(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
afterknowledge
afterknowledge
noun
Knowledge acquired later, or after the event.
agkistrodon
akrochordite
akrochordite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic reddish brown mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, magnesium, manganese, and oxygen.
aldoketene
amidoketone
ankylodactylia
ankylodontia
antikathode
antikathode
noun
Dated form of anticathode.
attiwendaronk
backadation
backstopped
backstopped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backstop
backstroked
backstroked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backstroke
backwardation
backwardation
noun
(obsolete) In the London Stock Exchange: a fee paid by a seller on settlement day either to the buyer or to a third party who lends stock, when the seller wishes to defer settlement until the next settlement day.
In full normal backwardation: the situation in a futures market where the price for future delivery of a commodity (the forward price) is lower than the price for immediate delivery (the spot price) or nearer delivery, generally arising from a near-term shortage of the commodity.
The situation in a stock market where the offer price for stock is lower than the bid price.
basketwood
basketwood
noun
Any of various kinds of wood traditionally used for making baskets.
batterdock
bedstock
bedstock
noun
(obsolete) The front or back part of the frame of a bedstead.
beknotted
beknotted
adj
Knotted again and again; covered with knots.
beknottedly
beknottedness
beknottedness
noun
(mathematics) The measure or degree to which a knot is complicated, i.e., a knot's complexity; the number of times that it is necessary to pass one part of the curve of the knot projected upon a plane through another in order to untie the knot.
benediktov
betokened
betokened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of betoken
blacktopped
blacktopped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blacktop
blastodisk
blastodisk
noun
(biology) A round, flattened region of cells from which the embryo of many vertebrates begins to develop in the fertilized ovum; a germinal disk
blockbusted
bloodstock
bloodstock
noun
(countable) The breeding line of a thoroughbred horse or other animal.
(uncountable) Thoroughbred animals in general, but especially horses.
bloodstocks
bloodstocks
noun
plural of bloodstock
bloodstroke
bloodstroke
noun
(medicine, obsolete) Loss of sensation and motion from hemorrhage or congestion in the brain.
A stroke or blow with a weapon that draws blood.
bodstick
bookstand
bookstand
noun
A rack for holding books; a bookrack.
A small stall where books are sold.
A stand, made for holding books open.
bootlicked
bootlicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bootlick
bottlenecked
bottlenecked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bottleneck
bradyteleokinesis
brideknot
brokenhearted
brokenhearted
adj
Grieved and disappointed, especially with the loss of a beloved person or thing, such as the repudiation of a romantic relationship.
brokenheartedly
brokenheartedly
adv
In a brokenhearted manner.
brokenheartedness
brokenheartedness
noun
The quality of being brokenhearted.
brooktondale
bucktoothed
bucktoothed
adj
Having buckteeth
buttocked
buttocked
adj
(in combination) Having some specific type of buttocks
buttonhooked
buttonhooked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buttonhook
cardiokinetic
cardiokinetic
adj
That excites or stimulates the heart.
noun
A drug that stimulates the heart.
cardstock
cardstock
noun
Alternative spelling of card stock
checkpointed
checkpointed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checkpoint
chondroskeleton
chondroskeleton
noun
A skeleton (of some fish and of mammal embryos) composed of hyaline cartilage
cocketed
cocktailed
cocktailed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cocktail
coldturkey
counterattacked
counterattacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterattack
counterblockade
counterblockade
noun
A blockade set up in opposition to another blockade.
counterblockades
counterblockades
noun
plural of counterblockade
counterdike
crackpottedness
crocketed
crocketed
adj
(architecture) Having a crocket.
crookedest
crookedest
adj
superlative form of crooked: most crooked
crooksterned
crooktoothed
dakoit
dakoit
noun
Alternative spelling of dacoit
dakoities
dakoities
noun
plural of dakoity
dakoits
dakoits
noun
plural of dakoit
dakoity
dakoity
noun
Alternative spelling of dacoity
dakota
dakota
Proper noun
the Santee branch of the Sioux people; the language of these people
either of the two states North Dakota or South Dakota
Noun
A member of the Dakota people.
dakotan
dakotan
Adjective
Of, or pertaining to, North Dakota or South Dakota or their culture
Noun
An inhabitant or a resident of the state of North Dakota or South Dakota.
dakotans
dakotas
daktylon
daktylos
darktown
darktown
noun
(US, dated) An African-American area of a city in the American South.
datebook
datebook
noun
A book in which appointments are kept, each listed beside the day when it occurs.
dattock
dealkylation
dealkylation
noun
(organic chemistry) The removal of alkyl groups from a compound
debarkation
debarkation
noun
Disembarkation.
debarkations
debarkations
noun
plural of debarkation
deckedout
demarkation
demarkation
noun
Alternative spelling of demarcation
demotika
dermaskeleton
dermatoskeleton
dermatoskeleton
noun
exoskeleton
dermoskeletal
dermoskeletal
adj
Of or pertaining to the dermoskeleton.
dermoskeleton
dermoskeleton
noun
(anatomy) An exoskeleton.
desktop
desktop
adj
(computing) Of an application or website, designed to be run or viewed on a personal computer.
