(uncommon, usually in the plural) Other members of the genus Abelmoschus, such as okra.
The edible and aromatic seed pods (properly, capsules) of the Abelmoschus moschatus.
The tropical evergreen shrub Abelmoschus moschatus itself.
abelmosks
abelmosks
noun
plural of abelmosk
acknowledgement
acknowledgement
noun
(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
akemboll
aleikoum
alkalometry
almondlike
almondlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a almond.
amoebalike
amoebalike
adj
Having the characteristics of an amoeba.
ankylomele
ankylomerism
ankylotome
automatonlike
automatonlike
adj
Like an automaton; robotic.
bellowsmaker
bellowsmaking
bibliokleptomania
bibliokleptomania
noun
A mental disorder that produces a compulsion to steal books.
bibliokleptomaniac
bibliokleptomaniac
noun
Someone who suffers from bibliokleptomania.
blackmore
blakemore
blockheadism
blockheadism
noun
The character or behaviour of a blockhead; stupidity.
blockmaker
blockmaker
noun
A manufacturer of blocks for use in printing.
A manufacturer of nautical blocks.
boilermaker
boilermaker
noun
(US) A whiskey with a beer chaser.
A person qualified to make or repair boilers.
boilermakers
boilermakers
noun
plural of boilermaker
boilermaking
boilermaking
noun
The manufacture of boilers.
boltmaker
boltmaker
noun
A machine that manufactures bolts.
A manufacturer of bolts.
bottlemaker
bottlemaker
noun
A manufacturer of bottles.
bottlemaking
bottlemaking
noun
The manufacture of bottles.
bowlmaker
bowlmaker
noun
A manufacturer of bowls.
chameleonlike
chameleonlike
adj
Alternative form of chameleon-like.
championlike
championlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a champion.
cinnamonlike
cinnamonlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of cinnamon.
cloakmaker
cloakmaker
noun
Someone who makes cloaks.
clockmaker
clockmaker
noun
A person who makes clocks.
clogmaker
clogmaker
noun
A manufacturer of clogs (type of shoe).
clothmaker
clothmaker
noun
A person who makes cloth.
colormaker
colormaker
noun
(American spelling) A maker of paints or dyes; a colorman.
coxankylometer
dermaskeleton
dermatoskeleton
dermatoskeleton
noun
exoskeleton
dermoskeletal
dermoskeletal
adj
Of or pertaining to the dermoskeleton.
diamondlike
diamondlike
adj
Having characteristics, or molecular structure, of diamond
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
dollmaker
dollmaker
noun
A maker of dolls.
electrokinematics
enamelwork
enamelwork
noun
Objects decorated with enamel
floatmaker
floatmaker
noun
A builder of floats (decorated trailers or vehicles for display in a parade or pageant).
flockmaster
flockmaster
noun
A head shepherd.
foamlike
foamlike
adj
Resembling foam; foamy.
frankalmoigne
frankalmoigne
noun
A tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands given to them and their successors forever, usually on condition of praying for the soul of the donor and his heirs; - called also tenure by free alms.
gallowsmaker
gallowsmaker
noun
A manufacturer of gallows.
gentlewomanlike
gentlewomanlike
adj
Characteristic of a gentlewoman; having the qualities of a gentlewoman.
adv
In a manner befitting a gentlewoman.
glovemaker
glovemaker
noun
A maker of gloves; a glover.
glovemaking
glovemaking
noun
The manufacture of gloves.
hammerlock
hammerlock
noun
A hold, in wrestling, in which an opponent's arm is twisted up behind his back; an armlock
hammerlocks
hammerlocks
noun
plural of hammerlock
hammerskjold
hammocklike
hammocklike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a hammock.
hemiplankton
hemoalkalimeter
holidaymaker
holidaymaker
noun
(Britain) someone who is on holiday
hyperkatabolism
hyperkatabolism
noun
Alternative form of hypercatabolism
hypermakroskelic
hypokalemia
hypokalemia
noun
(biology, medicine) The condition of having an abnormally low concentration of potassium ions in the blood (below the reference range).
hypokalemias
hypokalemias
noun
plural of hypokalemia
hypokalemic
hypokalemic
adj
Having a low percentage of potassium in one's blood.
hypokaliemia
immokalee
kaempferol
kaempferol
noun
(organic chemistry) A flavonoid, isolated from tea and other plants, that may reduce the risk of heart disease
kalsomine
kalsomine
noun
Calcimine.
verb
To calcimine.
kalsomined
kalsomined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kalsomine
kalsominer
kalsominer
noun
Alternative form of calciminer
kalymmocyte
kameeldoorn
kameeldoorn
noun
(South Africa) camelthorn
kameelthorn
kamelaukion
kamelaukion
noun
A stiff cylindrical head-covering worn for religious reasons in Orthodox Christian and Eastern Catholic traditions.
kamelaukions
karyochylema
kathemoglobin
keelboatman
keelboatman
noun
The person who operates a keelboat.
keelboatmen
keelboatmen
noun
plural of keelboatman
keratoleukoma
keratoleukoma
noun
(pathology) A white opacity of the cornea
keratomalacia
keratomalacia
noun
An eye disorder that leads to a dry cornea, often caused by a deficiency of vitamin A.
kiloampere
kiloampere
noun
One thousand amperes
kilogramme
kilogramme
noun
(UK) Dated spelling of kilogram.
kilogrammetre
kilogrammetre
noun
Alternative spelling of kilogram-meter
kilomegacycle
kilomegacycle
noun
gigahertz (1000 megacycles)
kilometrage
kilometrage
noun
An allowance for travel expenses at a specified rate per kilometre.
The number of kilometres travelled by a vehicle on a certain volume of fuel.
The total distance travelled, in kilometres.
kilometrical
kinematographical
kinematographical
adj
cinematographical
kinematographically
kleptomania
kleptomania
noun
(psychology) A psychological disorder that causes an uncontrollable obsession with stealing without economic or material need.
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
kleptomanias
kleptomanias
noun
plural of kleptomania
kleptomanist
klockmannite
klockmannite
noun
A copper-selenium mineral (CuSe)
koggelmannetje
koggelmannetje
noun
(South Africa) The lizard Agama atra.
kolomea
lackeydom
lackeydom
noun
The realm or sphere of lackeys.
lakemore
lampworker
lampworker
noun
(glassblowing) Someone who works with lampwork
larksome
larksome
adj
Characterised or marked by larks (i.e. pranks); playful.
larksomes
leukocythemia
leukoderma
leukoderma
noun
An acquired cutaneous condition with localized loss of pigmentation of the skin.
leukoma
leukoma
noun
Alternative form of leucoma
leukomas
lockeanism
lockerman
lockerman
noun
A person in charge of a refrigerated storage locker.
lockmaker
lockmaker
noun
A manufacturer of locks.
lovemaking
lovemaking
noun
(dated) Courtship; amorous advances.
Sexual intercourse.
lovemakings
lovemakings
noun
plural of lovemaking
macflecknoe
madonnalike
makroskelic
malenkov
malinowskite
mallemaroking
mallemaroking
noun
(historical, nautical) Carousing on icebound Greenland whaling ships.
mantlerock
markleton
marrowlike
marrowlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a marrow.
maskalonge
maskalonges
maskflower
matlockite
matlockite
noun
(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing chlorine, fluorine, and lead.
matronlike
matronlike
adj
Like a matron; sedate; grave; matronly.
meadowlark
meadowlark
noun
Any of several songbirds of the genera Sturnella and Leistes, native to the Americas.
The meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis).
meadowlarks
meadowlarks
noun
plural of meadowlark
mealock
megakaryoblast
megakaryoblast
noun
(cytology) A precursor cell in hematopoiesis which gives rise to the promegakaryocyte, which in turn gives rise to the megakaryocyte.
megalokaryocyte
megalokaryocyte
noun
megakaryocyte
melanoplakia
melanotekite
melanotekite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal mineral containing iron, lead, oxygen, and silicon.
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.
meroplankton
meroplankton
noun
(biology) Any organism that spends part of its life-cycle (especially the larval stage) as plankton
meroplanktonic
meroplanktonic
adj
Of or pertaining to meroplankton
mesoplankton
mesoplankton
noun
plankton intermediate in size between microplankton and macroplankton
mesoplanktonic
mesoplanktonic
adj
Relating to mesoplankton.
metalwork
metalwork
noun
Objects made of metal.
The act of shaping metal, metalworking.
metalworker
metalworker
noun
A person who shapes metal.
metalworkers
metalworkers
noun
plural of metalworker
metalworking
metalworking
noun
The art and craft of shaping metal.
metalworkings
metalworkings
noun
plural of metalworking
metalworks
metalworks
noun
A factory where metal is processed.
plural of metalwork
microleukoblast
microplakite
misacknowledge
misacknowledge
verb
(rare) To fail to acknowledge; to acknowledge wrongly.
moatlike
moatlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a moat.
mockable
mockable
adj
(software engineering) Of which a mockup or prototype may be made.