(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
afterglow
afterglow
noun
An afterparty.
The glow seen in the sky after sunset.
The light emitted by a phosphor after excitation.
The light emitted by an incandescent object while cooling.
The mildly euphoric feeling experienced after a pleasurable experience, especially after an orgasm or drug-induced high.
afterglows
afterglows
noun
plural of afterglow
afterknowledge
afterknowledge
noun
Knowledge acquired later, or after the event.
angletwitch
angletwitch
noun
(rare, dialectal) An angleworm; earthworm.
battlewagon
battlewagon
noun
(military) A heavily-armed combat vehicle.
(nautical) A battleship.
battlewagons
battlewagons
noun
plural of battlewagon
bewitchingly
bewitchingly
adv
In a bewitching manner
bilgewater
bilgewater
noun
(nautical) Water which collects in the bilges of a ship.
(slang) Stupid talk or writing; nonsense.
bilgewaters
bilgewaters
noun
plural of bilgewater
buglewort
candlewasting
candlewasting
Adjective
Causing a waste of candles by studying late into the night.
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
clewgarnet
counterglow
counterglow
noun
The gegenschein.
counterwilling
dewlight
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
eagletown
electrowinning
electrowinning
noun
The electrodeposition of metals from their ores that have been put in solution or liquefied.
englishtown
fleetwing
flyweight
flyweight
noun
(figuratively, adjectival use) Small, light or unimportant.
(martial arts) A weight class in many combat sports; e.g. in professional boxing of a maximum of 112 pounds or 50.8 kilograms.
(mechanics) A weight that moves outward depending on centrifugal force.
flyweights
flyweights
noun
plural of flyweight
galewort
gentlewoman
gentlewoman
noun
(US, politics) A female member of a legislature, especially a female member of a House of Representatives.
(historical) A woman of the nobility.
gentlewomanhood
gentlewomanhood
noun
The qualities or condition of a gentlewoman.
gentlewomanish
gentlewomanlike
gentlewomanlike
adj
Characteristic of a gentlewoman; having the qualities of a gentlewoman.
adv
In a manner befitting a gentlewoman.
gentlewomanliness
gentlewomanliness
noun
The quality of being gentlewomanly.
gentlewomanly
gentlewomanly
adj
Having the manners or behavior of a gentlewoman; having social graces; polite.
gentlewomen
gentlewomen
noun
plural of gentlewoman
ghostflower
ghostflower
noun
Mohavea confertiflora, a flower native to the Sonoran and Mojave deserts.
gilbertown
gladewater
gleiwitz
glenwhite
glenwilton
glidewort
gnatflower
goldthwaite
goldthwaite
Proper noun
a small city in Texas, USA
goldwater
gownlet
gownlet
noun
A little gown.
grotewohl
growliest
growliest
adj
superlative form of growly: most growly
growthless
growthless
adj
Devoid of growth.
interflowing
interflowing
verb
present participle of interflow
interknowledge
interknowledge
noun
Reciprocal knowledge.
intertwiningly
intertwiningly
adv
So as to intertwine.
intertwistingly
interweavingly
interweavingly
adv
So as to interweave.
interwhistling
klingerstown
knowledgeability
knowledgeability
noun
The condition of being knowledgeable.
knowledgement
knowledgement
noun
(non-native speakers' English) Misconstruction of knowledge.
lawrightmen
lawrightmen
noun
plural of lawrightman
leatherwing
leatherwing
noun
soldier beetle
leatherworking
leatherworking
noun
The manufacture of articles from leather.
leftwing
leftwing
adj
Alternative spelling of left-wing
noun
Alternative spelling of left wing
leftwinger
leftwinger
noun
Alternative form of left-winger
lengthways
lengthways
adj
lengthwise
lengthwise
lengthwise
adj
In the long direction of an oblong object.
letterweight
letterweight
noun
A paperweight (heavy object placed on paper to keep it from fluttering away).
lightweight
lightweight
adj
(computing) Having a small footprint or performance impact
Having less than average weight
Lacking in earnestness, ability, or profundity
Lacking in strength
noun
(by extension) A person with low endurance.
(combat sports) A particular weight class, or member of such, as prescribed by the rules, between that of the heavier welterweight and the lighter featherweight. See Wikipedia for the specifics of each sport.
(rowing) A particular weight category as prescribed by the rules, separate from an open or heavyweight class.
(weightlifting) A competitive weight division as prescribed by the rules, between the heavier middleweight and the lighter featherweight.
A person who cannot handle their drink; one who gets drunk on very little alcohol.
A political candidate with little chance of winning
One of little consequence or ability.
verb
(transitive) To reduce the amount or weight of.
lightweights
lightweights
noun
plural of lightweight
liveweight
liveweight
noun
Alternative form of live weight
lowigite
ludwigite
ludwigite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing boron, iron, magnesium, and oxygen.
metalworking
metalworking
noun
The art and craft of shaping metal.
metalworkings
metalworkings
noun
plural of metalworking
middleweight
middleweight
noun
(countable) A boxer who fights in this division; a similar wrestler etc
(countable, business, by extension) An employee ranking anywhere between junior and senior.
