(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.
afterswarming
aimworthiness
aimworthiness
noun
The quality of having good aim (with a weapon).
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
airwayman
airwoman
airwoman
noun
A woman who flies in an aircraft; a female aviator.
airwomen
airwomen
noun
plural of airwoman
alderwoman
alderwoman
noun
(rare) A female alderman.
alderwomen
alderwomen
noun
plural of alderwoman
almswoman
almswoman
noun
(archaic) A woman who depends on the receipt of alms; a female beggar.
almswomen
almswomen
noun
plural of almswoman
anchorwoman
anchorwoman
noun
(athletics) The most reliable female runner in a relay team, usually the one that runs last.
A female anchorperson.
anchorwomen
anchorwomen
noun
plural of anchorwoman
angleworm
angleworm
noun
(Northern US) An earthworm, used as or destined to be used as bait to catch fish.
angleworms
angleworms
noun
plural of angleworm
anthemwise
anthemwise
adv
(obsolete, music) Alternately.
antiendowment
antiendowment
adj
Opposing an endowment.
antipewism
antiwhitism
antiwhitism
noun
Synonym of antiwhiteness (“hostility towards white people”)
antiwoman
antiwoman
adj
Opposed to women.
applewoman
applewoman
noun
(historical) A woman who sells apples.
assawoman
assemblywoman
assemblywoman
noun
A female member of an assembly.
assemblywomen
assemblywomen
noun
plural of assemblywoman
awakenment
awakenment
noun
An awakening.
awardment
awardment
noun
The giving of an award; something awarded.
awellimiden
awesomeness
awesomeness
noun
The quality of being awesome.
backswordman
backswordman
noun
(historical) One who fights with a backsword or singlestick.
backswordmen
backswordmen
noun
plural of backswordman
backswordsman
backwoodsman
backwoodsman
noun
(informal, UK politics) A Peer who is seldom present in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom Parliament, who may be encouraged to attend when a very important vote is expected.
A person who is acclimated to living in a forest area that is far removed from civilization or modern conveniences.
An uncivilized person.
backwoodsmen
backwoodsmen
noun
plural of backwoodsman
bagwoman
bagwoman
noun
A female bagman (person involved with illicit money).
bagwomen
bagwomen
noun
plural of bagwoman
bamangwato
bandworm
bantamweight
bantamweight
noun
(boxing) A weight class in boxing and other sports, intermediate between flyweight and featherweight. In boxing it ranges from 112 to 118 pounds (51 to 54 kg).
A boxer or other competitor of this weight.
bantamweights
bantamweights
noun
plural of bantamweight
barrowman
barrowman
noun
(mining, historical) A putter: one who puts the tubs of coal from the workings to the cranes, flats, or stations, so that they can be conveyed to the surface.
basementward
basementward
adv
Toward a basement.
basketwoman
basketwoman
noun
(historical) A woman who sells goods from a basket.
batwoman
batwoman
noun
(UK, military) A female batman (servant)
batwomen
batwomen
noun
plural of batwoman
beadswoman
beadswoman
noun
A female beadsman.
beadswomen
beadswomen
noun
plural of beadswoman
bedeswoman
bedeswoman
noun
Alternative form of beadswoman
bedewoman
beekmantown
beggarwoman
beggarwoman
noun
A female beggar.
bellowsmaking
bellowsman
benchwarmer
benchwarmer
noun
Alternative spelling of bench-warmer
benchwarmers
benchwarmers
noun
plural of benchwarmer
beswarming
beswarming
verb
present participle of beswarm
betweenmaid
bewailment
bewailment
noun
The act of bewailing.
bewrayment
bewrayment
noun
The act or process of bewraying; betrayal
birdwoman
birdwoman
noun
(informal) a female aviator.
A mythological creature that is part woman and part bird.
A woman who works with birds.
birnamwood
blameworthiness
blameworthiness
noun
The characteristic of being blameworthy.
blameworthinesses
boatwoman
boatwoman
noun
A woman who manages a boat.
bondswoman
bondswoman
noun
The female equivalent of a bondsman.
bondwoman
bondwoman
noun
A woman who is bound in servitude; a female slave.
bowdoinham
bowermaiden
bowerman
bowerwoman
bowerwoman
noun
(historical) A female servant who waits upon a lady in her bedroom.
bowmaking
bowmaking
noun
The manufacture of bows (for archery or for musical instruments).
bowman
bowman
noun
(archery) A man who uses a bow; an archer.
(nautical) The person, in a team or among oarsmen, positioned nearest the bow.
bowmansdale
bowmanstown
bowmansville
bowsman
bowsman
noun
(nautical) A sailor who works in the bow of a vessel.
