(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
alderwoman
alderwoman
noun
(rare) A female alderman.
alderwomen
alderwomen
noun
plural of alderwoman
allhallowmas
allhallowmas
Proper noun
All Saints' Day.
almswoman
almswoman
noun
(archaic) A woman who depends on the receipt of alms; a female beggar.
almswomen
almswomen
noun
plural of almswoman
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
applewoman
applewoman
noun
(historical) A woman who sells apples.
assemblywoman
assemblywoman
noun
A female member of an assembly.
assemblywomen
assemblywomen
noun
plural of assemblywoman
awesomely
awesomely
adv
In a manner inspiring awe.
barleymow
bartholomew
bartholomew
Proper noun
An Apostle, identified with Nathanael.
name of biblical origin.
bartholomewtide
batholomew
bellowsmaker
bellowsmaking
bellowsman
blameworthiness
blameworthiness
noun
The characteristic of being blameworthy.
blameworthinesses
blameworthy
blameworthy
adj
Deserving blame or censure; reprehensible.
blowlamp
blowlamp
noun
A burner that burns a fuel in air to produce a hot flame; a blowtorch
bohmerwald
borowolframic
bowlmaker
bowlmaker
noun
A manufacturer of bowls.
bowmansdale
bowmansville
brawlsome
brawlsome
adj
Inclined to brawl; quarrelsome.
bretwaldadom
bullamacow
bushelwoman
bushelwoman
noun
(US, dialect) A tailor's female assistant for repairing garments.
callowman
campbelltown
campbeltown
catawampously
catawamptiously
catawamptiously
adv
Alternative form of catawampusly
cellarwoman
cellarwoman
noun
A female cellarman.
chamberfellow
clampdown
clampdown
noun
A sudden repressive or punitive restriction or control
clamworm
clamworm
noun
Alternative form of clam worm
clamworms
clamworms
noun
plural of clamworm
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.
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
councilwoman
councilwoman
noun
A female member of a council, especially a city council; now often replaced by gender-neutral councilor (British, councillor).
crawlsome
crawlsome
adj
Indicative of a crawl; characterised or marked by crawling
cromwellian
cromwellian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Oliver Cromwell, his ideas or policies
Noun
A partisan of Oliver Cromwell
daleswoman
daleswoman
noun
A female dalesman.
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
dowmetal
downtrampling
drawloom
drawloom
noun
(archaic) A kind of loom used in weaving figured patterns.
(dated) A kind of damask made on the drawloom.
dreamworld
dreamworld
noun
An imaginary world, such as experienced while dreaming.
dreamworlds
dreamworlds
noun
plural of dreamworld
elderwoman
enamelwork
enamelwork
noun
Objects decorated with enamel
englishwoman
englishwoman
Noun
A female native or inhabitant of England; a woman who is English by birth, descent or naturalisation.
fameflower
fameflower
noun
Any of several flowering plants in different families within the order Caryophyllales.
fellowman
fellowman
noun
Alternative spelling of fellow man
flagworm
flagworm
noun
A worm or grub found among flags and sedge.
flameflower
flameflower
noun
Any of various herbaceous succulent plants of the genus Talinum.
flamethrower
flamethrower
noun
A device that projects a flame for starting fires, and sometimes also additional fuel to help ignition. Used either as a weapon or a tool.
flamethrowers
flamethrowers
noun
plural of flamethrower
flatworm
flatworm
noun
Any of very many parasitic or free-living worms, of the phylum Platyhelminthes, having a flattened body with no skeleton or body cavity.
flatworms
flatworms
noun
plural of flatworm
flaxwoman
flowmanostat
foamflower
foamflower
noun
Any of the genus Tiarella of wildflowers and garden plants in the saxifrage family.
foamflowers
foamflowers
noun
plural of foamflower
galleyworm
galleyworm
noun
A centipede or millipede.
gallowsmaker
gallowsmaker
noun
A manufacturer of gallows.
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.
glareworm
glassworm
glassworm
noun
A phantom midge larva in the family Chaoboridae, which lives in freshwater and is nearly transparent.
