(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
archswindler
baldricwise
baldricwise
adv
In the manner of a baldric.
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.
cathedralwise
ceilingward
ceilingward
adj
Facing or directed toward the ceiling.
adv
Toward the ceiling.
ceilingwards
ceilingwards
adv
Towards the ceiling.
childcrowing
childward
childwife
childwite
childwold
chlodwig
cliffweed
cliffwood
clintwood
coindwelling
colicweed
colicweed
noun
Alternative form of colic weed
collingswood
collingwood
collingwood
Proper noun
A town in New Zealand.
A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
A town in Ontario, Canada.
collinwood
cowardliness
cowardliness
noun
A cowardly action.
The characteristic of being cowardly.
cowslipped
cowslipped
adj
Adorned with cowslips.
crawfordsville
crawfordville
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
eichwaldite
lackwitted
lackwitted
adj
foolish; stupid
lackwittedly
lackwittedness
lackwittedness
noun
The quality of being lackwitted.
lodowic
lodowick
ludowici
microworlds
microworlds
noun
plural of microworld
misacknowledge
misacknowledge
verb
(rare) To fail to acknowledge; to acknowledge wrongly.
pencilwood
pestilenceweed
pickerelweed
pickerelweed
noun
(US) Any of several freshwater plants, of the genus Pontederia, that have heart-shaped leaves
pickleweed
pickleweed
noun
Any flowering plant of the genus Batis (family Bataceae).
Any flowering plant of the genus Salicornia (family Amaranthaceae).
preacknowledging
preacknowledging
verb
present participle of preacknowledge
reacknowledging
reacknowledging
verb
present participle of reacknowledge
schwenkfeldian
schwenkfeldian
Noun
A Schwenkfelder.
sedgewickville
sickleweed
sickleweed
noun
An herb of the carrot family, Falcaria vulgaris.
slackwitted
slackwittedness
suicidalwise
switchblade
switchblade
noun
A folding knife with a blade which opens automatically (under spring pressure) when a button is pressed.
verb
(intransitive) To spring open or up.
(transitive) To attack or cut with a switchblade.
(transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) make a sudden move or transition.
switchblades
switchblades
noun
plural of switchblade
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of switchblade
tickleweed
twichild
twichild
adj
(obsolete) Being in second childhood.
unacknowledging
unacknowledging
adj
Failing to acknowledge.
verb
present participle of unacknowledge
unwickedly
waldwick
weichselwood
weichselwood
noun
The wood of the sour cherry.
wellacquainted
werecrocodile
werecrocodile
noun
(fiction) A shapeshifter who can assume the form of a crocodile.
wickedlike
wickedly
wickedly
adv
(US, slang) very
In a wicked manner.
wildcard
wildcard
noun
(also written wild card) An element, often deliberately concealed, which is withheld for contingency.
(also written wild card) An uncontrolled or unpredictable element.
(computing) A character that takes the place of any other character or string that is not known or specified.
(sports, card games) Alternative form of wild card.
wildcat
wildcat
adj
(derogatory, dated) Of or concerning irresponsible banks or banking, (particularly) small, independent operations.
(firearms) Of or concerning customized or hand-made cartridges.
(oil industry) Of or concerning oil exploration in new areas, (particularly) small, independent operations.
(usually derogatory) Of or concerning businesses operating outside standard or legitimate practice, especially:
Of or concerning actions undertaken by workers without approval or in defiance of the formal leadership of their trade unions.
Unauthorized by the proper authorities.
noun
(American football) An offensive formation with an unbalanced line and a snap directly to the running back rather than the quarterback.
(UK) Felis silvestris, a common small Old World wild cat somewhat larger than a house cat.
(US) A bobcat (Lynx rufus) or other similar New World species of lynx.
(figurative) A person who acts like a wildcat, (usually) a violent and easily-angered person or a sexually vigorous one.
(firearms) Clipping of wildcat cartridge.
(nautical) A wheel that can be adjusted so as to revolve either with or on the shaft of a capstan.
(obsolete) Clipping of wildcat money, notes issued by a wildcat bank.
(uncommon) Alternative spelling of wild cat, any undomesticated felid, as tigers or lions.
(uncommon) Clipping of wildcat strike, a strike undertaken without authorization from the relevant trade union.
Any feral cat.
verb
(oil industry) To drill for oil in an area where no oil has been found before.
wildcats
wildcats
noun
plural of wildcat
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wildcat
wildcatted
wildcatted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of wildcat
wildcatter
wildcatter
noun
(US) Someone who drills for oil speculatively.
(firearms) A person who makes wildcat cartridges and the guns that use them.
A worker who participates in a wildcat strike.
wildcatters
wildcatters
noun
plural of wildcatter
wildcatting
wildcatting
verb
present participle of wildcat
windchill
windchill
noun
(meteorology) The still-air temperature equivalent to a given combination of temperature and wind speed, as far as its cooling effect on exposed flesh is concerned