(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
alarmclock
alarmclock
noun
Misspelling of alarm clock.
aleukaemic
aleukaemic
adj
Relating to aleukaemia.
aleukemic
aleukemic
adj
Relating to aleukemia.
alkalimetric
alkalimetric
adj
(chemistry) Describing a titration in which the titrant is an alkali.
alkalimetrical
alkalimetrical
adj
Alternative form of alkalimetric
alkalimetrically
alkalimetrically
adv
By means of alkalimetry.
antiblackism
antiblackism
noun
Antiblack sentiments or politics.
antileukemic
antileukemic
adj
(oncology, pharmacology) Preventing or countering leukemia.
noun
Any drug that prevents or counters leukemia.
armlock
armlock
noun
(figuratively, by extension) Power to control or heavily influence something or someone.
A wrestling move in which the opponent's arm is held immobile.
Any of several distinct attacks against an opponent’s arm in martial arts.
verb
(transitive) To hold in an armlock.
armlocks
armlocks
noun
plural of armlock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of armlock
bibliokleptomaniac
bibliokleptomaniac
noun
Someone who suffers from bibliokleptomania.
blackamoor
blackamoor
noun
(archaic, often offensive) A person with dark skin, especially one from north Africa.
(heraldry) A stylized Negro.
A blackamoor slave, a blackamoor servant; and hence any slave, servant, inferior, or child.
blackamoors
blackamoors
noun
plural of blackamoor
blackarm
blackdamp
blackdamp
noun
Choke damp.
blackguardism
blackguardism
noun
Blackguardly behaviour or language.
blackgum
blackgum
noun
Alternative form of black gum (“tree”)
blackgums
blackgums
noun
plural of blackgum
blacklegism
blacklegism
noun
The character or actions of a blackleg.
blackmail
blackmail
noun
(England law, historical) Black rent, or rent paid in corn, meat, or the lowest coin, as opposed to white rent, which was paid in silver.
(archaic) A form of protection money (or corn, cattle, etc.) anciently paid, in the north of England and south of Scotland, to the allies of robbers in order to be spared from pillage.
Compromising material that can be used to extort someone, dirt.
The extortion of money or favours by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure.
verb
(Kenya) To speak ill of someone; to defame someone.
(transitive) To extort money or favors from (a person) by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, such as injury to reputation, distress of mind, false accusation, etc.
blackmailed
blackmailed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blackmail
blackmailer
blackmailer
noun
Someone who blackmails.
blackmailers
blackmailers
noun
plural of blackmailer
blackmailing
blackmailing
noun
The act of one who blackmails.
verb
present participle of blackmail
blackmails
blackmails
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blackmail
blackman
blackman
noun
(nonstandard) Alternative form of black man
blackmore
blackmun
blackmur
blacksmith
blacksmith
noun
(informal) A person who shoes horses.
A blackish fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis punctipinnis).
A person who forges iron.
verb
(intransitive) To work as a blacksmith.
blacksmithing
blacksmithing
noun
the business of a blacksmith
verb
present participle of blacksmith
blacksmiths
blacksmiths
noun
plural of blacksmith
blockheadism
blockheadism
noun
The character or behaviour of a blockhead; stupidity.
blockmaker
blockmaker
noun
A manufacturer of blocks for use in printing.
A manufacturer of nautical blocks.
blockmaking
blockmaking
noun
The manufacture of blocks for use in printing.
The manufacture of nautical blocks.
blockman
bullockman
calakmul
camelback
camelback
noun
(countable) A camelback sofa or chair.
(countable) A flexible water container worn on the back.
(countable) A house with a second storey that does not completely cover the ground floor.
(countable, rail transport) A railway locomotive that has its cab in the middle as opposed to at the end.
(uncountable) A type of rubber used in tyre restoration.
(uncountable) The backs of camels.
camelkeeper
camellike
camellike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a camel.
candlemaker
candlemaker
noun
Someone who makes candles; chandler.
candlemaking
candlemaking
noun
The manufacture of candles.
chameleonlike
chameleonlike
adj
Alternative form of chameleon-like.
championlike
championlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a champion.
chikmagalur
chilmark
chimalakwe
cinnamonlike
cinnamonlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of cinnamon.
clackama
clackamas
clackmannan
clackmannan
Proper noun
a town in council area, Scotland, which was the county town of the historic county of until 1822
a local government district in Region, Scotland, created in 1975 when the county of Clackmannanshire was abolished, and renamed again in 1996 when it became a council area.
clackmannanshire
clackmannanshire
Proper noun
A historic county in Scotland (abolished in 1975) and present-day council area (created 1996) bordering the council areas of Stirling, Fife, and
clambake
clambake
adj
(figurative) Informal, makeshift, sloppy.
noun
(New England) An informal beach party in which food, usually seafood, is cooked in a firepit dug in the sand, filled with hot coals.
(slang, chiefly West Coast US) An instance of smoking (usually marijuana) in an enclosed space.
(slang, vulgar) A meeting of predominantly females.
verb
(intransitive, slang, chiefly West Coast US) To smoke marijuana in an enclosed space such as a car with the windows up.
(transitive, slang, chiefly West Coast US) To enclose something and fill it with smoke by smoking (usually marijuana) inside it.
clambakes
clambakes
noun
plural of clambake
clamcracker
clamlike
clamlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a clam.
clankum
cloakmaker
cloakmaker
noun
Someone who makes cloaks.
cloakmaking
cloakmaking
noun
The manufacture of cloaks.
cloakroom
cloakroom
noun
(Britain, Ireland) A room intended for holding luggage, as at an airport.
(Britain, Ireland, euphemistic) A lavatory, now particularly a small secondary lavatory or a men's room.
A private lounge next to a legislative chamber.
A room intended for holding guests' cloaks and other heavy outerwear, as at a theater or night club.
cloakrooms
cloakrooms
noun
plural of cloakroom
clockmaker
clockmaker
noun
A person who makes clocks.
clockmaking
clockmaking
noun
The art or trade of a clockmaker; the manufacture of clocks.
clogmaker
clogmaker
noun
A manufacturer of clogs (type of shoe).
clogmaking
clogmaking
noun
The manufacture of clogs (type of shoe).
clothmaker
clothmaker
noun
A person who makes cloth.
clothmaking
clothmaking
noun
The art or trade of a clothmaker.
cockalorum
cockalorum
noun
(countable) A menial yet self-important person; a person who makes empty boasts.
(uncountable) A game similar to leapfrog.
(uncountable) Boastful speech, crowing.
cockalorums
cockalorums
noun
plural of cockalorum
colormaker
colormaker
noun
(American spelling) A maker of paints or dyes; a colorman.
colormaking
colormaking
noun
The manufacture of paints or dyes.
coxankylometer
cradlemaker
cradlemaker
noun
One who makes cradles.
cradlemaking
cradlemaking
noun
The manufacture of cradles.
craftsmanlike
craftsmanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman
creamlike
creamlike
adj
Resembling cream.
cymballike
cymballike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cymbal.
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
electrokinematics
flockman
flockmaster
flockmaster
noun
A head shepherd.
gulfhammock
hackeymal
hackmall
haeckelism
hammerlock
hammerlock
noun
A hold, in wrestling, in which an opponent's arm is twisted up behind his back; an armlock
hammerlocks
hammerlocks
noun
plural of hammerlock
hammocklike
hammocklike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a hammock.
hamshackle
hamshackle
verb
(transitive) To tie (an animal) by a rope binding the head to one of the forelegs.
(transitive, figurative) To bind or restrain; to impose restrictions upon.
heckimal
hyperkalemic
hyperkalemic
adj
Having a high percentage of potassium in one's blood.
hypermakroskelic
hypokalemic
hypokalemic
adj
Having a low percentage of potassium in one's blood.
jacksmelt
jacksmelt
noun
Atherinopsis californiensis, an edible neotropical silverside native to the Pacific coast of North America.
jacksmelts
jacksmelts
noun
plural of jacksmelt
kalmick
kalmuck
kalmuck
noun
A kind of shaggy cloth resembling bearskin.
kalymmocyte
kamachile
kamachile
noun
Alternative form of camachile
kamanichile
kamchadal
kamchadal
Noun
A member of the ethnic group who are the original inhabitants of the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia.
kamptulicon
kamptulicon
noun
(archaic) A kind of elastic floorcloth, made of India rubber, gutta-percha, linseed oil, and powdered cork.
karyochylema
karyoplasmatic
karyoplasmic
karyoplasmic
adj
Relating to, or composed of karyoplasm
kascamiol
keratomalacia
keratomalacia
noun
An eye disorder that leads to a dry cornea, often caused by a deficiency of vitamin A.
kilmarnock
kilmarnock
Proper noun
A town in East Ayrshire council area, Scotland
kilmichael
kilomegacycle
kilomegacycle
noun
gigahertz (1000 megacycles)
kilometrical
kinematical
kinematical
adj
kinematic
kinematically
kinematically
adv
In a kinematic manner
With regard to kinematics
kinematographical
kinematographical
adj
cinematographical
kinematographically
kinoplasmic
kinoplasmic
adj
of or related to kinoplasm
kleptomaniac
kleptomaniac
noun
One who steals compulsively.
kleptomaniacal
kleptomaniacal
adj
Having a compulsion to steal, as a kleptomaniac does.
kleptomaniacs
kleptomaniacs
noun
plural of kleptomaniac
klockmannite
klockmannite
noun
A copper-selenium mineral (CuSe)
klootchman
klootchman
noun
(US, Canada, western dialects) Woman, wife (especially if Native American).
kramlich
lacemaker
lacemaker
noun
A person who makes lace.
lacemaking
lacemaking
noun
The manufacture of lace.
lackeydom
lackeydom
noun
The realm or sphere of lackeys.
lackeyism
lackeyism
noun
Fawning servility.
lamarck
lamarckia
lamarckian
lamarckian
Noun
A supporter or an advocate of Lamarckism.
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Lamarckism.
lamarckianism
lamarckism
lamarckism
Noun
The theory that structural variations, characteristic of species and genera, are produced in animals and plants by the direct influence of physical environments, and especially, in the case of animals, by effort, or by use or disuse of certain organs.
lamback
lameduck
lammock
lampblack
lampblack
noun
An amorphous form of carbon made from incompletely burned organic matter; used to make pigments and inks.
verb
(transitive) To blacken (something) using this form of carbon.
lampblacked
lampblacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of lampblack
lampblacking
lampblacking
verb
present participle of lampblack
lampwick
leukaemic
leukaemic
adj
Characteristic of, or associated with leukaemia.
leukocythemia
lockeanism
lockerman
lockerman
noun
A person in charge of a refrigerated storage locker.
lockianism
lockmaker
lockmaker
noun
A manufacturer of locks.
lockmaking
lockmaking
noun
The manufacture of locks.
lockman
lockman
noun
(Isle of Man) An officer who acts as a kind of undersheriff to the governor.