(most common British spelling, also sometimes used in the US) Alternative spelling of acknowledgment
acknowledgements
acknowledgements
noun
plural of acknowledgement
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
anakinetomeric
backcourtman
backcourtman
noun
(basketball) A backcourt player.
backcourtmen
backcourtmen
noun
plural of backcourtman
backgammon
backgammon
noun
A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board.
{{lb|en|backgammon}} A victory in the game when the loser has not borne off a stone, and still has one or more stones in the winner's inner home row or on the bar.
verb
To win at a backgammon game with the opponent having one or more pieces in the winner’s inner home row or on the bar.
backgammons
backgammons
noun
plural of backgammon
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backgammon
backswordman
backswordman
noun
(historical) One who fights with a backsword or singlestick.
backswordmen
backswordmen
noun
plural of backswordman
backswordsman
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
bemocking
bemocking
verb
present participle of bemock
bibliokleptomaniac
bibliokleptomaniac
noun
Someone who suffers from bibliokleptomania.
blockmaking
blockmaking
noun
The manufacture of blocks for use in printing.
The manufacture of nautical blocks.
blockman
bluestockingism
bluestockingism
noun
(colloquial) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
bodicemaking
bombernickel
brickmason
bullockman
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
catakinetomer
catakinomeric
cementwork
chameleonlike
chameleonlike
adj
Alternative form of chameleon-like.
championlike
championlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a champion.
chemokinesis
chemokinesis
noun
(chemistry, biology) The motile response of an organism to chemical compounds, especially at a cellular level
chemokinetic
chemokinetic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or provoking chemokinesis
chickahominy
chockman
chokerman
chokerman
noun
A person employed to fasten the choker around logs for haulage.
cinnamonlike
cinnamonlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of cinnamon.
cloakmaking
cloakmaking
noun
The manufacture of cloaks.
clockmaking
clockmaking
noun
The art or trade of a clockmaker; the manufacture of clocks.
clogmaking
clogmaking
noun
The manufacture of clogs (type of shoe).
clothmaking
clothmaking
noun
The art or trade of a clothmaker.
coachmaking
coachmaking
noun
The manufacture of coaches (vehicles).
cockneydom
cockneydom
Noun
The region or home of Cockneys; Cockneys collectively.
cockneyism
cockneyism
noun
A Cockney phrase or idiom.
The characteristics, manners, or dialect of a Cockney.
cockneyisms
cockneyisms
noun
plural of cockneyism
coffinmaker
coffinmaker
noun
A manufacturer of coffins.
coffinmaking
coffinmaking
noun
The manufacture of coffins.
coinmaker
coinmaker
noun
One who makes coins.
coinmaking
coinmaking
noun
The manufacture of coins.
cokeman
cokeman
noun
A worker at a cokeworks.
colormaking
colormaking
noun
The manufacture of paints or dyes.
comaking
combmaking
combmaking
noun
The manufacture of combs.
comiakin
computernik
computernik
noun
(informal, dated) A computer enthusiast.
computerniks
computerniks
noun
plural of computernik
conemaker
conemaking
coremaking
coremaking
noun
(engineering) The manufacture of the cores used to produce the hollow parts of castings.
corkmaking
couchmaking
couchmaking
noun
The manufacture of couches.
countermark
countermark
noun
(farriery) An artificial cavity made in the teeth of horses that have outgrown their natural mark, to disguise their age.
A mark or token added to those already existing, as a security or proof.
verb
(transitive) To apply a countermark to.
coxankylometer
crownmaker
crownmaker
noun
A manufacturer of crowns.
cuckoomaiden
decisionmake
diamondback
diamondback
noun
(common name) Either of two species of rattlesnake having a diamond pattern on the back: Crotalus adamanteus, found in the southeastern United States, and Crotalus atrox, found in the southwestern United States and northwestern and central Mexico.
The saltmarsh terrapin of the Atlantic coast (Malaclemys terrapin).
diamondbacked
diamondbacks
diamondbacks
noun
plural of diamondback
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
dockman
dockman
noun
A man who works on a dock.
dockyardman
dockyardman
noun
A laborer employed in a dockyard.
domenick
dominick
dominick
Proper noun
name, a spelling variant of Dominic.
dominicker
dominicker
Noun
A Dominique (breed of chicken).
dominickers
dominickers
noun
plural of dominicker
dominicks
ektodynamorphic
ektodynamorphic
adj
Alternative form of ectodynamorphic
electrokinematics
enrockment
enrockment
noun
A layer of stones and rocks laying on the bottom of a sea or lake that provides the base for a pier or breakwater.
flockman
gumpoldskirchner
hockenheim
hockmoney
homeokinetic
homeokinetic
adj
Relating to homeokinesis.
