(transitive, obsolete) To acknowledge; confess (often with "of" or "on"), reveal, disclose, realize
(transitive, obsolete) To recognize.
acknowing
acknowing
verb
present participle of acknow
acknowledge
acknowledge
verb
(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).
acknowledgeable
acknowledgeable
adj
Able to be acknowledged.
Worthy of acknowledgement.
acknowledged
acknowledged
adj
Generally accepted, recognized or admitted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acknowledg
simple past tense and past participle of acknowledge
acknowledgedly
acknowledgedly
adv
Confessedly, admittedly.
acknowledgement
acknowledgement
noun
(most common British spelling, also sometimes used in the US) Alternative spelling of acknowledgment
acknowledgements
acknowledgements
noun
plural of acknowledgement
acknowledger
acknowledger
noun
One who acknowledges.
acknowledgers
acknowledgers
noun
plural of acknowledger
acknowledges
acknowledges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acknowledge
acknowledging
acknowledging
adj
(obsolete, specifically) Expressing esteem or gratitude.
That acknowledges, in various sense; (especially) that notices or recognises someone or something.
noun
(archaic) The act of acknowledging something.
verb
present participle of acknowledg
present participle of acknowledge
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
acknown
acknown
verb
(obsolete) Acknowledged; confessed (often with "of" or "on"), revealed, disclosed, realized
(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.
awestricken
awestricken
adj
Filled with awe.
backdown
backdown
noun
An act of backing down; a retraction or withdrawal.
backflowing
backflowing
adj
flowing backwards
verb
present participle of backflow
backswing
backswing
noun
(sports) The preparatory stroke preceding that which produces contact with the target. Normally associated with sports using an implement such as a bat, club, racket or stick.
verb
To swing backward.
backswording
backswording
noun
Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.
backswordman
backswordman
noun
(historical) One who fights with a backsword or singlestick.
backswordmen
backswordmen
noun
plural of backswordman
backswordsman
backwardation
backwardation
noun
(obsolete) In the London Stock Exchange: a fee paid by a seller on settlement day either to the buyer or to a third party who lends stock, when the seller wishes to defer settlement until the next settlement day.
In full normal backwardation: the situation in a futures market where the price for future delivery of a commodity (the forward price) is lower than the price for immediate delivery (the spot price) or nearer delivery, generally arising from a near-term shortage of the commodity.
The situation in a stock market where the offer price for stock is lower than the bid price.
backwardness
backwardness
noun
Reluctance.
The state of being backward.
backwardnesses
backwardnesses
noun
plural of backwardness
backwashing
backwashing
noun
A form of water treatment in which water is pumped backwards through the filter media, sometimes with intermittent use of compressed air.
backwind
backwind
noun
(nautical) The flow of air so deflected
verb
(nautical) To deflect air into the back of a sail or of a vessel
(transitive) To wind backwards.
backwinded
backwinding
backwinding
verb
present participle of backwind
backwoodsiness
backwoodsiness
noun
The quality of being backwoodsy.
backwoodsman
backwoodsman
noun
(informal, UK politics) A Peer who is seldom present in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom Parliament, who may be encouraged to attend when a very important vote is expected.
A person who is acclimated to living in a forest area that is far removed from civilization or modern conveniences.
An uncivilized person.
backwoodsmen
backwoodsmen
noun
plural of backwoodsman
blackwashing
blackwashing
noun
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as belonging to a black race of people.
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as evil.
The application of a coating of blackwash.
verb
present participle of blackwash
brownback
brownback
noun
A bird, the dowitcher or red-breasted snipe.
A note of scrip printed on brown paper, such as that issued by the city of St. Louis during a financial crisis.
A postage stamp printed in brown ink, used in the 1890s.
buckwagon
buckwagon
noun
(South Africa) A strong wagon with a frame over the wheels used for hauling goods.
(US) A buckboard; a wagon for personal transport as well as transporting goods.
buckwashing
bushwhacking
bushwhacking
noun
criticizing, by someone or a person(s), on policies and stances by George W. Bush, in forums and discussions
fighting, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
travelling through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress
verb
present participle of bushwhack
cabinetwork
cabinetwork
noun
cabinetmaking
furniture made by a cabinetmaker
cabinetworker
cabinetworker
noun
One who makes cabinets; a practitioner of cabinetwork.
cabinetworking
cabinetworks
cakewalking
cakewalking
verb
present participle of cakewalk
candlestickward
candlewick
candlewick
noun
A soft cotton yarn that gives a tufted pattern to embroidery
The thread used to make the wicks of candles
candlewicking
candlewicks
candlewicks
noun
plural of candlewick
canework
canework
noun
Objects made from canes (slender, flexible plant stems).
cankerflower
cankerweed
cankerworm
cankerworm
noun
(figurative) A corrupting or destructive force.
