(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
acmaeidae
acridinium
acridinium
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any cation produced by protonation of an acridine.
acridium
acridonium
acridonium
noun
Alternative form of acridinium
acroconidium
acrodactylum
acrodactylum
noun
The upper surface of a toe
acrodermatitis
acrodermatitis
noun
(pathology) dermatitis that affects the hands and feet
acrodontism
acrodrome
acrodrome
adj
(botany, of the veins of a leaf) That run parallel to the edges of the leaf and meet at the tip
acrodromous
acrodromous
adj
(botany) Alternative form of acrodrome
acromiocoracoid
acromiocoracoid
adj
(medicine) Pertaining to the acromion and the coracoid process.
acromiodeltoid
acromiohyoid
acromyodi
acromyodian
acromyodian
noun
Any passerine songbird of the former taxon Acromyodi
acromyodic
acromyodic
adj
Relating to the acromyodians
acromyodous
acromyodous
adj
Synonym of acromyodic
acronymized
acronymized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acronymize
acropodium
acropodium
noun
(anatomy) The upper surface of the foot
(architecture) A plinth or pedestal bearing a statue
acroscleroderma
acroscleroderma
noun
Synonym of sclerodactyly
acrydium
acrylamides
acrylamides
noun
plural of acrylamide
actinodermatitis
actinodermatitis
noun
actinic dermatitis
actinodrome
actinodrome
adj
Alternative form of actinodromous
actinodromous
actinodromous
adj
(botany) having palmate veins
actinomyxidia
actinomyxidiida
acuminated
acuminated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acuminate
acylamido
acylamido
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any radical derived from an acyl amide
acylamidobenzene
adactylism
adactylism
noun
(biology, medicine) Synonym of adactyly.
adagissimo
adagissimo
adv
(music) Very slowly.
adam
adama
adamance
adamance
noun
The quality of being adamant
adamances
adamancies
adamancies
noun
plural of adamancy
adamancy
adamancy
noun
The property of being adamant.
adamant
adamant
adj
(of an object) Very difficult to break, pierce, or cut.
(said of people and their conviction) Firm; unshakeable; unyielding; determined.
noun
(obsolete) A lodestone.
An embodiment of impregnable hardness.
An imaginary rock or mineral of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme hardness.
adamantean
adamantean
adj
Of adamant; hard as adamant.
adamantine
adamantine
adj
Like the diamond in hardness or luster.
Made of adamant, or having the qualities of adamant; incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated.
adamantinoma
adamantinoma
noun
(medicine) A rare bone cancer usually occurring in the bones of the lower leg and involving both epithelial and osteofibrous tissue.
(medicine, obsolete) A benign tumor of the jaw occurring occasionally in young people. These tumors originate in the enamel organ, developing from the remains of its epithelium, and may reach the size of an apple.
adamantlies
adamantly
adamantly
adv
In an immovable or inflexible manner.
adamantness
adamantoblast
adamantoblast
noun
(obsolete) ameloblast
adamantoblastoma
adamantoid
adamantoid
noun
A crystal characterized by being bound by 48 equal triangles; a hexoctahedron.
adamantoma
adamantoma
noun
Alternative spelling of adamantinoma
adamants
adamants
noun
plural of adamant
adamas
adamastor
adamastor
noun
A hideous phantom
adamawa
adambulacral
adambulacral
adj
Next to the ambulacra
noun
Such an ossicle or spine
adamec
adamek
adamellite
adamellite
noun
(mineralogy) monzonite
adamello
adamhood
adamic
adamic
Adjective
Of, relating to, or resembling the Biblical character Adam.
adamical
adamical
Adjective
Adamic
adamically
adamik
adamina
adaminah
adamine
adamis
adamite
adamite
noun
(mineralogy) A zinc arsenate hydroxide mineral, Zn₂AsO₄OH.
A descendant of Adam; a human being.
adamitic
adamitical
adamitism
adamitism
noun
Rare form of Adamitism.
adamo
adamok
adams
adamsbasin
adamsburg
adamsen
adamsia
adamsite
adamsite
noun
An organic compound, diphenylaminechlorarsine, used as a riot-control agent.
adamsites
adamski
adamson
adamstown
adamstown
Proper noun
The capital and only settlement of the
A village in Ireland
A in Maryland.
A borough in Pennsylvania.
adamsun
adamsville
adaptionism
adaptionism
noun
Alternative form of adaptationism
adaptometer
adaptometer
noun
An optometric instrument that measures the minimum threshold of brightness that can be detected or how well the human eye can adapt to a recently darkened environment.
adarbitrium
adarme
adarme
noun
(historical) A traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 1.8 g.
(historical) Synonym of peso, during periods when it was a Spanish coin notionally equivalent to an adarme of gold.
adatom
adatom
noun
(materials science) An atom that lies on a crystal surface
addam
addams
addeem
addeem
verb
(transitive, now rare, archaic) To adjudge; to try, test.
(transitive, obsolete) To deem; think; judge; esteem; account; determine; be of an opinion.
addendum
addendum
noun
(engineering) The height by which the tooth of a gear projects beyond (outside for external, or inside for internal) the standard pitch circle or pitch line.
A postscript.
Something to be added; especially text added as an appendix or supplement to a document.
addendums
addiment
addiment
noun
(immunology, archaic) Synonym of complement
additament
additament
noun
(archaic) An addition; something added.
additamentary
additiment
additum
addlement
addlement
noun
confusion; an addled state
addoom
addoom
verb
(obsolete) To adjudge.
adeem
adeem
verb
(law, transitive) To revoke (a legacy, grant, etc.) or to satisfy it by some other gift.
adeemed
adeemed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adeem
adeeming
adeeming
verb
present participle of adeem
adeems
adeems
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adeem
adelarthrosomata
adelarthrosomatous
adelomorphic
adelomorphous
adelomorphous
adj
(medicine) Having a form that is not clearly defined, especially as applied to the principal cells in the pepsin glands of the stomach.
adelphogamy
adelphogamy
noun
A form of polyandry where a woman is married to two or more brothers.
Marriage between a brother and a sister.
ademonist
adempt
adempt
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To take away.
adempted
adempted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adempt
ademption
ademption
noun
(law) In the law of wills, the determination of what happens when property left under a will is no longer in the testator's estate when the testator dies.
adenectomies
adenectomies
noun
plural of adenectomy
adenectomy
adenectomy
noun
(medicine) The removal of all or part of the adenoid glands by surgery.
adenemphractic
adenemphraxis
adeniform
adeniform
adj
Shaped like a gland; adenoid.
adenoacanthoma
adenoacanthoma
noun
(pathology) An adenocarcinoma characterised by the presence of squamous cells
adenocarcinoma
adenocarcinoma
noun
(oncology) Any of several forms of carcinoma that originate in glandular tissue.
adenocarcinomas
adenocarcinomas
noun
plural of adenocarcinoma
adenocarcinomata
adenocarcinomatous
adenocarcinomatous
adj
Of or pertaining to adenocarcinomas
adenochondroma
adenochondroma
noun
(pathology) A hamartoma consisting of glandular and cartilaginous tissue
adenochondrosarcoma
adenochrome
adenochrome
noun
A red pigment present in the branchial heart tissue of the octopus
adenocystoma
adenocystoma
noun
(pathology) An adenoma in which the neoplastic glandular epithelium forms cysts
adenocystomatous
adenodermia
adenofibroma
adenofibroma
noun
(pathology) A benign glandular and fibrous (connective) neoplasm
adenoidectomies
adenoidectomies
noun
plural of adenoidectomy
adenoidectomy
adenoidectomy
noun
(surgery) Surgical removal of the adenoids, or of adenoid growths in the nasopharynx; commonly performed along with tonsillectomy.
adenoidism
adenoidism
noun
adenoiditis
adenoliomyofibroma
adenolipoma
adenolipoma
noun
(oncology) A benign lipoma of a gland containing both glandular and fat tissue.
adenolipomatosis
adenolipomatosis
noun
(pathology) The formation of numerous adenolipomas in the neck, axilla and groin
adenolymphocele
adenolymphocele
noun
(pathology) cystic dilation of lymph nodes caused by an obstruction
adenolymphoma
adenolymphoma
noun
A kind of benign tumour of the salivary glands.
adenoma
adenoma
noun
(pathology) A benign tumour of the epithelium arising from or resembling a gland.
adenomalacia
adenomas
adenomata
adenomata
noun
plural of adenoma
adenomatome
adenomatous
adenomatous
adj
Of or pertaining to adenoma
adenomeningeal
adenometritis
adenomycosis
adenomyofibroma
adenomyoma
adenomyoma
noun
A complex tumor including components derived from glands and muscle.