Backward against the mast; said of the sails when pressed by the wind from the "wrong" (forward) side, or of a ship when its sails are set that way.
Noun
An abacus.
abaka
abakan
abakas
abakumov
abask
abask
Adverb
in the sunshine; basking.
abelmosk
abelmosk
Noun
An evergreen shrub, Abelmoschus moschatus of the East and West Indies and Northern Africa, whose musky seeds are used in perfumery and to flavor coffee; - the musk mallow.
abelmosks
abelmusk
abeokuta
abeokuta
Proper noun
A city in southwest Nigeria.
abhiseka
abkar
abkar
Noun
A wine seller; one who is subject to the abkari tax.
abkari
abkari
Noun
The manufacture or sale of liquors or drugs.
A revenue tax on the manufacture or sale of liquors and drugs. 1976
abkary
abkary
Noun
form of 1976
abkhas
abkhasia
abkhasian
abkhaz
abkhazia
abkhazian
abkhazian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Abkhazia, a disputed territory in Georgia.
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Abkhazia, a region in the Caucasus.
Proper noun
The Abkhaz language, spoken in Abkhazia, a region in the Caucasus.
ablewhackets
ablock
abnaki
abnakis
abococket
aboudikro
aboukir
aboukir
Proper noun
A village on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt which contains several ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman structures.
A bay outside this village, at the mouth of the Nile, where on 1 August 1798 a British fleet led by defeated the French in the
abourezk
abovedeck
abovedeck
Adjective
On deck; and hence, like aboveboard, without artifice; smart
abricock
abricock
Noun
apricot
abrook
abrook
Verb
To brook; to endure.
absaraka
absaroka
absaroka
Proper noun
A Siouan people from between the Platte and the Yellowstone Rivers; the Crow.
Noun
A member of this people.
absarokee
absarokite
abukir
accokeek
achakzai
acheck
achkan
achkan
Noun
A man's knee-length jacket worn in parts of India, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
achoke
ack
ackee
ackees
acker
ackerley
ackerly
ackerman
ackerman
Proper noun
a town in Mississippi, USA
ackermanville
ackey
ackeys
ackler
ackley
ackman
ackmen
acknew
acknow
acknow
Verb
To recognize.
To acknowledge; confess (often with "of" or "on"), reveal, disclose, realize
acknowing
acknowledge
acknowledge
Verb
To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in
To own or recognize in a particular quality, character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to.
To be grateful of (e.g. a benefit or an favour)
To notify receipt, as of a letter.
To own as genuine or valid; to assent to (a legal instrument) to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form.
acknowledgeable
acknowledgeable
Adjective
Able to be acknowledged.
Worthy of acknowledgement.
acknowledged
acknowledged
Adjective
Generally accepted, recognized or admitted.
acknowledgedly
acknowledgedly
Adverb
Confessedly.
acknowledgement
acknowledgements
acknowledger
acknowledger
Noun
One who acknowledges.
acknowledgers
acknowledges
acknowledging
acknowledging
Noun
The act of acknowledging something.
acknowledgment
acknowledgment
Noun
The act of acknowledging; admission.
The act of owning or recognizing in a particular character or relationship; recognition as regards the existence, authority, truth, or genuineness.
An award or other expression or token of appreciation.
An expression of gratitude for a benefit or an obligation.
A message from the addressee informing the originator that the originator's communication has been received and understood.
A response (ACK) sent by a receiver to indicate successful receipt of a transmission (See Wikipedia article on transmission).
An owning as genuine or valid; an avowing or admission in legal form.
The act of a man admitting a child as his own.
A formal statement or document recognizing the fulfillment or execution of a legal requirement or procedure.
acknowledgments
acknown
acknown
Verb
participle of recognized, confessed, disclosed, revealed, realized
ackton
ackworth
acock
acock
Adverb
In a cocked or turned-up fashion.
defiantly
acockbill
acockbill
Adverb
Hanging at the cathead, ready to let go, as an anchor.
Topped up; having one yardarm higher than the other.
acreak
acrock
acrook
acrook
Adverb
crookedly
adamek
adamik
adamok
adamski
adhaka
adiadochokinesia
adiadochokinesia
Noun
A dyskinesia characterized by the inability to perform the rapid alternating movements of diadochokinesia.
adiadochokinesis
adiadokokinesi
adiadokokinesia
adirondack
adirondack
Noun
A member of an Algonquin people that lived along the Ottawa River in Ontario and Quebec.
Proper noun
The Adirondacks
adirondacks
adirondacks
Proper noun
A range of mountains in New York State.
adkins
adultlike
adultlike
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of an adult
adusk
advoke
advoke
Verb
To summon or call (to a higher tribunal).
adzooks
aekerly
aeolsklavier
aerobraking
aerobraking
Noun
The use of atmospheric drag to reduce the velocity of a spacecraft, especially so as to establish a stable orbit and to reduce fuel consumption
aeroplankton
aeroplankton
Noun
The tiny lifeforms that float and drift in the air, carried by the current of the wind.
aettekees
afikomen
afikomen
Noun
The matzoh eaten at a Passover seder, after dinner.
aflicker
aflicker
Adverb
flickering
Adjective
flickering
afluking
afrika
afrikaans
afrikah
afrikander
afrikanderdom
afrikanderism
afrikaner
afrikanerdom
afrikanerdom
Noun
The world or sphere of Afrikaners.
afrikanerize
afsk
afterattack
afterdeck
afterdeck
Noun
The part of a ship's deck from amidships toward the stern
afterdecks
afterking
afterknowledge
aftermark
aftermarket
aftermarkets
aftermilk
afterpeak
afterpeak
Noun
The compartment nearest the stern in the hold of a ship