(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
advowsance
allowanced
allowanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of allowance
archswindler
backdown
backdown
noun
An act of backing down; a retraction or withdrawal.
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
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”)
baldcrown
becowarding
birdwatching
birdwatching
noun
(slang) The hobby of watching rocket launches.
Observing or identifying wild birds in their natural environment.
buchenwald
cancerweed
cancerweed
noun
Lyreleaf sage or wild sage (Salvia lyrata).
Rattlesnake root (Prenanthes alba, now Nabulus spp.)
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
cankerweed
canoewood
canoewood
noun
The wood of the tree Liriodendron tulipifera.
cedartown
ceilingward
ceilingward
adj
Facing or directed toward the ceiling.
adv
Toward the ceiling.
ceilingwards
ceilingwards
adv
Towards the ceiling.
centerward
centerward
adv
Toward the center.
channelwards
channelwards
adv
Towards a channel.
chawdron
chawdron
noun
(now historical) A sauce made from chopped entrails.
(obsolete) Entrails, intestines (of animals as food)
chontawood
chowderheadedness
churchwarden
churchwarden
noun
(Britain) A lay officer of the Church of England who handles the secular affairs of the parish.
(UK, slang) A churchwarden pipe.
(US) A similar functionary of the Episcopal church.
churchwardenism
churchwardenize
churchwardens
churchwardens
noun
plural of churchwarden
churchwardenship
churchwardenship
noun
The role or office of a churchwarden.
cinnamonwood
cinnamonwood
noun
Synonym of sassafras
clampdown
clampdown
noun
A sudden repressive or punitive restriction or control
clownade
cochurchwarden
cordewane
cordwain
cordwain
noun
A kind of leather from Córdoba, originally of tanned goatskin, later of horsehide.
cordwainer
cordwainer
noun
(countable) A member of the Worshipful Company of Cordwainers, a livery company.
(countable) A shoemaker.
(countable) A worker in cordwain.
A leather from Córdoba.
cordwainers
cordwainers
noun
plural of cordwainer
cordwainery
cordwainery
noun
shoemaking
cordwains
cordwains
noun
plural of cordwain
countryward
countryward
adv
Toward the countryside.
cowardliness
cowardliness
noun
A cowardly action.
The characteristic of being cowardly.
cowardness
cowardness
noun
(obsolete) Synonym of cowardice
cowhand
cowhand
noun
One who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
cowhands
cowhands
noun
plural of cowhand
coxswained
coxswained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coxswain
crackdown
crackdown
noun
Abruptly stern measures or disciplinary action; increased enforcement
crackdowns
crackdowns
noun
plural of crackdown
crownband
crownbeard
crownbeard
noun
Any of the flowering plants of the genus Verbesina.
crownland
crownland
noun
(historical) In Austria-Hungary, any of the provinces, or largest administrative divisions of the monarchy.
darwinical
darwinically
darwinistic
darwinistic
Adjective
Relating to Darwinism, the theory of evolution by natural selection.
dawsoniaceae
dawsoniaceous
disacknowledge
disacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
disallowance
disallowance
noun
(law, politics) A power a higher level authority has to disallow particular legislation of the lower level jurisdiction; such as a federal government disallowing state/provincial legislation, or the crown disallowing federal legislation.
The action of not allowing, or of withdrawing allowance.
disallowances
disallowances
noun
plural of disallowance
disavowance
disavowance
noun
(obsolete) disavowal
downcast
downcast
adj
(of a person) Feeling despondent.
(of eyes) Looking downwards.
noun
(computing) A cast from supertype to subtype.
(mining) A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.
(obsolete) A melancholy look.
verb
(transitive, computing) To cast from supertype to subtype.
(transitive, obsolete) To cast or throw down; to turn downward.
downcastly
downcastly
adv
In a downcast manner.
downcastness
downcastness
noun
The quality of being downcast.
downcasts
downcasts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downcast
downface
downface
adj
Having or on a downward oriented face.
adv
Further down the face
noun
(dogs) A profile characterized by a downward sloping muzzle.
The face that is oriented downward.
verb
(transitive) To disparage; to cause to lose face.
(transitive, archaic, rare) to persist in an assertion in the face of opposition.
downpatrick
downscaling
downscaling
noun
The act by which something is downscaled; a reduction in size or numbers.
verb
present participle of downscale
drawbench
drawbench
noun
A machine in which long pieces of metal are drawn through a drawplate, die, or series of dies, to change the shape, size, cross-sectional area, physical properties, or surface finish of the metal.
drawcansir
drawcansir
noun
(now rare) A blustering, bullying person; a braggart.
duckwalking
duckwalking
verb
present participle of duckwalk
facedown
facedown
adv
Alternative form of face-down
noun
Alternative form of face-down (“a confrontation”)
handicraftswoman
handicraftswoman
noun
A female practitioner of a handicraft.
henceforward
henceforward
adv
from now on; from this time on
henceforwards
henceforwards
adv
(archaic) henceforth, from this point onwards.
kawchodinne
kitchenward
kitchenward
adj
To the kitchen
adv
(figuratively) Toward food in general.
Toward the kitchen.
kitchenwards
kitchenwards
adv
Alternative form of kitchenward
lackwittedness
lackwittedness
noun
The quality of being lackwitted.
lancewood
lancewood
noun
(Australia) Any of various Australian trees having hard timber, especially Acacia shirleyi of Queensland and the Northern Territory; also a woodland made of such trees.
A tough, elastic and heavy wood obtained from the West Indies and Guiana, formerly much used for carriage shafts (Oxandra lanceolata).
New Zealand trees in the genus Pseudopanax.
landwrack
landwreck
mackinawed
mackinawed
adj
Clad in garments made of mackinaw.
mcandrews
mcclellandtown
microdrawing
microdrawing
noun
A drawing showing the microscopic detail of something.
misacknowledge
misacknowledge
verb
(rare) To fail to acknowledge; to acknowledge wrongly.
necklaceweed
neckward
nonacknowledgment
nonacknowledgment
noun
Absence of acknowledgment; failure to acknowledge something.
oceanward
oceanward
adj
Closer to the ocean than something else.
Facing or leading toward the ocean.
adv
Toward the ocean.
oceanwards
oceanwards
adv
oceanward
paddywacking
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
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
sandwich
sandwich
adj
(US) Of a meal or serving size that is smaller than a dinner.
noun
(UK) A layer cake or sandwich cake.
(archaic) A sandwichman (one who wears a sandwich board).
(by extension) Any combination formed by layering one type of material between two layers of some other material.
A dish or foodstuff where at least one piece, but typically two or more pieces, of bread serve(s) as the wrapper or container of some other food.
verb
(figuratively) To put or set something between two others, in time.
(sex) To double penetrate
To eat sandwiches.
To feed sandwiches.
To place one item physically between two other, usually flat, items.
sandwiched
sandwiched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of sandwich
sandwiches
sandwiches
noun
plural of sandwich
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sandwich
sandwiching
sandwiching
verb
present participle of sandwich
schwendenerian
schwenkfeldian
schwenkfeldian
Noun
A Schwenkfelder.
scotlandwards
scuddawn
slackwittedness
sneckdraw
sneckdraw
noun
(obsolete, Scotland) One who is sly, cunning, devious.