(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
afterwisdom
aimworthiness
aimworthiness
noun
The quality of having good aim (with a weapon).
aircraftswomen
aircraftswomen
noun
plural of aircraftswoman
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
antiendowment
antiendowment
adj
Opposing an endowment.
applewoman
applewoman
noun
(historical) A woman who sells apples.
archworkmaster
armorwise
assemblywoman
assemblywoman
noun
A female member of an assembly.
assemblywomen
assemblywomen
noun
plural of assemblywoman
automower
automower
noun
An automatic lawnmower.
awaredom
awesome
awesome
adj
(colloquial) Excellent, exciting, remarkable.
(dated) Causing awe or terror; inspiring wonder or excitement.
noun
(slang) Short for awesomeness: the quality, state, or essence of being awesome.
awesomely
awesomely
adv
In a manner inspiring awe.
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
barleymow
bartholomew
bartholomew
Proper noun
An Apostle, identified with Nathanael.
name of biblical origin.
bartholomewtide
basketwoman
basketwoman
noun
(historical) A woman who sells goods from a basket.
basketworm
basketworm
noun
The larva of a psychid moth.
batholomew
batwomen
batwomen
noun
plural of batwoman
beadswoman
beadswoman
noun
A female beadsman.
beadswomen
beadswomen
noun
plural of beadswoman
beamwork
bedeswoman
bedeswoman
noun
Alternative form of beadswoman
bedewoman
beekmantown
beggarwoman
beggarwoman
noun
A female beggar.
bellowsmaker
bellowsmaking
bellowsman
blameworthiness
blameworthiness
noun
The characteristic of being blameworthy.
blameworthinesses
blameworthy
blameworthy
adj
Deserving blame or censure; reprehensible.
bohmerwald
bowermaiden
bowerman
bowermay
bowerwoman
bowerwoman
noun
(historical) A female servant who waits upon a lady in her bedroom.
bowlmaker
bowlmaker
noun
A manufacturer of bowls.
bowmaker
bowmaker
noun
Alternative form of bow maker
bowmansdale
bowmansville
brawlsome
brawlsome
adj
Inclined to brawl; quarrelsome.
bretwaldadom
bushelwoman
bushelwoman
noun
(US, dialect) A tailor's female assistant for repairing garments.
businesswoman
businesswoman
noun
A woman involved in business.
butterwoman
butterwoman
noun
(dated) A woman who makes or sells butter.
byeworkman
byrewoman
cabbageworm
cabbageworm
noun
Alternative form of cabbage worm
cabbageworms
cabbageworms
noun
plural of cabbageworm
camerawoman
camerawoman
noun
A woman who operates any kind of camera.
camerawomen
camerawomen
noun
plural of camerawoman
camerawork
camerawork
noun
Skill or technique involving the use of a camera, especially a video camera.
campbelltown
campbeltown
camphorweed
camphorweed
noun
Any of the genus Pluchea of flowering plants in the Asteraceae family.
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
caseworm
caseworm
noun
A worm or grub that makes a case for itself.
caseworms
caseworms
noun
plural of caseworm
cellarwoman
cellarwoman
noun
A female cellarman.
chairwomen
chairwomen
noun
plural of chairwoman
chamberfellow
chamberwoman
chamberwoman
noun
Synonym of chambermaid
charwomen
charwomen
noun
plural of charwoman
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.
cochairwomen
cochairwomen
noun
plural of cochairwoman
committeewoman
committeewoman
noun
(US) A woman who is a local leader of a political party.
A woman who is a member of a committee.
