(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
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
bellowsmaking
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
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
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
downtrampling
emboweling
embowelling
embowelling
noun
An act of disembowelment.
verb
present participle of embowel
englishwoman
englishwoman
Noun
A female native or inhabitant of England; a woman who is English by birth, descent or naturalisation.
englishwomen
flagworm
flagworm
noun
A worm or grub found among flags and sedge.
galleyworm
galleyworm
noun
A centipede or millipede.
gallowsmaker
gallowsmaker
noun
A manufacturer of gallows.
gentlewoman
gentlewoman
noun
(US, politics) A female member of a legislature, especially a female member of a House of Representatives.
(historical) A woman of the nobility.
gentlewomanhood
gentlewomanhood
noun
The qualities or condition of a gentlewoman.
gentlewomanish
gentlewomanlike
gentlewomanlike
adj
Characteristic of a gentlewoman; having the qualities of a gentlewoman.
adv
In a manner befitting a gentlewoman.
gentlewomanliness
gentlewomanliness
noun
The quality of being gentlewomanly.
gentlewomanly
gentlewomanly
adj
Having the manners or behavior of a gentlewoman; having social graces; polite.
gentlewomen
gentlewomen
noun
plural of gentlewoman
gimbaljawed
glareworm
glassworm
glassworm
noun
A phantom midge larva in the family Chaoboridae, which lives in freshwater and is nearly transparent.
An arrow worm in the phylum Chaetognatha, part of the marine zooplankton.
gleewoman
gleewoman
noun
A female gleeman.
glowworm
glowworm
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A carnivorous gnat larva in the keroplatid genus Arachnocampa that spins threads to capture insects attracted by its glow.
The larva or wingless grub-like female of a beetle from the families Phengodidae or Lampyridae that gives out a green light from its abdomen.
glowworms
glowworms
noun
plural of glowworm
goldwynism
goldwynism
Noun
Any of a number of often-repeated malapropisms originally uttered by US film producer Samuel Goldwyn (1879-1974) or a malapropism reminiscent of Goldwyn's utterances.
grewsomely
gromwell
gromwell
noun
Lithospermum arvense, a plant of the genus Lithospermum anciently used, because of its stony pericarp, in the cure of kidney stones.
gromwells
gromwells
noun
plural of gromwell
gumflower
knowledgement
knowledgement
noun
(non-native speakers' English) Misconstruction of knowledge.
lampworking
lampworking
verb
present participle of lampwork
lawmaking
lawmaking
noun
The process of passing or enacting laws; legislation.
lawmonger
lawmonger
noun
(derogatory) A trader in law; one who practices law as if it were a trade.
lawrightman
lawrightman
noun
(historical) A lay judge in Orkney.
lawrightmen
lawrightmen
noun
plural of lawrightman
liegewoman
liegewoman
noun
A female liege (subject of a sovereign or lord).
lingtowman
longbowman
longbowman
noun
An archer who uses a longbow.
longmeadow
lugworm
lugworm
noun
black lugworm (Arenicola defodiens)
especially the northern lugworm (Arenicola marina), whose coiled castings can often be seen on beaches at low tide.
lugworms
lugworms
noun
plural of lugworm
lungworm
lungworm
noun
Any of the diverse species of nematode worms that are parasitic to mammalian lungs, principally found in the superfamilies Metastrongylidae and Trichostrongyloidea in order Strongylida.
lungworms
lungworms
noun
plural of lungworm
lurgworm
mangelwurzel
mangelwurzel
noun
A root vegetable, variety of Beta vulgaris, cultivated chiefly as cattle feed.
mawkingly
mealywing
mealywing
noun
The silverleaf whitefly (Bemisia tabaci).
meilewagon
mellowing
mellowing
noun
The process of making or becoming mellow.
verb
present participle of mellow
melongrower
melongrower
noun
A person or company that grows melons.
metalworking
metalworking
noun
The art and craft of shaping metal.
metalworkings
metalworkings
noun
plural of metalworking
mewling
mewling
noun
A sound that mewls.
verb
present participle of mewl
middleweight
middleweight
noun
(countable) A boxer who fights in this division; a similar wrestler etc
(countable, business, by extension) An employee ranking anywhere between junior and senior.
(uncountable) A weight class in professional boxing between light middleweight or welterweight and super middleweight or cruiserweight; a similar division in wrestling and other sports
middleweights
middleweights
noun
plural of middleweight
mildewing
mildewing
verb
present participle of mildew
milkwagon
millwright
millwright
noun
A person engaged in the erection of machinery.
A person who designed, erected and built mills and milling machinery.
millwrighting
millwrighting
noun
The work of a millwright, designing and constructing mills.
millwrights
millwrights
noun
plural of millwright
misacknowledge
misacknowledge
verb
(rare) To fail to acknowledge; to acknowledge wrongly.
misknowledge
misknowledge
noun
Misapprehension; imperfect or incorrect knowledge; misunderstanding.
moonglow
moonglow
noun
moonlight
moonwalking
moonwalking
verb
present participle of moonwalk
mulligatawny
mulligatawny
noun
An Indian soup having a meat base and curry seasoning.
multidwelling
multidwelling
adj
Relating to more than one dwelling.
noun
A dwelling occupied by more than one household.
multiviewing
newfangledism
newfanglement
newfanglement
noun
(countable) Something that is newfangled.
(uncountable) The quality of being newfangled; novelty or innovation, especially when very complicated or faddish.
nonacknowledgment
nonacknowledgment
noun
Absence of acknowledgment; failure to acknowledge something.
nonwelcoming
overwhelming
overwhelming
adj
Extreme.
Overpowering, staggering, or irresistibly strong.
Very great or intense.
noun
A situation of being overwhelmed.
verb
present participle of overwhelm
overwhelmingly
overwhelmingly
adv
In an overwhelming manner; very greatly or intensely.
Mostly; predominantly; almost completely.
overwhelmingness
overwhelmingness
noun
The property of being overwhelming.
pilgrimwise
plowmaking
preacknowledgement
preacknowledgement
noun
Alternative form of preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
noun
acknowledgment in advance
prewelcoming
reacknowledgment
reacknowledgment
noun
Alternative form of reacknowledgement
rumbowling
sawmilling
sawmilling
noun
The business of a sawmill
snowmobiling
snowmobiling
noun
The use of a snowmobile for amusement.
superacknowledgment
swimmingly
swimmingly
adv
(figuratively, informal) In a very favourable manner; without difficulty; agreeably, successfully.
With a gliding motion suggesting swimming.
tallowmaking
tallowmaking
noun
The manufacture of tallow.
twaddlemonger
twaddlemonger
noun
(rare, humorous, derogatory) one who writes or publishes twaddle
unacknowledgment
unacknowledgment
noun
Lack of acknowledgment; failure to acknowledge.
ungentlewomanlike
ungentlewomanlike
adj
Not gentlewomanlike.
unwelcoming
unwelcoming
adj
Lacking in hospitality, accessibility and cordiality.
unwhimperingly
walsingham
walsingham
Proper noun
A village in the English county of Norfolk
wambling
wambling
noun
(dialect) A churning of the stomach accompanied by nausea.
verb
present participle of wamble
wamblingly
wamblingly
adv
In a wambling manner; shakily; unsteadily.
wealthmaking
wealthmaking
noun
The production of wealth.
wealthmonger
wealthmonger
noun
(derogatory) A rich person.
weathergleam
welcoming
welcoming
adj
hospitable, accessible and cordial.
noun
An act of giving welcome.
verb
present participle of welcome
welcomingly
welcomingly
adv
In a welcoming manner.
wellmaking
wellmaking
noun
The construction of wells (holes sunk into the ground for water, oil, etc.).
wheelmaking
wheelmaking
noun
The manufacture of wheels.
whelming
whelming
noun
Something that covers or submerges.
verb
present participle of whelm
whigmaleerie
whigmaleeries
whigmaleery
whigmeleerie
whimling
whimling
noun
(obsolete) One given to whims; a weak, childish person.
whimperingly
whimperingly
adv
With a whimpering sound.
whirlimagig
whirlimagig
noun
(informal) Anything that goes round and round.
whirlmagee
whirlygigum
williamsburg
williamsburg
Proper noun
The name of many places in the USA.
A statutory town in Colorado.
An unincorporated community in Delaware.
A CDP in Florida.
A commercial district in Georgia.
An unincorporated community in Indiana.
A city in Iowa.
A small city in Kansas.
A home-rule class city in Kentucky
An unincorporated community in Maryland.
A town in Massachusetts.
An unincorporated community in Michigan.
An unincorporated community in Missouri.
A village in New Mexico.
A neighbourhood in New York City.
A village in Ohio.
A borough in Pennsylvania.
An independent city in Virginia
A ghost town in Wisconsin.
willmaking
willmaking
noun
The creation of a legal will.
wilmerding
wilmington
wilmington
Proper noun
a city in Delaware, USA
a city in North Carolina, USA
a city in Ohio, USA
wilmingtonian
wimbling
wimbling
verb
present participle of wimble
wimlunge
wimpling
wimpling
noun
A rippling or meandering.
verb
present participle of wimple
windmilling
windmilling
noun
The process of milling with a windmill.
verb
present participle of windmill
withergloom
wolfgram
worldmaking
worldmaking
noun
The creation of a world, as for example in writing fiction.
wormling
wormling
noun
(by extension) Any weak, mean, or lowly creature.
A little worm.
wranglesome
wranglesome
adj
Characterised or marked by wrangling; inclined to wrangle or squabble; quarrelsome.