(transitive, obsolete) To acknowledge; confess (often with "of" or "on"), reveal, disclose, realize
(transitive, obsolete) To recognize.
acknowing
acknowing
verb
present participle of acknow
acknowledge
acknowledge
verb
(transitive) To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in
(transitive) To be grateful of (e.g. a benefit or a favour)
(transitive) To own as genuine or valid; to assent to (a legal instrument) to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form.
(transitive) To own or recognize in a particular quality, character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to.
(transitive) To report (the receipt of a message to its sender).
acknowledgeable
acknowledgeable
adj
Able to be acknowledged.
Worthy of acknowledgement.
acknowledged
acknowledged
adj
Generally accepted, recognized or admitted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acknowledg
simple past tense and past participle of acknowledge
acknowledgedly
acknowledgedly
adv
Confessedly, admittedly.
acknowledgement
acknowledgement
noun
(most common British spelling, also sometimes used in the US) Alternative spelling of acknowledgment
acknowledgements
acknowledgements
noun
plural of acknowledgement
acknowledger
acknowledger
noun
One who acknowledges.
acknowledgers
acknowledgers
noun
plural of acknowledger
acknowledges
acknowledges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acknowledge
acknowledging
acknowledging
adj
(obsolete, specifically) Expressing esteem or gratitude.
That acknowledges, in various sense; (especially) that notices or recognises someone or something.
noun
(archaic) The act of acknowledging something.
verb
present participle of acknowledg
present participle of acknowledge
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
acknown
acknown
verb
(obsolete) Acknowledged; confessed (often with "of" or "on"), revealed, disclosed, realized
A dyskinesia characterized by the inability to perform the rapid alternating movements of diadochokinesia.
adiadochokinesis
adiadochokinesis
noun
Alternative form of adiadochokinesia
adiadokokinesi
adiadokokinesia
adirondack
adirondack
Noun
A member of an Algonquin people that lived along the Ottawa River in Ontario and Quebec.
Proper noun
The Adirondacks
adirondacks
adirondacks
Proper noun
A range of mountains in New York State.
aerobraking
aerobraking
noun
(astronautics) The use of atmospheric drag to reduce the velocity of a spacecraft, especially so as to establish a stable orbit and to reduce fuel consumption.
verb
present participle of aerobrake
aeroplankton
aeroplankton
noun
The tiny lifeforms that float and drift in the air, carried by the current of the wind.
afikomen
afikomen
noun
(Judaism) The matzoh eaten at a Passover seder, after dinner.
afrikanderdom
afrikanerdom
afrikanerdom
Noun
The world or sphere of Afrikaners.
afterknowledge
afterknowledge
noun
Knowledge acquired later, or after the event.
afterreckoning
afterworking
agkistrodon
aikona
aikona
intj
(South Africa) no; no way
akehorne
akenbold
akenobeite
aketon
aketon
noun
(historical) A stuffed jacket worn under the mail, or (later) a jacket plated with mail.
akhetaton
akhnaton
akhoond
akhoond
noun
Alternative spelling of akhund
akmolinsk
aknow
aknow
verb
Obsolete form of acknow.
akonge
akontae
akoulalion
akron
akron
Proper noun
The name of many places in the United States of America:
a town in Alabama.
a statutory town in Colorado
a town in Henry Township, Indiana.
a small city in Iowa.
an unincorporated community in Kansas.
a village in Michigan.
an unincorporated community in Missouri.
an unincorporated community in Nebraska.
a village in New York.
a large city in Ohio
a borough in Pennsylvania.
an unincorporated community in West Virginia.
akroterion
aksoyn
alanbrooke
aldoketene
aleksandropol
aleksandrov
aleksandrovac
aleksandrovsk
algonkian
algonkin
algonkins
alkaligenous
alkaligenous
adj
Producing or generating alkali.
alkalinisation
alkalinisation
noun
Alternative form of alkalinization
alkalinization
alkalinization
noun
The conversion of something to an alkali.
The process of becoming more alkaline.
alkalisation
alkalisation
noun
Alternative form of alkalization
alkalization
alkalization
noun
alkalinization
alkanethiol
alkanethiol
noun
(organic chemistry) Any simple aliphatic thiol.
alkanol
alkanol
noun
(organic chemistry) Any simple aliphatic alcohol.
alkapton
alkapton
noun
homogentisic acid
alkaptone
alkaptonuria
alkaptonuria
noun
(medicine) A rare inherited genetic disorder of phenylalanine and tyrosine metabolism, causing the accumulation and eventual excretion of alkapton.
alkaptonuric
alkaptonuric
adj
Relating to alkaptonuria
alkoran
alkoranic
alkylamino
alkylamino
noun
(chemistry) A group or radical containing both an alkyl and an amino group
alkylarylsulfonate
alkylation
alkylation
noun
(organic chemistry) Any reaction in which an alkyl group is added to a molecule; used in the production of high-octane petroleum fuels.