(uncountable) A weight class in professional boxing between light middleweight or welterweight and super middleweight or cruiserweight; a similar division in wrestling and other sports
middleweights
middleweights
noun
plural of middleweight
multidwelling
multidwelling
adj
Relating to more than one dwelling.
noun
A dwelling occupied by more than one household.
multiviewing
newfanglement
newfanglement
noun
(countable) Something that is newfangled.
(uncountable) The quality of being newfangled; novelty or innovation, especially when very complicated or faddish.
newlight
nightcrawler
nightcrawler
noun
(chiefly Northern US, Western US) More generally, any arbitrarily large earthworm, especially those favored in angling.
An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.
nightcrawlers
nightcrawlers
noun
plural of nightcrawler
nightwalker
nightwalker
noun
(archaic, euphemistic) A prostitute who looks for clients on the streets.
(fantasy) A vampire.
nightwalkers
nightwalkers
noun
plural of nightwalker
nonacknowledgment
nonacknowledgment
noun
Absence of acknowledgment; failure to acknowledge something.
novelwright
novelwright
noun
A writer of novels.
outdwelling
outdwelling
verb
present participle of outdwell
outglowed
outglowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outglow
outwiggle
outwiggled
outwrangle
outwrangle
verb
(transitive) To surpass in wrangling.
outwrangled
outwrangled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outwrangle
outwrestling
outwrestling
verb
present participle of outwrestle
outwriggle
outwriggle
verb
(transitive) To surpass in wriggling.
outwriggled
outwriggled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outwriggle
playwrightess
playwrightess
noun
(rare) A female playwright.
plowgate
plowgate
noun
Alternative form of ploughgate
polyglotwise
preacknowledgement
preacknowledgement
noun
Alternative form of preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
noun
acknowledgment in advance
reacknowledgment
reacknowledgment
noun
Alternative form of reacknowledgement
shingletown
steelworking
steelworking
noun
The act of working steel, the creation of steelwork or steelwares
stonewalling
stonewalling
noun
A refusal to answer or to cooperate.
verb
present participle of stonewall
strangleweed
strangleweed
noun
dodder, a parasitic plant (genus Cuscuta)
streetwalking
streetwalking
noun
The trade of a streetwalker; prostitution that is not tied to a particular brothel or establishment.
superacknowledgment
sweetling
sweetling
noun
A small, sweet thing.
Darling; sometimes used as a term of endearment.
sweltering
sweltering
adj
(of weather) hot and humid; oppressively sticky
noun
The situation of being or feeling hot and humid.
verb
present participle of swelter
swelteringly
swelteringly
adv
In a sweltering way.
swingletail
swingletail
noun
(archaic, rare) The thrasher, or fox shark.
swingletree
swingletree
noun
Alternative form of singletree
swingletrees
swingletrees
noun
plural of swingletree
talweg
talweg
noun
Alternative spelling of thalweg
tanglewood
tanglewrack
teletypewriting
teletypewriting
noun
The use of a teletypewriter.
televiewing
televiewing
verb
present participle of teleview
thalweg
thalweg
noun
(geology, geography, cartography) The line that connects the lowest points in a valley or river channel, and thus the line of fastest flow or deepest water along a river’s course.
tigerflower
tilewright
tongueflower
toweling
toweling
noun
Alternative form of towelling
towelings
towelings
noun
plural of toweling
towelling
towelling
noun
(countable) A thrashing.
(countable, uncountable) Any fabric suitable for towels, such as huckaback or terry cloth.
verb
present participle of towel
toweringly
toweringly
adv
In a towering manner.
triangleways
trianglewise
trianglewise
adv
In the form of a triangle.
trianglework
troweling
troweling
verb
(US) present participle of trowel
trowelling
trowelling
verb
(Britain) present participle of trowel
twaddlemonger
twaddlemonger
noun
(rare, humorous, derogatory) one who writes or publishes twaddle
twangle
twangle
noun
A twanging sound.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To twang repetitively.
twangled
twangled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of twangle
twangler
twangler
noun
One who makes a twangling sound.
twanglers
twanglers
noun
plural of twangler
twangles
twangles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of twangle
twatterlight
tweedling
tweedling
verb
present participle of tweedle
tweenlight
tweenlight
noun
(rare or dialectal) The period between dusk and nightfall; twilight.
twigless
twigless
adj
Having no twigs.
twiglet
twiglet
noun
A small twig.
twiglike
twiglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a twig; thin and brittle.
twilightless
twilightless
adj
Without twilight.
twilightlike
twilightlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of twilight.
twingle
twingle
noun
(automotive) A four-stroke twin-cylinder engine with an altered firing order designed to give power pulses similar to a single-cylinder four-stroke engine.