(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).
afterworlds
afterworlds
noun
plural of afterworld
allowancing
allowancing
verb
present participle of allowance
applegrower
applegrower
noun
A grower of apples.
backflowing
backflowing
adj
flowing backwards
verb
present participle of backflow
bartholomew
bartholomew
Proper noun
An Apostle, identified with Nathanael.
name of biblical origin.
battlewagon
battlewagon
noun
(military) A heavily-armed combat vehicle.
(nautical) A battleship.
beflowering
beflowering
verb
present participle of beflower
belchertown
bellflowers
bellflowers
noun
plural of bellflower
bellowslike
bellowslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bellows (device for delivering pressurized air).
belowground
belowground
adj
beneath the surface of the ground; underground
belowstairs
belowstairs
adv
Alternative form of below stairs.
benchfellow
billowiness
billowiness
noun
The state or quality of being billowy.
blackfellow
blackfellow
noun
(Australia, now usually considered offensive) A (male) Australian Aborigine.
bladderwort
bladderwort
noun
Any of many aquatic carnivorous plants, of the genus Utricularia, that have open bladders that trap minute insects and crustaceans.
blameworthy
blameworthy
adj
Deserving blame or censure; reprehensible.
bleachworks
bleachworks
noun
A factory that manufactures bleach.
blisterwort
bloodflower
bloodflower
noun
A species of milkweed (Asclepias curassavica L.) with blood-red petals, native to the Central and South American tropics
Any plant in the genus Haemanthus, bulbous African plants of the amaryllis family.
bloodworthy
blountstown
blowinesses
blowtorched
blowtorched
verb
past participle of blowtorch
blowtorches
blowtorches
noun
plural of blowtorch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blowtorch
boguslawsky
boilerworks
bolsterwork
boswelliana
boswellized
bowdlerised
bowdlerised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bowdlerise
bowdlerises
bowdlerises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bowdlerise
bowdlerized
bowdlerized
adj
Expurgated, especially in a comprehensive way (such as systematically throughout an entire work).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bowdlerize
bowdlerizer
bowdlerizer
noun
One who bowdlerizes.
bowdlerizes
bowdlerizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bowdlerize
bowersville
bowlderhead
bowmansdale
brazilwoods
brazilwoods
noun
plural of brazilwood
bristlewort
brittlewood
brittlewort
brookflower
browerville
brownfields
brownfields
noun
plural of brownfield
brownsville
brownsville
Proper noun
The name of many places in the United States of America:
a former settlement in California.
an unincorporated community in California.
a CDP in Florida.
an unincorporated community in Florida.
a ghost town in Illinois. It was the former county seat.
an unincorporated community in Illinois.
an unincorporated community in Indiana.
a small home-rule class city in Kentucky
an unincorporated community and CDP in Louisiana.
an unincorporated community and CDP in Maryland.
a small city in Minnesota.
an unincorporated community in Mississippi.
a neighbourhood in New York City.
a CDP in Ohio.
a city in Oregon.
a borough in Pennsylvania.
an unincorporated community in Pennsylvania.
an unincorporated community in South Dakota.
a city in Tennessee
a city in Texas
an unincorporated community in Vermont.
an unincorporated community in Washington.
an unincorporated community in West Virginia.
a village in Wisconsin.
a former community in British Columbia, Canada.
a community in Ontario, Canada.
a suburb of New South Wales, Australia.
bunchflower
bunchflower
noun
A perennial herb, Melanthium virginicum, having a branched cluster of pale flowers
bushelwoman
bushelwoman
noun
(US, dialect) A tailor's female assistant for repairing garments.
campbeltown
candlepower
candlepower
noun
(dated) A unit of luminous intensity of a light source, equal to 0.981 candelas.
candlewoods
candlewoods
noun
plural of candlewood
carrolltown
cauliflower
cauliflower
noun
Brassica oleracea var. botrytis, an annual variety of cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable.
The edible head or curd of a cauliflower plant.
The swelling of a cauliflower ear.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) swell up like a cauliflower ear.
cellarwoman
cellarwoman
noun
A female cellarman.
chalkworker
charlestown
classfellow
classfellow
noun
(dated or India) classmate
cleaverwort
cleaverwort
noun
Synonym of cleavers (“the bedstraw”)
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
clockworked
clothworker
clothworker
noun
A textile worker.
coachfellow
coachfellow
noun
(figuratively) A comrade.
One of a pair of horses employed to draw a coach.
codswallops
colliflower
colliflower
noun
Obsolete form of cauliflower.
collingwood
collingwood
Proper noun
A town in New Zealand.
