(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
afterknowledge
afterknowledge
noun
Knowledge acquired later, or after the event.
againward
againward
adv
(obsolete) Back again.
antiwedge
awarding
awarding
noun
The act of bestowing an award.
The act of giving by official decision such as giving a contract.
verb
present participle of award
awninged
awninged
adj
Having an awning.
backswording
backswording
noun
Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.
backwinding
backwinding
verb
present participle of backwind
bandsawing
bandsawing
verb
present participle of bandsaw
bandwagon
bandwagon
noun
(figuratively) A current movement that attracts wide support.
A large wagon used to carry a band of musicians in a parade.
bandwagons
bandwagons
noun
plural of bandwagon
becowarding
bedwarfing
bedwarfing
verb
present participle of bedwarf
begnawed
begnawed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of begnaw
beshadowing
beshadowing
verb
present participle of beshadow
birdwatching
birdwatching
noun
(slang) The hobby of watching rocket launches.
Observing or identifying wild birds in their natural environment.
breadwinning
breadwinning
noun
The earning of a household's primary income.
candlewasting
candlewasting
Adjective
Causing a waste of candles by studying late into the night.
candlewicking
candlewright
candlewright
noun
(obsolete) A chandler, or maker of candles.
ceilingward
ceilingward
adj
Facing or directed toward the ceiling.
adv
Toward the ceiling.
ceilingwards
ceilingwards
adv
Towards the ceiling.
dagswain
dagswain
noun
(obsolete) A coarse woollen fabric made of daglocks.
dawdling
dawdling
noun
gerund of dawdle: the act of one who dawdles.
verb
present participle of dawdle
dawdlingly
dawdlingly
adv
In a dawdling manner.
dawing
dawing
noun
(obsolete outside Scotland) Dawn, daybreak.
verb
present participle of daw
dawning
dawning
noun
(chiefly poetic) Dawn.
The first beginnings of something.
verb
present participle of dawn
dawnlight
dawnlight
noun
The light of dawn.
dawting
dawting
verb
present participle of dawt
dewatering
dewatering
noun
An instance of the removal of water, typically from a structure.
Any of various techniques for the removal of water, either from a solid or from a structure.
verb
present participle of dewater
dewaxing
dewaxing
noun
A process in which wax is removed from a material or a surface.
verb
present participle of dewax
diagonalwise
diagonalwise
adj
In a diagonal fashion.
dingwall
disacknowledge
disacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
disallowing
disallowing
verb
present participle of disallow
disavowing
disavowing
verb
present participle of disavow
dishwashing
dishwashing
noun
The act of cleaning the dishware.
dishwashings
dishwashings
noun
plural of dishwashing
diswarrening
diswarrening
verb
present participle of diswarren
diswashing
downdraught
downdraught
noun
Alternative spelling of downdraft
downfalling
downfalling
adj
falling downward
noun
A downfall.
An act of falling downward.
downgate
downgrade
downgrade
noun
A downhill gradient on a road or railway.
A reduction of a rating, as a financial or credit rating.
verb
(computing) To revert software back to an older version.
(meteorology) to reduce the official estimate of a storm's intensity.
(transitive) To disparage.
To place lower in position.
To reduce in complexity, or remove unnecessary parts; to dumb down.
downgraded
downgraded
adj
Whose rating, status etc has been reduced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of downgrade
downgrades
downgrades
noun
plural of downgrade
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downgrade
downgrading
downgrading
noun
A downgrade; a reduction of a rating, as a financial or credit rating.
verb
present participle of downgrade
downhanging
downingia
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
downrange
downrange
adj
In the horizontal direction away from the launch site of a rocket or projectile in the direction of its travel.
downscaling
downscaling
noun
The act by which something is downscaled; a reduction in size or numbers.
verb
present participle of downscale
downstage
downstage
adj
At the front of a stage.
adv
Toward or at the front of a theatrical stage.
Towards a motion-picture or television camera.
noun
The part of a stage that is closest to the audience or camera.
verb
(medicine, transitive) To restage downward; to restage (a case of a disease, usually a cancer) to a lower stage than that found at last assessment (compare upstage).
downtrampling
downtreading
downtreading
verb
present participle of downtread
dragonwort
dragonwort
noun
A perennial herb of Europe and Asia, Bistorta officinalis (syns. Persicaria bistorta, Polygonum bistorta), formerly used as an astringent.
A perennial herb of Greece and the Balkans, Dracunculus vulgaris.
dragsawing
drainageway
drainageway
noun
A route or course along which water moves or may move to drain a region.
draughtswoman
draughtswoman
noun
Alternative spelling of draftswoman
draughtswomanship
draughtswomanship
noun
draughtsmanship by a woman
drawboring
drawboring
verb
present participle of drawbore
drawfiling
drawfiling
noun
The process of smooth filing by working the file sidewise instead of lengthwise.
drawing
drawing
noun
(uncountable) The act of producing such a picture.
A picture, likeness, diagram or representation, usually drawn on paper.
A small portion of tea for steeping.
