the Eastern towhee.
chewinks
chewinks
noun
plural of chewink
chickenweed
chickenweed
noun
The plant Euphorbia hypericifolia.
The plant Portulaca quadrifida.
The plant Senecio vulgaris.
chickenwort
chickenwort
noun
common chickweed
childcrowing
chinatown
chinatown
Noun
A district of a city or town (in a country other than China) in which there is a large concentration of Chinese residents and businesses.
chinaware
chinaware
noun
Synonym of china: porcelain tableware.
chinawoman
chinawoman
noun
(obsolete) A female dealer in porcelain.
chindwin
chingpaw
chinhwan
chinwag
chinwag
noun
(Britain, Ireland, informal) An informal conversation, usually about everyday matters; a chat, a gossip.
verb
(British, Ireland, informal) To chat, to gossip.
chinwagging
chinwagging
verb
present participle of chinwag
chinwood
chipewyan
chipewyan
Noun
A member of a Native American tribe of Central Canada, in the regions of Alberta, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, and Saskatchewan.
Proper noun
The Northern Athabascan language spoken by this tribe.
chocowinity
chowdering
chowdering
verb
present participle of chowder
chowing
chowing
verb
present participle of chow
chowsing
chowsing
verb
present participle of chowse
churchwardenism
churchwardenize
churchwardenship
churchwardenship
noun
The role or office of a churchwarden.
cinnamonwood
cinnamonwood
noun
Synonym of sassafras
citronwood
citronwood
noun
The wood of the citron tree (Citrus medica).
clawing
clawing
adj
Causing a visceral sensation of panic or terror.
noun
A scratch with the claws.
verb
present participle of claw
clearwing
clearwing
noun
Any of various moths, of the family Sesiidae, that have transparent wings
Any of various nymphalid butterflies, usually of the tribe Ithomiini, that have transparent wings
clewing
clewing
verb
present participle of clew
clewiston
clintwood
closewing
clowneries
clowneries
noun
plural of clownery
clowning
clowning
noun
Clownish behaviour.
verb
present participle of clown
clownish
clownish
adj
(now rare) Pertaining to peasants; rustic.
(now rare) Uncultured, boorish; rough, coarse.
Resembling or characteristic of a circus clown; comical, ridiculous.
clownishly
clownishly
adv
In a clownish, undignified, or foolish manner; absurdly, ridiculously.
clownishness
clownishness
noun
the state of being clownish
clownishnesses
clownishnesses
noun
plural of clownishness
clownship
clownship
noun
The role or art of a clown.
clowring
cobwebbing
cobwebbing
noun
(mathematics) A graphical technique for solving discrete-time systems, useful in finding the stationary points.
cochairwoman
cochairwoman
noun
A joint chairwoman.
cochairwomen
cochairwomen
noun
plural of cochairwoman
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
coffeegrowing
coffeegrowing
noun
The growing of coffee.
coindwelling
collingswood
collingwood
collingwood
Proper noun
A town in New Zealand.
A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
A town in Ontario, Canada.
collinwood
columnwise
columnwise
adj
By columns; one column at a time.
colwin
committeewoman
committeewoman
noun
(US) A woman who is a local leader of a political party.
A woman who is a member of a committee.
committeewomen
committeewomen
noun
plural of committeewoman
commonwealthism
commonwealthism
noun
(politics) The condition or policy of operating as a commonwealth.
communitywide
communitywide
adj
Throughout a community.
companionway
companionway
noun
(nautical) a staircase or ladder from one deck to another on a ship
companionways
companionways
noun
plural of companionway
componentwise
componentwise
adj
In terms of components.
conowingo
consciencewise
consciencewise
adv
In terms of one's conscience, or moral scruples.
constablewick
constablewick
noun
(obsolete) The district to which a constable's power is limited.
contraclockwise
contraclockwise
adv
counterclockwise
contrariwise
contrariwise
adv
(literary) in the contrary or opposite way, order, or direction
(literary) on the other hand
contrawise
contrawise
adv
Alternative form of contrariwise
coplowing
copperwing
copywriting
copywriting
verb
present participle of copywrite
cordwain
cordwain
noun
A kind of leather from Córdoba, originally of tanned goatskin, later of horsehide.
cordwainer
cordwainer
noun
(countable) A member of the Worshipful Company of Cordwainers, a livery company.