(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
aldwin
allowancing
allowancing
verb
present participle of allowance
allowing
allowing
verb
present participle of allow
allwein
alwin
alwin
Proper noun
name; always rather rare in English.
angletwitch
angletwitch
noun
(rare, dialectal) An angleworm; earthworm.
anglewing
anglewing
noun
Any of various butterflies in the tribe Nymphalini.
anglewise
anglewise
adv
With respect to an angle; angularly.
answerability
answerability
noun
The state of being answerable.
answeringly
answeringly
adv
In a way that answers; so as to answer; in reply.
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.
antifowl
antifowl
adj
(immunology) Synonym of antichicken
antirailwayist
antitwilight
antitwilight
noun
Synonym of antitwilight arch (“atmospheric phenomenon”)
antiwarlike
antiwarlike
adj
Opposing war; pacifist.
antiwelfare
antiwelfare
adj
Opposed to welfare (financial aid offered by a government).
antiwhaling
antiwhaling
adj
Against the practice of whaling, the practice of hunting whales.
antiworld
antiworld
noun
(astrophysics) A hypothetical world constructed from antimatter.
antiwrinkle
antiwrinkle
adj
(dermatology) Counteracting wrinkles.
archswindler
aslantwise
aslantwise
adv
aslant; in a slanting orientation
aspinwall
attenweiler
awakeningly
awakeningly
adv
In a way that awakens, or brings new sensations.
awellimiden
awingly
awnlike
awnlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an awn.
backflowing
backflowing
adj
flowing backwards
verb
present participle of backflow
baggywrinkle
baggywrinkle
noun
(nautical) A brush-like pad made of rope, attached to a shroud in order to prevent wear on sails.
balancewise
balancewise
adv
In terms of balance.
baldwin
baldwin
Proper noun
name; rather rare in English.
Stanley Baldwin, British Prime Minister.
King Baldwin IV, ruler of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem before the takeover of Saladin in 1187. He died in 1185 of complications of the socially unacceptable disease of leprosy. Also known as the leper king.
A town in Florida.
A city in Georgia in the United States.
A village in Illinois.
A city in Iowa.
A town in Louisiana.
A town in Maine.
A village in Michigan
A town and a hamlet in New York.
A township in Ontario, Canada.
A borough in Pennsylvania.
A town and village in Wisconsin.
Noun
A reddish, moderately acid, winter apple.
baldwinsville
baldwinville
ballwin
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.
bawling
bawling
noun
The act of one who bawls or shouts.
verb
present participle of bawl
beclowning
beclowning
verb
present participle of beclown
becrawling
becrawling
verb
present participle of becrawl
beflowering
beflowering
verb
present participle of beflower
behowling
behowling
verb
present participle of behowl
bejeweling
bejeweling
verb
present participle of bejewel
bejewelling
bellowing
bellowing
noun
The sound produced when someone or something bellows
verb
present participle of bellow
bellowsmaking
bellwind
bellwine
betweenwhiles
betweenwhiles
adv
from time to time; now and again
bewailing
bewailing
noun
The act of one who bewails something.
verb
present participle of bewail
bewailingly
bewailingly
adv
in a bewailing manner
bewailment
bewailment
noun
The act of bewailing.
bewilderedness
bewilderedness
noun
The state or quality of being bewildered.
bewildering
bewildering
adj
Very baffling, confusing, or perplexing, often due to a very large choice being available.
noun
gerund of bewilder: bewilderment.
verb
present participle of bewilder
bewilderingly
bewilderingly
adv
In a bewildering manner, or to a bewildering extent.
bewilderment
bewilderment
noun
A confusing or perplexing situation.
The state of being bewildered.
bewilderments
bewilderments
noun
plural of bewilderment
bewitchingly
bewitchingly
adv
In a bewitching manner
bewrayingly
bewrayingly
adv
(archaic) By way of disclosing secrets; in such manner as to bewray
billowiness
billowiness
noun
The state or quality of being billowy.
billowing
billowing
noun
The act of something that billows; a billow.
verb
present participle of billow
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
blairstown
blameworthiness
blameworthiness
noun
The characteristic of being blameworthy.
blameworthinesses
blawing
blindweed
blindworm
blindworm
noun
Anguis fragilis (slowworm), a small species of legless lizard.
blowiness
blowinesses
blowing
blowing
noun
The act of one who blows, or that which blows.
verb
present participle of blow
blowings
blowings
noun
plural of blowing
blowiron
blowline
blowpoint
blowpoint
noun
(obsolete) A child's game of blowing small fragments of wood through a tube.
