(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
afterswarming
aimworthiness
aimworthiness
noun
The quality of having good aim (with a weapon).
aircraftswomen
aircraftswomen
noun
plural of aircraftswoman
aircrewman
aircrewman
noun
A member of a military aircrew.
aircrewmen
aircrewmen
noun
plural of aircrewman
airwomen
airwomen
noun
plural of airwoman
alderwoman
alderwoman
noun
(rare) A female alderman.
alderwomen
alderwomen
noun
plural of alderwoman
almswomen
almswomen
noun
plural of almswoman
anchorwomen
anchorwomen
noun
plural of anchorwoman
angleworm
angleworm
noun
(Northern US) An earthworm, used as or destined to be used as bait to catch fish.
angleworms
angleworms
noun
plural of angleworm
anthemwise
anthemwise
adv
(obsolete, music) Alternately.
antiendowment
antiendowment
adj
Opposing an endowment.
antipewism
applewoman
applewoman
noun
(historical) A woman who sells apples.
assemblywoman
assemblywoman
noun
A female member of an assembly.
assemblywomen
assemblywomen
noun
plural of assemblywoman
awakenment
awakenment
noun
An awakening.
awardment
awardment
noun
The giving of an award; something awarded.
awellimiden
awesomeness
awesomeness
noun
The quality of being awesome.
backswordmen
backswordmen
noun
plural of backswordman
backwoodsmen
backwoodsmen
noun
plural of backwoodsman
bagwomen
bagwomen
noun
plural of bagwoman
bantamweight
bantamweight
noun
(boxing) A weight class in boxing and other sports, intermediate between flyweight and featherweight. In boxing it ranges from 112 to 118 pounds (51 to 54 kg).
A boxer or other competitor of this weight.
bantamweights
bantamweights
noun
plural of bantamweight
basementward
basementward
adv
Toward a basement.
basketwoman
basketwoman
noun
(historical) A woman who sells goods from a basket.
batwomen
batwomen
noun
plural of batwoman
beadswoman
beadswoman
noun
A female beadsman.
beadswomen
beadswomen
noun
plural of beadswoman
bedeswoman
bedeswoman
noun
Alternative form of beadswoman
bedeswomen
bedeswomen
noun
plural of bedeswoman
bedewoman
beekmantown
beggarwoman
beggarwoman
noun
A female beggar.
bellowsmaking
bellowsman
benchwarmer
benchwarmer
noun
Alternative spelling of bench-warmer
benchwarmers
benchwarmers
noun
plural of benchwarmer
bestowment
bestowment
noun
Something, such as an honour, that is bestowed.
The act of bestowing or conferring something, especially an honour; bestowal
bestrewment
beswarming
beswarming
verb
present participle of beswarm
betweenmaid
betweentimes
betweentimes
adv
In an interim period; meanwhile.
bewailment
bewailment
noun
The act of bewailing.
bewilderment
bewilderment
noun
A confusing or perplexing situation.
The state of being bewildered.
bewilderments
bewilderments
noun
plural of bewilderment
bewitchment
bewitchment
noun
The characteristic of being bewitched.
bewitchments
bewitchments
noun
plural of bewitchment
beworming
bewrayment
bewrayment
noun
The act or process of bewraying; betrayal
birdwomen
birdwomen
noun
plural of birdwoman
blameworthiness
blameworthiness
noun
The characteristic of being blameworthy.
blameworthinesses
bondswomen
bondswomen
noun
plural of bondswoman
bondwomen
bondwomen
noun
plural of bondwoman
bowermaiden
bowerman
bowerwoman
bowerwoman
noun
(historical) A female servant who waits upon a lady in her bedroom.
bowmansdale
bowmansville
bowmen
bowmen
noun
plural of bowman
brimstonewort
brimstonewort
noun
Rosa canina, the dog rose.
bushelwoman
bushelwoman
noun
(US, dialect) A tailor's female assistant for repairing garments.
businesswoman
businesswoman
noun
A woman involved in business.
businesswomen
businesswomen
noun
plural of businesswoman
butterwoman
butterwoman
noun
(dated) A woman who makes or sells butter.
buttwomen
byeworkman
byrewoman
byrlawmen
camerawoman
camerawoman
noun
A woman who operates any kind of camera.
camerawomen
camerawomen
noun
plural of camerawoman
campbelltown
campbeltown
cankerworm
cankerworm
noun
(figurative) A corrupting or destructive force.
Either of two caterpillars, the larvae of geometrid moths, that are destructive to fruit, buds and leaves.
cankerworms
cankerworms
noun
plural of cankerworm
carpenterworm
carpenterworm
noun
The larva of the moth Prionoxystus robinae
causewayman
causewayman
noun
A man employed to build a causeway.
cellarwoman
cellarwoman
noun
A female cellarman.
cementwork
chairwomen
chairwomen
noun
plural of chairwoman
chamberwoman
chamberwoman
noun
Synonym of chambermaid
charwomen
charwomen
noun
plural of charwoman
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.
checkweighmen
checkweighmen
noun
plural of checkweighman
chemawinite
churchwardenism
churchwomen
churchwomen
noun
plural of churchwoman
clanswomen
clanswomen
noun
plural of clanswoman
clergywoman
clergywoman
noun
A woman belonging to a clergyman's family.
An ordained (female) Christian minister; a female member of the clergy.
clergywomen
clergywomen
noun
plural of clergywoman
clubwomen
clubwomen
noun
plural of clubwoman
cochairwomen
cochairwomen
noun
plural of cochairwoman
columnwise
columnwise
adj
By columns; one column at a time.
comedown
comedown
noun
A calm, mellow period experienced after the initial high from taking drugs.
A sudden drop to a lower status, condition or level; a disappointment or letdown.
comedowns
comedowns
noun
plural of comedown
committeewoman
committeewoman
noun
(US) A woman who is a local leader of a political party.
A woman who is a member of a committee.
committeewomen
committeewomen
noun
plural of committeewoman
commonweal
commonweal
noun
(obsolete or archaic) The common good; public wellbeing or prosperity
The body politic; republic
commonweals
commonweals
noun
plural of commonweal
commonwealth
commonwealth
noun
(obsolete) The well-being of a community.
Republic. Often capitalized, as Commonwealth.
The entirety of a (secular) society, a polity, a state.
commonwealthism
commonwealthism
noun
(politics) The condition or policy of operating as a commonwealth.
commonwealths
commonwealths
noun
plural of commonwealth
communitywide
communitywide
adj
Throughout a community.
componentwise
componentwise
adj
In terms of components.
congresswoman
congresswoman
noun
(US) A female member of the House of Representatives
A female member of congress
congresswomen
congresswomen
noun
plural of congresswoman
councilwomen
councilwomen
noun
plural of councilwoman
counterembowed
counterembowed
adj
(heraldry) Bent, curved or arched in two directions, both to the left and to the right, or both upwards and downwards.
counterwarmth
countrywomen
countrywomen
noun
plural of countrywoman
cowmen
cowmen
noun
plural of cowman
craftswomen
craftswomen
noun
plural of craftswoman
crewman
crewman
noun
(Canada, military) Synonym of armoured crewman
A member of a crew, especially the crew of a ship.
crewmanship
crewmanship
noun
The skills and abilities of a crewman.
The status or role of crewman.
crewmen
crewmen
noun
plural of crewman
cromwellian
cromwellian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Oliver Cromwell, his ideas or policies
Noun
A partisan of Oliver Cromwell
crossbowmen
crossbowmen
noun
plural of crossbowman
crownmaker
crownmaker
noun
A manufacturer of crowns.
crownment
crownment
noun
(obsolete) The act of crowning; coronation.
dairywomen
dairywomen
noun
plural of dairywoman
daleswoman
daleswoman
noun
A female dalesman.
deepwaterman
deepwatermen
deflowerment
deflowerment
Noun
The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.
demiwivern
deworming
deworming
noun
The elimination of parasitic worms from an animal.
verb
present participle of deworm
deywoman
diamondwise
diamondwise
adj
Oriented like a diamond.
dimwittedness
dimwittedness
noun
The state or condition of being dimwitted.
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
disavowment
disavowment
noun
disavowal
discrownment
disemboweling
disemboweling
noun
The act by which somebody is disemboweled.
verb
present participle of disembowel
disembowelling
disembowelling
noun
The act by which somebody is disembowelled.
verb
(chiefly Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa) present participle of disembowel
disembowelment
disembowelment
noun
The act of disemboweling.
disembowelments
disembowelments
noun
plural of disembowelment
disendowment
disendowment
noun
The act of depriving of an endowment or endowments.
disownment
disownment
noun
The act of disowning.
disownments
disownments
noun
plural of disownment
dowment
downcome
downcome
noun
A downpour of rain.
A tumbling or falling down; a sudden or heavy fall; an overthrow; ruin; destruction.
In ironmaking, a pipe that leads combustible gases downward from the top of the blast furnace to the hot-blast stoves, boilers, etc., where they are burned.
verb
To come down; fall down; come or fall apart.
downcomer
downcomer
noun
A large external pipe in a water-tube boiler, carrying unheated water from the steam drum down to the water drum as part of the circulation path.
A pipe for leading the hot gases from the top of a blast furnace downward to the regenerators, boilers, etc.
downcomes
downcomes
noun
plural of downcome
downsome
downsome
adj
Low-spirited; melancholy.
downstream
downstream
adj
(biology) Towards the 3′ end of a DNA molecule.
(computer networking) In the direction from the server to the client.
(metaphoric) Occurring later than something else; (also, usually, especially) influenced by something else; being a consequence of something else.
Further along in the flow of current, in relation to a river, stream, bloodstream, or other flow of fluid.
adv
Following the path of a river or stream
verb
To stream downward.
downtime
downtime
noun
A period of time set aside for rest and relaxation; leisure time.
The amount of time lost due to forces beyond one's control, as with a computer crash.