(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
afterknowledge
afterknowledge
noun
Knowledge acquired later, or after the event.
agkistrodon
antiskidding
antiskidding
adj
antiskid
backdating
backdating
noun
The act by which something is backdated.
verb
present participle of backdate
backdropping
backdropping
verb
present participle of backdrop
backgeared
background
background
adj
Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system.
noun
(computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
(computing) The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).
(physics) Clipping of background radiation.
A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
verb
(journalism) To gather and provide background information (on).
To put in a position that is not prominent.
simple past tense and past participle of backgrind
backgrounded
backgrounded
adj
(computing) (of a task) Made non-interactive
Moved to the background
verb
simple past tense and past participle of background
backgrounder
backgrounder
noun
(chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives basic details on subjects that are likely to be mentioned.
A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation.
A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon.
backgrounds
backgrounds
noun
plural of background
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of background
backhanding
backhanding
verb
present participle of backhand
backliding
backlighted
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
backlogged
backlogged
adj
Having an excessive list of tasks to do, especially tasks that should have already been performed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backlog
backpedaling
backpedaling
noun
The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop.
verb
(US) present participle of backpedal
backsliding
backsliding
adj
sliding back
noun
An occasion on which one backslides, especially in a moral sense.
verb
present participle of backslide
backslidingness
backswording
backswording
noun
Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.
backwinding
backwinding
verb
present participle of backwind
badgerlike
badgerlike
adj
Similar to a badger.
Similar to that of a badger.
bedarkening
bedarkening
verb
present participle of bedarken
bedmaking
bedmaking
noun
The skill or act of making beds (arranging the sheets, etc.).
blackbirding
blackbirding
noun
(UK, Australia) The practice of kidnapping Pacific Islanders, or kanakas, for sale as cheap labour.
verb
present participle of blackbird
blackfigured
blackguard
blackguard
noun
(archaic) A man who uses foul language in front of a woman, typically a woman of high standing in society.
(old-fashioned, usually used only of men) A scoundrel; an unprincipled contemptible person; an untrustworthy person.
The lowest servant in a household charged with pots, pans, and other kitchen equipment.
verb
(intransitive) To act like a blackguard; to be a scoundrel.
(transitive) To revile or abuse in scurrilous language.
blackguarded
blackguarded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blackguard
blackguardism
blackguardism
noun
Blackguardly behaviour or language.
blackguardize
blackguardize
verb
To make blackguardly.
blackguardly
blackguardly
adj
Characteristic of a blackguard.
blackguardry
blackguards
blackguards
noun
plural of blackguard
blacklegged
blacklegged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blackleg
blockaderunning
blockading
blockading
verb
present participle of blockade
bodicemaking
bodymaking
brackenridge
breadmaking
breadmaking
noun
The making of bread.
bridgemaker
bridgemaker
noun
(figuratively) A person who connects others.
A person who designs and/or constructs bridges.
bridgemaking
bulkheading
bulkheading
noun
bulkheads in general
candlemaking
candlemaking
noun
The manufacture of candles.
candlewicking
candymaking
candymaking
noun
The manufacture of candy.
cardmaking
cardmaking
noun
The manufacture of greeting cards (usually as a small-scale hobby).
checkerboarding
checkerboarding
noun
(computer graphics) Synonym of checkerboard rendering
verb
present participle of checkerboard
cradlemaking
cradlemaking
noun
The manufacture of cradles.
dackering
daggerlike
daggerlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dagger.
daglock
daglock
noun
A dirty or clotted lock of wool on a sheep.
daglocks
daglocks
noun
plural of daglock
daikering
daikering
verb
present participle of daiker
damaskeening
damaskeening
noun
Alternative form of damascening
verb
present participle of damaskeen
damasking
damasking
verb
present participle of damask
darkening
darkening
noun
The act of something becoming darker.
verb
present participle of darken
darking
darking
verb
present participle of dark
darkling
darkling
adj
(figurative) Obscure; taking place unseen, as if in the dark.
(poetic) Dark; growing dark; darkening.
adv
In the dark; in obscurity.
noun
(fantasy) A creature that lives in the dark.
Darkness
verb
present participle of darkle
darklings
darklings
adv
(poetic, obsolete) In the darkness.
noun
plural of darkling
daughterkin
daughterkin
noun
(endearing) A daughter.
daughterlike
daughterlike
adj
Resembling a daughter.
deadlocking
deadlocking
verb
present participle of deadlock
debarking
debarking
verb
present participle of debark
deerstalking
deerstalking
noun
The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.
dekagram
dekagram
noun
Alternative form of decagram
dekagramme
dekagrams
dekagrams
noun
plural of dekagram
demarking
demarking
verb
present participle of demark
diemaking
dikage
dikage
noun
dikes generally, or their construction
dikegrave
disacknowledge
disacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
disembarking
disembarking
noun
A disembarkation.
verb
present participle of disembark
dishmaking
dishmaking
noun
The manufacture of dishes.
diskography
diskography
noun
(medicine) Alternative form of discography
dismarketing
dockage
dockage
noun
(nautical) A charge levied for docking.
(nautical) The act of docking.
dockages
dockages
noun
plural of dockage
dollmaking
dollmaking
noun
The manufacture of dolls.
domagk
doormaking
doormaking
noun
The manufacture of doors.
doughmaker
doughmaking
doughmaking
noun
The making of dough.
dragonkind
dragonkind
noun
All dragons, considered as a group.
dragonlike
dragonlike
Adjective
Resembling a dragon or some aspect of one.
drakensberg
dressmaking
dressmaking
noun
The craft of making custom clothing for women, such as dresses, blouses, and evening gowns.
dressmakings
dressmakings
noun
plural of dressmaking
dronkgrass
dronkgrass
noun
Alternative form of dronkgras
drugmaker
drugmaker
noun
A pharmaceutical manufacturer.
A producer of illegal drugs.
drygalski
duckwalking
duckwalking
verb
present participle of duckwalk
dyemaking
dykage
dzongka
edgemaker
edgemaker
noun
One who manufactures the edges of shoes.
edgemaking
edgemaking
noun
The manufacture of the edges of shoes.
endokaryogamy
frankpledge
frankpledge
noun
(law, historical) A decener: a member of a tithing bound in frankpledge.
(law, historical) A form of collective suretyship and punishment under English law among the members of a tithing.
(law, historical, uncommon) The tithing itself.
Any group so similarly answerable for the conduct of all its members and liable for collective punishment.
frankpledges
frankpledges
noun
plural of frankpledge
gadsbodikins
gadzookeries
gadzookeries
noun
plural of gadzookery
gadzooks
gadzooks
intj
(archaic) An expression of surprise, shock etc.
gardenlike
gardenlike
adj
Resembling a garden
gardenmaker
gardenmaker
noun
A person who creates gardens.
gardenmaking
gardenmaking
noun
The creation of gardens.
garlandlike
garlandlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a garland.
gastrodisk
gavelkind
gavelkind
noun
(historical) a system of inheritance associated with the county of Kent in England whereby, at the death of a tenant, intestate estate is divided equally among all his sons; also, a similar system employed in Ireland
gavelkinder
gavelkinder
noun
One who inherits through gavelkind.
gawked
gawked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gawk
gawkihood
gdansk
geckotidae
gedackt
gedanken
gedankenexperiment
gedankenexperiment
noun
thought experiment
gekkonidae
giantkind
giantkind
noun
All giants, considered as a group.
girdlecake
gladbeck
gladbrook
gladelike
gladelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a glade.
gladkaite
glaked
glandlike
glandlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gland.
goadlike
goadlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a goad.
godforsaken
godforsaken
adj
Abandoned by a deity or god.
Particularly awful; very bad
godmaker
godmaking
godsake
godsake
noun
Alternative form of Godsakes
goldenback
goldenback
noun
(regional) The natterjack.
Any of a group of large woodpeckers that are resident breeders in tropical southern Asia.
goldmark
goldmark
noun
A German mark of gold standard, as opposed to on paper
grademark
griddlecake
griddlecake
noun
Any of various forms of small pancake made from a spoonful of batter cooked on a griddle
griddlecakes
griddlecakes
noun
plural of griddlecake
groundbreaker
groundbreaker
noun
First person to do, make or fight for something. A pioneer; a seminal person.
grubstaked
grubstaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of grubstake