(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
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.
archworker
archworkmaster
backswordmen
backswordmen
noun
plural of backswordman
backwoodser
backwoodsiness
backwoodsiness
noun
The quality of being backwoodsy.
backwoodsmen
backwoodsmen
noun
plural of backwoodsman
belowdecks
belowdecks
adv
(nautical) Below the main deck of a ship.
benchwork
benchwork
noun
the structure supporting a model railway layout
work performed at a workbench
blackfellow
blackfellow
noun
(Australia, now usually considered offensive) A (male) Australian Aborigine.
blackfellows
blackfellows
noun
plural of blackfellow
bleachworks
bleachworks
noun
A factory that manufactures bleach.
brockwell
buckeystown
cabinetwork
cabinetwork
noun
cabinetmaking
furniture made by a cabinetmaker
cabinetworker
cabinetworker
noun
One who makes cabinets; a practitioner of cabinetwork.
cabinetworking
cabinetworks
cagework
cagework
noun
A cage or cage-like structure.
camerawork
camerawork
noun
Skill or technique involving the use of a camera, especially a video camera.
canework
canework
noun
Objects made from canes (slender, flexible plant stems).
cankerflower
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
cankerwort
cankerwort
noun
The plant Taraxacum officinale.
capework
capework
noun
The use of a cape, in bullfighting, to distract the bull
capeworks
carpetwork
carpetwork
noun
carpeting generally
casework
casework
noun
The work required to deal with cases in any profession where a "case" has a specific definition (e.g. legal, social work, planning, etc.).
caseworker
caseworker
noun
a social worker
caseworkers
caseworkers
noun
plural of caseworker
caseworks
cementwork
chalkworker
checkerwork
checkerwork
noun
(figuratively) Any aggregate of varied vicissitudes.
Work consisting of or showing checkers, varied alternately by colour or material.
checkrow
checkrow
verb
(agriculture) To plant seeds at the intersections of a criss-cross pattern previously marked out on the ground.
checkrowed
checkrowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checkrow
checkrower
checkrower
noun
(agriculture) A device for checkrowing.
checkrowing
checkrowing
verb
present participle of checkrow
checkrows
checkrows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of checkrow
checkwork
checkwork
noun
Anything made so as to form alternate squares like those of a checkerboard.
cheektowaga
chequerwork
chequerwork
noun
Alternative form of checkerwork
chickenwort
chickenwort
noun
common chickweed
chokeweed
cloakwise
cloakwise
adv
In the manner of a cloak.
clockwatcher
clockwatcher
noun
Alternative form of clock-watcher
clockwise
clockwise
adj
Moving clockwise; having rotary motion in the manner of a clock.
adv
In a curve or twist corresponding to the movement of the hands of a clock.
clockworked
clothworker
clothworker
noun
A textile worker.
cockawee
cockawee
noun
Synonym of long-tailed duck
cockcrower
cocklewife
cockweed
cockweed
noun
(slang, vulgar) An obnoxious fool.
(uncountable) peppergrass
cofferwork
cofferwork
noun
(masonry) rubblework faced with stone
coforeknown
cokewold
constablewick
constablewick
noun
(obsolete) The district to which a constable's power is limited.
contraclockwise
contraclockwise
adv
counterclockwise
cookware
cookware
noun
The assorted objects, such as pots, pans, baking sheets, etc., used for cooking
cookwares
cookwares
noun
plural of cookware
copperworks
copperworks
noun
A place where copper is manufactured and/or shaped.
corkscrew
corkscrew
adj
Having the tightly winding shape of a corkscrew.
noun
(amusement rides) A type of inversion used in roller coasters.
(boxing, martial arts) A type of sharp, twisting punch, often one thrown close and from the side.
An implement for opening bottles that are sealed by a cork. Sometimes specifically such an implement that includes a screw-shaped part, or worm.
The screw-shaped worm of a typical corkscrew.
verb
(intransitive) To wind or twist in the manner of a corkscrew; to move with much horizontal and vertical shifting.
(transitive) To cause something to twist or move in a spiral path or shape.
(transitive, informal) To extract information or consent from someone.
corkscrewed
corkscrewed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of corkscrew
corkscrewing
corkscrewing
noun
A winding, twisting motion.
verb
present participle of corkscrew
corkscrews
corkscrews
noun
plural of corkscrew
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of corkscrew
corkscrewy
corkscrewy
adj
Resembling the worm of a corkscrew in shape
counterbreastwork
counterclockwise
counterclockwise
adj
(US, Canada) Moving or located in the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
adv
(US, Canada) In the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
counterwork
counterwork
verb
(transitive) To work in opposition to; to counteract.
counterworker
counterworker
noun
(rare) One who works against something; a saboteur.