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
congresswoman
congresswoman
noun
(US) A female member of the House of Representatives
A female member of congress
counterwarmth
craftswomen
craftswomen
noun
plural of craftswoman
crawlsome
crawlsome
adj
Indicative of a crawl; characterised or marked by crawling
cromwellian
cromwellian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Oliver Cromwell, his ideas or policies
Noun
A partisan of Oliver Cromwell
crownmaker
crownmaker
noun
A manufacturer of crowns.
dairywomen
dairywomen
noun
plural of dairywoman
daleswoman
daleswoman
noun
A female dalesman.
damewort
damewort
noun
dame's rocket, Hesperis matronalis.
dameworts
deathworm
democraw
deywoman
diamondwise
diamondwise
adj
Oriented like a diamond.
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
disavowment
disavowment
noun
disavowal
doomwatcher
doomwatcher
noun
A person with a pessimistic outlook on the future.
dowagerism
dowagerism
noun
The rank or condition of a dowager.
dowmetal
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.
dreamworld
dreamworld
noun
An imaginary world, such as experienced while dreaming.
dreamworlds
dreamworlds
noun
plural of dreamworld
eaceworm
eaceworm
noun
(dialectal, rare, archaic, New England) An earthworm.
earthworm
earthworm
noun
(figurative) A contemptible person; a groveller.
A worm of the family Lumbricidae, or, more generally, of the suborder Lumbricina.
A worm that lives in the ground.
earthworms
earthworms
noun
plural of earthworm
earworm
earworm
noun
(archaic) An earwig (“insect of the order Dermaptera”).
(originally US) Short for corn earworm (“larva of the moths Helicoverpa zea (syn. Heliothis zea) and Helicoverpa armigera, which are agricultural pests”).
A tune that keeps replaying in one's head or that one keeps thinking about, especially if unwanted.
earworms
earworms
noun
plural of earworm
elderwoman
enamelwork
enamelwork
noun
Objects decorated with enamel
englishwoman
englishwoman
Noun
A female native or inhabitant of England; a woman who is English by birth, descent or naturalisation.
enwoman
enwoman
verb
(transitive) To endow with the qualities of a woman; to make womanish
everywoman
everywoman
noun
In fiction, drama, or allegory, the archetypical ordinary woman.
fameflower
fameflower
noun
Any of several flowering plants in different families within the order Caryophyllales.
fameworthy
fameworthy
adj
Worthy or deserving of fame.
farmworkers
farmworkers
noun
plural of farmworker
fellowman
fellowman
noun
Alternative spelling of fellow man
fisherwoman
fisherwoman
noun
A woman who fishes.
A woman whose profession is catching fish.
She is a fisherwoman, out on a trawler for days at a time.
flameflower
flameflower
noun
Any of various herbaceous succulent plants of the genus Talinum.
flamethrower
flamethrower
noun
A device that projects a flame for starting fires, and sometimes also additional fuel to help ignition. Used either as a weapon or a tool.
flamethrowers
flamethrowers
noun
plural of flamethrower
foamflower
foamflower
noun
Any of the genus Tiarella of wildflowers and garden plants in the saxifrage family.
foamflowers
foamflowers
noun
plural of foamflower
footwarmer
footwarmer
noun
Something used to keep the feet warm, especially during a journey.
footwarmers
footwarmers
noun
plural of footwarmer
forewarm
forewarmer
forewoman
forewoman
noun
(law) A female foreman of a jury.
(management) A female leader of a work crew (a female foreperson or female foreman).
frametown
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
freedwoman
freedwoman
noun
A woman who has been released from a condition of slavery.
freewoman
freewoman
noun
(historical) A woman who is not a serf or slave.
frenchwoman
frenchwoman
Noun
A French woman.
freshwoman
freshwoman
noun
A female freshman.
galleyworm
galleyworm
noun
A centipede or millipede.
gallowsmaker
gallowsmaker
noun
A manufacturer of gallows.
gapeworm
gapeworm
noun
A parasitic nematode worm, Syngamus trachea, that infects the tracheas of some birds and causes the disease gapes.
gapeworms
gapeworms
noun
plural of gapeworm
garmentworker
garmentworker
noun
A person who works making clothes.
gatewoman
gatewoman
noun
The female equivalent of a gateman.
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.