(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
afterknowledge
afterknowledge
noun
Knowledge acquired later, or after the event.
allentown
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.
battletown
battlewagon
battlewagon
noun
(military) A heavily-armed combat vehicle.
(nautical) A battleship.
battlewagons
battlewagons
noun
plural of battlewagon
belchertown
blameworthiness
blameworthiness
noun
The characteristic of being blameworthy.
blameworthinesses
blanketflower
blanketflower
noun
Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia.
bondelswarts
bowdlerisation
bowdlerisation
noun
The action or instance of bowdlerising; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
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
campbelltown
campbeltown
catalowne
charlestown
charlottetown
charlottetown
Proper noun
Provincial capital of Prince Edward Island (Canada).
clewiston
collyweston
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
constablewick
constablewick
noun
(obsolete) The district to which a constable's power is limited.
contraclockwise
contraclockwise
adv
counterclockwise
cornwallite
cornwallite
noun
(mineralogy) A basic copper arsenate mineral with chemical formula Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄.
counterblow
counterblow
noun
A blow delivered in reply to a previous blow by somebody else, such as an opponent in a boxing match.
counterblows
counterblows
noun
plural of counterblow
counterclockwise
counterclockwise
adj
(US, Canada) Moving or located in the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
adv
(US, Canada) In the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
counterflow
counterflow
noun
A flow in the opposite direction; or the flow of two fluids in opposite directions
verb
To flow in the opposite direction
counterflows
counterflows
noun
plural of counterflow
counterglow
counterglow
noun
The gegenschein.
counterlaw
counterlaw
noun
A law that counteracts or opposes another law.
counterwall
counterwheel
counterwheel
noun
(engineering) A contrate wheel.
verb
(military) To turn, or cause to turn, in an opposite direction.
counterwill
counterwilling
counterworld
counterworld
noun
A world or realm that opposes or subverts the norms of another world or realm.
crownlet
crownlet
noun
(poetic) A coronet.
deflowerment
deflowerment
Noun
The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
disembowelment
disembowelment
noun
The act of disemboweling.
disembowelments
disembowelments
noun
plural of disembowelment
dowelltown
downheartedly
downheartedly
adv
In a downhearted manner
doylestown
doylestown
Proper noun
a village in Ohio, USA.
a borough in Pennsylvania, USA
a village in Wisconsin, USA.
eagletown
electrowin
electrowin
verb
To win (extract) electrically.
electrowinning
electrowinning
noun
The electrodeposition of metals from their ores that have been put in solution or liquefied.
elizabethtown
elizabethtown
Proper noun
The name of various places in the United States of America:
a former settlement and gold rush town in California.
a village in Illinois, USA
a town in Indiana.
an extinct town in Indiana.
a home rule-class city in Kentucky
a town and a hamlet in New York, the hamlet is the county seat of
an unincorporated community in New Mexico.
a town in North Carolina
a CDP in Ohio.
an unincorporated community in Ohio.
a borough in Pennsylvania.
a ghost town in Texas.
embowelment
embowelment
noun
disembowelment
englishtown
felonwort
felonwort
noun
Other plants traditionally used to treat the type of bacterial infection known as a felon, such as celandine
The bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara.
fiddletown
flintworker
flintworker
noun
A person who produces flintwork.
flowstone
flowstone
noun
(geology) A secondary layered mineral deposit of calcite or other mineral, formed by water flowing down the walls and along the floor of a cave.
fowlerton
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
gilbertown
glenwilton
gnatflower
gownlet
gownlet
noun
A little gown.
halfpennyworth
halfpennyworth
noun
(Britain) As much as could be bought for a halfpenny (pre- or post-decimalisation).
(Britain, informal) A negligible amount.
(Britain, informal) One's opinion or thoughts; one's two cents.
hellertown
hollowheartedness
hollowheartedness
noun
Alternative form of hollow-heartedness
hummelstown
interflow
interflow
noun
(geology) The flow of water (from rain or snow) directly through the soil.
A flowing between two or more entities.
verb
(intransitive) To flow between.
(transitive, of fluids) To merge or mingle.
interflowed
interflowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of interflow
interflowing
interflowing
verb
present participle of interflow
interknowledge
interknowledge
noun
Reciprocal knowledge.
interworld
interworld
adj
Between worlds.
noun
A world between other worlds.
interwovenly
interwovenly
adv
In an interwoven manner.
keezletown
kenilworth
kenilworth
Proper noun
A town in Warwickshire, England.