Designed for use on a desk or similar piece of furniture.
noun
(computing) A desktop computer.
(computing) A personal computer, as opposed to computers for business or server purposes.
(computing, graphical user interface) The main graphical user interface of an operating system, usually displaying icons, windows and background wallpaper.
(computing, graphical user interface, synecdoche) The wallpaper of this interface.
The top surface of a desk.
desktops
desktops
noun
plural of desktop
deuterotokous
deuterotokous
adj
Relating to deuterotoky.
deuterotoky
deuterotoky
noun
The production of both male and female offspring by parthenogenesis.
diadochokinetic
diadochokinetic
adj
Relating to diadochokinesis.
dickinsonite
dickinsonite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-domatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, lithium, manganese, oxygen, phosphorus, potassium, and sodium.
diestock
diestock
noun
A component that holds a die that cuts screw threads.
diestocks
diestocks
noun
plural of diestock
dikaryophyte
dikaryophyte
noun
(biology) A dikaryotic mycelium.
dikaryophytic
dikaryotic
dikaryotic
adj
(biology) Relating to a dikaryon
(cytology, of a cell) Containing two nuclei
diketo
diketone
diketone
noun
(chemistry) any compound having two neighbouring ketonic carbonyl groups
diktyonite
diktyonite
noun
(geology) Alternative form of dictyonite
dimethyldiketone
dimethylketol
dimethylketone
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
disembarkation
disembarkation
noun
The act of disembarking.
disembarkations
disembarkations
noun
plural of disembarkation
ditokous
ditokous
adj
(zoology) Having two kinds of young.
(zoology) Producing only two eggs in a clutch.
djokjakarta
dmitrovka
dnepropetrovsk
docket
docket
noun
(Australia) A receipt.
(law) A schedule of cases awaiting action in a court.
(law) A short entry of the proceedings of a court; the register containing them; the office containing the register.
(obsolete) A summary; a brief digest.
A ticket or label fixed to something, showing its contents or directions to its use.
An agenda of things to be done.
verb
(transitive) To enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes for trial.
(transitive) To label a parcel, etc.
(transitive) To make a brief abstract of (a writing) and endorse it on the back of the paper, or to endorse the title or contents on the back of; to summarize.
(transitive) To make a brief abstract of and inscribe in a book.
docketed
docketed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of docket
docketing
docketing
noun
The act by which something is docketed.
verb
present participle of docket
dockets
dockets
noun
plural of docket
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of docket
dockization
dockization
noun
conversion of an area of water into a dock, by excluding the tide with a dam
dockmaster
dockmaster
noun
Someone in charge of a dock, or of docking.
dockmasters
dockmasters
noun
plural of dockmaster
doctorlike
doctorlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a doctor.
dogtrick
doitkin
doitkin
noun
A very small coin; a doit.
doketic
doketism
dokimastic
dokimastic
adj
Alternative form of docimastic
domeykite
domeykite
noun
(mineralogy) An isometric copper arsenide mineral, Cu₃As.
donetsk
donetsk
Proper noun
A city on the Kalmius river in the Donbas region of Ukraine, administrative centre of Donetsk province.
Donetsk province (oblast), in eastern Ukraine.
A town on the Donets river in Russia.
dooket
dookit
doostoevsky
dorkiest
dorkiest
adj
superlative form of dorky: most dorky
dostoevski
dostoevsky
dostoievski
dostoyevski
dostoyevsky
dotkin
dotlike
dotlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dot.
doublethink
doublethink
noun
The holding of two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them as true or correct, without realizing the contradiction.
doublethinking
doublethinks
doublethinks
noun
plural of doublethink
doughnutlike
doughnutlike
adj
Resembling a doughnut.
doukhobortsy
doukhobortsy
Noun
The Doukhobors.
downpatrick
downstroke
downstroke
noun
A downward stroke, especially one that is part of a sequence of alternating upward and downward strokes.
downstrokes
downstrokes
noun
plural of downstroke
downtake
downtake
noun
An outlet for conveying something downward.
Material conveyed downward by such an outlet.
downtick
downtick
noun
(finance) A stock market transaction or quote at a price below a preceding one.
A small decrease or downward change in something that has been steady or rising.
drakestone
drakonite
drawknot
drillstock
drillstock
noun
The part of a drill that holds the shank of the bit.
drouket
droukit
drunkometer
drunkometer
noun
(dated) A breathalyzer.
duckboat
duckfoot
duckfoot
noun
(agriculture, often attributive) A relatively small, shallow share used in tillage, shaped like a duck's foot.