(most common British spelling, also sometimes used in the US) Alternative spelling of acknowledgment
acknowledgments
acknowledgments
noun
plural of acknowledgment
ankylostomiasis
ankylostomiasis
noun
Alternative form of ancylostomiasis
auldfarrantlike
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
bluestockingism
bluestockingism
noun
(colloquial) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
brokenheartedly
brokenheartedly
adv
In a brokenhearted manner.
candlestickward
cholecystokinin
cholecystokinin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several peptide hormones that stimulate the digestion of fat and protein; abbreviated to CCK.
chondroskeleton
chondroskeleton
noun
A skeleton (of some fish and of mammal embryos) composed of hyaline cartilage
contraclockwise
contraclockwise
adv
counterclockwise
counterblockade
counterblockade
noun
A blockade set up in opposition to another blockade.
dermatoskeleton
dermatoskeleton
noun
exoskeleton
electrokinetics
electrokinetics
noun
(physics) the electrodynamics of electrical circuits
franklinization
gentlewomanlike
gentlewomanlike
adj
Characteristic of a gentlewoman; having the qualities of a gentlewoman.
adv
In a manner befitting a gentlewoman.
heartbreakingly
heartbreakingly
adv
In a heartbreaking manner
hyperalkalinity
hyperalkalinity
noun
The property of being hyperalkaline.
intersprinkling
intersprinkling
noun
A sprinkling between.
verb
present participle of intersprinkle
intraleukocytic
intraleukocytic
adj
(cytology) Between leukocytes.
kenogenetically
kinesthetically
kinesthetically
adv
In a kinesthetic way, or in terms of kinesthetics
kjeldahlization
kremlinologists
leatherlikeness
leatherstocking
leatherstocking
Noun
A man who develops survival skills in order to live in the wild, away from civilization.
nannoplanktonic
phenylketonuria
phenylketonuria
noun
(medicine) A metabolic disorder in which individuals lack the liver enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) which is needed to metabolize the amino acid phenylalanine.
phenylketonuric
phenylketonuric
adj
Having or relating to phenylketonuria.
noun
A person who has phenylketonuria.
phytoplanktonic
phytoplanktonic
adj
Pertaining to, or derived from, phytoplankton
rumpelstiltskin
rumpelstiltskin
Proper noun
A fairy tale about a dwarf who saves the miller’s daughter by spinning straw into gold in exchange for her first-born child, but is foiled when she guesses his name.
The fictional dwarf who is the title character of that story.