(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).
awestricken
awestricken
adj
Filled with awe.
backswimmer
backswimmer
noun
Any of various aquatic insects, of the family Notonectidae, that swim on their backs.
backwatered
backwatered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backwater
backwoodser
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.
bracketwise
bracketwise
adv
In terms of brackets (in various senses).
buckwheater
buckwheater
noun
A poor and unskilled farmer.
bullwhacker
bullwhacker
noun
(US) The driver of a bullock team.
bushwhacked
bushwhacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bushwhack
bushwhacker
bushwhacker
noun
(Australia) A person who lives in the bush, especially as a fugitive; a person who clears woods and bush country.
(US) One who travels through the woods, off the designated path.
(US, historical) A guerrilla (of either side) during the American Civil War.
(dated) Someone who attacks without warning.
A small, soft-floored inflatable boat (designed for use by one or two people).
cabinetwork
cabinetwork
noun
cabinetmaking
furniture made by a cabinetmaker
cakewalkers
cakewalkers
noun
plural of cakewalker
cakewalking
cakewalking
verb
present participle of cakewalk
candlewicks
candlewicks
noun
plural of candlewick
cankerworms
cankerworms
noun
plural of cankerworm
caseworkers
caseworkers
noun
plural of caseworker
chalkworker
cheektowaga
crackleware
crackleware
noun
Articles made with a crackle glaze.
craftworker
craftworker
noun
A maker of craftwork.
deckswabber
electroweak
electroweak
adj
(physics) Describing the combination of the electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces.
jabberwocky
jabberwocky
adj
absurd, nonsense, nonsensical
meaningless, worthless
noun
invented or meaningless language; nonsense
kawchodinne
kitchenward
kitchenward
adj
To the kitchen
adv
(figuratively) Toward food in general.
Toward the kitchen.
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.
lacquerwork
lacquerwork
noun
Artistic or decorative work made with lacquer.
latticework
latticework
noun
A lattice or lattice-like structure; interlacing laths or strips.
lukaszewicz
paddywacked
patchworked
patchworked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of patchwork
peacockwise
peacockwise
adv
In the manner of a peacock.
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
rockafellow
shacklewise
slackwitted
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.
tanglewrack
terracework
thwackstave
trackwalker
trackwalker
noun
A person employed to walk over and inspect a section of railway track.
wackinesses
wackinesses
noun
plural of wackiness
watchkeeper
watchkeeper
noun
A lookout (person who keeps watch).
watchmakers
watchmakers
noun
plural of watchmaker
waterlocked
weathercock
weathercock
noun
(chiefly Canada, US) A kind of wind pump whose top behaves like a weather vane, moving with the wind direction, but which also has a wheel attached to measure wind speed.
(figuratively) One who veers with every change of current opinion; a fickle, inconstant person.
A weather vane, sometimes in the form of a cockerel.
verb
(intransitive, of a boat) To turn upwind because of the difference in water pressure on two sides.
(intransitive, of an airplane or missile) To veer into the direction of the oncoming (relative) wind.
(transitive) To act as a weathercock for.
weathersick
westermarck
wewahitchka
whalebacker
whalesucker
whalesucker
noun
A tropical species of remora, Remora australis, that attaches exclusively to cetaceans.
whinchacker
whipcracker
whipcracker
noun
One who cracks a whip.
winckelmann
wisecracked
wisecracked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of wisecrack
wisecracker
wisecracker
noun
A person who makes wisecrack remarks; a smart aleck.