(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).
aftergrowth
aftergrowth
noun
(figuratively) Any abstraction of the above.
A second growth, seen in plants like crops or timber after harvesting.
angletwitch
angletwitch
noun
(rare, dialectal) An angleworm; earthworm.
answeringly
answeringly
adv
In a way that answers; so as to answer; in reply.
applegrower
applegrower
noun
A grower of apples.
awakeningly
awakeningly
adv
In a way that awakens, or brings new sensations.
bangwaketsi
bargainwise
battlewagon
battlewagon
noun
(military) A heavily-armed combat vehicle.
(nautical) A battleship.
becowarding
beggarweeds
beggarweeds
noun
plural of beggarweed
beggarwoman
beggarwoman
noun
A female beggar.
beshadowing
beshadowing
verb
present participle of beshadow
bewailingly
bewailingly
adv
in a bewailing manner
bewrayingly
bewrayingly
adv
(archaic) By way of disclosing secrets; in such manner as to bewray
bilgewaters
bilgewaters
noun
plural of bilgewater
bridgewards
bridgewards
adv
Towards a bridge.
bridgewater
browbeating
browbeating
verb
present participle of browbeat
cabbagetown
cabbagewood
cabbagewood
noun
The tree Ceodes umbellifera.
cabbageworm
cabbageworm
noun
Alternative form of cabbage worm
cakewalking
cakewalking
verb
present participle of cakewalk
carriageway
carriageway
noun
(UK, Ireland) One side of a dual carriageway that carries traffic in a single direction.
(UK, Ireland) The part of a road that carries traffic.
catchweight
catchweight
adj
(sports) Without any weight restrictions; having no handicap.
Having no standard weight, but rather having weight determined when packaged for sale or shipping.
adv
(horse racing) Without any weight restrictions; without being handicapped.
to ride catchweight
noun
(sports) A weight category other than the standard weight categories: either an agreed-upon weight range or an agreement to allow any weight.
The weight of all the fish caught.
The weight of an item that is not set to a standard, but which varies around an approximate value.
causewaying
causewaying
verb
present participle of causeway
ceilingward
ceilingward
adj
Facing or directed toward the ceiling.
adv
Toward the ceiling.
changewater
cheektowaga
clergywoman
clergywoman
noun
A woman belonging to a clergyman's family.
An ordained (female) Christian minister; a female member of the clergy.
deadweights
deadweights
noun
plural of deadweight
drainageway
drainageway
noun
A route or course along which water moves or may move to drain a region.
drawbridges
drawbridges
noun
plural of drawbridge
edwardsburg
enwreathing
enwreathing
verb
present participle of enwreathe
farewelling
farewelling
verb
present participle of farewell
fawningness
fawningness
noun
Tendency to fawn; obsequious behaviour.
featherwing
finedrawing
finedrawing
verb
present participle of finedraw
forewarning
forewarning
noun
An advance warning; an omen.
verb
present participle of forewarn
forswearing
forswearing
noun
The act of one who forswears.
verb
present participle of forswear
forwearying
forwearying
verb
present participle of forweary
gallowsness
gallowsness
noun
(slang, rare, archaic) recklessness
gardenwards
gardenwards
adv
Towards a garden.
garlandwise
garlandwise
adv
In an arrangement resembling a garland.
gawkinesses
gawkinesses
noun
plural of gawkiness
gawkishness
gawkishness
noun
The quality of being gawkish.
gentianwort
gentlewoman
gentlewoman
noun
(US, politics) A female member of a legislature, especially a female member of a House of Representatives.
(historical) A woman of the nobility.
giftwrapped
giftwrapped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of giftwrap
gimbaljawed
gimberjawed
glassblower
glassblower
noun
A person skilled in the art of glassblowing.
glassworker
glassworker
noun
One who makes glasswork.
glenwillard
goldthwaite
goldthwaite
Proper noun
a small city in Texas, USA
gospelwards
grandnephew
grandnephew
noun
A grandson of one's sibling; a son of one's nephew or niece. (Brother's grandson: fraternal grandnephew. Sister's grandson: sororal grandnephew.)
graniteware
graniteware
noun
Ironware that has been coated with a layer of vitreous enamel with a swirled or speckled pattern resembling granite.
Pottery with the same type of enamel coating.
grapeflower
grassflower
greasewoods
greasewoods
noun
plural of greasewood
greenswards
greenswards
noun
plural of greensward
greenwashes
greenwashes
noun
plural of greenwash
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of greenwash
grindelwald
groundwater
groundwater
noun
Water that exists beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers.
grousewards
hairweaving
hairweaving
noun
The transplantation of hair onto the scalp by weaving it into the existing hair, sometimes to disguise baldness.
handweaving
handweaving
noun
the manufacture of handwoven goods
handwringer
handwringer
noun
A person who clasps and squeezes the hands in an excessive expression of distress.
headworking
heavyweight
heavyweight
adj
Being a leader in one's field.
