(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
alkalimetric
alkalimetric
adj
(chemistry) Describing a titration in which the titrant is an alkali.
alkalimetrical
alkalimetrical
adj
Alternative form of alkalimetric
alkalimetrically
alkalimetrically
adv
By means of alkalimetry.
anakinetomeric
antileukemic
antileukemic
adj
(oncology, pharmacology) Preventing or countering leukemia.
noun
Any drug that prevents or counters leukemia.
antiskepticism
antiskepticism
noun
Opposition to a skeptical viewpoint.
archworkmaster
backcourtmen
backcourtmen
noun
plural of backcourtman
backstamped
backstromite
backstromite
noun
(mineralogy) Synonym of hydrohausmannite
bespecklement
bibliokleptomaniac
bibliokleptomaniac
noun
Someone who suffers from bibliokleptomania.
biscuitmaker
bluestockingism
bluestockingism
noun
(colloquial) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
bricktimber
bucketmaker
bucketmaker
noun
A manufacturer of buckets.
bucketmaking
bucketmaking
noun
The manufacture of buckets.
bucketman
cabinetmake
cabinetmaker
cabinetmaker
noun
A skilled woodworker who makes high-quality wooden furniture
cabinetmakers
cabinetmakers
noun
plural of cabinetmaker
cabinetmaking
cabinetmaking
noun
The art of the cabinetmaker
cabinetmakings
carpetmaker
carpetmaker
noun
One who manufactures carpets.
carpetmaking
carpetmaking
noun
The manufacture of carpets.
cartmaker
cartmaker
noun
A manufacturer of carts.
catakinetomer
catakinomeric
cementlike
cementlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of cement.
cementmaker
cementmaking
cementwork
checkmate
checkmate
intj
(by extension) Said when one has placed a person in a losing situation with no escape.
(chess) Word called out by the victor when making a move that wins the game.
noun
(figuratively, by extension) Any losing situation with no escape; utter defeat.
The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king is threatened with unavoidable capture.
verb
(transitive, by extension) To place in a losing situation that has no escape.
(transitive, chess) To put the king of an opponent into checkmate.
checkmated
checkmated
adj
(chess) Having a king in check with no possible move to escape check, thus losing the game.
(figuratively) Suffering a personal loss with no obvious chance to escape the loss.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checkmate
checkmates
checkmates
noun
plural of checkmate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of checkmate
checkmating
checkmating
verb
present participle of checkmate
chemokinetic
chemokinetic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or provoking chemokinesis
chimkent
clothmaker
clothmaker
noun
A person who makes cloth.
cockmaster
cockmaster
noun
(vulgar, slang, derogatory) Term of abuse.
One who breeds gamecocks.
cockmate
cometlike
cometlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a comet.
computerlike
computerlike
adj
Having some similarity to a computer.
computernik
computernik
noun
(informal, dated) A computer enthusiast.
computerniks
computerniks
noun
plural of computernik
comstockeries
comstockery
comstockery
noun
(US) Censorship of literature and performances because of especially broad definitions of obscenity or immorality.
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
craftsmanlike
craftsmanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman
cratemaker
cratemaker
noun
A manufacturer of crates.
cratemaking
cratemaking
noun
The manufacture of crates.
cuckoomate
deutschemark
deutschmark
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
dockmaster
dockmaster
noun
Someone in charge of a dock, or of docking.
dockmasters
dockmasters
noun
plural of dockmaster
duckmeat
duckmeat
noun
(archaic) duckweed
dumbstricken
ektachrome
ektodynamorphic
ektodynamorphic
adj
Alternative form of ectodynamorphic
electrokinematics
empacket
empacket
verb
(transitive, archaic, Scotland) To pack up.
empocket
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.
flockmaster
flockmaster
noun
A head shepherd.
gemuetlichkeit
gemutlichkeit
gemutlichkeit
noun
Alternative form of Gemütlichkeit
gitanemuck
hemikaryotic
homeokinetic
homeokinetic
adj
Relating to homeokinesis.
