(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
ackworth
afterknowledge
afterknowledge
noun
Knowledge acquired later, or after the event.
afterwork
afterworking
akutagawa
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.
antiwarlike
antiwarlike
adj
Opposing war; pacifist.
antiwrinkle
antiwrinkle
adj
(dermatology) Counteracting wrinkles.
arakawaite
arakawaite
noun
(mineralogy) veszelyite
archworkmaster
arkwright
arkwright
noun
(obsolete) A maker of cabinets or chests.
artwork
artwork
noun
(uncountable) Artistic work.
(uncountable, reprographics) The graphical elements to be included in a reproduced work.
A painting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art.
artworks
artworks
noun
plural of artwork
askwith
astakiwi
attiwendaronk
atwekk
autoworkers
autoworkers
noun
plural of autoworker
awakenment
awakenment
noun
An awakening.
awestricken
awestricken
adj
Filled with awe.
awestrike
awestrike
verb
(transitive, now rare) To strike (someone) with awe; to make (someone) awestruck.
awestruck
awestruck
adj
Filled or overcome with awe or wonder.
awkwardest
awkwardest
adj
superlative form of awkward: most awkward
backswept
backswept
adj
Swept back.
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.
backwater
backwater
noun
(idiomatic) A remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.
(paper industry) Water used in the papermaking process. Recycled to reduce usage of fresh water, and usually containing residual amounts of chemicals and fibres.
A rowing stroke in which the oar is pushed forward to stop the boat; see back water
The water held back by a dam or other obstruction
verb
(idiomatic) To vacillate on a long-held position.
To row or paddle a backwater stroke.
backwatered
backwatered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backwater
backwaters
backwaters
noun
plural of backwater
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backwater
backwort
bakerstown
bangwaketsi
basketware
basketware
noun
basketwork goods collectively
basketweaving
basketweaving
noun
(figurative) Any useless, unproductive, or lightweight activity.
The act of weaving baskets, as for example from grasses, wicker, or rope.
basketwoman
basketwoman
noun
(historical) A woman who sells goods from a basket.
basketwood
basketwood
noun
Any of various kinds of wood traditionally used for making baskets.
basketwork
basketwork
noun
Material woven in the style of a basket.
The craft of making such material.
basketworks
basketworks
noun
plural of basketwork
basketworm
basketworm
noun
The larva of a psychid moth.
beekmantown
bethwack
bethwack
verb
(transitive) To pelt, thrash, or cudgel soundly.
blackwater
blackwater
noun
Blackwater fever; malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum.
Waste from domestic toilets; water containing fecal matter.
Water containing loam, tannins, etc., giving it a very dark appearance.
blackwaters
blackwaters
noun
plural of blackwater
blackwort
blanketflower
blanketflower
noun
Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia.
blanketweed
blanketweed
noun
a filamentous alga often found in ponds
bracketwise
bracketwise
adv
In terms of brackets (in various senses).
breakwater
breakwater
noun
(nautical) A low bulkhead across the forecastle deck of a ship which diverts water breaking over the bows into the scuppers.
(on beaches) A wooden or concrete barrier, usually perpendicular to the shore, intended to prevent the movement of sand along a coast.
A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside.
breakwaters
breakwaters
noun
plural of breakwater
breakweather
breastwork
breastwork
noun
(nautical) A railing on the quarter-deck and forecastle.
(slang) Breast augmentation.
A fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark; a parapet.
A parapet.
breastworks
breastworks
noun
plural of breastwork
buckwheat
buckwheat
noun
(Western US) Any of the wild buckwheats in the genus Eriogonum.
(cooking) The fruit of this plant used as a pseudocereal.
(derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur, US) Curly hair of a black person.
(slang) A slow and painful murder by the Mafia as a warning to others.
(slang) Pubic hair.
An Asian plant, of the species Fagopyrum esculentum. [from 16th c.]
buckwheater
buckwheater
noun
A poor and unskilled farmer.
buckwheatlike
buckwheatlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of buckwheat.
buckwheats
buckwheats
noun
plural of buckwheat
cabinetwork
cabinetwork
noun
cabinetmaking
furniture made by a cabinetmaker
cabinetworker
cabinetworker
noun
One who makes cabinets; a practitioner of cabinetwork.
cabinetworking
cabinetworks
candlestickward
cankerwort
cankerwort
noun
The plant Taraxacum officinale.
carpetwork
carpetwork
noun
carpeting generally
catchwork
catchwork
noun
A simple irrigation system, used on sloping land, in which water from a stream or spring is fed in at the top and allowed to trickle down over a number of artificial terraces.
catwalk
catwalk
noun
(by extension, "the catwalk") The business of making clothes for fashion shows.
(nautical) An elevated enclosed passage providing access fore and aft from the bridge of a merchant vessel.