Being relatively heavy.
Important or impressive.
Of the heavyweight boxing (or similar) division.
noun
(uncountable, boxing) The professional boxing weight class for boxers weighing more than 190 pounds; a boxer in that division.
(uncountable, by extension) A similar division and contestant in other sports.
A very large, heavy, or impressive person.
hornswaggle
inwandering
inwreathing
inwreathing
verb
present participle of inwreathe
jawbreaking
jawbreaking
adj
Very difficult to pronounce.
junglewards
junglewards
adv
Towards a jungle.
kweihwating
lawbreaking
lawbreaking
adj
unlawful; illegal.
noun
The commission of a criminal act, the violation or breaking of a law.
lawrightmen
lawrightmen
noun
plural of lawrightman
leatherwing
leatherwing
noun
soldier beetle
loungewears
lowercasing
lowercasing
verb
present participle of lowercase
lozengeways
lozengeways
adv
(heraldry) Lozengewise.
makeweights
makeweights
noun
plural of makeweight
newmanising
newmanizing
newscasting
newscasting
noun
The production of newscasts
nightwalker
nightwalker
noun
(archaic, euphemistic) A prostitute who looks for clients on the streets.
(fantasy) A vampire.
nonswearing
nonswearing
adj
Not swearing; not making an oath.
Not swearing; not using bad language.
nonsweating
nonwavering
nonwavering
adj
Not wavering; unwavering, staunch or continuous.
orangewoman
orangewoman
Noun
A female Orangeman.
orangewoods
oswegatchie
outswearing
outswearing
verb
present participle of outswear
outwearying
outwearying
verb
present participle of outweary
outwrangled
outwrangled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outwrangle
overdrawing
overdrawing
verb
present participle of overdraw
overstowage
overwarming
overwarming
verb
present participle of overwarm
overwearing
overwearing
verb
present participle of overwear
paperweight
paperweight
noun
(slang) A useless piece of equipment.
A small, decorative, somewhat weighty object placed on one or more pieces of paper to keep them from fluttering away.
Any object used for this purpose.
passageways
passageways
noun
plural of passageway
passagework
passagework
noun
(music) An ornamental passage in a musical work, often resembling a scale; or the performance of such a passage
pigweabbits
postweaning
postweaning
adj
Following the weaning period
prayingwise
prewrapping
prewrapping
verb
present participle of prewrap
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
reawakening
reawakening
noun
A second or subsequent awakening.
verb
present participle of reawaken
rewardingly
rewardingly
adv
In a way or to an extent that is rewarding
safeblowing
safeblowing
noun
The act of breaking into a safe using explosives.
sleepwaking
sleepwaking
noun
The state of one who is mesmerized, or in a partial and morbid sleep.
spongewares
spongewares
noun
plural of spongeware
springwater
springwater
noun
Water originating from a spring.
Water that is purportedly, and marketed as, originating from a spring, but is mostly or entirely filtered or tap water.
stageworthy
stageworthy
adj
(theater) Worthy, fit, or deserving of stage presentation; stageable.
stagewright
stagewright
noun
A playwright.
staggerweed
staggerwort
staggerwort
noun
Jacobaea vulgaris (syn. Senecio jacobaea), a kind of ragwort.
steerageway
steerageway
noun
(nautical) The minimum speed of a ship, below which it does not answer the helm and cannot be steered.
swagbellied
swagbellied
adj
Having a prominent, overhanging belly.
swagbellies
swagbellies
noun
plural of swagbelly
swingletail
swingletail
noun
(archaic, rare) The thrasher, or fox shark.
tanglewrack
twinemaking
twinemaking
noun
The manufacture of twine.
unanswering
unanswering
adj
Giving no answer; unresponsive.
unawakening
unawakening
adj
Not awakening; dormant, asleep.
unbewailing
unbewailing
adj
Not bewailing.
underwaving
unrewarding
unrewarding
adj
Not providing reward or satisfaction
unwandering
unwandering
adj
Not wandering.
unweakening
unwedgeable
unwedgeable
adj
That cannot be split, as with a wedge.
unweighable
unweighable
adj
That cannot be weighed.
unwreathing
unwreathing
verb
present participle of unwreath
present participle of unwreathe
villageward
villageward
Adverb
Toward a village.
vinegarweed
vinegarweed
noun
Trichostema lanceolatum, an annual flowering herb of the mint family with an intensely pungent scent, native to western North America.
volkswagens
wafermaking
wageworkers
wageworkers
noun
plural of wageworker
wageworking
wageworking
adj
Working in order to earn a wage.
waggishness
waggishness
noun
Waggish behaviour.
wagneresque
waitressing
waitressing
verb
present participle of waitress
waldgravine
waltersburg
wampumpeags
wanderingly
wanderingly
adv
In a wandering manner; without any particular direction.