(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.
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
badgerlike
badgerlike
adj
Similar to a badger.
Similar to that of a badger.
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
blitzkrieged
blockaderunning
blockading
blockading
verb
present participle of blockade
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
bocklogged
bridgelike
bridgelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bridge.
Similar to the card game of bridge.
bulkheading
bulkheading
noun
bulkheads in general
candlemaking
candlemaking
noun
The manufacture of candles.
candlewicking
coldcocking
coldcocking
verb
present participle of coldcock
cradlemaking
cradlemaking
noun
The manufacture of cradles.
crooklegged
cuckolding
cuckolding
noun
The practice of making a man a cuckold, especially as a sexual kink.
verb
present participle of cuckold
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
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
daughterlike
daughterlike
adj
Resembling a daughter.
deadlocking
deadlocking
verb
present participle of deadlock
deblocking
deblocking
verb
present participle of deblock
deerstalking
deerstalking
noun
The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.
dirgelike
dirgelike
adj
(music) Resembling a dirge: slow and depressing
disacknowledge
disacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
(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
gardenlike
gardenlike
adj
Resembling a garden
garlandlike
garlandlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a garland.
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.
geeldikkop
geeldikkop
noun
(South Africa) tribulosis
girdlecake
girdlelike
girdlelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a girdle.
gladbeck
gladbrook
gladelike
gladelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a glade.
gladkaite
glaked
glandlike
glandlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gland.
gleeked
gleeked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gleek
goadlike
goadlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a goad.
gobbledegook
gobbledegook
noun
Alternative form of gobbledygook
gobbledegooks
gobbledegooks
noun
plural of gobbledegook
gobbledygook
gobbledygook
noun
(informal) Nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language.
(informal) Something written in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner.
gobbledygooks
gobbledygooks
noun
plural of gobbledygook
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
goldenback
goldenback
noun
(regional) The natterjack.
Any of a group of large woodpeckers that are resident breeders in tropical southern Asia.
goldenknop
goldenlocks
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.
goldmark
goldmark
noun
A German mark of gold standard, as opposed to on paper
goldovsky
goldspink
goldspink
noun
(obsolete) The European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis).
goldwork
goldwork
noun
Work done using gold metal, as in embroidery or jewellery.
goldworker
goldworker
noun
A metalworker who fashions gold into objects.
goldylocks
goldylocks
noun
(less common) Alternative spelling of goldilocks
goodlike
goodlike
adj
(UK, dialect, archaic) well-favoured; handsome
gouldbusk
gourdlike
gourdlike
adj
Resembling a gourd.
gowkedly
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
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
guardlike
guardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a guard.
gumpoldskirchner
gunkholed
gunkholed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of gunkhole
holidaymaking
holidaymaking
noun
(Britain) Going on holiday.
hydraulicking
hydraulicking
noun
hydraulic mining (mining using pressurized water jets to dislodge rock or move sediment)
verb
present participle of hydraulic
interknowledge
interknowledge
noun
Reciprocal knowledge.
jacklighted
judgelike
judgelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a judge.
kaliningrad
keeldrag
kentledge
kentledge
noun
(nautical) Weights (often scrap or pig iron) used as permanent ballast on ships.
A system of weights (usually concrete or cast-iron blocks) used for load-testing piled foundations.
kiddingly
kiddingly
adv
In a kidding manner; jestingly, jokingly.
kidling
kidling
noun
(archaic, poetic) A young kid; a baby goat.
kindling
kindling
adj
Illuminated, lit.
noun
Small pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire.
The act by which something is kindled.
verb
present participle of kindle
kindlings
kindlings
noun
plural of kindling
kingdomful
kingdomful
noun
Enough to fill a kingdom.
kingdomless
kingdomless
adj
Without a kingdom.
kingfield
kingfield
Proper noun
A town in Maine, USA
kinglihood
kinglihood
noun
kingliness; majesty
kingsland
kludge
kludge
noun
(informal) Any construction or practice, typically crude yet effective, designed to solve a problem temporarily or expediently.
(informal, computing) A badly written or makeshift piece of software; a hack.
(informal, computing) An amalgamated mass of unrelated parts.
(informal, electronics, engineering) An improvised device, typically crudely constructed to test the validity of a principle before doing a finished design.
verb
(informal) To build or use a kludge.
kludged
kludged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kludge
kludges
kludges
noun
plural of kludge
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of kludge
kludging
kludging
verb
present participle of kludge
klydonograph
klydonograph
noun
A device that makes a photographic record of a voltage surge