blowtorching
blowtorching
verb
present participle of blowtorch
blowziness
blowziness
noun
Alternative form of blowsiness.
blowzing
bluewing
bluewing
noun
(usually in the plural) Torenia (wishbone flower)
Anas discors (syn. Spatula discors), the blue-winged teal.
boildown
boildown
noun
The process of boiling something down; concentration by means of evaporation.
boswellian
boswellian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1740–1795), Scottish lawyer and writer, best known for his biography of
boswelliana
boswellizing
bowdlerisation
bowdlerisation
noun
The action or instance of bowdlerising; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
bowdlerising
bowdlerising
verb
present participle of bowdlerise
bowdlerization
bowdlerization
noun
The action or instance of bowdlerizing; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
bowdlerizations
bowdlerizations
noun
plural of bowdlerization
bowdlerizing
bowdlerizing
verb
present participle of bowdlerize
boweling
bowelling
bowelling
verb
present participle of bowel
bowingly
bowingly
adv
in a bowing manner
bowldering
bowlin
bowline
bowline
noun
(nautical) A knot tied so as to produce an eye or loop in the end of a rope that will not slip or jam.
(nautical) A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails.
bowlines
bowlines
noun
plural of bowline
bowling
bowling
noun
(Ireland) Road bowling.
(New England) Candlepin bowling.
(cricket) The action of propelling the ball towards the batsman.
(gerund) The action of the verb bowl.
(slang) A particular style of walking associated with urban street culture.
A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; ten-pin bowling/five-pin bowling
Any of several similar games played indoors or outdoors.
verb
present participle of bowl
bowlings
bowmansville
brawling
brawling
noun
An unruly fight; a brawl.
verb
present participle of brawl
brawlingly
brawlingly
adv
In a brawling manner.
brawnily
brawnily
adv
In a brawny manner.
brilliantwise
brinklow
bronislaw
brownfield
brownfield
adj
(software engineering) Being a development that has to integrate with legacy systems.
noun
(often attributive) A site, to be used for housing or commerce, that has been previously used for industry and may be contaminated or need extensive clearing
brownfields
brownfields
noun
plural of brownfield
brownistical
brownsville
brownsville
Proper noun
The name of many places in the United States of America:
a former settlement in California.
an unincorporated community in California.
a CDP in Florida.
an unincorporated community in Florida.
a ghost town in Illinois. It was the former county seat.
an unincorporated community in Illinois.
an unincorporated community in Indiana.
a small home-rule class city in Kentucky
an unincorporated community and CDP in Louisiana.
an unincorporated community and CDP in Maryland.
a small city in Minnesota.
an unincorporated community in Mississippi.
a neighbourhood in New York City.
a CDP in Ohio.
a city in Oregon.
a borough in Pennsylvania.
an unincorporated community in Pennsylvania.
an unincorporated community in South Dakota.
a city in Tennessee
a city in Texas
an unincorporated community in Vermont.
an unincorporated community in Washington.
an unincorporated community in West Virginia.
a village in Wisconsin.
a former community in British Columbia, Canada.
a community in Ontario, Canada.
a suburb of New South Wales, Australia.
browntail
brownville
bullwhipping
bullwhipping
noun
A beating with a bullwhip.
verb
present participle of bullwhip
bulwarking
bulwarking
verb
present participle of bulwark
bushwalking
bushwalking
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The activity of hiking or backpacking.
verb
present participle of bushwalk
buttonwillow
buttonwillow
noun
(US) A shrub with round flower heads found near water in California, the Eastern US, and Central America, Cephalanthus occidentalis.
bywalking
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.
cartwheeling
cartwheeling
verb
present participle of cartwheel
caterwauling
caterwauling
noun
A sound that caterwauls.
verb
present participle of caterwaul
ceilingward
ceilingward
adj
Facing or directed toward the ceiling.
adv
Toward the ceiling.
ceilingwards
ceilingwards
adv
Towards the ceiling.
chainwale
chainwale
noun
Obsolete spelling of channel (Etymology 3)
chainwheels
chainwheels
noun
plural of chainwheel
childcrowing
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
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
commonwealthism
commonwealthism
noun
(politics) The condition or policy of operating as a commonwealth.
constablewick
constablewick
noun
(obsolete) The district to which a constable's power is limited.
contraclockwise
contraclockwise
adv
counterclockwise
coplowing
cornwallis
cornwallises
cornwallite
cornwallite
noun
(mineralogy) A basic copper arsenate mineral with chemical formula Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄.