(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
agathokakological
agathokakological
adj
(rare) Composed of both good and evil.
aktiebolag
algonkian
algonkin
algonkins
alkaligenous
alkaligenous
adj
Producing or generating alkali.
ankyloglossia
ankyloglossia
noun
(medicine) A congenital oral anomaly in which the lingual frenulum is unusually short and thick, decreasing mobility of the tongue and affecting eating, speech, etc.
ankylosing
ankylosing
verb
present participle of ankylose
backflowing
backflowing
adj
flowing backwards
verb
present participle of backflow
backloading
backloading
noun
(transport) The transportation of cargo or shipment on a return trip, using the space already paid for and used for the outward leg.
verb
present participle of backload
backlogging
backlogging
verb
present participle of backlog
bankrolling
bankrolling
verb
present participle of bankroll
beckoningly
beckoningly
adv
So as to beckon or call near; enticingly.
becloaking
becloaking
verb
present participle of becloak
bellowsmaking
billbroking
blackington
blacktopping
blacktopping
verb
present participle of blacktop
blockaderunning
blockading
blockading
verb
present participle of blockade
blockbusting
blockbusting
adj
Having the characteristics of a blockbuster; hugely successful.
noun
(US) A technique used to encourage people to sell their property by giving the impression that a neighborhood is changing for the worse, especially by implying a change in its racial makeup.
blocking
blocking
noun
(computing) A feature that prevents a keyboard from registering multiple simultaneous keypresses that would cause ghosting.
Blocks used to support (a building, etc.) temporarily.
The act by which something is blocked; an obstruction.
The precise movement and positioning of actors in order to facilitate a performance (originally planned using miniature blocks).
verb
present participle of block
blockmaking
blockmaking
noun
The manufacture of blocks for use in printing.
The manufacture of nautical blocks.
bloodsucking
bloodsucking
adj
(by extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading
(of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.
bloodsuckings
bluestocking
bluestocking
noun
(historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.
(historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament
(usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
bluestockingism
bluestockingism
noun
(colloquial) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
bluestockings
bluestockings
noun
plural of bluestocking
boilermaking
boilermaking
noun
The manufacture of boilers.
boilinglike
bolingbroke
boltmaking
boltmaking
noun
The manufacture of bolts.
bookling
bookling
noun
A short-length or compact book, typically under one hundred pages.
bookselling
bookselling
noun
The sale of books.
booksellings
bootlicking
bootlicking
noun
servile behaviour
verb
present participle of bootlick
bottlemaking
bottlemaking
noun
The manufacture of bottles.
chokingly
chokingly
adv
While or as if choking, or in such a way as to cause one to choke.
cloaking
cloaking
noun
The act of wrapping or covering with a cloak.
The material from which cloaks are made.
verb
present participle of cloak
cloakmaking
cloakmaking
noun
The manufacture of cloaks.
clocking
clocking
noun
A time measurement made according to a clock.
verb
present participle of clock
clockings
clockings
noun
plural of clocking
clockmaking
clockmaking
noun
The art or trade of a clockmaker; the manufacture of clocks.
cloglike
cloglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a clog (type of shoe).
clogmaking
clogmaking
noun
The manufacture of clogs (type of shoe).
clonking
clonking
verb
present participle of clonk
clothmaking
clothmaking
noun
The art or trade of a clothmaker.
cockbilling
cockbilling
verb
present participle of cockbill
cocklight
cocklight
noun
twilight at cockcrow; daybreak.
cockling
cockling
noun
A young, small, or immature cock.
verb
present participle of cockle
cocktailing
cocktailing
noun
Work as a cocktail waitress.
coldcocking
coldcocking
verb
present participle of coldcock
colormaking
colormaking
noun
The manufacture of paints or dyes.
counterlocking
cuckolding
cuckolding
noun
The practice of making a man a cuckold, especially as a sexual kink.
verb
present participle of cuckold
deadlocking
deadlocking
verb
present participle of deadlock
deblocking
deblocking
verb
present participle of deblock
disacknowledge
disacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
doglike
doglike
adj
(rare) Befitting a dog
Similar to a dog; canine.
Similar to that of a dog
adv
(rare) As one would act toward a dog
In a doglike way.
dogwinkle
dollmaking
dollmaking
noun
The manufacture of dolls.
doublethinking
doughlike
doughlike
adj
Resembling dough.
doughnutlike
doughnutlike
adj
Resembling a doughnut.
downlinking
downlinking
verb
present participle of downlink
dragonlike
dragonlike
Adjective
Resembling a dragon or some aspect of one.
dungeonlike
dungeonlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dungeon
eikonology
eskimologist
eskimologist
noun
(rare) Alternative spelling of Eskimologist
eskimology
eskimology
Noun
The study of the Eskimo people.
fliegerabwehrkanone
flocking
flocking
noun
A material textured in this way, such as the artificial snow of a Christmas tree.
The process of adding small particles to a surface for the sake of texture.
verb
present participle of flock
flockings
flockings
noun
plural of flocking
flockling
flockling
noun
(obsolete, rare) A lamb.
folkething
folketing
folketing
Proper noun
the title of the Danish parliament (Folketinget in Danish)
folkright
folkright
noun
(obsolete) The common law or right of the people.
folksinger
folksinger
noun
A person who sings folk songs.
folksingers
folksingers
noun
plural of folksinger
folksinging
folksinging
noun
The singing of folk songs.
folksingings
footlicking
footlicking
adj
sycophantic
noun
The act of licking someone's feet.
sycophantic behavior
foreknowingly
foreknowingly
adv
With foreknowledge.
forelocking
forelocking
verb
present participle of forelock
foretalking
forklifting
forklifting
verb
present participle of forklift
frankalmoign
frankalmoign
noun
(UK, historical) A form of land tenure in return for religious duty or service.
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.
froglike
froglike
adj
Similar to a frog (amphibian), or to a characteristic of a frog.
a froglike croak
adv
In a froglike way
frolicking
frolicking
noun
The act of one who frolics.
verb
present participle of frolic
geeldikkop
geeldikkop
noun
(South Africa) tribulosis
gentlewomanlike
gentlewomanlike
adj
Characteristic of a gentlewoman; having the qualities of a gentlewoman.
adv
In a manner befitting a gentlewoman.
geopolitik
ghostlike
ghostlike
adj
Seemingly invisible; as a ghost, similar to a ghost.
ghostlikeness
ginkgoales
glassworking
glassworking
noun
The production of glasswork.
globelike
globelike
adj
Resembling a globe.
glockenspiel
glockenspiel
noun
(music) A musical instrument of the percussion idiophone family of instruments; like the xylophone, it has tuned bars arranged like the keys on a piano, and is also smaller in size and higher in pitch.
glockenspiels
glockenspiels
noun
plural of glockenspiel
glossokinesthetic
glovelike
glovelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a glove.
glovemaking
glovemaking
noun
The manufacture of gloves.
glucokinase
glucokinase
noun
A hexokinase isozyme that facilitates phosphorylation of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate, occurring in cells in the liver, pancreas, gut, and brain of humans and most other vertebrates.
glucokinases
glucokinases
noun
plural of glucokinase
glucokinin
gluconokinase
gluconokinase
noun
(biochemistry) A transferase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction ATP + D-gluconate ⇌ ADP + 6-phospho-D-gluconate.
glykopectic
glykopexic
gnomelike
gnomelike
adj
Resembling a gnome.
goadlike
goadlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a goad.
goalkeeping
goalkeeping
noun
The art of a goalkeeper.
verb
present participle of goalkeep
goatlike
goatlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a goat.
gobylike
gobylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a goby (fish).
godlike
godlike
adj
Characteristic of a god.
Having the characteristics of a god.
godlikeness
godlikeness
noun
The quality of being godlike.
goldbrick
goldbrick
noun
(US, slang, dated) A shirker or malingerer.
(US, slang, dated) A swindler.
Something fraudulent or nonexistent offered for sale; a swindle or con.
verb
(US, slang, dated) To shirk or malinger.
(US, slang, dated) To swindle.
goldbricked
goldbricked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of goldbrick
goldbricker
goldbricker
noun
(US, informal) A lazy person; an idler.
goldbrickers
goldbrickers
noun
plural of goldbricker
goldbricking
goldbricking
verb
present participle of goldbrick
goldbricks
goldbricks
noun
plural of goldbrick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of goldbrick
goldilocks
goldilocks
noun
A goldilocks aster, Aster linosyris.
A person with golden hair, especially a girl with long hair.
goldlike
goldlike
adj
Similar to it in color.
Similar to it in value.
goldspink
goldspink
noun
(obsolete) The European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis).
gonglike
gonglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gong.
goodlike
goodlike
adj
(UK, dialect, archaic) well-favoured; handsome
gooselike
gooselike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a goose.
gorgonlike
gorgonlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gorgon.
gorillalike
gorillalike
adj
(informal) Resembling or characteristic of a gorilla.
gorkhali
gorlicki
gospellike
gospellike
adj
(Christianity) Like a proper Christian; according to the gospel.
(music) Similar to gospel music.
gourdlike
gourdlike
adj
Resembling a gourd.
gridlock
gridlock
noun
(figuratively, by extension) any paralysis of a complex system due to severe congestion, conflict, or deadlock.
A condition of total, interlocking traffic congestion on the streets or highways of a crowded city, in which no one can move because everyone is in someone else's way.
On a smaller scale: the situation in which cars enter a signal-controlled intersection too late during the green light cycle, and are unable to clear the intersection (due to congestion in the next block) when the light turns red, thus blocking the cross traffic when it's their turn to go. Repeated at enough intersections, this phenomenon can lead to citywide gridlock.
verb
To cause traffic congestion.
gridlocking
gridlocking
verb
present participle of gridlock
grillework
grillework
noun
Alternative spelling of grillwork
grillwork
grillwork
noun
The mesh of metal wire or bars which makes up a decorative metal grating
grillworks
grillworks
noun
plural of grillwork
groovelike
groovelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a groove (channel or depression).
grottolike
grottolike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a grotto
grouselike
grouselike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a grouse.
gumbolike
gumpoldskirchner
gunkholing
gunkholing
noun
(nautical) cruising in shallow, coastal waters, spending the nights in gunkholes.
gurolinick
hockling
hoglike
hoglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a hog.
holidaymaking
holidaymaking
noun
(Britain) Going on holiday.
holking
holking
verb
present participle of holk
inglenook
inglenook
noun
A nook or corner beside an open fireplace; a chimney corner.