(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
(commerce) A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, differing by country.
(engineering) A planned deviation between an exact dimension and a nominal or theoretical dimension.
(horse racing) A permitted reduction in the weight that a racehorse must carry.
(minting) A permissible deviation in the fineness and weight of coins, owing to the difficulty in securing exact conformity to the standard prescribed by law.
(obsolete) Approval; approbation.
(obsolete) License; indulgence.
A child's allowance; pocket money.
Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances
Acknowledgment.
An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose
Permission; granting, conceding, or admitting
verb
(transitive) To put upon a fixed allowance (especially of provisions and drink).
(transitive) To supply in a fixed and limited quantity.
allowanced
allowanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of allowance
allowances
allowances
noun
plural of allowance
allowancing
allowancing
verb
present participle of allowance
anchorwise
anchorwoman
anchorwoman
noun
(athletics) The most reliable female runner in a relay team, usually the one that runs last.
A female anchorperson.
anchorwomen
anchorwomen
noun
plural of anchorwoman
angletwitch
angletwitch
noun
(rare, dialectal) An angleworm; earthworm.
angwich
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.
anywhence
anywhence
adv
(formal, now rare) From anywhere.
archcrown
archswindler
archwench
avowance
avowance
noun
(obsolete) An upholding; defence; vindication.
(obsolete) The act of avowing; avowal.
awestricken
awestricken
adj
Filled with awe.
awunctive
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
baconweed
baconweed
noun
Synonym of pigweed (“the plant Chenopodium album”)
balancewise
balancewise
adv
In terms of balance.
baldcrown
batchtown
beaconwise
beaconwise
adv
Like a beacon; in the manner of a beacon.
becowarding
becrawling
becrawling
verb
present participle of becrawl
benchwarmer
benchwarmer
noun
Alternative spelling of bench-warmer
benchwarmers
benchwarmers
noun
plural of benchwarmer
birdwatching
birdwatching
noun
(slang) The hobby of watching rocket launches.
Observing or identifying wild birds in their natural environment.
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
branchway
branchway
noun
(poetic) A path or route formed by the branches of trees.
braunschweig
braunschweig
Proper noun
a city in Lower Saxony, Germany; Brunswick
braunschweiger
braunschweiger
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Braunschweiger (a sausage).
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.
brownistical
buchenwald
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
cabbagetown
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
callowman
callowness
callowness
noun
The condition of being callow; immaturity.
callownesses
callownesses
noun
plural of callowness
camerawoman
camerawoman
noun
A woman who operates any kind of camera.
camerawomen
camerawomen
noun
plural of camerawoman
campbelltown
campbeltown
camptown
camptown
noun
A South Korean town whose livelihood relies on a United States Forces Korea military base. Camptowns are associated especially with prostitution.
cancerweed
cancerweed
noun
Lyreleaf sage or wild sage (Salvia lyrata).
Rattlesnake root (Prenanthes alba, now Nabulus spp.)
cancerwort
cancerwort
noun
(obsolete) A species of the speedwell plant (Veronica sp.).
Kickxia elatine (harpleaf cancerwort)
Kickxia spuria (roundleaf cancerwort)
Linaria vulgaris, the common toadflax.
candlepower
candlepower
noun
(dated) A unit of luminous intensity of a light source, equal to 0.981 candelas.
candlepowers
candlepowers
noun
plural of candlepower
candlestickward
candlewaster
candlewaster
noun
(obsolete, derogatory) One who consumes candles by staying up late reading and studying; a student.
candlewasting
candlewasting
Adjective
Causing a waste of candles by studying late into the night.
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
candlewood
candlewood
noun
Dacryodes excelsa, a tree native to Puerto Rico.
Pterocelastrus tricuspidatus, a medium-sized evergreen tree indigenous to South Africa.
candlewoods
candlewoods
noun
plural of candlewood
candlewright
candlewright
noun
(obsolete) A chandler, or maker of candles.
candyweed
caneware
caneware
noun
A form of traditional unglazed light-brown stoneware.
canewares
canewares
noun
plural of caneware
canewise
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.
canoewood
canoewood
noun
The wood of the tree Liriodendron tulipifera.
cantwise
capetown
careworn
careworn
adj
Worn down by cares: showing the signs of long-term stress, tired and haggard due to prolonged worry.
carpenterworm
carpenterworm
noun
The larva of the moth Prionoxystus robinae
carpetwoven
carrolltown
cartwheeling
cartwheeling
verb
present participle of cartwheel
cartwrighting
cartwrighting
noun
The work of a cartwright, building carts.
cashtown
casstown
catalowne
catercornerways
caterwauling
caterwauling
noun
A sound that caterwauls.
verb
present participle of caterwaul
caughnawaga
causewaying
causewaying
verb
present participle of causeway
causewayman
causewayman
noun
A man employed to build a causeway.
cavetown
cawing
cawing
noun
The act of producing a caw sound.
verb
present participle of caw
cawney
cawnie
cawnie
noun
(historical) A measure of land equal to 57,600 square feet or 1.3225 acres, formerly used in India.
cawnpore
cawny
cawny
noun
Alternative form of cawnie
cedartown
ceilingward
ceilingward
adj
Facing or directed toward the ceiling.
adv
Toward the ceiling.
ceilingwards
ceilingwards
adv
Towards the ceiling.
cellarwoman
cellarwoman
noun
A female cellarman.
centerward
centerward
adv
Toward the center.
chainsawing
chainsawing
verb
present participle of chainsaw
chainwale
chainwale
noun
Obsolete spelling of channel (Etymology 3)
chainwheels
chainwheels
noun
plural of chainwheel
chainwork
chainwork
noun
Work looped or linked after the manner of a chain.
chairwoman
chairwoman
noun
(obsolete) A charwoman
A female chairperson
chairwomen
chairwomen
noun
plural of chairwoman
chamberwoman
chamberwoman
noun
Synonym of chambermaid
chancewise
chancewise
adv
By chance; at random.
changchiakow
changchow
changchowfu
changewater
channelwards
channelwards
adv
Towards a channel.
chapwoman
chapwoman
noun
(chiefly Britain, archaic) A woman who buys and sells; a female trader.