(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
afterswarm
afterswarm
noun
A swarm of bees that leaves the hive after the primary swarm.
afterswarming
afterwisdom
aimworthiness
aimworthiness
noun
The quality of having good aim (with a weapon).
aircraftswomen
aircraftswomen
noun
plural of aircraftswoman
anthemwise
anthemwise
adv
(obsolete, music) Alternately.
antiendowment
antiendowment
adj
Opposing an endowment.
antipewism
archworkmaster
automower
automower
noun
An automatic lawnmower.
awakenment
awakenment
noun
An awakening.
awardment
awardment
noun
The giving of an award; something awarded.
bantamweight
bantamweight
noun
(boxing) A weight class in boxing and other sports, intermediate between flyweight and featherweight. In boxing it ranges from 112 to 118 pounds (51 to 54 kg).
A boxer or other competitor of this weight.
bantamweights
bantamweights
noun
plural of bantamweight
bartholomew
bartholomew
Proper noun
An Apostle, identified with Nathanael.
name of biblical origin.
bartholomewtide
basementward
basementward
adv
Toward a basement.
basketwoman
basketwoman
noun
(historical) A woman who sells goods from a basket.
basketworm
basketworm
noun
The larva of a psychid moth.
batholomew
batwomen
batwomen
noun
plural of batwoman
beekmantown
bestowment
bestowment
noun
Something, such as an honour, that is bestowed.
The act of bestowing or conferring something, especially an honour; bestowal
bestrewment
betweenmaid
betweentimes
betweentimes
adv
In an interim period; meanwhile.
bewailment
bewailment
noun
The act of bewailing.
bewilderment
bewilderment
noun
A confusing or perplexing situation.
The state of being bewildered.
bewilderments
bewilderments
noun
plural of bewilderment
bewitchment
bewitchment
noun
The characteristic of being bewitched.
bewitchments
bewitchments
noun
plural of bewitchment
bewrayment
bewrayment
noun
The act or process of bewraying; betrayal
bitterworm
blameworthiness
blameworthiness
noun
The characteristic of being blameworthy.
blameworthinesses
blameworthy
blameworthy
adj
Deserving blame or censure; reprehensible.
bretwaldadom
brewmaster
brewmaster
noun
A person in charge of beer production at a brewery
brimstonewort
brimstonewort
noun
Rosa canina, the dog rose.
butterwoman
butterwoman
noun
(dated) A woman who makes or sells butter.
buttwomen
campbelltown
campbeltown
carpenterworm
carpenterworm
noun
The larva of the moth Prionoxystus robinae
cementwork
chemawinite
chowtime
chowtime
noun
(slang) The time when food is eaten; a mealtime.
chowtimes
clamehewit
cometwise
cometwise
adj
In the manner of a comet.
committeewoman
committeewoman
noun
(US) A woman who is a local leader of a political party.
A woman who is a member of a committee.
committeewomen
committeewomen
noun
plural of committeewoman
commonwealth
commonwealth
noun
(obsolete) The well-being of a community.
Republic. Often capitalized, as Commonwealth.
The entirety of a (secular) society, a polity, a state.
commonwealthism
commonwealthism
noun
(politics) The condition or policy of operating as a commonwealth.
commonwealths
commonwealths
noun
plural of commonwealth
communitywide
communitywide
adj
Throughout a community.
componentwise
componentwise
adj
In terms of components.
counterembowed
counterembowed
adj
(heraldry) Bent, curved or arched in two directions, both to the left and to the right, or both upwards and downwards.
counterwarmth
countrywomen
countrywomen
noun
plural of countrywoman
craftswomen
craftswomen
noun
plural of craftswoman
crawthumper
crawthumper
noun
(Ireland, colloquial) An ostentatiously pious person.
crownment
crownment
noun
(obsolete) The act of crowning; coronation.
damewort
damewort
noun
dame's rocket, Hesperis matronalis.
dameworts
deathworm
deepwaterman
deepwatermen
deflowerment
deflowerment
Noun
The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.
dimwitted
dimwitted
adj
Alternative spelling of dim-witted
dimwittedly
dimwittedly
adv
In a dimwitted or stupid manner.
dimwittedness
dimwittedness
noun
The state or condition of being dimwitted.
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
disavowment
disavowment
noun
disavowal
discrownment
disembowelment
disembowelment
noun
The act of disemboweling.
disembowelments
disembowelments
noun
plural of disembowelment
disendowment
disendowment
noun
The act of depriving of an endowment or endowments.
disownment
disownment
noun
The act of disowning.
disownments
disownments
noun
plural of disownment
doomwatcher
doomwatcher
noun
A person with a pessimistic outlook on the future.
dowment
dowmetal
downstream
downstream
adj
(biology) Towards the 3′ end of a DNA molecule.
(computer networking) In the direction from the server to the client.
(metaphoric) Occurring later than something else; (also, usually, especially) influenced by something else; being a consequence of something else.
Further along in the flow of current, in relation to a river, stream, bloodstream, or other flow of fluid.
adv
Following the path of a river or stream
verb
To stream downward.
downtime
downtime
noun
A period of time set aside for rest and relaxation; leisure time.
