A nocturnal, insectivorous mammal, Proteles cristatus, of southern and eastern Africa, related to and resembling the hyena.
aardwolves
aardwolves
noun
plural of aardwolf
aauw
abbottstown
abbottstown
Proper noun
A borough in Adams County, Pennsylvania
aberystwyth
aberystwyth
Proper noun
A town in Ceredigion, Wales.
ablewhackets
ablow
ablow
adj
(dated, postpositive) Blowing or being blown; windy.
(obsolete, postpositive) Blossoming, blooming, in blossom.
abow
abwab
abwab
noun
(India) A tax, or impost, levied by a chief on a landowner.
abwatt
abwatt
noun
(electrical engineering) A unit of electrical power equal to one ten-millionth of a watt (10⁻⁷ watts), used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units.
abwatts
abwatts
noun
plural of abwatt
acaws
acheweed
achomawi
achomawi
Proper noun
The native language spoken by the Pit River people of present-day California.
acknew
acknew
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acknow
acknow
acknow
verb
(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
Full of or covered (with something that crawls or moves as if crawling).
acw
acwa
acworth
acwp
adamawa
adamstown
adamstown
Proper noun
The capital and only settlement of the
A village in Ireland
A in Maryland.
A borough in Pennsylvania.
adaw
adaw
verb
(obsolete) To awaken, arouse.
(obsolete, transitive) To daunt, overcome.
adawe
adawlut
adawlut
noun
(India, historical) A court of justice in British India.
adawn
adderwort
adderwort
noun
Common bistort (Bistorta officinalis, syn. Persicaria bistorta) or snakeweed.
adew
adowa
adown
adown
adv
(archaic) Down, downward; to or in a lower place.
prep
(archaic) Down.
adrowse
adrowse
adj
drowsy
aduwa
advowee
advowee
noun
One who has an advowson.
advowry
advowry
noun
Alternative form of avowry
advowsance
advowson
advowson
noun
(UK, ecclesiastical law) The right to present a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice or church office.
advowsons
advowsons
noun
plural of advowson
adward
adward
noun
Obsolete form of award.
adwesch
adwesch
Verb
To quench; extinguish (fire, pain, malice, enemies, etc.)
aerotow
aeroview
aflow
aflow
Adverb
flowing
aflower
aflower
adj
(archaic, poetic) flowering, in bloom
aforeward
afrown
afrown
adj
frowning
afterblow
afterglow
afterglow
noun
An afterparty.
The glow seen in the sky after sunset.
The light emitted by a phosphor after excitation.
The light emitted by an incandescent object while cooling.
The mildly euphoric feeling experienced after a pleasurable experience, especially after an orgasm or drug-induced high.
afterglows
afterglows
noun
plural of afterglow
aftergrowth
aftergrowth
noun
(figuratively) Any abstraction of the above.
A second growth, seen in plants like crops or timber after harvesting.
afterknowledge
afterknowledge
noun
Knowledge acquired later, or after the event.
afterswarm
afterswarm
noun
A swarm of bees that leaves the hive after the primary swarm.
afterswarming
afterswell
afterwale
afterwar
afterwar
adj
Following a war.
afterward
afterward
adv
(US) Alternative form of afterwards
afterwards
afterwards
adv
(temporal location) At a later or succeeding time.
afterwash
afterwhile
afterwhile
adv
(US, dialect) Afterwards.
afterwisdom
afterwise
afterwise
adj
Wise after the fact.
afterwit
afterwit
noun
A good comeback, retort one thinks of only after the end of discussion or after leaving a social gathering.
The lack of forethought.
Wisdom which comes after the event.
afterwitted
afterwitted
adj
(dated) Characterized by afterwit; slow-witted.
afterword
afterword
noun
(of a letter) a postscript.
(to a book) an appendix.
an epilogue.
afterwork
afterworking
afterworld
afterworld
noun
A supposed world that is entered after death; the realm of the afterlife.
afterworlds
afterworlds
noun
plural of afterworld
afterwort
afterwrath
afterwrist
aftward
aftward
adv
(nautical) Toward the stern.
aftwards
aftwards
adv
Alternative form of aftward
afwillite
afwillite
noun
(mineralogy) A calcium hydroxide nesosilicate mineral, occurring as glassy, colourless to white prismatic monoclinic crystals.
againward
againward
adv
(obsolete) Back again.
agalawood
agalwood
agalwood
noun
Alternative form of agarwood
agalwoods
agarwal
agateware
agateware
noun
(ceramics) Pottery decorated with a combination of contrastingly coloured clays, designed to resemble the layers of colour in an agate stone.
agawam
agawam
Proper noun
An Eastern Algonquian language
An unincorporated community in Kentucky
A city and a river in Massachusetts
A ghost town in Oklahoma
aggarwal
agilawood
agillawood
aglow
aglow
adj
(sometimes figurative) glowing; radiant
agnew
agueweed
agueweed
noun
An herb also known as common boneset.
agueweeds
agueweeds
noun
plural of agueweed
aguilawood
agway
ahgwahching
ahhiyawa
ahluwalia
ahurewa
ahwahnee
ahwal
ahwaz
aiawong
ailweed
aimwell
aimworthiness
aimworthiness
noun
The quality of having good aim (with a weapon).
ainsworth
ainsworth
Proper noun
A village in Greater Manchester, England
A village in British Columbia, Canada
An unincorporated community in Ross Townsip, Lake County, Indiana, United States, now defunct
A city in Iowa, United States
A city in Nebraska, United States, and the county seat of Brown County.
A town in Wisconsin, United States
A state park in Oregon, United States
aircraftswoman
aircraftswoman
noun
An aircraftwoman.
aircraftswomen
aircraftswomen
noun
plural of aircraftswoman
aircraftwoman
aircraftwoman
noun
A female aircraftman.
aircrew
aircrew
noun
A group of two or more trained individuals, formed as a team that operates an aircraft.
aircrewman
aircrewman
noun
A member of a military aircrew.
aircrewmen
aircrewmen
noun
plural of aircrewman
aircrews
aircrews
noun
plural of aircrew
airflow
airflow
noun
Any flow of air, especially the motion of air around a moving aircraft or aerofoil.
airflows
airflows
noun
plural of airflow
airglow
airglow
noun
A faint illumination in the sky due to photochemical luminescence in the upper atmosphere, now rarely observed by earthbound humans without the assistance of instruments.
airglows
airglows
noun
plural of airglow
airscrew
airscrew
noun
Any actuator disk whose working fluid is air.
The propeller of an aircraft; the prop.
airscrews
airscrews
noun
plural of airscrew
airview
airview
noun
A view from the air; a photograph taken from an aircraft.
airward
airward
Adverb
Toward the air; upward.
airwards
airwards
adv
Toward the air; upward.
airwash
airwave
airwave
noun
singular of airwaves; thus often "radio" or "frequency".
airwaves
airwaves
noun
Radio or television broadcasts.
Radio-frequency electromagnetic waves, usually used in the context of wireless communication; radio waves.
airway
airway
noun
(anatomy) The trachea.
(aviation) A flight path used by aeroplanes.
airwaybill
airwaybill
noun
An airbill.
airwayman
airways
airways
noun
plural of airway
airwise
airwise
adj
Competent and familiar with aircraft or air travel.
airwoman
airwoman
noun
A woman who flies in an aircraft; a female aviator.