(transitive) To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in
(transitive) To be grateful of (e.g. a benefit or a favour)
(transitive) To own as genuine or valid; to assent to (a legal instrument) to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form.
(transitive) To own or recognize in a particular quality, character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to.
(transitive) To report (the receipt of a message to its sender).
acknowledgeable
acknowledgeable
adj
Able to be acknowledged.
Worthy of acknowledgement.
acknowledged
acknowledged
adj
Generally accepted, recognized or admitted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acknowledg
simple past tense and past participle of acknowledge
acknowledgedly
acknowledgedly
adv
Confessedly, admittedly.
acknowledgement
acknowledgement
noun
(most common British spelling, also sometimes used in the US) Alternative spelling of acknowledgment
acknowledgements
acknowledgements
noun
plural of acknowledgement
acknowledger
acknowledger
noun
One who acknowledges.
acknowledgers
acknowledgers
noun
plural of acknowledger
acknowledges
acknowledges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acknowledge
acknowledging
acknowledging
adj
(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
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.
agalawood
agalwood
agalwood
noun
Alternative form of agarwood
agalwoods
agilawood
agillawood
aglow
aglow
adj
(sometimes figurative) glowing; radiant
aguilawood
airglow
airglow
noun
A faint illumination in the sky due to photochemical luminescence in the upper atmosphere, now rarely observed by earthbound humans without the assistance of instruments.
airglows
airglows
noun
plural of airglow
allowancing
allowancing
verb
present participle of allowance
allowing
allowing
verb
present participle of allow
alpenglow
alpenglow
noun
A rosy or reddish glow seen during sunset or sunrise on the summits of mountains, especially snow-covered mountains on the opposite side of the sun.
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
applegrower
applegrower
noun
A grower of apples.
backflowing
backflowing
adj
flowing backwards
verb
present participle of backflow
ballgown
ballgown
noun
A formal gown to be worn by women to balls and similar social events.
verb
(intransitive, UK, live action role-playing games) To roleplay romance as part of a roleplaying game.
ballgowns
ballgowns
noun
plural of ballgown
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ballgown
bangalow
bangalow
noun
bangalow palm
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.
battlewagon
battlewagon
noun
(military) A heavily-armed combat vehicle.
(nautical) A battleship.
battlewagons
battlewagons
noun
plural of battlewagon
beclowning
beclowning
verb
present participle of beclown
beflowering
beflowering
verb
present participle of beflower
behowling
behowling
verb
present participle of behowl
bellowing
bellowing
noun
The sound produced when someone or something bellows
verb
present participle of bellow
bellowsmaking
belowground
belowground
adj
beneath the surface of the ground; underground
bigelow
billowing
billowing
noun
The act of something that billows; a billow.
verb
present participle of billow
blowgun
blowgun
noun
A hollow tube through which a dart or similar missile may be blown.
blowguns
blowguns
noun
plural of blowgun
blowing
blowing
noun
The act of one who blows, or that which blows.
verb
present participle of blow
blowings
blowings
noun
plural of blowing
blowtorching
blowtorching
verb
present participle of blowtorch
blowzing
bluegown
bluegown
Noun
One of a class of paupers or pensioners, or licensed beggars, in Scotland, who received certain alms every year on the king's birthday, including a blue gown.
boguslawsky
boswellizing
bowdlerising
bowdlerising
verb
present participle of bowdlerise
bowdlerizing
bowdlerizing
verb
present participle of bowdlerize
boweling
bowelling
bowelling
verb
present participle of bowel
bowingly
bowingly
adv
in a bowing manner
bowldering
bowleg
bowleg
noun
A leg that curves outward at the knee. It might refer to the leg of a human, animal or even a piece of furniture.
bowlegged
bowlegged
adj
Alternative spelling of bow-legged
bowleggedness
bowleggedness
noun
The quality of being bow-legged.
bowlegs
bowlegs
noun
plural of bowleg
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
brigalow
brigalow
noun
Any of various Australian acacia trees, especially Acacia harpophylla of New South Wales and Queensland.
buglewort
bungalow
bungalow
noun
A single-storey house, typically with rooms all on one level, or sometimes also with upper rooms set into the roof space.
A thatched or tiled one-story house in India surrounded by a wide veranda; a similar house in this style.
bungalows
bungalows
noun
plural of bungalow
childcrowing
chlodwig
clergywoman
clergywoman
noun
A woman belonging to a clergyman's family.
