(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
allowancing
allowancing
verb
present participle of allowance
angletwitch
angletwitch
noun
(rare, dialectal) An angleworm; earthworm.
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.
archswindler
backflowing
backflowing
adj
flowing backwards
verb
present participle of backflow
balancewise
balancewise
adv
In terms of balance.
becrawling
becrawling
verb
present participle of becrawl
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
brownistical
cakewalking
cakewalking
verb
present participle of cakewalk
candlestickward
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
candlewright
candlewright
noun
(obsolete) A chandler, or maker of candles.
cartwheeling
cartwheeling
verb
present participle of cartwheel
caterwauling
caterwauling
noun
A sound that caterwauls.
verb
present participle of caterwaul
ceilingward
ceilingward
adj
Facing or directed toward the ceiling.
adv
Toward the ceiling.
ceilingwards
ceilingwards
adv
Towards the ceiling.
chainwale
chainwale
noun
Obsolete spelling of channel (Etymology 3)
chainwheels
chainwheels
noun
plural of chainwheel
clawing
clawing
adj
Causing a visceral sensation of panic or terror.
noun
A scratch with the claws.
verb
present participle of claw
clearwing
clearwing
noun
Any of various moths, of the family Sesiidae, that have transparent wings
Any of various nymphalid butterflies, usually of the tribe Ithomiini, that have transparent wings
commonwealthism
commonwealthism
noun
(politics) The condition or policy of operating as a commonwealth.
constablewick
constablewick
noun
(obsolete) The district to which a constable's power is limited.
contraclockwise
contraclockwise
adv
counterclockwise
cornwallis
cornwallises
cornwallite
cornwallite
noun
(mineralogy) A basic copper arsenate mineral with chemical formula Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄.
cornwallville
councilwoman
councilwoman
noun
A female member of a council, especially a city council; now often replaced by gender-neutral councilor (British, councillor).
cowansville
cowardliness
cowardliness
noun
A cowardly action.
The characteristic of being cowardly.
crawling
crawling
noun
The motion of something that crawls.
verb
present participle and gerund of crawl
crawlingly
crawlingly
adv
(figurative) In a humble or sycophantic manner.
With a crawling motion.
cromwellian
cromwellian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Oliver Cromwell, his ideas or policies
Noun
A partisan of Oliver Cromwell
culilawan
darwinical
darwinically
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
downscaling
downscaling
noun
The act by which something is downscaled; a reduction in size or numbers.
verb
present participle of downscale
duckwalking
duckwalking
verb
present participle of duckwalk
flowcharting
flowcharting
noun
(computing) the design and construction of flowcharts
lacewing
lacewing
noun
Any of a number of gauzy-winged insects of certain families within the order Neuroptera.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Cethosia.
lacewings
lacewings
noun
plural of lacewing
lackwittedness
lackwittedness
noun
The quality of being lackwitted.
lawrenceville
lawrenceville
Proper noun
A city in Georgia in the United States
A city in Illinois in the United States
An unincorporated community in Indiana in the United States.
An unincorporated community and CDP in New Jersey in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Ohio in the United States.
A small borough in Pennsylvania in the United States.
A neighbourhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
A town in Virginia, USA
A village municipality in Quebec, Canada.
lawrencian
lawrencian
Adjective
Of or relating to (1885–1930), English writer and painter.
lawrencite
lawrencite
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing chlorine, iron, and nickel.
lawrencium
lawrencium
noun
A transuranic chemical element (symbol Lr, formerly Lw) with atomic number 103.
lawrenciums
lowercasing
lowercasing
verb
present participle of lowercase
misacknowledge
misacknowledge
verb
(rare) To fail to acknowledge; to acknowledge wrongly.
misallowance
misallowance
noun
A bad or wrong allowance; something allotted in error.
nightcrawler
nightcrawler
noun
(chiefly Northern US, Western US) More generally, any arbitrarily large earthworm, especially those favored in angling.
An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.
nightcrawlers
nightcrawlers
noun
plural of nightcrawler
outcrawling
outcrawling
verb
present participle of outcrawl
pickwickianly
policewoman
policewoman
noun
A female police officer.
preacknowledging
preacknowledging
verb
present participle of preacknowledge
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
reacknowledging
reacknowledging
verb
present participle of reacknowledge
scalewing
schwenkfeldian
schwenkfeldian
Noun
A Schwenkfelder.
scrawliness
scrawliness
noun
The quality of being scrawly.
scrawling
scrawling
noun
Something scrawled.
verb
present participle of scrawl
scrawnily
scrawnily
adv
In a scrawny manner.
slackwittedness
spacewalking
spacewalking
verb
present participle of spacewalk
swashbucklering
swashbucklering
adj
Alternative form of swashbuckling
swashbuckling
swashbuckling
adj
Adventurous, exciting.
swashbucklings
thwackingly
thwackingly
adv
With a thwacking sound.
unacknowledging
unacknowledging
adj
Failing to acknowledge.
verb
present participle of unacknowledge
unscrawling
unwhimsical
unwhimsical
Adjective
Not whimsical.
unwhimsically
unwhimsicalness
walachian
walkingstick
walkingstick
noun
Alternative form of walking stick
wallachian
wallachian
Noun
A person from Wallachia or of Wallachian descent.
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Wallachia.
Proper noun
The language of the Wallachians; Romanian.
walpurgisnacht
walpurgisnacht
Noun
Walpurgis night, a feast of witchcraft in German folklore; any orgiastic or bacchanalian party.
watchingly
watchingly
adv
While watching; with watchful attention.
watercoloring
watercoloring
noun
The practice of painting in watercolors.
wellacquainted
weltansicht
weltansicht
Noun
The general attitude toward life and reality that an individual or character demonstrates.