An archer.
bowwoman
bowwoman
Noun
A female archer.
browman
browman
noun
(mining, historical) The worker in charge of the cages at the pithead.
brynmawr
bumboatwoman
bumboatwoman
noun
A woman who pilots a bumboat.
bushelwoman
bushelwoman
noun
(US, dialect) A tailor's female assistant for repairing garments.
bushwoman
bushwoman
noun
(Australia) A woman who lives or has lived in the Australian outback.
businesswoman
businesswoman
noun
A woman involved in business.
butterwoman
butterwoman
noun
(dated) A woman who makes or sells butter.
buttwoman
byeworkman
bylawman
byrewoman
byrlawman
byrlawmen
callowman
camerawoman
camerawoman
noun
A woman who operates any kind of camera.
camerawomen
camerawomen
noun
plural of camerawoman
campbelltown
campbeltown
camptown
camptown
noun
A South Korean town whose livelihood relies on a United States Forces Korea military base. Camptowns are associated especially with prostitution.
cankerworm
cankerworm
noun
(figurative) A corrupting or destructive force.
Either of two caterpillars, the larvae of geometrid moths, that are destructive to fruit, buds and leaves.
cankerworms
cankerworms
noun
plural of cankerworm
carpenterworm
carpenterworm
noun
The larva of the moth Prionoxystus robinae
causewayman
causewayman
noun
A man employed to build a causeway.
cellarwoman
cellarwoman
noun
A female cellarman.
chairwoman
chairwoman
noun
(obsolete) A charwoman
A female chairperson
chairwomen
chairwomen
noun
plural of chairwoman
chamberwoman
chamberwoman
noun
Synonym of chambermaid
chapwoman
chapwoman
noun
(chiefly Britain, archaic) A woman who buys and sells; a female trader.
charwoman
charwoman
noun
(chiefly Britain) A woman employed to do housework, traditionally coming and going on a daily basis and paid weekly wages.
charwomen
charwomen
noun
plural of charwoman
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.
chemawinite
chinawoman
chinawoman
noun
(obsolete) A female dealer in porcelain.
churchwardenism
churchwoman
churchwoman
noun
The female equivalent of a churchman.
cinnamonwood
cinnamonwood
noun
Synonym of sassafras
clampdown
clampdown
noun
A sudden repressive or punitive restriction or control
clanswoman
clanswoman
noun
a female member of a clan.
clanswomen
clanswomen
noun
plural of clanswoman
clergywoman
clergywoman
noun
A woman belonging to a clergyman's family.
An ordained (female) Christian minister; a female member of the clergy.
clubwoman
clubwoman
noun
(dated) A woman who is a member of a club.
coachwoman
coachwoman
noun
A woman who drives a horse-drawn coach; a female coach driver.
cochairwoman
cochairwoman
noun
A joint chairwoman.
cochairwomen
cochairwomen
noun
plural of cochairwoman
committeewoman
committeewoman
noun
(US) A woman who is a local leader of a political party.
A woman who is a member of a committee.
commonweal
commonweal
noun
(obsolete or archaic) The common good; public wellbeing or prosperity
The body politic; republic
commonweals
commonweals
noun
plural of commonweal
commonwealth
commonwealth
noun
(obsolete) The well-being of a community.
Republic. Often capitalized, as Commonwealth.
The entirety of a (secular) society, a polity, a state.
commonwealthism
commonwealthism
noun
(politics) The condition or policy of operating as a commonwealth.
commonwealths
commonwealths
noun
plural of commonwealth
companionway
companionway
noun
(nautical) a staircase or ladder from one deck to another on a ship
companionways
companionways
noun
plural of companionway
congresswoman
congresswoman
noun
(US) A female member of the House of Representatives
A female member of congress
councilwoman
councilwoman
noun
A female member of a council, especially a city council; now often replaced by gender-neutral councilor (British, councillor).
counterwarmth
countrywoman
countrywoman
noun
A female compatriot
A woman who lives in the country or has retained country ways.
cowman
cowman
noun
cattle rancher
cattleman
craftswoman
craftswoman
noun
A female artisan.
craftswomen
craftswomen
noun
plural of craftswoman
crewman
crewman
noun
(Canada, military) Synonym of armoured crewman
A member of a crew, especially the crew of a ship.
crewmanship
crewmanship
noun
The skills and abilities of a crewman.
The status or role of crewman.
cromwellian
cromwellian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Oliver Cromwell, his ideas or policies
Noun
A partisan of Oliver Cromwell
crossbowman
crossbowman
noun
Someone (usually a soldier) equipped with a crossbow.
crownmaker
crownmaker
noun
A manufacturer of crowns.
currantworm
cwmbran
cwmbran
Proper noun
A Welsh town.
dairywoman
dairywoman
noun
A woman who works in a dairy, or who delivers dairy products.