An act or event in which the outcome (e.g., designating a winner) is selected by chance in the form of a blind draw, notably of lots; especially such a contest in which a winning name or number is selected randomly by removing (or drawing) it from a container, popularly a hat.
Such acts practiced as a graphic art form.
The process of drawing or pulling something.
verb
present participle of draw
drawings
drawings
noun
plural of drawing
drawling
drawling
noun
The act of speaking with a drawl.
verb
present participle of drawl
drawlingly
drawlingly
adv
Speaking with a drawl.
drawlingness
drawlingness
noun
A drawling quality of the voice.
drawspring
drawspring
noun
(rail transport) The spring to which a drawbar is attached.
drawstring
drawstring
noun
A string or cord, encased in a fabric tube, with one or more small openings into the tube, on a bag or garment, allowing the item to be closed (as with a bag) or tightened (as with sweatpants or a bathing suit).
drawstrings
drawstrings
noun
plural of drawstring
drawtongs
duckwalking
duckwalking
verb
present participle of duckwalk
dwang
dwang
noun
(carpentry, Scotland, New Zealand) A horizontal timber (or steel) section used in the construction of a building.
A large metal crowbar.
dwarfing
dwarfing
noun
The situation where something is made to seem (relatively) small or unimportant.
verb
present participle of dwarf
dwarfling
dwarfling
noun
A diminutive dwarf.
edgartown
edgartown
Proper noun
a town on Massachusetts, which is the county seat of
finedrawing
finedrawing
verb
present participle of finedraw
foreshadowing
foreshadowing
noun
(literature, usually uncountable) A literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story.
verb
present participle of foreshadow
forwarding
forwarding
noun
The act by which something is forwarded.
verb
present participle of forward
gablewindowed
gadswoons
gadswoons
intj
(archaic) Synonym of zounds
gaedown
gainward
gainward
prep
(obsolete) Toward; facing; over against.
gangwayed
gangwayed
adj
Of a railway carriage: furnished with a gangway.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gangway
gardenwards
gardenwards
adv
Towards a garden.
gardenwise
gardenwise
adv
In the manner of a garden.
garlandwise
garlandwise
adv
In an arrangement resembling a garland.
gentlewomanhood
gentlewomanhood
noun
The qualities or condition of a gentlewoman.
gerrardstown
ginward
gladwin
gladwyne
glenwillard
gnapweed
gnawed
gnawed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gnaw
godwinian
godwinian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1756–1836), English writer and political philosopher, an early advocate of utilitarianism and anarchism.
gondwana
gondwana
Proper noun
region in India.
Southern formed after the break up of before the period, including most of the landmasses which make up today's continents of the southern hemisphere.
gondwanaland
gondwanaland
Proper noun
Gondwana
gowanda
gowaned
gowaned
adj
(poetic) Covered in daisies.
gowland
grandnephew
grandnephew
noun
A grandson of one's sibling; a son of one's nephew or niece. (Brother's grandson: fraternal grandnephew. Sister's grandson: sororal grandnephew.)
grandnephews
grandnephews
noun
plural of grandnephew
grandview
greensward
greensward
noun
A tract of land that is green with grass.
greenswarded
greenswarded
adj
Having green grass growing upon it.
greenswards
greenswards
noun
plural of greensward
greenwald
grindelwald
grnewald
grosswardein
groundwall
groundwall
noun
A wall as foundation; a foundation.
groundward
groundward
adv
Towards the ground.
groundwards
groundwards
adv
Towards the ground; groundward.
groundwater
groundwater
noun
Water that exists beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers.
groundwaters
groundwaters
noun
plural of groundwater
groundwave
groundwave
noun
(radio) A signal that propagates along the surface of the Earth.
groundway
groundway
noun
(shipbuilding) In shipbuilding, a substantial foundation of wood or stone for the blocks on which a vessel is built.
gruhenwald
grunenwald
grunewald
gundalow
gundalow
noun
A flat-bottomed cargo vessel once common in Maine and New England rivers.
gwenda
gwiniad
gwiniad
noun
Alternative form of gwyniad
gwyniad
gwyniad
noun
A freshwater fish, Coregonus pennantii, native to Bala Lake in Wales.
hagdown
hagdown
noun
Alternative form of hagdon
handsewing
handwaving
handwaving
adj
(not comparable) Waving the hands.
Pertaining to empty gesturing, with little substance behind it; vague; not supported by data.
noun
(chiefly figuratively) Alternative spelling of hand waving (“empty gesturing”)
verb
present participle of handwave
handweaving
handweaving
noun
the manufacture of handwoven goods
handwringer
handwringer
noun
A person who clasps and squeezes the hands in an excessive expression of distress.
handwringers
handwringers
noun
plural of handwringer
handwriting
handwriting
noun
(by extension) A characteristic trait or hallmark by which somebody may be recognised.
Text that was written by hand.
The act or process of writing done with the hand, rather than typed or word-processed.
The characteristic writing of a particular person.
verb
present participle of handwrite
handwritings
handwritings
noun
plural of handwriting
handwrought
handwrought
adj
Made by hand, handmade
hardworking
hardworking
adj
Of a person, taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly.