(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
adiadochokinesia
adiadochokinesia
noun
A dyskinesia characterized by the inability to perform the rapid alternating movements of diadochokinesia.
adiadochokinesis
adiadochokinesis
noun
Alternative form of adiadochokinesia
adiadokokinesi
adiadokokinesia
aerobraking
aerobraking
noun
(astronautics) The use of atmospheric drag to reduce the velocity of a spacecraft, especially so as to establish a stable orbit and to reduce fuel consumption.
verb
present participle of aerobrake
aeroplankton
aeroplankton
noun
The tiny lifeforms that float and drift in the air, carried by the current of the wind.
afikomen
afikomen
noun
(Judaism) The matzoh eaten at a Passover seder, after dinner.
afrikander
afrikanderdom
afrikanderism
afrikaner
afrikanerdom
afrikanerdom
Noun
The world or sphere of Afrikaners.
afrikanerize
afterking
afterknowledge
afterknowledge
noun
Knowledge acquired later, or after the event.
afterreckoning
afterthinker
afterthinker
noun
One who acts first and thinks afterwards.
afterworking
aikane
aiken
aikinite
aikinite
noun
(mineralogy) A sulfide mineral of lead, copper and bismuth.
airsickness
airsickness
noun
A feeling of nausea, dizziness etc. caused by the motion of an aircraft; a form of motion sickness.
aitken
aitkenite
akanekunik
akaniaceae
akanke
akazgine
akazgine
noun
(organic chemistry) A poisonous alkaloid, analogous to strychnine, obtained from the akazga plant.
akehorne
akenbold
akene
akene
noun
Alternative spelling of achene
akenes
akenes
noun
plural of akene
akenobeite
aketon
aketon
noun
(historical) A stuffed jacket worn under the mail, or (later) a jacket plated with mail.
akhenaten
akhenaten
Proper noun
given name
akhetaton
akindle
akinesia
akinesia
noun
(medicine) The loss of the ability to control motor muscles.
akinesic
akinesic
adj
Of or pertaining to akinesia.
akinesis
akinesis
noun
Absence of a kinetic hinge in the skull.
akinesia; loss of muscle control
akinete
akinete
noun
(biology) A thick-walled, dormant cell found in cyanobacteria and green algae
akinetic
akinetic
adj
Of or pertaining to akinesia: akinesic.
akiskemikinik
akiyenik
akkerman
aknee
aknee
adv
(archaic) On the knees.
akonge
akontae
akrabattine
akroterion
aktiengesellschaft
akuammine
akuammine
noun
(organic chemistry) An indole alkaloid found in the seeds of the tree Picralima nitida.
alanbrooke
aldermanlike
aldermanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an alderman.
aldoketene
alekhine
aleknagik
aleknight
aleksandr
aleksandropol
aleksandrov
aleksandrovac
aleksandrovsk
aleksin
alikeness
alikeness
noun
(countable) The result or product of being alike.
(uncountable) The state or quality of being alike.
alikenesses
alikenesses
noun
plural of alikeness
alkalescence
alkalescence
noun
A tendency to become alkaline.
The state of a substance in which alkaline properties begin to be developed, or to predominate.
alkalescency
alkalescency
noun
Alternative form of alkalescence
alkalescent
alkalescent
adj
Slightly alkaline; having the properties of an alkali.
alkaligen
alkaligen
noun
(obsolete) The name first proposed for nitrogen, as being a chief constituent of ammonia or volatile alkali.
alkaligenous
alkaligenous
adj
Producing or generating alkali.
alkaline
alkaline
adj
(chemistry) Having a pH greater than 7.
Of, or relating to an alkali, one of a class of caustic bases.
noun
An alkaline battery.
alkalinise
alkalinise
verb
Alternative spelling of alkalinize
alkalinised
alkalinised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alkalinise
alkalinities
alkalinities
noun
plural of alkalinity
alkalinize
alkalinize
verb
To convert, or be converted, to an alkali
alkalinized
alkalinized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alkalinize
alkalinizes
alkalinizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alkalinize
alkamine
alkane
alkane
noun
(organic chemistry) Any acyclic saturated hydrocarbon (methane, ethane, etc.).
alkanes
alkanes
noun
plural of alkane
alkanet
alkanet
noun
Alkanna tinctoria, a plant whose root is used as a red dye.
Anchusa barrelieri (false alkanet).
Anchusa ochroleuca (yellow alkanet).
Anchusa officinalis (common bugloss), a similar plant.
Lithospermum arvense (bastard alkanet or field gromwell).
Other plants of the genus Alkanna.
Pentaglottis sempervirens (green alkanet), a blue-flowered plant with evergreen leaves.
Puccoon (Sanguinaria canadensis).
The dyeing matter extracted from the plant, giving a deep red colour.
alkanethiol
alkanethiol
noun
(organic chemistry) Any simple aliphatic thiol.
alkanets
alkanets
noun
plural of alkanet
alkaptone
alkargen
alkargen
noun
(chemistry) cacodylic acid
alkarsine
alkarsine
Noun
cacodyl
alkekengi
alkekengi
noun
A herbaceous plant of the nightshade family (Alkekengi officinarum, syn. Physalis alkekengi).
The flavoursome berry of this plant.
alkene
alkene
noun
(organic chemistry) An unsaturated, aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds.
alkenes
alkenes
noun
plural of alkene
alkenna
alkenyl
alkenyl
adj
(organic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from an alkene
noun
(organic chemistry) Any univalent radical derived from an alkene
alkine
alkine
noun
Synonym of alkylamine
alkines
alkines
noun
plural of alkine
alkylamine
alkylamine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any aliphatic amine
alkylarylsulfonate
alkylbenzenesulfonate
alkylbenzenesulfonates
alkylene
alkylene
noun
(obsolete, organic chemistry) An alkanediyl functional group, especially one having the free valencies of adjacent carbon atoms.
(obsolete, organic chemistry) An alkene.
alkylidene
alkylidene
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of divalent functional groups derived from an alkane by removal of two hydrogen atoms from the same carbon atom, the free valencies being part of a double bond - R₂C=
alkylogen
alkyne
alkyne
noun
(organic chemistry) A hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon–carbon triple bond.
alkynes
alkynes
noun
plural of alkyne
allokinesis
allokinetic
almondlike
almondlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a almond.
alpenstock
alpenstock
noun
a stout adjustable walking stick with a metal point, used by mountain climbers and walkers in hilly or uneven terrain
alpenstocker
alpenstocker
noun
A mountain-climber, especially one that uses an alpenstock.
alpenstocks
alpenstocks
noun
plural of alpenstock
amerikani
amidoketone
aminoketone
aminoketone
noun
Any chemical compound containing both a ketone group and an amine.
anagignoskomena
anakes
anakinesis
anakinetic
anakinetomer
anakinetomeric
ananke
ananke
noun
Necessity beyond all supplications or sway. Conceived as the ultimate dictator of all fate and circumstances, to which even the gods must ultimately pay homage and deference.
anankes
anchorlike
anchorlike
adj
Resembling an anchor.
andoke
andreyevka
angekkok
angekkok
noun
Alternative spelling of angekok
angekok
angekok
noun
An Eskimo/Inuit sorcerer or shaman.
angekut
angelika
angellike
angellike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an angel.
angeyok
angiokeratoma
angiokeratoma
noun
(medicine) A benign cutaneous lesion of capillaries, resulting in small marks of red to blue colour and characterized by hyperkeratosis.
angiokinesis
angiokinetic
angiokinetic
adj
Relating to angiokinesis or to an angiokine
anglehook
animallike
animallike
adj
Alternative spelling of animal-like
animikean
animikite
aniseikonia
aniseikonia
noun
(pathology, ophthalmology) An ophthalmological condition where there is a significant difference in the perceived size of images.