(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
backgame
backgame
noun
(backgammon) A game in which a player blocks the opponent's progress by forming two or more points in the opponent's home board.
An indirect strategy in which one attempts to achieve one's goals by maneuvering behind the scenes.
backgammon
backgammon
noun
A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board.
{{lb|en|backgammon}} A victory in the game when the loser has not borne off a stone, and still has one or more stones in the winner's inner home row or on the bar.
verb
To win at a backgammon game with the opponent having one or more pieces in the winner’s inner home row or on the bar.
backgammons
backgammons
noun
plural of backgammon
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backgammon
backstamping
benchmarking
benchmarking
noun
A performance measurement according to a benchmark.
verb
present participle of benchmark
biscuitmaking
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.
blackmailing
blackmailing
noun
The act of one who blackmails.
verb
present participle of blackmail
blacksmithing
blacksmithing
noun
the business of a blacksmith
verb
present participle of blacksmith
blockmaking
blockmaking
noun
The manufacture of blocks for use in printing.
The manufacture of nautical blocks.
bodicemaking
brickmaking
brickmaking
noun
The manufacture of bricks.
bucketmaking
bucketmaking
noun
The manufacture of buckets.
buckingham
buckingham
Proper noun
A place name:
A town in Buckinghamshire, England.
A former city in Quebec, Canada, merged into Gatineau in 2002.
An unincorporated community in Colorado, USA, named after a railroad official.
A census-designated place in Florida, USA.
A village in Illinois, USA.
An unincorporated community in Iowa, USA, named after Buckingham County, VA.
A former city in Texas, USA, now part of Richardson, Texas.
A census-designated place and county seat of Buckingham County in Virginia, USA.
A dukedom in the English peerage.
An English habitational surname derived from the place name.
buckinghamshire
buckinghamshire
Proper noun
An inland county of England bounded by Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Greater London, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
buckraming
buckraming
verb
present participle of buckram
cabinetmaking
cabinetmaking
noun
The art of the cabinetmaker
cabinetmakings
cakemaking
cakemaking
noun
The making of cakes.
candlemaking
candlemaking
noun
The manufacture of candles.
candymaking
candymaking
noun
The manufacture of candy.
canmaking
capmaking
capmaking
noun
The manufacture of caps (the headgear).
cardmaking
cardmaking
noun
The manufacture of greeting cards (usually as a small-scale hobby).
carpetmaking
carpetmaking
noun
The manufacture of carpets.
cartmaking
cartmaking
noun
The manufacture of carts.
casemaking
casemaking
noun
The manufacture of cases.
cementmaking
chainmaking
chainmaking
noun
The manufacture of chains.
chairmaking
chairmaking
noun
The manufacture of chairs.
changemaker
changemaker
noun
One who makes a change.
checkmarking
checkmarking
verb
present participle of checkmark
checkmating
checkmating
verb
present participle of checkmate
checkweighman
checkweighman
noun
A person, elected by miners, whose task is to check what the mine owner's weighman states has been the amount of coal that has been mined; used especially if the miners' wages are related to production.
cheesemaking
cheesemaking
noun
The production of cheese
chickamauga
chikmagalur
cloakmaking
cloakmaking
noun
The manufacture of cloaks.
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).
clothmaking
clothmaking
noun
The art or trade of a clothmaker.
coachmaking
coachmaking
noun
The manufacture of coaches (vehicles).
coffinmaking
coffinmaking
noun
The manufacture of coffins.
coinmaking
coinmaking
noun
The manufacture of coins.
colormaking
colormaking
noun
The manufacture of paints or dyes.
comaking
combmaking
combmaking
noun
The manufacture of combs.
conemaking
coremaking
coremaking
noun
(engineering) The manufacture of the cores used to produce the hollow parts of castings.
corkmaking
couchmaking
couchmaking
noun
The manufacture of couches.
cradlemaking
cradlemaking
noun
The manufacture of cradles.
cratemaking
cratemaking
noun
The manufacture of crates.
creammaking
cupmaking
cupmaking
noun
The manufacture of cups.
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
facemaking
gamecock
gamecock
noun
A fighting cock: a rooster used in cockfighting.
gamecocks
gamecocks
noun
plural of gamecock
gammick
gammock
gammock
noun
(UK, dialect) A frolic; fun.
verb
(UK, dialect, intransitive) To frolic; to lark about.
gebrauchsmusik
gimcrack
gimcrack
adj
Showy but of poor quality; worthless.
noun
Something showy but worthless; a bauble or gimmick.
verb
(transitive) To embellish with gimcracks.
(transitive) To put together quickly and without much care; to bodge.
gimcrackery
gimcrackery
noun
tastelessness
gimcrackiness
gimcrackiness
noun
The quality of being gimcracky.
gimcracks
gimcracks
noun
plural of gimcrack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gimcrack
gimcracky
gimcracky
adj
Gimcrack.
gitanemuck
greenbackism
greenbackism
noun
A movement advocating for the inflation of the US currency.
gulfhammock
hughmanick
karyogamic
karyogamic
adj
Relating to karyogamy.
kerygmatic
kerygmatic
adj
Presumptuous.
Relating to the kerygmata.
kilomegacycle
kilomegacycle
noun
gigahertz (1000 megacycles)
kinematographic
kinematographical
kinematographical
adj
cinematographical
kinematographically
kymographic
kymographic
adj
Of or pertaining to a kymograph.
lacemaking
lacemaking
noun
The manufacture of lace.
lampblacking
lampblacking
verb
present participle of lampblack
lockmaking
lockmaking
noun
The manufacture of locks.
mackereling
mackereling
noun
Alternative form of mackerelling
mackling
mackling
verb
present participle of mackle
macksburg
mafficking
mafficking
noun
(dated) Extravagant rejoicings of a multitude.
magicked
magicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of magic
magicking
magicking
verb
present participle of magic
mammocking
mammocking
verb
present participle of mammock
mangohick
markgenossenschaft
matchmaking
matchmaking
noun
(business) A service aiming to bring together sellers and buyers or potential partners.
(video games) The act or process of locating suitable players to take part in a multiplayer game session.
An attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other, especially an attempt to set up a date between people or to arrange a marriage.
The manufacture of matches for kindling or burning.
verb
present participle of matchmake
matchmakings
matchmakings
noun
plural of matchmaking
matchmarking
meatpacking
meatpacking
noun
(US) The slaughter and further processing of animals for meat.
meatpackings
mecklenburgian
medevacking
medevacking
verb
present participle of medevac
medivacking
medivacking
verb
present participle of medivac
megabuck
megabuck
noun
(informal) A million dollars.
megabucks
megabucks
noun
(informal) Collectively, a very large amount of money (whether in dollars or other currency).
plural of megabuck
megakaryocyte
megakaryocyte
noun
(anatomy) A large cell, found in bone marrow, responsible for the production of platelets.
megakaryocytic
megakaryocytic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or containing megakaryocytes
megalokaryocyte
megalokaryocyte
noun
megakaryocyte
misacknowledge
misacknowledge
verb
(rare) To fail to acknowledge; to acknowledge wrongly.
mispackaged
mispackaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mispackage
mispackages
mispackages
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mispackage
mispackaging
mispackaging
verb
present participle of mispackage
mockage
mockage
noun
(obsolete) Mockery; mocking.
mosaicking
mosaicking
noun
A process in which a mosaic (of images) is constructed.
muckraking
muckraking
verb
present participle of muckrake
nicknaming
nicknaming
verb
present participle of nickname
nonacknowledgment
nonacknowledgment
noun
Absence of acknowledgment; failure to acknowledge something.
pacemaking
pacemaking
noun
The action of a pacemaker (in any sense)
pacemakings
packmaking
peacemaking
peacemaking
noun
The act of reconciling two people or groups who disagree.
peacemakings
peacemakings
noun
plural of peacemaking
picturemaking
placemaking
placemaking
noun
The planning, design and management of public spaces with regard to the communities that will inhabit them.
pockmarking
pockmarking
verb
present participle of pockmark
policymaking
policymaking
noun
the formulation of policies.
preacknowledgement
preacknowledgement
noun
Alternative form of preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
noun
acknowledgment in advance
reacknowledgment
reacknowledgment
noun
Alternative form of reacknowledgement
rockingham
rockingham
Proper noun
A village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England.
A city in North Carolina, USA, and county seat of Richmond County.
A town in Vermont.
A city in Western Australia.
Noun
A 19th-century style of finely decorated porcelain.
sackmaking
sackmaking
noun
The manufacture of sacks.
saucemaking
saucemaking
noun
(cooking) The making of sauces.
schomburgkia
shammocking
slammocking
smacking
smacking
adj
That resounds with a loud smack or series of smacks.
noun
A series of smacks; the act by which somebody is smacked.