Relating to homeokinetics.
honeymoonstruck
hucksterism
hucksterism
noun
The condition of being a huckster; hucksterish behavior.
hucksterisms
hucksterisms
noun
plural of hucksterism
impackment
impocket
impocket
verb
(transitive, rare) To place into a pocket.
jacksmelt
jacksmelt
noun
Atherinopsis californiensis, an edible neotropical silverside native to the Pacific coast of North America.
jacksmelts
jacksmelts
noun
plural of jacksmelt
kalymmocyte
kamacite
kamacite
noun
(mineralogy) A meteoritic mineral which consists chiefly of iron and nickel
kamacites
kamacites
noun
plural of kamacite
karyosystematics
karyosystematics
noun
The systematics of karyotypes
katakinetomeric
katemcy
kecskemet
kelectome
kenoticism
kenoticism
noun
The doctrine of kenosis
kenticism
keratectomies
keratectomies
noun
plural of keratectomy
keratectomy
keratectomy
noun
(surgery) An operation that removes part of the cornea, as in keratomileusis
keratomalacia
keratomalacia
noun
An eye disorder that leads to a dry cornea, often caused by a deficiency of vitamin A.
keratometric
keratometric
adj
Measured with a keratometer
Relating to keratometry
keratomycosis
keratomycosis
noun
fungal infection of the cornea
kerectomy
kerectomy
noun
Synonym of keratectomy
kerygmatic
kerygmatic
adj
Presumptuous.
Relating to the kerygmata.
ketchum
kilometric
kilometric
adj
Measured in kilometres/kilometers
kilometrical
kinematic
kinematic
adj
(physics) Of or relating to motion or to kinematics.
kinematical
kinematical
adj
kinematic
kinematically
kinematically
adv
In a kinematic manner
With regard to kinematics
kinematics
kinematics
noun
(physics) The branch of mechanics concerned with objects in motion, but not with the forces involved.
kinematographic
kinematographical
kinematographical
adj
cinematographical
kinematographically
kineticism
kineticism
noun
Energetic movement, particularly applied to any visual arts.
Kinetic art.
kinetomeric
kionectomies
kionectomy
kismetic
kismetic
adj
Of, like, or pertaining to kismet; fatiloquent; predestined; ineluctable.
kitchendom
kitchendom
noun
(dated) The domain of the kitchen; kitchenry.
kitchenmaid
kitchenmaid
noun
(archaic) A woman employed in a kitchen.
kitchenman
kitchenman
noun
A man employed in a kitchen.
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)
kyschtymite
leukocythemia
locksmithery
locksmithery
Noun
The work of a locksmith.
lumberjacket
lumberjacket
noun
A lumberjack shirt.
mackintoshed
mackintoshed
adj
Wearing a mackintosh.
mackintoshes
mackintoshes
noun
plural of mackintosh
mackintoshite
mackintoshite
noun
(mineralogy) Synonym of thorogummite
maeterlinck
maeterlinckian
mantlerock
marketech
marketplace
marketplace
noun
(by extension) The world of commerce and trade.
(figurative) A place or sphere for the exchange of anything, such as ideas or fashions.
An open area in a town housing a public market.
The space, actual or metaphorical, in which a market operates.
marketplaces
marketplaces
noun
plural of marketplace
markgenossenschaft
matchmake
matchmake
verb
To do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage.
matchmaker
matchmaker
noun
(by extension) Someone who arranges professional boxing matches.
Someone who finds suitable dates or marriage partners for other people.
Someone who makes matchsticks.
matchmakers
matchmakers
noun
plural of matchmaker
matchmarked
matlockite
matlockite
noun
(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing chlorine, fluorine, and lead.
mckeesport
meatpacking
meatpacking
noun
(US) The slaughter and further processing of animals for meat.
meatpackings
meckelectomy
megakaryocyte
megakaryocyte
noun
(anatomy) A large cell, found in bone marrow, responsible for the production of platelets.
megakaryocytic
megakaryocytic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or containing megakaryocytes
megalokaryocyte
megalokaryocyte
noun
megakaryocyte
meisterstck
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.
merchantlike
merchantlike
adj
Befitting a good merchant; fair, honest, above board.
meroplanktonic
meroplanktonic
adj
Of or pertaining to meroplankton
mesatiskelic
mesokurtic
mesokurtic
adj
(statistics) Of a distribution: having kurtosis equal to that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having zero excess kurtosis.