(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
backdating
backdating
noun
The act by which something is backdated.
verb
present participle of backdate
backdropping
backdropping
verb
present participle of backdrop
backgeared
background
background
adj
Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system.
noun
(computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
(computing) The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).
(physics) Clipping of background radiation.
A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
verb
(journalism) To gather and provide background information (on).
To put in a position that is not prominent.
simple past tense and past participle of backgrind
backgrounded
backgrounded
adj
(computing) (of a task) Made non-interactive
Moved to the background
verb
simple past tense and past participle of background
backgrounder
backgrounder
noun
(chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives basic details on subjects that are likely to be mentioned.
A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation.
A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon.
backgrounds
backgrounds
noun
plural of background
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of background
backhanding
backhanding
verb
present participle of backhand
backliding
backlighted
backloading
backloading
noun
(transport) The transportation of cargo or shipment on a return trip, using the space already paid for and used for the outward leg.
verb
present participle of backload
backlogged
backlogged
adj
Having an excessive list of tasks to do, especially tasks that should have already been performed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backlog
backpedaling
backpedaling
noun
The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop.
verb
(US) present participle of backpedal
backsliding
backsliding
adj
sliding back
noun
An occasion on which one backslides, especially in a moral sense.
verb
present participle of backslide
backslidingness
backswording
backswording
noun
Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.
backwinding
backwinding
verb
present participle of backwind
bedecking
bedecking
noun
An ornament.
verb
present participle of bedeck
bedticking
blackbirding
blackbirding
noun
(UK, Australia) The practice of kidnapping Pacific Islanders, or kanakas, for sale as cheap labour.
verb
present participle of blackbird
blackfigured
blackguard
blackguard
noun
(archaic) A man who uses foul language in front of a woman, typically a woman of high standing in society.
(old-fashioned, usually used only of men) A scoundrel; an unprincipled contemptible person; an untrustworthy person.
The lowest servant in a household charged with pots, pans, and other kitchen equipment.
verb
(intransitive) To act like a blackguard; to be a scoundrel.
(transitive) To revile or abuse in scurrilous language.
blackguarded
blackguarded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blackguard
blackguardism
blackguardism
noun
Blackguardly behaviour or language.
blackguardize
blackguardize
verb
To make blackguardly.
blackguardly
blackguardly
adj
Characteristic of a blackguard.
blackguardry
blackguards
blackguards
noun
plural of blackguard
blacklegged
blacklegged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blackleg
blockaderunning
blockading
blockading
verb
present participle of blockade
bloodsucking
bloodsucking
adj
(by extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading
(of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.
bloodsuckings
bocklogged
bodicemaking
bodychecking
bodychecking
verb
present participle of bodycheck
brackenridge
breckenridge
breckenridge
Proper noun
A town in Colorado, USA
an unincorporated community in Indiana, in the United States
A village/town in Michigan, US.
A city and county seat in Minnesota, US.
A city/town in Missouri, US.
A town in Oklahoma, US.
A city in Texas, USA
breckinridge
candlemaking
candlemaking
noun
The manufacture of candles.
candlewicking
candymaking
candymaking
noun
The manufacture of candy.
cardmaking
cardmaking
noun
The manufacture of greeting cards (usually as a small-scale hobby).
checkerboarding
checkerboarding
noun
(computer graphics) Synonym of checkerboard rendering
verb
present participle of checkerboard
coldcocking
coldcocking
verb
present participle of coldcock
cradlemaking
cradlemaking
noun
The manufacture of cradles.
crookfingered
crooklegged
cuckolding
cuckolding
noun
The practice of making a man a cuckold, especially as a sexual kink.
verb
present participle of cuckold
dackering
daglock
daglock
noun
A dirty or clotted lock of wool on a sheep.
daglocks
daglocks
noun
plural of daglock
deadlocking
deadlocking
verb
present participle of deadlock
deblocking
deblocking
verb
present participle of deblock
decking
decking
noun
The material from which a deck is made.
verb
present participle of deck
deckings
deckings
noun
plural of decking
defrocking
defrocking
noun
The formal removal of the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
verb
present participle of defrock
derricking
derricking
verb
present participle of derrick
deticking
deticking
verb
present participle of detick
dezincking
dickering
dickering
noun
bargaining
bartering
verb
present participle of dicker
dicking
dicking
noun
(slang, vulgar) An act of being sexually penetrated.
verb
present participle of dick
disacknowledge
disacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
disfrocking
disfrocking
verb
present participle of disfrock
dockage
dockage
noun
(nautical) A charge levied for docking.
(nautical) The act of docking.
dockages
dockages
noun
plural of dockage
docketing
docketing
noun
The act by which something is docketed.
verb
present participle of docket
docking
docking
noun
(astronautics) The process of connecting one spacecraft to another.
(molecular biology) A method which predicts the preferred orientation of one molecule to a second when bound to each other to form a stable complex.
(nautical) The securing of a vessel to the quayside with cables.
(sexuality, slang) The sex act involving two men co-joined by their penises, with overlapping foreskins.
The process of cutting off or trimming the tail or ears of an animal.
verb
present participle of dock
dogtrick
duckhunting
ducking
ducking
adj
(slang, humorous) Euphemistic form of fucking.
noun
(countable) An instance of ducking (a person in water, etc).