(rare) One who works at a counter.
counterworking
counterworking
verb
present participle of counterwork
cowkeeper
cowkeeper
noun
(archaic) cowherd
cowkine
cowlike
cowlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cow.
coworker
coworker
noun
Somebody with whom one works.
coworkers
coworkers
noun
plural of coworker
cowpoke
cowpoke
noun
(US, dated) A 19th-century device used around the necks of cows and other livestock to prevent them from challenging fencing. The action of the device was to poke the cow when the device came into contact with the fence.
(US, slang) A cowhand (one who tends free-range cattle)
cowpokes
cowpokes
noun
plural of cowpoke
cowquake
cowquake
noun
quaking grass; Briza media
cowsucker
craftworker
craftworker
noun
A maker of craftwork.
crewelwork
crewelwork
noun
embroidery made using a crewel
crewelworks
crewelworks
noun
plural of crewelwork
crockeryware
crockeryware
noun
crockery
crowkeeper
crowkeeper
noun
(obsolete) A person employed to scare off crows.
(obsolete) A scarecrow.
crowkeepers
crowkeepers
noun
plural of crowkeeper
crownlike
crownlike
adj
Resembling a crown.
crownmaker
crownmaker
noun
A manufacturer of crowns.
cuckooflower
cuckooflower
noun
lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis)
ragged robin (Silene flos-cuculi, syn. Lychnis flos-cuculi)
disacknowledge
disacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
dockworker
dockworker
noun
A person who works on the dock of a harbor or shipyard, usually employed to load or unload freight.
dockworkers
dockworkers
noun
plural of dockworker
electroweak
electroweak
adj
(physics) Describing the combination of the electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces.
facework
facework
noun
(mining) work done at the face, such as the coalface
(sociology, psychology) The communicative strategies involved in upholding face, or social prestige.
The material of the outside or front side, as of a wall or building.
flockowner
flockowner
noun
Someone who owns a flock of animals.
flockwise
flockwise
adv
In or as a flock.
flowerpecker
flowerpecker
noun
Any member of the family Dicaeidae of passerine birds, many of which feed on nectar.
forebackwardly
fredericktown
gedecktwork
hackettstown
hickorywithe
housewrecker
icework
icework
noun
(geology) Glacier action.
Art or building work using ice as a material.
jabberwock
jabberwock
Proper noun
A fantastical dreaded monster with flaming eyes.
jabberwockian
jabberwockies
jabberwockies
noun
plural of jabberwocky
jabberwocky
jabberwocky
adj
absurd, nonsense, nonsensical
meaningless, worthless
noun
invented or meaningless language; nonsense
katowice
katowice
Proper noun
A city in southern Poland, capital of Silesian Voivodeship.
kawchodinne
knockemdown
kweichow
lacework
lacework
noun
A piece or example of lace.
laceworker
laceworker
noun
Synonym of lacemaker
laceworks
laceworks
noun
A factory that produces lace.
lacquerwork
lacquerwork
noun
Artistic or decorative work made with lacquer.
lacquerworks
lacquerworks
noun
plural of lacquerwork
latticework
latticework
noun
A lattice or lattice-like structure; interlacing laths or strips.
latticeworks
latticeworks
noun
plural of latticework
misacknowledge
misacknowledge
verb
(rare) To fail to acknowledge; to acknowledge wrongly.
nonacknowledgment
nonacknowledgment
noun
Absence of acknowledgment; failure to acknowledge something.
norridgewock
patchworked
patchworked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of patchwork
pawneerock
peacockwise
peacockwise
adv
In the manner of a peacock.
peckerwood
peckerwood
noun
(Southern US, Appalachia) A peckerwood sawmill.
(Southern US, Appalachia, slang) A woodpecker.
(US, offensive, slang) A white person, especially a Southerner, or one who is ignorant, rustic, or bigoted.
(prison slang) A white (male) inmate, especially one who is racist or who is a member of a race-based prison gang.
peckerwoods
peckerwoods
noun
plural of peckerwood
pedricktown
pickleworm
pickleworm
noun
Diaphania nitidalis, a crambid moth with wide triangular wings, a serious agricultural pest.
piecework
piecework
noun
Alternative spelling of piece work
pieceworker
pieceworker
noun
A worker who is paid according to the number of units of work produced.
pieceworkers
pieceworkers
noun
plural of pieceworker
pockweed
preacknowledge
preacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To acknowledge in advance.
preacknowledged
preacknowledged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of preacknowledge
preacknowledgement
preacknowledgement
noun
Alternative form of preacknowledgment
preacknowledging
preacknowledging
verb
present participle of preacknowledge
preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
noun
acknowledgment in advance
reacknowledge
reacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To acknowledge again or anew.
reacknowledged
reacknowledged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reacknowledge