(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
afterwisdom
aimworthiness
aimworthiness
noun
The quality of having good aim (with a weapon).
aircraftswomen
aircraftswomen
noun
plural of aircraftswoman
antiendowment
antiendowment
adj
Opposing an endowment.
archworkmaster
automower
automower
noun
An automatic lawnmower.
bartholomew
bartholomew
Proper noun
An Apostle, identified with Nathanael.
name of biblical origin.
bartholomewtide
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
bitterworm
blameworthiness
blameworthiness
noun
The characteristic of being blameworthy.
blameworthinesses
blameworthy
blameworthy
adj
Deserving blame or censure; reprehensible.
bretwaldadom
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
chowtime
chowtime
noun
(slang) The time when food is eaten; a mealtime.
chowtimes
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
crownment
crownment
noun
(obsolete) The act of crowning; coronation.
damewort
damewort
noun
dame's rocket, Hesperis matronalis.
dameworts
deathworm
deflowerment
deflowerment
Noun
The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.
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
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
fameworthy
fameworthy
adj
Worthy or deserving of fame.
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.
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
grewsomest
grewsomest
adj
superlative form of grewsome: most grewsome
hammerwort
hammerwort
noun
Parietaria officinalis, a plant of the nettle family.
harrowment
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
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
knowledgement
knowledgement
noun
(non-native speakers' English) Misconstruction of knowledge.
leewardmost
leewardmost
adj
superlative form of leeward: most leeward
limewort
lowermost
lowermost
adj
lowest
madderwort
madderwort
noun
Any plant of the same family (Rubiaceae) as the madder.
Rubia tinctorum (common madder)
maeystown
malinowskite
masterwork
masterwork
noun
(obsolete) A main drain or irrigation channel.
(obsolete) An act of primary importance.
A piece done to prove possession of skill sufficient to be ranked a master.
A piece of quality, indicative of having been made by a master; a masterpiece.
masterworks
masterworks
noun
plural of masterwork
masterwort
masterwort
noun
Astrantia spp., such as the great masterwort.
Ground elder (Aegopodium podagraria).
Peucedanum ostruthium, an umbelliferous plant grown in gardens, formerly much used for medicinal purposes.
matelow
mathewson
maurertown
mauricetown
maxwelton
mcclellandtown
mcconnellstown
mcsherrystown
mcveytown
mcwhorter
mdewakanton
meadowsweet
meadowsweet
noun
A Eurasian perennial flowering plant of Rosaceae family, Filipendula ulmaria.
Any plant of the genus Spiraea of the Rosaceae family, native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere and consisting of about 80-100 species of shrubs.
meadowsweets
meadowsweets
noun
plural of meadowsweet
meadowwort
meadowwort
noun
The plant meadowsweet.
meadwort
meadwort
noun
(obsolete) Meadowsweet, a plant found near rivers or on damp ground.
meatworks
meatworks
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A slaughterhouse or meat processing plant.
mechanicstown
mellowest
mellowest
adj
superlative form of mellow: most mellow
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of mellow
meltdown
meltdown
noun
(informal) A tantrum or emotional outburst.
(psychology) An autistic response to stress or sensory overload, in which the person is overwhelmed by intense, seemingly disproportionate emotions, behaving erratically and becoming unable to mask.
A situation being likened to a nuclear meltdown; a crisis.
Computer engineers were at a loss last night to explain why the Government had been hit by arguably the worst electronic meltdown in the history of Whitehall. https://web.archive.org/web/20041209011615/http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=587262
Severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and potentially in radiation escaping.
meltdowns
meltdowns
noun
plural of meltdown
merrittstown
mertztown
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
metanetwork
metanetwork
noun
(communication, management, sociology) A network of networks.
methow
microsoftware
microsoftware
noun
(computing, dated) software for a microcomputer
middlesworth
middletown
millerstown
mininetwork
mininetworks
misbestow
misbestow
verb
(transitive) To bestow improperly.
misbestowal
misbestowal
noun
The act of misbestowing.
misbestowed
misbestowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of misbestow