(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
akwapim
amawalk
archworkmaster
awakenment
awakenment
noun
An awakening.
backswimmer
backswimmer
noun
Any of various aquatic insects, of the family Notonectidae, that swim on their backs.
backswordman
backswordman
noun
(historical) One who fights with a backsword or singlestick.
backswordmen
backswordmen
noun
plural of backswordman
backswordsman
backwoodsman
backwoodsman
noun
(informal, UK politics) A Peer who is seldom present in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom Parliament, who may be encouraged to attend when a very important vote is expected.
A person who is acclimated to living in a forest area that is far removed from civilization or modern conveniences.
An uncivilized person.
backwoodsmen
backwoodsmen
noun
plural of backwoodsman
backworm
backworm
noun
(obsolete) The thread-like worm found in filanders, the disease of hawks.
basketwoman
basketwoman
noun
(historical) A woman who sells goods from a basket.
basketworm
basketworm
noun
The larva of a psychid moth.
beamwork
beekmantown
bellowsmaker
bellowsmaking
bookworm
bookworm
noun
(figurative) An avid book reader.
Any of various insects that infest books.
bookworms
bookworms
noun
plural of bookworm
bowlmaker
bowlmaker
noun
A manufacturer of bowls.
bowmaker
bowmaker
noun
Alternative form of bow maker
bowmaking
bowmaking
noun
The manufacture of bows (for archery or for musical instruments).
byeworkman
camerawork
camerawork
noun
Skill or technique involving the use of a camera, especially a video camera.
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
cementwork
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
chimalakwe
chmielewski
crownmaker
crownmaker
noun
A manufacturer of crowns.
dembowski
diamondwork
diamondwork
noun
masonry with diamond-shaped patterns
ornamentation with diamonds (precious stones)
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
disworkmanship
dombrowski
enamelwork
enamelwork
noun
Objects decorated with enamel
farmworkers
farmworkers
noun
plural of farmworker
flukeworm
flukeworm
noun
Any usually parasitic worm in the class Trematoda.
formwork
formwork
noun
(construction) A temporary mold, made from planks, into which concrete is poured
framework
framework
noun
(figuratively) A basic conceptual structure.
(figuratively) The larger branches of a tree that determine its shape.
(literally) A support structure comprising joined parts or conglomerated particles and intervening open spaces of similar or larger size.
(literally) The arrangement of support beams that represent a building's general shape and size.
(software engineering) A reusable piece of code (and, sometimes, other utilities) providing a standard environment within which an application can be implemented.
These ‘three principles of connexion’ compose the framework of principles in Hume's account of the association of ideas.
frameworks
frameworks
noun
plural of framework
gallowsmaker
gallowsmaker
noun
A manufacturer of gallows.
garmentworker
garmentworker
noun
A person who works making clothes.
gawkhammer
gemwork
gemwork
noun
ornamentation with gems; jewellery
gentlewomanlike
gentlewomanlike
adj
Characteristic of a gentlewoman; having the qualities of a gentlewoman.
adv
In a manner befitting a gentlewoman.
hammerwork
handworkman
handworkman
noun
A man who works with his hands; one who carries out handwork.
hawkmoth
hawkmoth
noun
(entomology) Any of several moths, of the family Sphingidae, that hover over flowers when sucking nectar through a long proboscis.
hawkmoths
hawkmoths
noun
plural of hawkmoth
hawksmoor
homework
homework
noun
(by extension) Something which one is encouraged to learn or study on their own.
(literally, now rare) Any work that is done at home; housework.
(slang, euphemistic) Sexual intercourse.
Exercises assigned by a teacher to a student which review concepts studied in class.
homeworker
homeworker
noun
A person who works from home.
homeworks
homeworks
noun
plural of homework
hookworm
hookworm
noun
Any of various parasitic bloodsucking roundworms which cause disease, especially the species Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus, having hooked mouthparts and entering their hosts by boring through the skin.
hookwormer
hookworms
hookworms
noun
plural of hookworm
hookwormy
hookwormy
adj
Infested with hookworms.
kerwham
kerwham
intj
A wham; a sound of a powerful collision.
kewaskum
khwarazmian
kimmswick
kinswoman
kinswoman
noun
A female relative.
kinswomen
kinswomen
noun
plural of kinswoman
kirmew
klanswoman
klanswoman
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Klanswoman
knockemdown
knowledgement
knowledgement
noun
(non-native speakers' English) Misconstruction of knowledge.
knownothingism
kompow
kowagmiut
kumshaw
kuskokwim
kuskwogmiut
kwame
kwamme
kwatuma
lampwick
lampworker
lampworker
noun
(glassblowing) Someone who works with lampwork
lampworking
lampworking
verb
present participle of lampwork
lawmake
lawmake
verb
(intransitive, rare) To pass or enact laws; to legislate.
lawmaker
lawmaker
noun
One who makes or enacts laws.
lawmakers
lawmakers
noun
plural of lawmaker
lawmaking
lawmaking
noun
The process of passing or enacting laws; legislation.
lukewarm
lukewarm
adj
(temperature) Between warm and cool.
Unenthusiastic (about a proposal or an idea).
lukewarmish
lukewarmish
adj
Somewhat lukewarm; tepid.
lukewarmly
lukewarmly
adv
In a lukewarm manner, tepidly, without enthusiasm.
lukewarmness
lukewarmness
noun
The property of being lukewarm; ambivalence, weakness.
lukewarmth
lukewarmth
noun
lukewarmness
mackallow
mackinaw
mackinaw
noun
A blanket made of wool, formerly distributed to the Amerindians by the U.S. government.
A flat-bottomed cargo boat; mackinaw boat.
A heavy woolen cloth.
mackinawed
mackinawed
adj
Clad in garments made of mackinaw.
mackinaws
mackinaws
noun
plural of mackinaw
madawaska
makawao
makaweli
makeweight
makeweight
noun
Something included to add to the apparent weight or force of an argument.
Something of inferior quality which is included in a shipment to make up the weight.
makeweights
makeweights
noun
plural of makeweight
makework
makework
noun
Alternative form of make-work
malinowski
malinowskite
manahawkin
mankiewicz
markdown
markdown
noun
A reduction in price in order to stimulate sales.
markdowns
markdowns
noun
plural of markdown
marketwise
marketwise
adj
In terms of the financial market.
markowitz
markswoman
markswoman
noun
A woman skilled at hitting targets, as with a firearm, bow, or thrown object.
markswomen
markswomen
noun
plural of markswoman
markweed
markworthy
markworthy
adj
Worthy of note or remark.
marmawke
marrowlike
marrowlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a marrow.
marrowsky
marrowsky
noun
(rare) spoonerism
marrowskyer
maskflower
masonwork
masonwork
noun
Stonework done by a mason.
masterwork
masterwork
noun
(obsolete) A main drain or irrigation channel.
(obsolete) An act of primary importance.
A piece done to prove possession of skill sufficient to be ranked a master.
A piece of quality, indicative of having been made by a master; a masterpiece.
masterworks
masterworks
noun
plural of masterwork
mattawamkeag
mawk
mawk
noun
(UK, dialect, obsolete) A slattern.
(obsolete except in dialects) A maggot.
mawkin
mawkin
noun
(Ulster) simpleton
Alternative form of malkin
Alternative form of maukin
mawkingly
mawkish
mawkish
adj
(archaic or dialectal) Feeling sick, queasy.
(archaic) Sickening or insipid in taste or smell.
Excessively or falsely sentimental; showing a sickly excess of sentiment.
mawkishly
mawkishly
adv
In a mawkish manner.
mawkishness
mawkishness
noun
The property of being mawkish.
mawkishnesses
mawkishnesses
noun
plural of mawkishness
mawks
mawks
noun
(UK, dialect) A slattern; a mawk.
hands
plural of mawk
mawky
mawky
adj
(Northern England, Appalachia) Maggoty, full of maggots.
mcknightstown
mdewakanton
meadowbrook
meadowink
meadowlark
meadowlark
noun
Any of several songbirds of the genera Sturnella and Leistes, native to the Americas.
The meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis).
meadowlarks
meadowlarks
noun
plural of meadowlark
meatworks
meatworks
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A slaughterhouse or meat processing plant.
meshwork
meshwork
noun
A net; an assembly of meshes.
meshworks
meshworks
noun
plural of meshwork
metalwork
metalwork
noun
Objects made of metal.
The act of shaping metal, metalworking.
metalworker
metalworker
noun
A person who shapes metal.
metalworkers
metalworkers
noun
plural of metalworker
metalworking
metalworking
noun
The art and craft of shaping metal.
metalworkings
metalworkings
noun
plural of metalworking
metalworks
metalworks
noun
A factory where metal is processed.
plural of metalwork
metanetwork
metanetwork
noun
(communication, management, sociology) A network of networks.
mickiewicz
midweek
midweek
adj
That happens in the middle of the week
adv
In the middle of the week.
noun
(Christianity, Latter-Day Saints, Jehovah's Witnesses, informal) Midweek worship service, held by many congregations and in addition to a Sunday morning service.