(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).
alkalescent
alkalescent
adj
Slightly alkaline; having the properties of an alkali.
allokinetic
alpenstocks
alpenstocks
noun
plural of alpenstock
attackingly
backfilling
backfilling
noun
The process by which something is backfilled.
verb
present participle of backfill
backflowing
backflowing
adj
flowing backwards
verb
present participle of backflow
backhauling
backhauling
verb
present participle of backhaul
backlashing
backlashing
verb
present participle of backlash
backlisting
backlisting
verb
present participle of backlist
backloading
backloading
noun
(transport) The transportation of cargo or shipment on a return trip, using the space already paid for and used for the outward leg.
verb
present participle of backload
backlogging
backlogging
verb
present participle of backlog
backslidden
backslidden
verb
past participle of backslide
backsliding
backsliding
adj
sliding back
noun
An occasion on which one backslides, especially in a moral sense.
verb
present participle of backslide
bareknuckle
beckoningly
beckoningly
adv
So as to beckon or call near; enticingly.
blackenings
blackenings
noun
plural of blackening
blackhander
blackington
blacknesses
blacknesses
noun
plural of blackness
blacksnakes
blacksnakes
noun
plural of blacksnake
blackthorns
blackthorns
noun
plural of blackthorn
blacktongue
blockmaking
blockmaking
noun
The manufacture of blocks for use in printing.
The manufacture of nautical blocks.
bootlicking
bootlicking
noun
servile behaviour
verb
present participle of bootlick
bottlenecks
bottlenecks
noun
plural of bottleneck
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bottleneck
brainsickly
brainsickly
adv
(obsolete) In a brainsick manner.
bricklaying
bricklaying
noun
The act of building a wall by laying bricks, usually with cement between the surfaces of the bricks.
brickleness
brickleness
noun
(obsolete) brittleness
bricklining
bruckleness
bucklandite
cakewalking
cakewalking
verb
present participle of cakewalk
candlemaker
candlemaker
noun
Someone who makes candles; chandler.
candlestick
candlestick
noun
(finance) A color-coded bar showing the open and closing prices of a stock on a candlestick chart.
(gymnastics) A gymnastics move in which the legs are pointed vertically upward.
A holder with a socket or spike for a candle.
verb
(investing) To analyze stock behavior using Japanese candlestick charts.
(of a parachute) To catch on fire, so that the chute resembles a tapered candle with a flame on top.
To adorn with candlesticks.
To form a tall, thin, tapering shape similar to a candle.
candlewicks
candlewicks
noun
plural of candlewick
cartoonlike
cartoonlike
adj
Resembling a cartoon
chelyabinsk
chickenbill
chimneylike
chimneylike
adj
Resembling a chimney, especially in shape
chlorpikrin
chucklingly
chucklingly
adv
in a chuckling manner
clackmannan
clackmannan
Proper noun
a town in council area, Scotland, which was the county town of the historic county of until 1822
a local government district in Region, Scotland, created in 1975 when the county of Clackmannanshire was abolished, and renamed again in 1996 when it became a council area.
clerkliness
clerkliness
Noun
scholarship
cloakmaking
cloakmaking
noun
The manufacture of cloaks.
clockmaking
clockmaking
noun
The art or trade of a clockmaker; the manufacture of clocks.
clodknocker
clodknocker
noun
Synonym of clodhopper
clothmaking
clothmaking
noun
The art or trade of a clothmaker.
cockbilling
cockbilling
verb
present participle of cockbill
cockneyland
cockneylike
cocktailing
cocktailing
noun
Work as a cocktail waitress.
coldcocking
coldcocking
verb
present participle of coldcock
colormaking
colormaking
noun
The manufacture of paints or dyes.
coronetlike
countryfolk
countryfolk
noun
One who lives in the country; a rural dweller.
crinkleroot
crinkleroot
noun
Cardamine diphylla, a spring woodland plant native to North America.
crinkliness
crinkliness
noun
The state or quality of being crinkly.
cupronickel
cupronickel
noun
An alloy of copper containing from 10 to 40% nickel.
cushionlike
cushionlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cushion.
cycloalkane
cycloalkane
noun
(organic chemistry) Any saturated alicyclic hydrocarbon.
deadlocking
deadlocking
verb
present participle of deadlock
duckwalking
duckwalking
verb
present participle of duckwalk
ferntickled
ferronickel
ferronickel
noun
A ferroalloy of iron and nickel.
finickingly
finickingly
adv
finically
flunkyistic
flunkyistic
adj
Of or relating to flunkyism.
flyspecking
flyspecking
noun
A technique for painting furniture with flicked drops of paint.
verb
present participle of flyspeck
footlicking
footlicking
adj
sycophantic
noun
The act of licking someone's feet.
sycophantic behavior
forelocking
forelocking
verb
present participle of forelock
freckliness
furnacelike
furnacelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a furnace.
glucokinase
glucokinase
noun
A hexokinase isozyme that facilitates phosphorylation of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate, occurring in cells in the liver, pancreas, gut, and brain of humans and most other vertebrates.
goldenlocks
gridlocking
gridlocking
verb
present participle of gridlock
hackneyedly
heckelphone
heckelphone
noun
A musical instrument resembling the oboe, but pitched an octave lower.
honeysuckle
honeysuckle
noun
Any of several species of superficially similar plants from Australia
Any of the many species of arching shrubs and climbing vines of the genus Lonicera in the Caprifoliaceae family, many with sweet smelling, bell shaped flowers.