Either of two caterpillars, the larvae of geometrid moths, that are destructive to fruit, buds and leaves.
cankerworms
cankerworms
noun
plural of cankerworm
cankerwort
cankerwort
noun
The plant Taraxacum officinale.
chainwork
chainwork
noun
Work looped or linked after the manner of a chain.
changchiakow
checkweighman
checkweighman
noun
A person, elected by miners, whose task is to check what the mine owner's weighman states has been the amount of coal that has been mined; used especially if the miners' wages are related to production.
cockswain
cockswain
noun
Alternative spelling of coxswain
constablewick
constablewick
noun
(obsolete) The district to which a constable's power is limited.
contraclockwise
contraclockwise
adv
counterclockwise
counterbreastwork
crackdown
crackdown
noun
Abruptly stern measures or disciplinary action; increased enforcement
crackdowns
crackdowns
noun
plural of crackdown
crownmaker
crownmaker
noun
A manufacturer of crowns.
disacknowledge
disacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
downpatrick
duckwalking
duckwalking
verb
present participle of duckwalk
fancywork
fancywork
noun
Decorative embroidery.
hackettstown
hornwrack
hornwrack
noun
(zoology) A bryozoan of the genus Flustra.
jabberwockian
jacksontown
jinrickshaw
kawchodinne
kitchenward
kitchenward
adj
To the kitchen
adv
(figuratively) Toward food in general.
Toward the kitchen.
kitchenwards
kitchenwards
adv
Alternative form of kitchenward
kitchenware
kitchenware
noun
(attributive, uncountable) Of or pertaining to utensils and appliances used for food preparation.
Instruments and utensils found in a kitchen, particularly those associated with the preparation and serving of food.
kitchenwares
kitchenwares
noun
plural of kitchenware
knackaway
knackwurst
knackwurst
noun
A highly seasoned scalded sausage made from beef, pork, and fatty tissue similar to a frankfurter, but shorter and thicker.
knackwursts
knackwursts
noun
plural of knackwurst
knockaway
kwangchow
kwangchowan
lackawanna
lackawanna
Proper noun
the in Pennsylvania, USA, a tributary of the Susquehanna River.
a city in Erie County, New York, USA, named after the
lackawaxen
lackwittedness
lackwittedness
noun
The quality of being lackwitted.
landwrack
landwreck
mackinaw
mackinaw
noun
A blanket made of wool, formerly distributed to the Amerindians by the U.S. government.
A flat-bottomed cargo boat; mackinaw boat.
A heavy woolen cloth.
mackinawed
mackinawed
adj
Clad in garments made of mackinaw.
mackinaws
mackinaws
noun
plural of mackinaw
mankiewicz
misacknowledge
misacknowledge
verb
(rare) To fail to acknowledge; to acknowledge wrongly.
nawrocki
necklaceweed
neckward
neckwear
neckwear
noun
Articles of clothing or jewelry which hang from the neck, such as ties or necklaces.
neckwears
neckwears
noun
plural of neckwear
nonacknowledgment
nonacknowledgment
noun
Absence of acknowledgment; failure to acknowledge something.
paddywacking
patchworking
patchworking
noun
The making of patchworks
verb
present participle of patchwork
pawneerock
pickwickian
pickwickian
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Pickwickian.
pickwickianism
pickwickianly
preacknowledge
preacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To acknowledge in advance.
preacknowledged
preacknowledged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of preacknowledge
preacknowledgement
preacknowledgement
noun
Alternative form of preacknowledgment
preacknowledging
preacknowledging
verb
present participle of preacknowledge
preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
noun
acknowledgment in advance
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
racewalkings
reacknowledge
reacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To acknowledge again or anew.
reacknowledged
reacknowledged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reacknowledge
reacknowledging
reacknowledging
verb
present participle of reacknowledge
reacknowledgment
reacknowledgment
noun
Alternative form of reacknowledgement
saskatchewan
saskatchewan
Proper noun
A river in Canada.
Prairie province in western Canada (named after the river, which flows through it) which has Regina as its capital city.
scharwenka
schwenkfeldian
schwenkfeldian
Noun
A Schwenkfelder.
scowbank
scowbanker
slackwittedness
sneckdraw
sneckdraw
noun
(obsolete, Scotland) One who is sly, cunning, devious.
sneckdrawing
sneckdrawn
snickdraw
snickdrawing
snowpack
snowpack
noun
An accumulation of packed snow, usually the seasonal amount.
snowpacks
snowpacks
noun
plural of snowpack
spacewalking
spacewalking
verb
present participle of spacewalk
superacknowledgment
swacken
swacking
swacking
adj
(slang) Huge; whopping.
Characteristic of a swack.
verb
present participle of swack
swanneck
swannecked
swanwick
swanwick
Proper noun
A village in Hampshire, England
A village in Derbyshire, England
swashbucklering
swashbucklering
adj
Alternative form of swashbuckling
swashbuckling
swashbuckling
adj
Adventurous, exciting.
swashbucklings
swingback
tanglewrack
thwacking
thwacking
noun
The action or sound of a thwack; a beating.
verb
present participle of thwack
thwackingly
thwackingly
adv
With a thwacking sound.
twickenham
twickenham
Proper noun
A town in southwest London
Twickenham Stadium, the largest rugby stadium in England