A narrow elevated stage on which models parade; a runway
Any similar elevated walkway.
catwalks
catwalks
noun
plural of catwalk
chawstick
chawstick
noun
Alternative form of chewstick (“plant”)
cheektowaga
clockwatcher
clockwatcher
noun
Alternative form of clock-watcher
constablewick
constablewick
noun
(obsolete) The district to which a constable's power is limited.
contraclockwise
contraclockwise
adv
counterclockwise
counterbreastwork
craftwork
craftwork
noun
An item produced by handicraft.
craftworker
craftworker
noun
A maker of craftwork.
darktown
darktown
noun
(US, dated) An African-American area of a city in the American South.
dawnstreak
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
downpatrick
downtake
downtake
noun
An outlet for conveying something downward.
Material conveyed downward by such an outlet.
drawknot
drinkwater
drinkwater
adj
(of a place) Small, rural, and insignificant.
noun
Potable water; water intended for drinking
duckwater
duckwheat
earthwork
earthwork
noun
Any structure made from earth; especially an embankment or rampart used as a fortification.
earthworks
earthworks
noun
plural of earthwork
electroweak
electroweak
adj
(physics) Describing the combination of the electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces.
enewetak
fastwalk
featherwork
featherwork
noun
(countable) A cultural artifact made with feathers.
(uncountable) The working of feathers into a cultural artifact.
featherworker
flatwork
flatwork
noun
(construction) Horizontal construction work using concrete, such as floors.
flatworks
footwalk
footwalk
noun
A pedestrian walkway.
franklintown
franktown
garmentworker
garmentworker
noun
A person who works making clothes.
garnetwork
gatchwork
gatchwork
noun
Decorative work made from gatch.
gateworks
gawkiest
gawkiest
adj
superlative form of gawky: most gawky
gentlewomanlike
gentlewomanlike
adj
Characteristic of a gentlewoman; having the qualities of a gentlewoman.
adv
In a manner befitting a gentlewoman.
hackettstown
hartwick
haskwort
hawkbit
hawkbit
noun
Any dandelion-like flower of the genera Leontodon, Scorzoneroides, and others in subtribe Hypochaeridinae, in the family Asteraceae.
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
hawknut
hawknut
noun
Synonym of kippernut
intranetwork
intranetwork
adj
Within a network.
noun
(computing) An intranet.
jacketwise
jacketwise
adv
In the manner of a jacket.
jacksontown
jackstraw
jackstraw
adj
(obsolete, of a person) Of no substance or worth.
Resembling a bundle of jackstraws that has been strewn on a surface.
noun
(dated) An insignificant person.
(usually plural) One of the pieces used for the game called jackstraws or pick-up sticks.
jackstraws
jackstraws
noun
plural of jackstraw
jerkwater
jerkwater
adj
(US, colloquial, derogatory) Of an inhabited place, small, insignificant, and backward.
noun
(US, historical) A train on a branch line.
A jerkwater town.
kabinettwein
kataway
kathiawar
katowice
katowice
Proper noun
A city in southern Poland, capital of Silesian Voivodeship.
katsuwonidae
kattowitz
kawabata
keewatin
ketway
keweenawite
keweenawite
noun
(mineralogy) A copper ore and discredited mineral species composed of arsenic, copper, nickel, and cobalt.
kilowatt
kilowatt
noun
One thousand (10³) watts.
kilowatts
kilowatts
noun
plural of kilowatt
kistiakowsky
kitchenward
kitchenward
adj
To the kitchen
adv
(figuratively) Toward food in general.
Toward the kitchen.
kitchenwards
kitchenwards
adv
Alternative form of kitchenward
kitchenware
kitchenware
noun
(attributive, uncountable) Of or pertaining to utensils and appliances used for food preparation.
Instruments and utensils found in a kitchen, particularly those associated with the preparation and serving of food.
kitchenwares
kitchenwares
noun
plural of kitchenware
kittiwake
kittiwake
noun
Either of two small gulls in the genus Rissa of the family Laridae that nest in colonies on sea cliffs and spend the winter on the open ocean.
kittyhawk
knackwurst
knackwurst
noun
A highly seasoned scalded sausage made from beef, pork, and fatty tissue similar to a frankfurter, but shorter and thicker.
knackwursts
knackwursts
noun
plural of knackwurst
knitwear
knitwear
noun
knitted garments
knitwears
knitwears
noun
plural of knitwear
knowability
knowability
noun
The quality or state of being knowable.
knowledgeability
knowledgeability
noun
The condition of being knowledgeable.
kotwal
kotwal
noun
(historical) The leader of a kot or fort in medieval India.
The local police chief or magistrate of a town or city in India or the East Indies.
kotwalee
kotwalee
noun
Archaic form of kotwali.
kotwali
kotwali
noun
(India) A police station.
kowagmiut
kowatch
krautweed
kuttawa
kuwait
kuwait
Proper noun
in the Middle East. Official name: State of Kuwait.