alkylations
alkylations
noun
plural of alkylation
alkylbenzenesulfonate
alkylbenzenesulfonates
alkylogen
allokinesis
allokinetic
almondlike
almondlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a almond.
alpenstock
alpenstock
noun
a stout adjustable walking stick with a metal point, used by mountain climbers and walkers in hilly or uneven terrain
alpenstocker
alpenstocker
noun
A mountain-climber, especially one that uses an alpenstock.
alpenstocks
alpenstocks
noun
plural of alpenstock
amidoketone
aminoketone
aminoketone
noun
Any chemical compound containing both a ketone group and an amine.
amphikaryon
anadarko
anadarko
Proper noun
a city in Oklahoma, USA
anagignoskomena
anakinetomer
anakinetomeric
anakoluthia
anakrousis
anaktoron
anaktoron
noun
(historical, Ancient Greece) A palace that only hierophants were permitted to enter as part of the Eleusinian Mysteries.
analomink
anchorlike
anchorlike
adj
Resembling an anchor.
andarko
andoke
androkinin
angakok
angakok
Noun
An Inuit shaman.
angakoks
angakoks
noun
plural of angakok
angekkok
angekkok
noun
Alternative spelling of angekok
angekok
angekok
noun
An Eskimo/Inuit sorcerer or shaman.
angeyok
angiokeratoma
angiokeratoma
noun
(medicine) A benign cutaneous lesion of capillaries, resulting in small marks of red to blue colour and characterized by hyperkeratosis.
angiokinesis
angiokinetic
angiokinetic
adj
Relating to angiokinesis or to an angiokine
angkor
angkor
Proper noun
A region of Cambodia that served as the seat of the Khmer Empire, which flourished from approximately the 9th to 15th centuries.
anglehook
aniakudo
aniseikonia
aniseikonia
noun
(pathology, ophthalmology) An ophthalmological condition where there is a significant difference in the perceived size of images.
aniseikonias
aniseikonias
noun
plural of aniseikonia
aniseikonic
aniseikonic
adj
Having or relating to aniseikonia.
anisokonia
anisokonia
noun
Alternative form of aniseikonia
ankerhold
anklebone
anklebone
noun
The bone of the ankle, forming the lower part of the ankle joint and joining with the tibia and fibula.
anklebones
anklebones
noun
plural of anklebone
anklong
ankoli
ankou
ankou
Proper noun
The personification of death in Breton mythology.
ankylenteron
ankyloblepharon
ankyloblepharon
noun
(pathology) fusion of the margins of the eyelids
ankylocheilia
ankylodactylia
ankylodontia
ankyloglossia
ankyloglossia
noun
(medicine) A congenital oral anomaly in which the lingual frenulum is unusually short and thick, decreasing mobility of the tongue and affecting eating, speech, etc.
ankylomele
ankylomerism
ankylophobia
ankylophobia
noun
The fear of ankylosis.
ankylopodia
ankylopoietic
ankyloproctia
ankylorrhinia
ankylos
ankylosaur
ankylosaur
noun
Synonym of ankylosaurus
ankylosaurs
ankylosaurs
noun
plural of ankylosaur
ankylosaurus
ankylosaurus
noun
A large herbivorous dinosaur, of genus Ankylosaurus, that lived in the Cretaceous period, noted for its heavy armor and club-like tail.
ankylose
ankylose
verb
(intransitive, pathology) To suffer from ankylosis.
(transitive, pathology) To cause bony structures to fuse or stiffen as a result of ankylosis.
ankylosed
ankylosed
adj
(figuratively, by extension) Stiff, cramped, rigid.
(of bones or joints) Stiffened or inflexible.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ankylose
ankyloses
ankyloses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ankylose
ankylosing
ankylosing
verb
present participle of ankylose
ankylosis
ankylosis
noun
(anatomy) The growing together of bones to form a single unit.
(figuratively) An onset of stiffness or inflexibility.
(medicine) The stiffening of a joint as the result of such abnormal fusion.
ankylostoma
ankylostomiasis
ankylostomiasis
noun
Alternative form of ancylostomiasis
ankylotia
ankylotic
ankylotic
adj
Of or pertaining to ankylosis.
ankylotome
ankylotomy
ankyroid
anoka
anoka
Proper noun
an unincorporated community in Indiana, USA.
a city in Minnesota, USA
a tiny village in Nebraska, USA.
anorak
anorak
noun
(Britain, slang) A person with an unusual or obsessive interest in a niche subject.
A heavy weatherproof jacket with an attached hood; a parka or windcheater.
anoraks
anoraks
noun
plural of anorak
anotherkins
anotherkins
adj
(UK, regional, obsolete) Of another kind.
anthokyan
anthokyan
noun
(archaic) anthocyanin
antiblock
anticlockwise
anticlockwise
adj
(South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, British, Ireland, of movement) in a circular fashion so as to be moving to the left at the top of the circle and to the right at the bottom (when viewed from the front), in the opposite direction to the way the hands of an analogue clock move.
adv
(Australia, New Zealand, Britian, Ireland) In an anticlockwise fashion.