(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
anticlockwise
anticlockwise
adj
(South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, British, Ireland, of movement) in a circular fashion so as to be moving to the left at the top of the circle and to the right at the bottom (when viewed from the front), in the opposite direction to the way the hands of an analogue clock move.
adv
(Australia, New Zealand, Britian, Ireland) In an anticlockwise fashion.
backblow
backflow
backflow
noun
The flow of a fluid (through a pipe etc.) in a direction opposite to that which is normal or intended.
verb
To flow in the wrong or backward direction.
backflowing
backflowing
adj
flowing backwards
verb
present participle of backflow
belowdecks
belowdecks
adv
(nautical) Below the main deck of a ship.
blackfellow
blackfellow
noun
(Australia, now usually considered offensive) A (male) Australian Aborigine.
blackfellows
blackfellows
noun
plural of blackfellow
blackwood
blackwood
noun
(uncountable) The very dark wood of such trees.
African blackwood (Dalbergia melanoxylon), of Africa
Australian blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon), of eastern Australia
Bombay blackwood (Dalbergia latifolia), of India
Haematoxylum campechianum, a tree from Mexico.
blackwork
blackwork
noun
(obsolete) Work connected with funerals, as an undertaker's assistant or a maker of mourning clothes, etc.
(sewing) A form of counted-thread embroidery that is usually stitched on even-weave fabric with a twisted thread.
blackwort
bleachworks
bleachworks
noun
A factory that manufactures bleach.
blockwood
blowback
blowback
noun
(computing) Synonym of backscatter.
(firearms) A type of action where the pressure from the fired cartridge blows a sliding mechanism backward to extract the fired cartridge, chamber another cartridge, and cock the hammer.
(rail transport) On a steam locomotive, the reversal of exhaust gases when the regulator is closed without using the blower.
(slang) The act of shotgunning (inhaling from a pipe etc. and exhaling into another smoker's mouth).
An unintended adverse result, especially of covert political action.
blowbacks
blowbacks
noun
plural of blowback
blowcock
bolckow
brockwell
cankerflower
chalkworker
classwork
classwork
noun
That part of a scholar's work that is done in class.
cloakwise
cloakwise
adv
In the manner of a cloak.
clockwatcher
clockwatcher
noun
Alternative form of clock-watcher
clockwise
clockwise
adj
Moving clockwise; having rotary motion in the manner of a clock.
adv
In a curve or twist corresponding to the movement of the hands of a clock.
clockwork
clockwork
adj
Driven by clockwork.
Very smooth and regular.
noun
A mechanism powered by a coiled spring and regulated by some form of escapement; the power is transmitted through toothed gearwheels and used to drive a mechanical clock, toy, or other device.
The action of behaving mechanically in the manner of a clock.
clockworked
clockworks
clockworks
noun
plural of clockwork
clothworker
clothworker
noun
A textile worker.
cocklewife
cokewold
constablewick
constablewick
noun
(obsolete) The district to which a constable's power is limited.
contraclockwise
contraclockwise
adv
counterclockwise
counterclockwise
counterclockwise
adj
(US, Canada) Moving or located in the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
adv
(US, Canada) In the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
cowlick
cowlick
noun
An unruly lock or section of hair that sticks straight out from the skull or lies at an angle at odds with the rest of an individual's hair, like a whorl or vortex.
cowlicks
cowlicks
noun
plural of cowlick
cowlike
cowlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cow.
crewelwork
crewelwork
noun
embroidery made using a crewel
crewelworks
crewelworks
noun
plural of crewelwork
crosswalk
crosswalk
noun
(US) A point designated for pedestrians to cross a street.
(databases) A mapping between equivalent elements (fields) in different database schemas.
verb
(databases) To map equivalent elements (fields) in different database schemas.
crosswalks
crosswalks
noun
plural of crosswalk
crownlike
crownlike
adj
Resembling a crown.
cuckooflower
cuckooflower
noun
lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis)
ragged robin (Silene flos-cuculi, syn. Lychnis flos-cuculi)
disacknowledge
disacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
electroweak
electroweak
adj
(physics) Describing the combination of the electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces.
flockowner
flockowner
noun
Someone who owns a flock of animals.
flockwise
flockwise
adv
In or as a flock.
flowerpecker
flowerpecker
noun
Any member of the family Dicaeidae of passerine birds, many of which feed on nectar.
forebackwardly
lacework
lacework
noun
A piece or example of lace.
laceworker
laceworker
noun
Synonym of lacemaker
laceworks
laceworks
noun
A factory that produces lace.
lacquerwork
lacquerwork
noun
Artistic or decorative work made with lacquer.
lacquerworks
lacquerworks
noun
plural of lacquerwork
lacwork
lacwork
noun
Ornamentation by means of lacquer.
latticework
latticework
noun
A lattice or lattice-like structure; interlacing laths or strips.
latticeworks
latticeworks
noun
plural of latticework
lockjaw
lockjaw
noun
(pathology) A spasmodic, nervous system disease brought on by the tetanus bacteria. It causes muscles to seize up and may cause death by suffocation.