A placename given to several towns, suburbs, etc., in Australia, Canada, South Africa and the United States.
klingerstown
knowledgeability
knowledgeability
noun
The condition of being knowledgeable.
knowledgement
knowledgement
noun
(non-native speakers' English) Misconstruction of knowledge.
koeltztown
kunkletown
kylertown
lanternflower
lawsonite
lawsonite
noun
A metamorphic silicate mineral related to the epidotes; it is a sorosilicate, based on the dimeric anion Si₂O₇⁶⁻
leatherworking
leatherworking
noun
The manufacture of articles from leather.
leavenworth
leavenworth
Proper noun
a small town in Indiana, USA.
a city in Kansas, USA
an unincorporated community in Minnesota, USA.
a small city in Washington, USA.
leeuwfontein
leonardtown
leonardtown
Proper noun
a town in Maryland, USA
letdown
letdown
noun
Alternative form of let-down
letdowns
letdowns
noun
plural of letdown
levittown
lewiston
lewiston
Proper noun
Any of a number of places in the USA, including:
a city in Idaho
a city in Maine.
lewistown
libertytown
littlestown
lowenstein
lowenstern
luorawetlan
luorawetlan
Proper noun
The Chukotko-Kamchatkan language family.
The Chukchi language, of the Chukotko-Kamchatkan family.
malinowskite
maxwelton
mcclellandtown
mcconnellstown
meltdown
meltdown
noun
(informal) A tantrum or emotional outburst.
(psychology) An autistic response to stress or sensory overload, in which the person is overwhelmed by intense, seemingly disproportionate emotions, behaving erratically and becoming unable to mask.
A situation being likened to a nuclear meltdown; a crisis.
Computer engineers were at a loss last night to explain why the Government had been hit by arguably the worst electronic meltdown in the history of Whitehall. https://web.archive.org/web/20041209011615/http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=587262
Severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and potentially in radiation escaping.
meltdowns
meltdowns
noun
plural of meltdown
metalworking
metalworking
noun
The art and craft of shaping metal.
metalworkings
metalworkings
noun
plural of metalworking
middletown
millerstown
mulkeytown
navelwort
navelwort
noun
Marsh pennywort, herbs of genera Hydrocotyle or Centella.
Omphalodes spp., with seeds reminiscent of a navel.
Umbilicus spp., especially Umbilicus rupestris), a European perennial succulent herb with round, peltate leaves with a central depression.
netherworld
netherworld
noun
(by extension) A hidden, shadowy, or sinister subculture, such as that of organized crime.
Specifically, a location of punishment in the afterlife; a hell.
The locale of the spirit world or afterlife, whether deemed to be situated below the world of the living or not.
The place to which one's spirit descends upon death, conceived as below the surface of the earth.
netherworlds
netherworlds
noun
plural of netherworld
nettlewort
nettlewort
noun
Any plant of the nettle family, Urticaceae.
nipplewort
nipplewort
noun
A flowering plant, Lapsana communis, that yields a milky juice.
nonacknowledgment
nonacknowledgment
noun
Absence of acknowledgment; failure to acknowledge something.
nonoutlawries
nonwarrantable
northeastwardly
northeastwardly
adv
Towards the northeast.
northwesterly
northwesterly
adj
(chiefly of a wind) Coming from the northwest.
Situated in, or pointing to, the northwest.
adv
From the northwest.
noun
A strong wind or storm from the northwest.
northwestwardly
northwestwardly
adv
Towards the northwest.
noteworthily
noteworthily
adv
In a noteworthy manner; notably.
novelwright
novelwright
noun
A writer of novels.
otherworldliness
otherworldliness
noun
The quality of being otherworldly
otherworldness
otherworldness
noun
Synonym of otherworldliness
ottweilian
outdwelling
outdwelling
verb
present participle of outdwell
outswindle
outswindle
verb
(transitive) To surpass in swindling.
outswindled
outswindled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outswindle
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
patrolwomen
patrolwomen
noun
plural of patrolwoman
pestilencewort
plentywood
plentywood
Proper noun
a city in Montana, USA
powellton
powerplants
powerplants
noun
plural of powerplant
preacknowledgement
preacknowledgement
noun
Alternative form of preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
noun
acknowledgment in advance
reacknowledgment
reacknowledgment
noun
Alternative form of reacknowledgement
rowlandite
satinflower
satinflower
noun
(Australia) The flannel flower, Actinotus helianthi
(South Africa) Plants in the genus Geissorhiza.
A species of blue-eyed grass, Olsynium douglasii (syn. Sisyrhinchium douglasii)
A wildflower native to the western US and British Columbia, Clarkia amoena (syn. Godetia grandiflora).
Chickweed, Stellaria media
Honesty Lunaria annua subsp. annua
Stitchwort, Stellaria holostea
The related Sisyrinchium striatum.
shingletown
skeletonweed
skeletonweed
noun
Beaked skeletonweed (Shinnersoseris rostrata) of the Great Plains of North American
Flatcrown buckwheat (Eriogonum deflexum), of the buckwheat family (Polygonaceae), found in the western US and Mexico.
Rush skeletonweed (Chondrilla juncea), native to parts of Europe, Asia, and North Africa, but considered an invasive plant.
Thorny skeletonweed (Pleiacanthus spinosus), of the western US.
Wheeler's skeletonweed (Chaetadelpha wheeleri), of the western US.
skellytown
slowheartedness
snowbelt
snowbelt
noun
(also with capital) Especially, the area around the Great Lakes in the north-eastern United States.
An area that is characterized by heavy annual snowfall.