(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.
afterreckoning
afterworking
agathokakological
agathokakological
adj
(rare) Composed of both good and evil.
agkistrodon
aktiebolag
angiokeratoma
angiokeratoma
noun
(medicine) A benign cutaneous lesion of capillaries, resulting in small marks of red to blue colour and characterized by hyperkeratosis.
angiokinetic
angiokinetic
adj
Relating to angiokinesis or to an angiokine
antiketogen
antiketogenesis
antiketogenesis
noun
The inhibition of ketogenesis
antiketogenic
antiketogenic
adj
(biochemistry) That inhibits the formation of ketones during the metabolism of fats and carbohydrates in the liver
antismoking
antismoking
adj
Opposing or prohibiting smoking, particularly the smoking of tobacco
arosaguntacook
backstopping
backstopping
verb
present participle of backstop
backstroking
backstroking
verb
present participle of backstroke
basingstoke
basingstoke
Proper noun
A town in Hampshire, England
beknotting
betokening
betokening
verb
present participle of betoken
blackington
blacktongue
blacktopping
blacktopping
verb
present participle of blacktop
blockbusting
blockbusting
adj
Having the characteristics of a blockbuster; hugely successful.
noun
(US) A technique used to encourage people to sell their property by giving the impression that a neighborhood is changing for the worse, especially by implying a change in its racial makeup.
bluestocking
bluestocking
noun
(historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.
(historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament
(usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
bluestockingism
bluestockingism
noun
(colloquial) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
bluestockings
bluestockings
noun
plural of bluestocking
boltmaking
boltmaking
noun
The manufacture of bolts.
bookwright
bookwright
noun
A writer of books; an author.
bootlicking
bootlicking
noun
servile behaviour
verb
present participle of bootlick
bootmaking
bootmaking
noun
The making of boots.
bottlemaking
bottlemaking
noun
The manufacture of bottles.
breakthrough
breakthrough
adj
(immunology) Involving the contraction of a disease by a person with a decreased susceptibility, such as a person who has been vaccinated to help prevent that disease.
(medicine) The emergence or one or more symptoms of a condition despite medication or other medical treatment.
Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.
noun
(construction) The penetration of a separating wall or the remaining distance to an adjacent hollow (a crosscut in mining) or between two parts of a tunnel build from both ends; knockthrough.
(military) An advance through and past enemy lines.
(sports) The penetration of the opposition's defence.
Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle.
breakthroughes
breakthroughs
breakthroughs
noun
plural of breakthrough
brightwork
brightwork
noun
Polished metal fixtures, especially aboard a boat.
The varnished or oiled wood trim aboard a boat.
brightworks
brightworks
noun
plural of brightwork
cabinetworking
changepocket
checkpointing
checkpointing
verb
present participle of checkpoint
cheektowaga
clothmaking
clothmaking
noun
The art or trade of a clothmaker.
cocketing
cockfight
cockfight
noun
A contest, in a cockpit, between gamecocks fitted with cockspurs
verb
To participate in (as a rooster), or organize and run (as a gambler or bookmaker), a cockfighting event.
cockfighter
cockfighter
noun
One who engages in a cockfight.
cockfighting
cockfighting
noun
A gambling blood sport (illegal in most countries) in which two roosters have spikes placed on their feet and are made to fight each other, usually to the death.
verb
present participle of cockfight
cockfights
cockfights
noun
plural of cockfight
cocklight
cocklight
noun
twilight at cockcrow; daybreak.
cocktailing
cocktailing
noun
Work as a cocktail waitress.
cockthrowing
cockthrowing
noun
Alternative form of cock throwing
cottonpicking
counterattacking
counterattacking
verb
present participle of counterattack
counterlocking
counterreckoning
countersinking
countersinking
verb
present participle of countersink
counterworking
counterworking
verb
present participle of counterwork
crocketing
crocketing
noun
(architecture) ornamentation with crockets
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
docketing
docketing
noun
The act by which something is docketed.
verb
present participle of docket
dogtrick
doublethinking
doughnutlike
doughnutlike
adj
Resembling a doughnut.
eskimologist
eskimologist
noun
(rare) Alternative spelling of Eskimologist
folkething
folketing
folketing
Proper noun
the title of the Danish parliament (Folketinget in Danish)
folkright
folkright
noun
(obsolete) The common law or right of the people.
footlicking
footlicking
adj
sycophantic
noun
The act of licking someone's feet.
sycophantic behavior
foretalking
forethinking
forethinking
verb
present participle of forethink
foretokening
foretokening
noun
Indication in advance.
verb
present participle of foretoken
forklifting
forklifting
verb
present participle of forklift
forthinking
forthinking
verb
present participle of forthink
gangtok
gangtok
Proper noun
State capital of Sikkim (India).
gapingstock
gapingstock
noun
(archaic) A laughing stock.
garmentworker
garmentworker
noun
A person who works making clothes.
garnetwork
gastrodisk
gatchwork
gatchwork
noun
Decorative work made from gatch.
gateworks
gazingstock
gazingstock
noun
(archaic) An object, event or person that is stared at by many people; a spectacle.
geckotian
geckotian
noun
(zoology, obsolete) A gecko.
geckotid
geckotidae
geckotoid
gedecktwork
gekkota
gentlefolk
gentlefolk
noun
(archaic) People of superior social position.
gentlefolks
gentlefolks
noun
Synonym of gentlefolk
gentlewomanlike
gentlewomanlike
adj
Characteristic of a gentlewoman; having the qualities of a gentlewoman.
adv
In a manner befitting a gentlewoman.
geopolitik
getmjlkost
ghostlike
ghostlike
adj
Seemingly invisible; as a ghost, similar to a ghost.
ghostlikeness
giftbook
glossokinesthetic
glykopectic
goatlike
goatlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a goat.
goatskin
goatskin
noun
(Ireland, colloquial) a bodhran drum.
A liquid container (especially of wine or water) made from goat leather.
The skin of a goat.
goatskins
goatskins
noun
plural of goatskin
goatsucker
goatsucker
noun
Any bird in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae.
goatsuckers
goatsuckers
noun
plural of goatsucker
gobstick
gonotokont
gottschalk
gowkit
grannyknot
greenockite
greenockite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare cadmium mineral that consists of cadmium sulfide in crystalline form.
greenockites
greenockites
noun
plural of greenockite
gritrock
gritrock
noun
gritstone
grotesk
grottolike
grottolike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a grotto
grottowork
grottowork
noun
artificial ornamental rockwork in imitation of a grotto
groupthink
groupthink
noun
A process of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially one characterized by uncritical acceptance of or conformity to a perceived majority view.
groupthinks
gunstock
gunstock
noun
The handle of a handgun.
The rear part of a musket, rifle or shotgun which is pressed into the shoulder.
gunstocker
gunstocker
noun
A manufacturer of gunstocks.
gunstocking
gunstocks
gunstocks
noun
plural of gunstock
gymnotoka
gymnotokous
hektogram
hektograph
hektograph
noun
Alternative form of hectograph
highpockets
hockingport
hodgkinsonite
hodgkinsonite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare monoclinic zinc manganese silicate mineral with the chemical formula Zn₂MnSiO₄(OH)₂, having a pink, red or yellow-red colour.
interchoking
interknotting
interknotting
verb
present participle of interknot
interknowledge
interknowledge
noun
Reciprocal knowledge.
interlocking
interlocking
noun
(rail transport) An arrangement of signal apparatus that prevents conflicting movements through a set of intersecting tracks, such as junctions or crossings.
verb
present participle of interlock
internetworking
internetworking
verb
present participle of internetwork
interworking
interworking
noun
Interoperability.
jestingstock
jockteleg
jockteleg
noun
(Scotland, archaic) A folding knife.
jogjakarta
joktaleg
kalokagathia
kalokagathia
noun
(philosophy) A Platonic teaching consisting of the harmonious combination of bodily, moral and spiritual virtues.
karinghota
karyotyping
karyotyping
noun
The separation and identification of karyotypes
verb
present participle of karyotype
katagelophobia
katagelophobia
noun
Alternative spelling of catagelophobia
kathemoglobin
katogle
keligot
kenningwort
kenogenetic
kenogenetic
adj
Of or pertaining to kenogenesis.
kenogenetically
kensington
kensington
noun
(dated, Midwestern US and Western US) A sewing circle for women.
kentrogon
kentrogon
noun
A parasitic larval form of a Sacculina barnacle.
keratoangioma
keratoangioma
noun
(pathology) Angioma of the cornea.
keratogenic
keratogenic
Adjective
Relating to keratogenesis.
keratogenous
keratogenous
adj
That produces horny tissue
keratoglobus
keratoglobus
noun
(pathology) A disorder of the eye in which the cornea is enlarged and globular in shape.