Relating to homeokinetics.
homesickness
homesickness
noun
The characteristic of being homesick; a strong, sad feeling of missing one's home (and often left-behind loved ones, such as family and friends) when physically away.
homesicknesses
homesicknesses
noun
plural of homesickness
honeymoonstruck
jacksonism
kamptulicon
kamptulicon
noun
(archaic) A kind of elastic floorcloth, made of India rubber, gutta-percha, linseed oil, and powdered cork.
katakinetomeric
kenoticism
kenoticism
noun
The doctrine of kenosis
kilmarnock
kilmarnock
Proper noun
A town in East Ayrshire council area, Scotland
kinchinmort
kinematographic
kinematographical
kinematographical
adj
cinematographical
kinematographically
kinetomeric
kinoplasmic
kinoplasmic
adj
of or related to kinoplasm
kionectomies
kionectomy
kitchendom
kitchendom
noun
(dated) The domain of the kitchen; kitchenry.
kleptomaniac
kleptomaniac
noun
One who steals compulsively.
kleptomaniacal
kleptomaniacal
adj
Having a compulsion to steal, as a kleptomaniac does.
kleptomaniacs
kleptomaniacs
noun
plural of kleptomaniac
klockmannite
klockmannite
noun
A copper-selenium mineral (CuSe)
klootchman
klootchman
noun
(US, Canada, western dialects) Woman, wife (especially if Native American).
knockemdown
knucklesome
knucklesome
adj
(literally and figurative) Characterised or marked by knuckle(s); knuckly
knuclesome
komondoroc
komondorock
leukemogenic
leukemogenic
adj
That tends to cause leukemia
lockeanism
lockerman
lockerman
noun
A person in charge of a refrigerated storage locker.
lockermen
lockermen
noun
plural of lockerman
lockianism
lockmaking
lockmaking
noun
The manufacture of locks.
lockman
lockman
noun
(Isle of Man) An officer who acts as a kind of undersheriff to the governor.
(Scotland, archaic) A public executioner.
locksman
locksman
noun
A dreadlocked Rastafarian.
A man who operates a lock on a river or canal.
locksmithing
locksmithing
noun
The science and art of making and defeating locks.
macflecknoe
mackenboy
mackinboy
mackintosh
mackintosh
noun
A waterproof long coat made of rubberized cloth.
By extension, any waterproof coat or raincoat.
Waterproof rubberized cloth.
mackintoshed
mackintoshed
adj
Wearing a mackintosh.
mackintoshes
mackintoshes
noun
plural of mackintosh
mackintoshite
mackintoshite
noun
(mineralogy) Synonym of thorogummite
macroplankton
macroplankton
noun
Plankton ranging in size from 2 to 20 centimetres in maximal dimension.
mamaroneck
mamaroneck
Proper noun
A town located on the Long Island Sound in Westchester County, New York, on land purchased from Native Americans in 1661.
mammocking
mammocking
verb
present participle of mammock
manchukuo
manchukuo
Proper noun
A Japanese-controlled puppet state in Manchuria that existed from 1932 to 1945.
mangohick
mantlerock
markgenossenschaft
mckeon
mckesson
mckinnon
mcknightstown
mechnikov
mekinock
mentomeckelian
mentomeckelian
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to the chin and lower jaw.
noun
(anatomy) The bone or cartilage forming the anterior extremity of the lower jaw in some animals.
meroplanktonic
meroplanktonic
adj
Of or pertaining to meroplankton
mesoplanktonic
mesoplanktonic
adj
Relating to mesoplankton.
metchnikoff
mickelson
mickleton
microplankton
microplankton
noun
microscopic zooplankton
millinocket
mimmocking
miniclock
miniclocks
misacknowledge
misacknowledge
verb
(rare) To fail to acknowledge; to acknowledge wrongly.
miscooking
miscooking
verb
present participle of miscook
misreckon
misreckon
verb
(reflexive, obsolete) To make a wrong calculation, to be in error.
(transitive) To add (something) up incorrectly, make a wrong calculation of (an amount etc.).
misreckoned
misreckoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misreckon