(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.
allowancing
allowancing
verb
present participle of allowance
applegrower
applegrower
noun
A grower of apples.
backflowing
backflowing
adj
flowing backwards
verb
present participle of backflow
battlewagon
battlewagon
noun
(military) A heavily-armed combat vehicle.
(nautical) A battleship.
becowarding
beggarwoman
beggarwoman
noun
A female beggar.
beshadowing
beshadowing
verb
present participle of beshadow
boguslawsky
browbeating
browbeating
verb
present participle of browbeat
cabbagetown
cabbagewood
cabbagewood
noun
The tree Ceodes umbellifera.
cabbageworm
cabbageworm
noun
Alternative form of cabbage worm
changchowfu
cheektowaga
clergywoman
clergywoman
noun
A woman belonging to a clergyman's family.
An ordained (female) Christian minister; a female member of the clergy.
coachwright
coxswaining
coxswaining
verb
present participle of coxswain
crowbarring
crowbarring
verb
present participle of crowbar
disallowing
disallowing
verb
present participle of disallow
downdraught
downdraught
noun
Alternative spelling of downdraft
downfalling
downfalling
adj
falling downward
noun
A downfall.
An act of falling downward.
downgrading
downgrading
noun
A downgrade; a reduction of a rating, as a financial or credit rating.
verb
present participle of downgrade
downhanging
downloading
downloading
verb
present participle and gerund of download
downplaying
downplaying
noun
The act by which something is downplayed, or made to seem less important.
verb
present participle of downplay
downscaling
downscaling
noun
The act by which something is downscaled; a reduction in size or numbers.
verb
present participle of downscale
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
gallowglass
gallowglass
noun
(historical) A mercenary warrior élite among Gaelic-Norse clans residing in the Western Isles of Scotland and Scottish Highlands from the mid 13th century to the end of the 16th century.
gallowsness
gallowsness
noun
(slang, rare, archaic) recklessness
gallowsward
gallowsward
adv
Toward the gallows.
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.
glassblower
glassblower
noun
A person skilled in the art of glassblowing.
glassworker
glassworker
noun
One who makes glasswork.
goldthwaite
goldthwaite
Proper noun
a small city in Texas, USA
gospelwards
grapeflower
grassflower
greasewoods
greasewoods
noun
plural of greasewood
groatsworth
groatsworth
noun
(historical) An object or quantity that can be purchased for a groat; hence (figurative) a small amount; a morsel.
groundwards
groundwards
adv
Towards the ground; groundward.
groundwater
groundwater
noun
Water that exists beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers.
grousewards
handwrought
handwrought
adj
Made by hand, handmade
hardworking
hardworking
adj
Of a person, taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly.
harrowingly
harrowingly
adv
In a way or to an extent that is harrowing
headworking
hornswaggle
kwangchowan
lampworking
lampworking
verb
present participle of lampwork
landownings
landownings
noun
plural of landowning
laughworthy
laughworthy
adj
(rare) Deserving to be laughed at, laughable.
loungewears
lowercasing
lowercasing
verb
present participle of lowercase
lozengeways
lozengeways
adv
(heraldry) Lozengewise.
microwaving
microwaving
verb
present participle of microwave
moonwalking
moonwalking
verb
present participle of moonwalk
morningward
morningward
adv
(poetic) Toward morning.
narrowsburg
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
outbrawling
outbrawling
verb
present participle of outbrawl
outcrawling
outcrawling
verb
present participle of outcrawl
outswearing
outswearing
verb
present participle of outswear
outwarbling
outwarbling
verb
present participle of outwarble
outwatching
outwatching
verb
present participle of outwatch
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
passagework
passagework
noun
(music) An ornamental passage in a musical work, often resembling a scale; or the performance of such a passage
pawnbroking
pawnbroking
noun
The business of a pawnbroker; advancing loans against pledges of household goods or personal possessions, and selling those pledges that are not redeemed.
plowrightia
postweaning
postweaning
adj
Following the weaning period
safeblowing
safeblowing
noun
The act of breaking into a safe using explosives.
shadowgraph
shadowgraph
noun
(physics) An optical technique of visualizing patterns of fluid flow by using differences in refractive index
A shadow-picture; a radiograph or X-ray photograph; a sciagram.
verb
(photography) To take a picture by means of X-ray, radium, or similar source of actinic radiation.
(transitive) To outline in a shadow-picture on a screen.
shortwaving
showboating
showboating
verb
present participle of showboat
snowballing
snowballing
verb
present participle of snowball
spongewares
spongewares
noun
plural of spongeware
stageworthy
stageworthy
adj
(theater) Worthy, fit, or deserving of stage presentation; stageable.
staggerwort
staggerwort
noun
Jacobaea vulgaris (syn. Senecio jacobaea), a kind of ragwort.
swallowling
swallowling
noun
A young swallow.
swingaround
swordmaking
swordmaking
noun
The manufacture of swords.
thoroughwax
thoroughwax
noun
An umbelliferous plant (Bupleurum rotundifolium) with perfoliate leaves.
The thoroughwort.
thoroughway
thoroughway
noun
A thoroughfare.
A way through, passageway.
thoughtways
thoughtways
noun
plural of thoughtway
throughways
throughways
noun
plural of throughway
tomahawking
tomahawking
verb
present participle of tomahawk
unhallowing
unhallowing
verb
present participle of unhallow
volkswagens
wageworkers
wageworkers
noun
plural of wageworker
wageworking
wageworking
adj
Working in order to earn a wage.
waggonsmith
wagonmaking
wagonmaking
noun
The construction of wagons.
wagonwayman
wagonwayman
noun
A man employed to repair wagonways.
wagonwright
wagonwright
noun
A builder of wagons.
wainscoting
wainscoting
noun
Alternative spelling of wainscotting
wallingford
walstonburg
wardholding
wardholding
noun
(now historical) A form of land tenure in Scotland, equivalent to knight service in England.
warehousing
warehousing
noun
The act of storing goods in a warehouse.
verb
present participle of warehouse
watchdogged
watchdogged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of watchdog
waterlogged
waterlogged
adj
(nautical) in danger of sinking because of excess water onboard
soaked with water
waterlogger
watermonger
watermonger
noun
A seller of water.
weaponizing
weaponizing
verb
present participle of weaponize
whangdoodle
whangdoodle
noun
(obsolete) Term of disparagement
(often humorous) A whimsical monster in folklore and children's fiction; a bugbear.
(poker) A ruling in which the opening stake limits are doubled for the next play after the appearance of a very good hand.
wheatgrower
wheatgrower
noun
A person or company that grows wheat.
wholesaling
wholesaling
verb
present participle of wholesale
witenagemot
witenagemot
noun
(history, countable) A specific session of such an assembly.
(history, usually uncountable, sometimes countable) Any of several assemblies which existed in Anglo-Saxon England from the 7th to the 11th century, initially with regional jurisdiction (there being different ones in Essex, Kent, Mercia, Northumbria, Sussex and Wessex), later with national jurisdiction, made up of important noblemen.
woodcarving
woodcarving
noun
Alternative spelling of wood carving
worldmaking
worldmaking
noun
The creation of a world, as for example in writing fiction.
wranglesome
wranglesome
adj
Characterised or marked by wrangling; inclined to wrangle or squabble; quarrelsome.
wrongheaded
wrongheaded
adj
Having an obstinately (persistently, stubbornly) perverse/erroneous opinion or judgement.