(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
afterglow
afterglow
noun
An afterparty.
The glow seen in the sky after sunset.
The light emitted by a phosphor after excitation.
The light emitted by an incandescent object while cooling.
The mildly euphoric feeling experienced after a pleasurable experience, especially after an orgasm or drug-induced high.
afterglows
afterglows
noun
plural of afterglow
aftergrowth
aftergrowth
noun
(figuratively) Any abstraction of the above.
A second growth, seen in plants like crops or timber after harvesting.
afterknowledge
afterknowledge
noun
Knowledge acquired later, or after the event.
afterworking
battlewagon
battlewagon
noun
(military) A heavily-armed combat vehicle.
(nautical) A battleship.
battlewagons
battlewagons
noun
plural of battlewagon
bestowage
bestowage
noun
(obsolete) Stowage.
bestowing
bestowing
verb
present participle of bestow
bestrowing
bestrowing
verb
present participle of bestrow
bewrought
bewrought
adj
(obsolete) embroidered
bodyweight
bodyweight
adj
Employing (only) a person's own weight as resistance to movement for the purpose of physical exercise.
noun
The weight or mass of an organism.
bowstringed
bowstringed
adj
Supplied or fitted with a bowstring.
bridgetown
bridgetown
Proper noun
The capital of Barbados.
A town in Devon, UK.
A town in Western Australia.
A town in Nova Scotia, Canada.
A town in Ohio, US.
browbeating
browbeating
verb
present participle of browbeat
buglewort
burgettstown
cabbagetown
cabinetworking
cheektowaga
concertgebouw
counterglow
counterglow
noun
The gegenschein.
counterswing
counterswing
noun
A swing in the opposite direction.
verb
To swing in the opposite direction.
counterthwarting
counterwager
counterwager
noun
A wager in response or opposition to another wager.
counterweigh
counterweigh
verb
(intransitive) To act as counterbalance (against something).
(transitive) To counterbalance; to balance out.
counterweighed
counterweighed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterweigh
counterweighing
counterweighing
verb
present participle of counterweigh
counterweight
counterweight
noun
A heavy mass of often iron or concrete, mechanically linked in opposition to a load which is to be raised and lowered, with the intent of reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering. Counterweights are used, for example, in cable-hauled elevators and some kinds of movable bridges (e.g. a bascule bridge).
verb
(transitive) To fit with a counterweight.
counterweighted
counterweighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterweight
counterweights
counterweights
noun
plural of counterweight
counterwilling
counterworking
counterworking
verb
present participle of counterwork
cowgate
cowtongue
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
dogwatches
dogwatches
noun
plural of dogwatch
downgate
downrightness
downrightness
noun
The personal quality of being straightforward and direct in one's manner
downstage
downstage
adj
At the front of a stage.
adv
Toward or at the front of a theatrical stage.
Towards a motion-picture or television camera.
noun
The part of a stage that is closest to the audience or camera.
verb
(medicine, transitive) To restage downward; to restage (a case of a disease, usually a cancer) to a lower stage than that found at last assessment (compare upstage).
downtreading
downtreading
verb
present participle of downtread
downtrending
downtrending
verb
present participle of downtrend
downweight
downweight
verb
(statistics) To give something a lower weight
downweighted
downweighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of downweight
eagletown
edgartown
edgartown
Proper noun
a town on Massachusetts, which is the county seat of
edgeworth
electrowinning
electrowinning
noun
The electrodeposition of metals from their ores that have been put in solution or liquefied.
englishtown
enwrought
enwrought
adj
(archaic) Made; wrought.
fogertown
forewrought
forewrought
adj
Wrought or worked beforehand or in advance.
verb
(archaic) simple past tense and past participle of forework
fruitgrower
fruitgrower
noun
A person or company that grows fruit.
gagetown
gagetown
Proper noun
A village in Michigan, USA
A village in New Brunswick, Canada
gainestown
galewort
garmentworker
garmentworker
noun
A person who works making clothes.
garnetwork
gatewoman
gatewoman
noun
The female equivalent of a gateman.
gatewood
gateworks
gedecktwork
geigertown
geistown
gentianwort
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
georgetown
germantown
gerrardstown
ghostflower
ghostflower
noun
Mohavea confertiflora, a flower native to the Sonoran and Mojave deserts.
ghostweed
ghostweed
noun
The plant Euphorbia marginata.
ghostwrite
ghostwrite
verb
(authorship, intransitive) To write under the name of another (especially literary works).