Banksia aquilonia (northern banksia)
Banksia integrifolia (coast banksia)
Banksia marginata (silver banksia)
Banksia serrata (red honeysuckle)
Lambertia multiflora (many-flowered honeysuckle)
interlocked
interlocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of interlock
interlocker
interlocker
noun
A device that interlocks.
An individual who holds more than one role in a power structure.
jackqueline
jackrolling
jackrolling
noun
(South Africa) gang rape of women by men
kamanichile
kamptulicon
kamptulicon
noun
(archaic) A kind of elastic floorcloth, made of India rubber, gutta-percha, linseed oil, and powdered cork.
kenspeckled
killikinick
kinematical
kinematical
adj
kinematic
kinesically
kinesically
adv
By means of, or in terms of, kinesics.
kinetically
kinetically
adv
Concerning kinetics.
In a kinetic manner.
kinoplasmic
kinoplasmic
adj
of or related to kinoplasm
kitchenless
kitchenless
adj
Lacking a kitchen
knuckleball
knuckleball
noun
(baseball) A pitch thrown with the ball gripped on the fingertips and released with no rotation, which travels over an unpredictable path to the plate due to micro-turbulence in the air.
(figurative) An event that is hard to predict.
verb
(intransitive, baseball) To pitch knuckleballs.
knucklebone
knucklebone
noun
(slang) A die.
A bone that forms a knuckle in the human hand, in an animal's paw or any bone that forms a similar bump.
Such a bone once used in knucklebones and other children's games of chance.
knucklehead
knucklehead
noun
An idiot; a stupid or inept person.
knucklesome
knucklesome
adj
(literally and figurative) Characterised or marked by knuckle(s); knuckly
kochliarion
kochliarion
noun
(historical) A kind of spoon used for eating in the Early Byzantine period.
koechlinite
koechlinite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing bismuth, molybdenum, and oxygen.
koilonychia
koilonychia
noun
A deformity of the nails characterized by concavity of the outer surface
lackbrained
landsknecht
leatherneck
leatherneck
noun
(US) Specifically, a marine.
(slang) A soldier.
lincolnlike
linebackers
linebackers
noun
plural of linebacker
linebacking
linebacking
noun
(American football) Playing as a linebacker
littlenecks
littlenecks
noun
plural of littleneck
luckinesses
luckinesses
noun
plural of luckiness
macflecknoe
machinelike
machinelike
adj
Resembling a machine; mechanical in form
mackereling
mackereling
noun
Alternative form of mackerelling
maeterlinck
mecklenburg
mecklenburg
Proper noun
An area in Baltic northern Germany.
millinocket
monarchlike
monarchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a monarch.
necktieless
necktieless
adj
Without a necktie.
nickelbloom
nickelising
nickelising
verb
present participle of nickelise
nickelizing
nickelizing
verb
present participle of nickelize
nickelodeon
nickelodeon
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Nickelodeon
nonblocking
nonblocking
adj
(computing theory) That does not block; allowing other tasks to proceed immediately rather than having to wait for completion.
nonchokable
nonchokable
adj
On which a person cannot choke.
That cannot become choked or blocked up.
nonpickable
nonpickable
adj
Not pickable.
nyckelharpa
nyckelharpa
noun
(music) A string instrument (chordophone) with a long body and a boat-shaped soundbox, with keys attached to tangents that act like frets when the keys are depressed, and most commonly featuring chromatic and sympathetic strings in modern instruments, originating in the traditional music of Sweden.
outslicking
outslicking
verb
present participle of outslick
parbuckling
parbuckling
verb
present participle of parbuckle
pickthankly
placemaking
placemaking
noun
The planning, design and management of public spaces with regard to the communities that will inhabit them.
pluckedness
pluckedness
noun
The quality of being plucked (in various senses).
politicking
politicking
noun
(often derogatory) The act of engaging in politics, or in political campaigning.
verb
present participle of politic
present participle of politick
prickliness
prickliness
noun
The state or quality of being prickly.
pricklingly
pricklingly
adv
With a prickling action or sensation.
protonickel
racewalking
racewalking
noun
(sports) A sport in which people try to walk as fast as possible, subject to the constraint that at least one foot must be on the ground at all time (or else they would be running).
verb
present participle of racewalk
romancelike
romancelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of romance or the romance genre.
saracenlike
schnorkeled
shacklebone
shellacking
shellacking
noun
(informal, US) A heavy defeat, drubbing, or beating; used particularly in sports and political contexts.
The act or process of coating with shellac.
verb
present participle of shellac
sickeningly
sickeningly
adv
(sometimes figurative) In a manner to sicken.
silkscreens
silkscreens
noun
plural of silkscreen
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of silkscreen
singlestick
singlestick
noun
(uncountable) A martial art, sport or exercise using a cudgel or backsword.
A one-handed wooden stick used for fencing in place of a sword.
skeltonical
sketchingly
slackminded
slacknesses
slacknesses
noun
plural of slackness
slammocking
slickenside
slickenside
noun
(geology) A smooth, striated rock surface caused by the friction of one mass sliding over another
slicknesses
slicknesses
noun
plural of slickness
speckliness
speckliness
noun
Quality of being speckly.
spinachlike
spinachlike
Adjective
Resembling spinach.
spondulicks
spondulicks
noun
(slang, UK) Money.
stickhandle
stickhandle
verb
(chiefly Canada, by extension) To deal capably and swiftly with a situation, especially in a manner which deflects potential problems.
(transitive, intransitive, ice hockey, field hockey, lacrosse) To maintain individual possession of the puck or ball by controlling it with movements of one's stick, especially to do so in a skillful manner.