The amount of time lost due to forces beyond one's control, as with a computer crash.
downtimes
downtimes
noun
plural of downtime
dumbwaiter
dumbwaiter
noun
(obsolete) A lazy Susan.
(obsolete) A table or set of trays on rollers used for serving food.
A small elevator used to move food etc. from one floor of a building to another.
dumbwaiters
dumbwaiters
noun
plural of dumbwaiter
dwindlement
dwindlement
noun
The process of dwindling; gradual reduction to nothing.
earthworm
earthworm
noun
(figurative) A contemptible person; a groveller.
A worm of the family Lumbricidae, or, more generally, of the suborder Lumbricina.
A worm that lives in the ground.
earthworms
earthworms
noun
plural of earthworm
embowelment
embowelment
noun
disembowelment
embowerment
embowerment
noun
An enclosure like a bower.
The act of enclosing something in a bower (a shady, leafy shelter or recess).
embowment
embowment
noun
(architecture) A bent or curved section.
empowerment
empowerment
noun
(South Africa) Government programs encouraging advancement of blacks.
The achievement of political, social or economic power by an individual or group.
The process of supporting another person or persons to discover and claim personal power.
The state of being empowered (either generally, or specifically).
empowerments
empowerments
noun
plural of empowerment
emsworth
emsworth
Proper noun
A small coastal town in Hampshire, England.
A borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
derived from the town.
encrownment
endowment
endowment
noun
(Mormonism) A ceremony designed to prepare participants for their role in the afterlife.
(insurance) Endowment assurance or pure endowment.
Property or funds invested for the support and benefit of a person or not-for-profit institution.
Something with which a person or thing is endowed.
endowments
endowments
noun
plural of endowment
enswathement
enswathement
noun
The act of enswathing.
The state of being enswathed.
entwinement
entwinement
noun
A situation of being entwined; an entanglement.
enwrapment
enwrapment
noun
A wrapper or envelope.
The act of enwrapping.
fameworthy
fameworthy
adj
Worthy or deserving of fame.
fewmets
fewmets
noun
plural of fewmet
flamethrower
flamethrower
noun
A device that projects a flame for starting fires, and sometimes also additional fuel to help ignition. Used either as a weapon or a tool.
flamethrowers
flamethrowers
noun
plural of flamethrower
flowmeter
flowmeter
noun
Any of various devices used to measure the flow of a fluid through a pipe, etc.
footwarmer
footwarmer
noun
Something used to keep the feet warm, especially during a journey.
footwarmers
footwarmers
noun
plural of footwarmer
frametown
fruitwomen
fumewort
fumewort
noun
Any of various plants of the subfamily Fumarioideae or family Fumariaceae.
garmentworker
garmentworker
noun
A person who works making clothes.
gatewayman
gatewayman
noun
(mining, historical) A kind of road repair worker in coal mines.
gatewaymen
gatewaymen
noun
plural of gatewayman
gatewoman
gatewoman
noun
The female equivalent of a gateman.
gentlewoman
gentlewoman
noun
(US, politics) A female member of a legislature, especially a female member of a House of Representatives.
(historical) A woman of the nobility.
gentlewomanhood
gentlewomanhood
noun
The qualities or condition of a gentlewoman.
gentlewomanish
gentlewomanlike
gentlewomanlike
adj
Characteristic of a gentlewoman; having the qualities of a gentlewoman.
adv
In a manner befitting a gentlewoman.
gentlewomanliness
gentlewomanliness
noun
The quality of being gentlewomanly.
gentlewomanly
gentlewomanly
adj
Having the manners or behavior of a gentlewoman; having social graces; polite.
gentlewomen
gentlewomen
noun
plural of gentlewoman
germantown
gewrztraminer
grewsomest
grewsomest
adj
superlative form of grewsome: most grewsome
hamewith
hammerwort
hammerwort
noun
Parietaria officinalis, a plant of the nettle family.
harrowment
hearthwarming
heartwarming
heartwarming
adj
Alternative form of heart-warming
heartworm
heartworm
noun
(veterinary medicine) (uncountable) The condition caused by this organism.
(veterinary medicine) A parasitic organism that afflicts dogs, the roundworm Dirofilaria immitis.
helmetflower
hempwort
hempwort
noun
Any plant of the family Cannabaceae; a hemp or hop.
hometown
hometown
noun
(attributive) Designating a decision or judgement that is biased, or perceived to be biased, in favour of local preference.
An individual’s place of birth, childhood home, or place of main residence.
hometowns
hometowns
noun
plural of hometown
homewort
homeworth
hummelstown
inswathement
intermew
intermewed
intermewed
adj
(of a hawk) Kept in confinement through a molt.
intermewer
intertwinement
intertwinement
noun
A twining together.
intertwinements
intertwinements
noun
plural of intertwinement
interweavement
interweavement
noun
An interweaving.
intwinement
intwinement
noun
Archaic form of entwinement.
inwrapment
jamestown
jamestown
Proper noun
Any of numerous places in English-speaking regions
In Virginia, the first English settlement in America.
The capital of the island Saint Helena.
A small city in Kentucky, USA
jewelsmith
jewelsmith
noun
An individual whose profession involves making jewelry out of precious metals and stones.
The place where such an individual carries out their trade.