(authorship, transitive) To author a literary work or speech in the place of another.
ghostwriter
ghostwriter
noun
A professional writer who is paid to write material that is officially credited to another person; one who writes on behalf of someone else, often for a celebrity.
Smith was listed as the author of his autobiography, but a ghostwriter did most of the work.
ghostwriters
ghostwriters
noun
plural of ghostwriter
ghostwrites
ghostwrites
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ghostwrite
ghostwritten
ghostwritten
adj
Written by a ghostwriter.
ghostwrote
ghostwrote
verb
simple past tense of ghostwrite
gilbertown
gingerwort
glenwilton
glidewort
gnatflower
goatweed
goatweed
noun
Ageratum conyzoides, a herb with white to mauve flowers, native to tropical America, especially Brazil.
Croton capitatus, the hogwort.
goldthwaite
goldthwaite
Proper noun
a small city in Texas, USA
goldwater
goodwater
goutweed
goutweed
noun
A ground elder, Aegopodium podagraria.
gownlet
gownlet
noun
A little gown.
grapewort
greentown
greenwort
grewsomest
grewsomest
adj
superlative form of grewsome: most grewsome
grondwet
grotewohl
groundwater
groundwater
noun
Water that exists beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers.
groundwaters
groundwaters
noun
plural of groundwater
grovertown
grovetown
growliest
growliest
adj
superlative form of growly: most growly
growthiness
growthiness
noun
The quality of being growthy.
growthless
growthless
adj
Devoid of growth.
hagerstown
hagerstown
Proper noun
A city in and county seat of located in the west-central part of the American state of Maryland.
A town in in the American state of Indiana.
heartwounding
hightower
housewright
housewright
noun
A person who builds and repairs houses, especially wooden houses. Particularly, in eighteenth-century colonial America, a craftsman who cut timber (like a lumberjack) in the quantity required for the construction of a house, then sawed it into planks, and finally jointed and assembled them (like a carpenter).
howgates
hyperwrought
interflowing
interflowing
verb
present participle of interflow
intergrow
intergrow
verb
(intransitive) To grow together; intertwine.
intergrown
intergrown
adj
That have grown together and through each other.
intergrowth
intergrowth
noun
A growing together and through each other of two crystals.
intergrowths
intergrowths
noun
plural of intergrowth
interknowledge
interknowledge
noun
Reciprocal knowledge.
internetworking
internetworking
verb
present participle of internetwork
interworking
interworking
noun
Interoperability.
interwrought
interwwrought
kenningwort
klingerstown
knowingest
knowingest
adj
superlative form of knowing: most knowing
knowledgeability
knowledgeability
noun
The condition of being knowledgeable.
knowledgement
knowledgement
noun
(non-native speakers' English) Misconstruction of knowledge.
leatherworking
leatherworking
noun
The manufacture of articles from leather.
lowigite
metalworking
metalworking
noun
The art and craft of shaping metal.
metalworkings
metalworkings
noun
plural of metalworking
misbestowing
misbestowing
verb
present participle of misbestow
mouthwatering
mouthwatering
adj
(by extension) Enticing or tantalizing.
That is pleasing to the sense of taste; appetizing; that makes one salivate.
neowashingtonia
networking
networking
noun
The process of meeting new people in a business or social context.
The use of computer networks.
verb
present participle of network
networkings
networkings
noun
plural of networking
nightworker
nonacknowledgment
nonacknowledgment
noun
Absence of acknowledgment; failure to acknowledge something.