An ordained (female) Christian minister; a female member of the clergy.
clergywomen
clergywomen
noun
plural of clergywoman
clogwheel
clogwheel
noun
(obsolete, Yorkshire) A solid cartwheel (rather than one with spokes)
clogwood
clogwood
noun
The wood (typically alder) used for making clogs.
clogwyn
clogwyn
noun
cliff, precipice
closewing
clownage
clownage
noun
(obsolete) The behaviour or manners of a clown or rustic.
clowning
clowning
noun
Clownish behaviour.
verb
present participle of clown
clowring
cogswell
cogswellia
cogweel
cogweels
cogwheel
cogwheel
noun
(attributive) Something behaving in a jerky manner similar to a a cogwheel, e.g. cogwheel respiration as a side effect of hyperbaric medicine.
A gear wheel.
cogwheels
cogwheels
noun
plural of cogwheel
coindwelling
collingswood
collingwood
collingwood
Proper noun
A town in New Zealand.
A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
A town in Ontario, Canada.
coplowing
counterglow
counterglow
noun
The gegenschein.
counterwilling
coweringly
coweringly
adv
In a cowering manner.
cowgill
cowgill
Proper noun
A village in Cumbria, England.
A city/town in Missouri.
cowgirl
cowgirl
noun
(card games, slang) A playing card of queen rank.
A sex position where the woman is on top; cowgirl position.
A woman who identifies with cowboy culture, including clothing such as the cowboy hat.
A woman who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
verb
(rare, intransitive) To work as a cowgirl, herding cattle.
(rare, transitive) To mount someone and have sexual intercourse in the cowgirl position.
cowgirls
cowgirls
noun
plural of cowgirl
cowleeching
cowleeching
noun
(obsolete) The work of a cowleech, giving medical treatment to cows.
cowling
cowling
noun
A removable protective covering for the engine of an aircraft, motorcycle, etc.
A young or little cow; calf.
verb
present participle of cowl
cowlings
cowlings
noun
plural of cowling
crowingly
crowingly
adv
So as to crow; with jubilation or schadenfreude.
crownling
dayglow
dayglow
noun
The airglow of the sky during the day.
dayglows
dayglows
noun
plural of dayglow
deflowering
deflowering
noun
The breaking of the hymen of a virgin.
verb
present participle of deflower
dewooling
dewooling
verb
present participle of dewool
diagonalwise
diagonalwise
adj
In a diagonal fashion.
disacknowledge
disacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
disallowing
disallowing
verb
present participle of disallow
disboweling
disbowelling
disbowelling
verb
present participle of disbowel
disemboweling
disemboweling
noun
The act by which somebody is disemboweled.
verb
present participle of disembowel
disembowelling
disembowelling
noun
The act by which somebody is disembowelled.
verb
(chiefly Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa) present participle of disembowel
dogblow
dogwinkle
doweling
dowelling
dowelling
noun
(construction) A dowel.
The use of dowels in manufacture.
verb
present participle of dowel
dowling
dowling
Proper noun
A in Michigan.
downfalling
downfalling
adj
falling downward
noun
A downfall.
An act of falling downward.
downligging
downlinking
downlinking
verb
present participle of downlink
downloading
downloading
verb
present participle and gerund of download
downlying
downlying
noun
(Scotland) The travail in childbirth.
The time of retiring to rest.
downplaying
downplaying
noun
The act by which something is downplayed, or made to seem less important.
verb
present participle of downplay
downrightly
downrightly
adv
(dated) clearly; plainly; directly; downright
downscaling
downscaling
noun
The act by which something is downscaled; a reduction in size or numbers.
verb
present participle of downscale
downsliding
downtrampling
drawglove
drowningly
eagletown
eaglewood
eaglewood
noun
Synonym of agarwood
elbowing
elbowing
noun
A nudge or jostle with the elbow.
verb
present participle of elbow
electrowinning
electrowinning
noun
The electrodeposition of metals from their ores that have been put in solution or liquefied.
emboweling
embowelling
embowelling
noun
An act of disembowelment.
verb
present participle of embowel
enflowering
enflowering
verb
present participle of enflower
englewood
englishtown
englishwoman
englishwoman
Noun
A female native or inhabitant of England; a woman who is English by birth, descent or naturalisation.