lockjaws
lockjaws
noun
plural of lockjaw
lockwood
lockwood
Proper noun
An area of Huddersfield named after a local family
lockwork
lockwork
noun
(firearms) The assembly forming the firing mechanism of a gun.
lodowick
lucknow
lucknow
Proper noun
State capital of Uttar Pradesh (India).
mackallow
misacknowledge
misacknowledge
verb
(rare) To fail to acknowledge; to acknowledge wrongly.
nonacknowledgment
nonacknowledgment
noun
Absence of acknowledgment; failure to acknowledge something.
pickleworm
pickleworm
noun
Diaphania nitidalis, a crambid moth with wide triangular wings, a serious agricultural pest.
plowback
plowbacks
preacknowledge
preacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To acknowledge in advance.
preacknowledged
preacknowledged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of preacknowledge
preacknowledgement
preacknowledgement
noun
Alternative form of preacknowledgment
preacknowledging
preacknowledging
verb
present participle of preacknowledge
preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
noun
acknowledgment in advance
reacknowledge
reacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To acknowledge again or anew.
reacknowledged
reacknowledged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reacknowledge
reacknowledging
reacknowledging
verb
present participle of reacknowledge
reacknowledgment
reacknowledgment
noun
Alternative form of reacknowledgement
rockafellow
rockwall
rockwell
rowlock
rowlock
noun
(nautical, chiefly Britain) A usually U-shaped pivot attached to the gunwale (outrigger in a sport boat) of a boat that supports and guides an oar, and provides a fulcrum for rowing; an oarlock (mostly US).
rowlocks
rowlocks
noun
plural of rowlock
scalework
scalework
noun
Artistic ornamentation resembling the scales of a fish.
schoolwork
schoolwork
noun
Work done for school, including both in class and homework.
schoolworks
scrollwork
scrollwork
noun
Ornamentation in a scroll pattern, especially in woodwork.
scrollworks
scrollworks
noun
plural of scrollwork
sicklewort
sicklewort
noun
A plant of the genus Coronilla (especially, Coronilla scorpioides), with curved pods.
The heal-all (Prunella vulgaris).
slowback
slowback
noun
(archaic, slang) A lubber; an idle fellow; a loiterer.
stockwell
stockwell
Proper noun
a suburb in south London, England
superacknowledgment
swashbucklerdom
unacknowledged
unacknowledged
adj
Not acknowledged.
unacknowledgedness
unacknowledging
unacknowledging
adj
Failing to acknowledge.
verb
present participle of unacknowledge
unacknowledgment
unacknowledgment
noun
Lack of acknowledgment; failure to acknowledge.
vowinckel
warlock
warlock
noun
A male magic-user; a male witch.
warlockry
warlockry
noun
Wizardry; witchcraft.
warlocks
warlocks
noun
plural of warlock
waterlocked
wedlock
wedlock
noun
(obsolete) A wife; a married woman.
wedlocks
wedlocks
noun
plural of wedlock
weighlock
weighlock
noun
A lock, as on a canal, in which boats are weighed and their tonnage is settled.
wenlock
wenlock
Adjective
Of a geologic epoch within the Silurian period from about 428 to 423 million years ago; marked by the appearance of the first corals.
Proper noun
The Wenlock epoch.
wenlockian
whallock
wheelock
whilock
whitlock
wicklow
wicklow
noun
Misspelling of whitlow.
willock
willowick
winlock
wollock
womanmuckle
woodblock
woodblock
noun
(music) A percussion instrument consisting of a hollow block of wood struck with a drumstick.
(philately) The emergency issue of the Cape triangles, printed in 1861.
(printing) A wooden block used as a printing form.
A woodcut.
woodblocks
woodblocks
noun
plural of woodblock
woodlocked
woolpack
woolpack
noun
(heraldry) A charge resembling a pillow or cushion.
A bag of wool, traditionally weighing 240 pounds.
A cirrocumulus cloud.
woolpacks
woolpacks
noun
plural of woolpack
woolsack
woolsack
noun
A bag or bale of wool.
A seat made of wool; (specifically) the traditional seat of the British Lord Chancellor (since 2006 of the Lord Speaker of the House of Lords); hence (by metonymy) the post of Lord-Chancellor.
Synonym of corestone
woolsacks
woolsacks
noun
plural of woolsack
woolstock
woolstock
noun
A heavy wooden hammer for milling cloth.
workaholic
workaholic
adj
In the nature or manner of a workaholic.
noun
A person who feels compelled to work excessively, including while at home.
workaholics
workaholics
noun
plural of workaholic
workplace
workplace
noun
The place where someone works.
worlock
wristlock
wristlock
noun
(combat sport) A wrestling hold in which the opponent is immobilized by having their wrist tightly held.
wytopitlock
yellowback
yellowback
noun
A cheap sensational novel.
yellowcake
yellowcake
noun
A concentrated form of uranium ore containing a mixture of oxides.