(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).
allowancing
allowancing
verb
present participle of allowance
angletwitch
angletwitch
noun
(rare, dialectal) An angleworm; earthworm.
backflowing
backflowing
adj
flowing backwards
verb
present participle of backflow
bailiffwick
bailiffwick
noun
Obsolete form of bailiwick.
balancewise
balancewise
adv
In terms of balance.
baldricwise
baldricwise
adv
In the manner of a baldric.
blackfellow
blackfellow
noun
(Australia, now usually considered offensive) A (male) Australian Aborigine.
blackwasher
blackwasher
noun
One who blackwashes.
blackwaters
blackwaters
noun
plural of blackwater
bleachworks
bleachworks
noun
A factory that manufactures bleach.
bullwhacker
bullwhacker
noun
(US) The driver of a bullock team.
cadwallader
cakewalkers
cakewalkers
noun
plural of cakewalker
cakewalking
cakewalking
verb
present participle of cakewalk
campbeltown
candlepower
candlepower
noun
(dated) A unit of luminous intensity of a light source, equal to 0.981 candelas.
candlewicks
candlewicks
noun
plural of candlewick
candlewoods
candlewoods
noun
plural of candlewood
carrolltown
cartwheeled
cartwheeled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cartwheel
cartwheeler
cartwheeler
noun
One who performs a cartwheel (gymnastic spinning manoeuvre).
castlewards
castlewards
noun
plural of castleward
caterwauled
caterwauled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of caterwaul
caterwauler
caterwauler
noun
One who caterwauls.
cauliflower
cauliflower
noun
Brassica oleracea var. botrytis, an annual variety of cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable.
The edible head or curd of a cauliflower plant.
The swelling of a cauliflower ear.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) swell up like a cauliflower ear.
ceilingward
ceilingward
adj
Facing or directed toward the ceiling.
adv
Toward the ceiling.
cellarwoman
cellarwoman
noun
A female cellarman.
chainwheels
chainwheels
noun
plural of chainwheel
chalkworker
charlestown
chuckawalla
chuckawalla
noun
Alternative form of chuckwalla
chuckwallas
chuckwallas
noun
plural of chuckwalla
clapperclaw
clapperclaw
verb
(obsolete) To abuse with words; to revile; to scold.
(obsolete) To fight and scratch.
classfellow
classfellow
noun
(dated or India) classmate
cleaverwort
cleaverwort
noun
Synonym of cleavers (“the bedstraw”)
clergywoman
clergywoman
noun
A woman belonging to a clergyman's family.
An ordained (female) Christian minister; a female member of the clergy.
coachfellow
coachfellow
noun
(figuratively) A comrade.
One of a pair of horses employed to draw a coach.
codswallops
commonweals
commonweals
noun
plural of commonweal
coralflower
cornwallite
cornwallite
noun
(mineralogy) A basic copper arsenate mineral with chemical formula Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄.
counterwall
cowansville
crackleware
crackleware
noun
Articles made with a crackle glaze.
crawleyroot
cromwellian
cromwellian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Oliver Cromwell, his ideas or policies
Noun
A partisan of Oliver Cromwell
crystalwort
crystalwort
noun
Any of various plants of the genus Riccia.
downscaling
downscaling
noun
The act by which something is downscaled; a reduction in size or numbers.
verb
present participle of downscale
duckwalking
duckwalking
verb
present participle of duckwalk
eichwaldite
electroweak
electroweak
adj
(physics) Describing the combination of the electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces.
fellowcraft
fellowcraft
noun
A Freemason who has completed the second degree of initiation into Freemasonry.
flowcharted
hollowfaced
lacquerware
lacquerware
noun
Decorative items coated with lacquer.
lacquerwork
lacquerwork
noun
Artistic or decorative work made with lacquer.
latticewise
latticewise
adv
In a lattice arrangement.
latticework
latticework
noun
A lattice or lattice-like structure; interlacing laths or strips.
lawrenciums
lowercasing
lowercasing
verb
present participle of lowercase
lukaszewicz
outcrawling
outcrawling
verb
present participle of outcrawl
palacewards
palacewards
adv
Towards a palace.
paschflower
pillowcases
pillowcases
noun
plural of pillowcase
policewoman
policewoman
noun
A female police officer.
racewalkers
racewalkers
noun
plural of racewalker
racewalking
racewalking
noun
(sports) A sport in which people try to walk as fast as possible, subject to the constraint that at least one foot must be on the ground at all time (or else they would be running).
verb
present participle of racewalk
reallowance
rockafellow
scallawaggy
scallopwise
scallopwise
adv
In a scalloped arrangement.
schoolwards
schoolwards
adv
Alternative form of schoolward
schwarzwald
scrawliness
scrawliness
noun
The quality of being scrawly.
screwbarrel
shacklewise
slackwitted
slaunchways
spacewalked
spacewalked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of spacewalk
spacewalker
spacewalker
noun
An astronaut engaging in a space walk or other activity outside the spacecraft.
swashbuckle
swashbuckle
verb
(intransitive) To take part in exciting romantic adventures.
switchblade
switchblade
noun
A folding knife with a blade which opens automatically (under spring pressure) when a button is pressed.
verb
(intransitive) To spring open or up.
(transitive) To attack or cut with a switchblade.
(transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) make a sudden move or transition.
tanglewrack
thwackingly
thwackingly
adv
With a thwacking sound.
trackwalker
trackwalker
noun
A person employed to walk over and inspect a section of railway track.
treaclewort
unscrawling
unscrewable
unscrewable
adj
That can be unscrewed.
That cannot be screwed.
unwatchable
unwatchable
adj
That cannot be watched; that does not bear watching.
unwhimsical
unwhimsical
Adjective
Not whimsical.
waistcloths
waistcloths
noun
plural of waistcloth
watercolors
watercolors
noun
plural of watercolor
watercolour
watercolour
adj
Pertaining to the methods or products of watercolor.
noun
(countable) A painting made by using such pigment.
(countable) A water-soluble pigment.
(uncountable) This kind of painting as a genre.
verb
To paint using watercolour
watercooler
watercooler
noun
Alternative spelling of water cooler
waterlocked
waxchandler
welfaristic
welfaristic
adj
Supporting or relating to welfarism.
weltansicht
weltansicht
Noun
The general attitude toward life and reality that an individual or character demonstrates.
welwitschia
welwitschia
noun
Welwitschia mirabilis, a desert plant of southwest Africa.
whalebacker
whalesucker
whalesucker
noun
A tropical species of remora, Remora australis, that attaches exclusively to cetaceans.
wharncliffe
wharncliffe
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Wharncliffe
wheelchairs
wheelchairs
noun
plural of wheelchair
whimsically
whimsically
adv
in a whimsical manner
whitechapel
whitechapel
Proper noun
A district in east London, England, traditionally a poor working-class neighbourhood.