(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
adamawa
adamstown
adamstown
Proper noun
The capital and only settlement of the
A village in Ireland
A in Maryland.
A borough in Pennsylvania.
afterwisdom
alderwoman
alderwoman
noun
(rare) A female alderman.
alderwomen
alderwomen
noun
plural of alderwoman
americaward
americawards
amidward
antiendowment
antiendowment
adj
Opposing an endowment.
awardment
awardment
noun
The giving of an award; something awarded.
awaredom
awellimiden
backswordman
backswordman
noun
(historical) One who fights with a backsword or singlestick.
backswordmen
backswordmen
noun
plural of backswordman
backswordsman
backwoodsman
backwoodsman
noun
(informal, UK politics) A Peer who is seldom present in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom Parliament, who may be encouraged to attend when a very important vote is expected.
A person who is acclimated to living in a forest area that is far removed from civilization or modern conveniences.
An uncivilized person.
backwoodsmen
backwoodsmen
noun
plural of backwoodsman
balsamweed
balsamweed
noun
The plant Impatiens balsamina.
bandworm
bartholomewtide
basementward
basementward
adv
Toward a basement.
bashawdom
beadswoman
beadswoman
noun
A female beadsman.
beadswomen
beadswomen
noun
plural of beadswoman
bedeswoman
bedeswoman
noun
Alternative form of beadswoman
bedewoman
bedwarmer
bedwarmer
noun
(historical) A covered metal pan attached to a long handle, holding live coals and used to warm a bed.
beswarmed
beswarmed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beswarm
betweenmaid
birdwoman
birdwoman
noun
(informal) a female aviator.
A mythological creature that is part woman and part bird.
A woman who works with birds.
birnamwood
bohmerwald
bondswoman
bondswoman
noun
The female equivalent of a bondsman.
bondwoman
bondwoman
noun
A woman who is bound in servitude; a female slave.
bowdoinham
bowermaiden
bowmansdale
bretwaldadom
caddisworm
caddisworm
noun
The larva of the caddis fly.
caddisworms
caddisworms
noun
plural of caddisworm
camphorweed
camphorweed
noun
Any of the genus Pluchea of flowering plants in the Asteraceae family.
camphorwood
camphorwood
noun
The wood of Cinnamomum camphora, an evergreen tree whose leaves have a smell of camphor when crushed.
campward
campward
adv
Toward a camp, campwards
campwood
camwood
camwood
noun
An African hardwood tree, Baphia nitida, that is a form of sandalwood.
chittamwood
chittamwood
noun
A North American tree (Sideroxylon lanuginosum); the wood of this tree
churchwardenism
cinnamonwood
cinnamonwood
noun
Synonym of sassafras
clammyweed
clammyweed
noun
Any of several North American plants of the genus Polanisia
clampdown
clampdown
noun
A sudden repressive or punitive restriction or control
dairywoman
dairywoman
noun
A woman who works in a dairy, or who delivers dairy products.
dairywomen
dairywomen
noun
plural of dairywoman
daleswoman
daleswoman
noun
A female dalesman.
damewort
damewort
noun
dame's rocket, Hesperis matronalis.
dameworts
darwinism
darwinism
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Darwinism.
dawmont
deathworm
deepwaterman
deepwatermen
demilawyer
democraw
dewbeam
dewdamp
deywoman
diamondwise
diamondwise
adj
Oriented like a diamond.
diamondwork
diamondwork
noun
masonry with diamond-shaped patterns
ornamentation with diamonds (precious stones)
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
disavowment
disavowment
noun
disavowal
dismaw
disworkmanship
doomwatcher
doomwatcher
noun
A person with a pessimistic outlook on the future.
dowagerism
dowagerism
noun
The rank or condition of a dowager.
dowmetal
downsman
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.
downtrampling
draftswoman
draftswoman
noun
A woman employed in making drawings.
A woman exceptionally skilled in drawing.
draftswomanship
draftswomanship
noun
(rare) The art or craft of a female draftsman.
draftwoman
draftwoman
noun
Alternative form of draftswoman
draughtswoman
draughtswoman
noun
Alternative spelling of draftswoman
draughtswomanship
draughtswomanship
noun
draughtsmanship by a woman
drawarm
drawbeam
drawloom
drawloom
noun
(archaic) A kind of loom used in weaving figured patterns.
(dated) A kind of damask made on the drawloom.
dreamwhile
dreamwise
dreamworld
dreamworld
noun
An imaginary world, such as experienced while dreaming.
dreamworlds
dreamworlds
noun
plural of dreamworld
dumbwaiter
dumbwaiter
noun
(obsolete) A lazy Susan.
(obsolete) A table or set of trays on rollers used for serving food.
A small elevator used to move food etc. from one floor of a building to another.
dumbwaiters
dumbwaiters
noun
plural of dumbwaiter
dustwoman
dustwoman
noun
(Britain) Female equivalent of dustman; a woman employed to collect domestic refuse.
dwalm
dwalm
noun
(Scotland) A swoon; a sudden sickness.
verb
(Scotland, intransitive) To fail in health.
dwamish
dwarfism
dwarfism
noun
The condition of being a dwarf (person of short stature).
The quality of being puny or inferior.
dwarfisms
dwarfisms
noun
plural of dwarfism
dworman
edwardeanism
edwardianism
edwardsianism
elderwoman
fewmand
freedwoman
freedwoman
noun
A woman who has been released from a condition of slavery.
fromward
fromward
adj
(now dialect, Southern England, Midlands, West Country) Leaning or listing away from; distant from; on the right-hand side; on the opposite side.
Turned away; averse.
adv
(now dialect, Southern England, Midlands, West Country) Forth; forward.
noun
(now dialect, Southern England, Midlands, West Country) A cleaving tool; an iron instrument with a blade set at right angles on a short handle, used for splitting laths or rails.
prep
(now dialect, Southern England, Midlands, West Country) From; away from.
fromwards
fromwards
prep
(now dialectal) away from
gentlewomanhood
gentlewomanhood
noun
The qualities or condition of a gentlewoman.
gimbaljawed
gimbawawed
gimberjawed
handicraftswoman
handicraftswoman
noun
A female practitioner of a handicraft.
handworkman
handworkman
noun
A man who works with his hands; one who carries out handwork.
handworm
hardwareman
hardwareman
noun
(obsolete) An ironmonger.
herdswoman
herdswoman
noun
A woman who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep.
himward
himwards
homeward
homeward
adj
oriented towards home
adv
Towards home.
homewardly
homewards
homewards
adj
Leading toward home.
adv
towards home
impawned
impawned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of impawn
jamwood
jamwood
noun
The hard timber of the jam tree (Acacia acuminata).
jasminewood
jimberjawed
lambsdown
landswoman
lardworm
laundrywoman
laundrywoman
noun
A woman employed to wash clothes.
laundrywomen
laundrywomen
noun
plural of laundrywoman
leewardmost
leewardmost
adj
superlative form of leeward: most leeward
limawood
longmeadow
macdowell
mackinawed
mackinawed
adj
Clad in garments made of mackinaw.
madawaska
madderwort
madderwort
noun
Any plant of the same family (Rubiaceae) as the madder.
Rubia tinctorum (common madder)
madweed
madweed
noun
Synonym of hoodwort (“the plant Scutellaria galericulata”)