A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
A town in Ontario, Canada.
collyweston
commonweals
commonweals
noun
plural of commonweal
coneflowers
coneflowers
noun
plural of coneflower
copplecrown
coralflower
cornflowers
cornflowers
noun
plural of cornflower
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.
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
counterglow
counterglow
noun
The gegenschein.
counterwall
counterwill
cowansville
cowleeching
cowleeching
noun
(obsolete) The work of a cowleech, giving medical treatment to cows.
cowlesville
crawleyroot
crewelworks
crewelworks
noun
plural of crewelwork
cromwellian
cromwellian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Oliver Cromwell, his ideas or policies
Noun
A partisan of Oliver Cromwell
crossflower
crownsville
crystalwort
crystalwort
noun
Any of various plants of the genus Riccia.
cumberworld
cumberworld
noun
(derogatory, obsolete) Someone who, or something which, is an encumbrance on the world; a useless person or thing.
dawsonville
dawsonville
Proper noun
a city in Georgia, USA
an unincorporated community in Maryland, USA.
an unincorporated community in Missouri, USA.
an unincorporated community in Virginia, USA.
an unincorporated community in New Brunswick, Canada.
a railway town in Kenya.
deflowerers
deflowerers
noun
plural of deflowerer
deflowering
deflowering
noun
The breaking of the hymen of a virgin.
verb
present participle of deflower
disallowing
disallowing
verb
present participle of disallow
disavowable
disavowable
adj
Capable of being disavowed.
disavowedly
disboweling
disbowelled
disbowelled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disbowel
disembowels
disembowels
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disembowel
dorsalwards
dorsalwards
adv
Towards the dorsal region
doublewidth
doublewords
doublewords
noun
plural of doubleword
downfalling
downfalling
adj
falling downward
noun
A downfall.
An act of falling downward.
downhillers
downhillers
noun
plural of downhiller
downieville
downieville
Proper noun
a CDP in California named after and the county seat of
an unincorporated community in Colorado, USA.
downligging
downlinking
downlinking
verb
present participle of downlink
downloading
downloading
verb
present participle and gerund of download
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
dreamworlds
dreamworlds
noun
plural of dreamworld
electroweak
electroweak
adj
(physics) Describing the combination of the electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces.
embowelling
embowelling
noun
An act of disembowelment.
verb
present participle of embowel
embowelment
embowelment
noun
disembowelment
enflowering
enflowering
verb
present participle of enflower
englishtown
fellowcraft
fellowcraft
noun
A Freemason who has completed the second degree of initiation into Freemasonry.
fellowships
fellowships
noun
plural of fellowship
fieldworker
fieldworker
noun
A person who does fieldwork.
flameflower
flameflower
noun
Any of various herbaceous succulent plants of the genus Talinum.
flexowriter
flintworker
flintworker
noun
A person who produces flintwork.
floodwaters
floodwaters
noun
The waters of a flood
floorwalker
floorwalker
noun
Alternative form of floor-walker
flossflower
flowcharted
flowcontrol
flowerettes
flowerettes
noun
plural of flowerette
flowerfence
floweriness
floweriness
noun
The quality of being flowery.
flowingness
flowingness
noun
A tendency to flow; fluency.
foamflowers
foamflowers
noun
plural of foamflower
followingly
followingly
adv
accordingly
as follows
subsequently, consequently
forebowline
fowlerville
frostflower
furbelowing
furbelowing
verb
present participle of furbelow
gallowglass
gallowglass
noun
(historical) A mercenary warrior élite among Gaelic-Norse clans residing in the Western Isles of Scotland and Scottish Highlands from the mid 13th century to the end of the 16th century.
gallowsness
gallowsness
noun
(slang, rare, archaic) recklessness
gallowsward
gallowsward
adv
Toward the 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.
gentlewomen
gentlewomen
noun
plural of gentlewoman
ghostflower
ghostflower
noun
Mohavea confertiflora, a flower native to the Sonoran and Mojave deserts.
gilliflower
gilliflower
noun
Alternative spelling of gillyflower
gillyflower
gillyflower
noun
(by extension) Any clove-scented flower.
(heraldry) A stylized representation of a carnation blossom, usually red, and shown with or without a slip and leaves.
A variety of purplish-red apple with a roundish conical shape and a large core.
Any of several species of wallflower.
Clove pink.
glassblower
glassblower
noun
A person skilled in the art of glassblowing.
glassworker
glassworker
noun
One who makes glasswork.
globeflower
globeflower
noun
More generally, any plant of the genus Trollius.
Trollius europaeus, a plant with globe-shaped flowers.