An arrow worm in the phylum Chaetognatha, part of the marine zooplankton.
gleewoman
gleewoman
noun
A female gleeman.
hallowmas
hallowmas
Noun
All Saints Day, November 1
hillwoman
hillwoman
noun
A woman belonging to a hilltribe.
homewardly
imlaystown
klanswoman
klanswoman
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Klanswoman
lacewoman
lacewoman
noun
A woman who makes lace.
lacewomen
lacewomen
noun
plural of lacewoman
lambsdown
lampflower
lampworker
lampworker
noun
(glassblowing) Someone who works with lampwork
lampworking
lampworking
verb
present participle of lampwork
landswoman
lardworm
laundrywoman
laundrywoman
noun
A woman employed to wash clothes.
laundrywomen
laundrywomen
noun
plural of laundrywoman
lawmonger
lawmonger
noun
(derogatory) A trader in law; one who practices law as if it were a trade.
lawnmower
lawnmower
noun
(preceded by definite article) A dance move in which the dancer mimics using a petrol lawn mower by pulling the starter cord and then pushing the mower forwards to the beat of the music.
A device used for cutting grass to a chosen height, typically of landscaped lawns of residences or institutions.
A person who landscapes and in particular mows lawns.
laywoman
laywoman
noun
(by extension) A woman who is not a professional in a given field.
A woman who is a layperson, one who has not taken a religious oath (such as becoming a nun).
laywomen
laywomen
noun
plural of laywoman
leafworm
leafworm
noun
Any caterpillar that eats the leaves of plants.
leafworms
leafworms
noun
plural of leafworm
leewardmost
leewardmost
adj
superlative form of leeward: most leeward
liegewoman
liegewoman
noun
A female liege (subject of a sovereign or lord).
limawood
lingtowman
longbowman
longbowman
noun
An archer who uses a longbow.
longmeadow
lowerclassman
lowerclassman
noun
(US) Synonym of underclassman
lowerclassmen
lowerclassmen
noun
plural of lowerclassman
lowman
lowmansville
macdowell
mackallow
mailwoman
mailwoman
noun
(rare) A female postal worker.
mailwomen
mailwomen
noun
plural of mailwoman
malinowski
malinowskite
mallow
mallow
noun
Any of a group of flowering plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae, especially of the genus Malva. Several species are edible by humans.
Larentia clavaria, an uncommon moth found across Eurasia.
mallows
mallows
noun
plural of mallow
mallowwort
mallowwort
noun
Any plant of the order Malvaceae, the mallows.
Malope trifida, an ornamental plant.
malsworn
maltworm
maltworm
noun
A tippler; a drinker of alcohol.
manifoldwise
maplewood
marblewood
marblewood
noun
The Australian tree Acacia bakeri.
The ebony Diospyros marmorata.
marlow
marlowe
marlowe
Proper noun
from the English place name Marlow.
Christopher Marlowe (1564-93), English dramatist.
marlowesque
marlowish
marlowism
marrowless
marrowless
adj
Without marrow.
marrowlike
marrowlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a marrow.
marshalltown
marshflower
marshmallow
marshmallow
noun
(figuratively) Someone who is soft and benign.
A type of confectionery, originally (since Ancient Egyptian times) made from this plant, but now generally made of sugar or corn syrup, gelatin that has been pre-softened in water, gum arabic, flavorings, and sometimes beaten egg whites, all whipped to a spongy consistency.
Marsh mallow, a species of mallow, Althaea officinalis, that grows in marshy terrain.
verb
To soften (literally or figuratively)
marshmallows
marshmallows
noun
plural of marshmallow
marshmallowy
marshmallowy
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a marshmallow.
Soft and fluffy.
Tending to be a pushover; overly accommodating.
Vacuous.
maskflower
matelow
matholwych
matlow
maudlinwort
maudlinwort
noun
The oxeye daisy.
maxwelton
mayflower
mayflower
noun
Any of several plants that flower in May - especially the hawthorn (in Britain) and the trailing arbutus (in the US).