(uncountable) The action of the verb to duck.
verb
present participle of duck
duckling
duckling
noun
A young duck.
ducklings
ducklings
noun
plural of duckling
ducklingship
duckwalking
duckwalking
verb
present participle of duckwalk
duckwing
duckwing
noun
Any of various types of chicken noted for their triangular wing patch
dungbeck
fingerpicked
fingerpicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fingerpick
fredericksburg
fredericksburg
Proper noun
A town in Posey County, Indiana, United States.
A city/town in Iowa State.
A village in Ohio State.
A city in Texas State.
A city in the northern part Virginia Commonwealth.
gecked
gecked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of geck
geckoid
geckotid
geckotidae
geckotoid
gedackt
gedeckt
gedecktwork
geoduck
geoduck
noun
(New Zealand) Other species of Panopea, especially Panopea zelandica, native to the coasts of New Zealand.
(countable) a member of the species.
(uncountable) The species of large saltwater clam Panopea generosa, native to the northeast Pacific coasts from Alaska to Washington State, distinguished by its deep burrowing and long unprotected siphon.
(uncountable) its flesh as a seafood.
geoducks
geoducks
noun
plural of geoduck
gimmicked
gimmicked
adj
Furnished with gimmicks
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gimmick
girdlecake
gladbeck
goeduck
goldbrick
goldbrick
noun
(US, slang, dated) A shirker or malingerer.
(US, slang, dated) A swindler.
Something fraudulent or nonexistent offered for sale; a swindle or con.
verb
(US, slang, dated) To shirk or malinger.
(US, slang, dated) To swindle.
goldbricked
goldbricked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of goldbrick
goldbricker
goldbricker
noun
(US, informal) A lazy person; an idler.
goldbrickers
goldbrickers
noun
plural of goldbricker
goldbricking
goldbricking
verb
present participle of goldbrick
goldbricks
goldbricks
noun
plural of goldbrick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of goldbrick
goldenback
goldenback
noun
(regional) The natterjack.
Any of a group of large woodpeckers that are resident breeders in tropical southern Asia.
goldenlocks
goldilocks
goldilocks
noun
A goldilocks aster, Aster linosyris.
A person with golden hair, especially a girl with long hair.
goldylocks
goldylocks
noun
(less common) Alternative spelling of goldilocks
goosenecked
goosenecked
adj
Having a gooseneck shape.
griddlecake
griddlecake
noun
Any of various forms of small pancake made from a spoonful of batter cooked on a griddle
griddlecakes
griddlecakes
noun
plural of griddlecake
gridlock
gridlock
noun
(figuratively, by extension) any paralysis of a complex system due to severe congestion, conflict, or deadlock.
A condition of total, interlocking traffic congestion on the streets or highways of a crowded city, in which no one can move because everyone is in someone else's way.
On a smaller scale: the situation in which cars enter a signal-controlled intersection too late during the green light cycle, and are unable to clear the intersection (due to congestion in the next block) when the light turns red, thus blocking the cross traffic when it's their turn to go. Repeated at enough intersections, this phenomenon can lead to citywide gridlock.
verb
To cause traffic congestion.
gridlocking
gridlocking
verb
present participle of gridlock
gucked
guiderock
gumpoldskirchner
gundeck
gundeck
noun
Alternative form of gun deck
verb
(naval slang) Synonym of pencil whip (“to falsify records to suggest that work has been done”)
gweduck
gweduck
noun
Alternative form of geoduck
gweducks
gweducks
noun
plural of gweduck
handpicking
handpicking
verb
present participle of handpick
hedgcock
highjacked
highjacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of highjack
hydraulicking
hydraulicking
noun
hydraulic mining (mining using pressurized water jets to dislodge rock or move sediment)
verb
present participle of hydraulic
hydrocracking
hydrocracking
noun
(organic chemistry) the production of high-octane petroleum fuel and kerosene by hydrogenating large or complex hydrocarbons and then cracking them.
verb
present participle of hydrocrack
jacklighted
jackpudding
jackpudding
noun
An amusing person who acts foolishly in order to entertain others
jackpuddinghood
kirkcudbright
kirkcudbrightshire
kirkcudbrightshire
Proper noun
A historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the informal Galloway area of south-western Scotland.
magicked
magicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of magic
medevacking
medevacking
verb
present participle of medevac
medivacking
medivacking
verb
present participle of medivac
misacknowledge
misacknowledge
verb
(rare) To fail to acknowledge; to acknowledge wrongly.
mispackaged
mispackaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mispackage
mockground
mockingbird
mockingbird
noun
(archaic) Synonym of tui (“a species of honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, a bird which is endemic to New Zealand”)
A long-tailed American songbird of the Mimidae family, noted for its ability to mimic calls of other birds.
mockingbirds
mockingbirds
noun
plural of mockingbird
neckguard
neckguard
noun
Alternative form of neck guard
nonacknowledgment
nonacknowledgment
noun
Absence of acknowledgment; failure to acknowledge something.
norridgewock
overdecking
overdecking
verb
present participle of overdeck
overpackaged
overpackaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overpackage
packaged
packaged
adj
Having been placed in a package.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of package
paddocking
paddocking
verb
present participle of paddock
paddywacking
padlocking
padlocking
verb
present participle of padlock
piggybacked
piggybacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of piggyback