(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.
answeringly
answeringly
adv
In a way that answers; so as to answer; in reply.
antiwhaling
antiwhaling
adj
Against the practice of whaling, the practice of hunting whales.
applegrower
applegrower
noun
A grower of apples.
awakeningly
awakeningly
adv
In a way that awakens, or brings new sensations.
backflowing
backflowing
adj
flowing backwards
verb
present participle of backflow
battlewagon
battlewagon
noun
(military) A heavily-armed combat vehicle.
(nautical) A battleship.
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
boguslawsky
bushwalking
bushwalking
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The activity of hiking or backpacking.
verb
present participle of bushwalk
cakewalking
cakewalking
verb
present participle of cakewalk
ceilingward
ceilingward
adj
Facing or directed toward the ceiling.
adv
Toward the ceiling.
clergywoman
clergywoman
noun
A woman belonging to a clergyman's family.
An ordained (female) Christian minister; a female member of the clergy.
disallowing
disallowing
verb
present participle of disallow
downfalling
downfalling
adj
falling downward
noun
A downfall.
An act of falling downward.
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
duckwalking
duckwalking
verb
present participle of duckwalk
farewelling
farewelling
verb
present participle of farewell
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.
garlandwise
garlandwise
adv
In an arrangement resembling a garland.
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.
gimbaljawed
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
grapeflower
grassflower
grindelwald
harrowingly
harrowingly
adv
In a way or to an extent that is harrowing
hornswaggle
junglewards
junglewards
adv
Towards a jungle.
lampworking
lampworking
verb
present participle of lampwork
landownings
landownings
noun
plural of landowning
laughworthy
laughworthy
adj
(rare) Deserving to be laughed at, laughable.
lawbreaking
lawbreaking
adj
unlawful; illegal.
noun
The commission of a criminal act, the violation or breaking of a law.
lawrightman
lawrightman
noun
(historical) A lay judge in Orkney.
lawrightmen
lawrightmen
noun
plural of lawrightman
leatherwing
leatherwing
noun
soldier beetle
loungewears
lowercasing
lowercasing
verb
present participle of lowercase
lozengeways
lozengeways
adv
(heraldry) Lozengewise.
moonwalking
moonwalking
verb
present participle of moonwalk
nightwalker
nightwalker
noun
(archaic, euphemistic) A prostitute who looks for clients on the streets.
(fantasy) A vampire.
outbrawling
outbrawling
verb
present participle of outbrawl
outcrawling
outcrawling
verb
present participle of outcrawl
outwarbling
outwarbling
verb
present participle of outwarble
outwrangled
outwrangled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outwrangle
playwrights
playwrights
noun
plural of playwright
playwriting
playwriting
noun
(authorship) The writing of plays.
plowrightia
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
rewardingly
rewardingly
adv
In a way or to an extent that is rewarding
rightwardly
rightwardly
adv
In a rightward direction.
safeblowing
safeblowing
noun
The act of breaking into a safe using explosives.
scallawaggy
sleepwaking
sleepwaking
noun
The state of one who is mesmerized, or in a partial and morbid sleep.
snowballing
snowballing
verb
present participle of snowball
sprawlingly
sprawlingly
adv
In a sprawling manner; widely and haphazardly.
squawkingly
squawkingly
adv
In a squawking way; with squawking noises.
swagbellied
swagbellied
adj
Having a prominent, overhanging belly.
swagbellies
swagbellies
noun
plural of swagbelly
swallowling
swallowling
noun
A young swallow.
swingletail
swingletail
noun
(archaic, rare) The thrasher, or fox shark.
tanglewrack
thwackingly
thwackingly
adv
With a thwacking sound.
thwartingly
thwartingly
adv
So as to thwart.
twaddlingly
twaddlingly
adv
(rare) In a silly, weak manner.
unbewailing
unbewailing
adj
Not bewailing.
unhallowing
unhallowing
verb
present participle of unhallow
unscrawling
unswaddling
unswaddling
verb
present participle of unswaddle
unwastingly
unwedgeable
unwedgeable
adj
That cannot be split, as with a wedge.
unweighable
unweighable
adj
That cannot be weighed.
unwrangling
unwrangling
adj
That does not wrangle; not argumentative.
villageward
villageward
Adverb
Toward a village.
volkswagens
waitlisting
waitlisting
verb
present participle of waitlist
waldgravine
wallingford
walstonburg
waltersburg
wanderingly
wanderingly
adv
In a wandering manner; without any particular direction.
So as to wander; while wandering.
wardholding
wardholding
noun
(now historical) A form of land tenure in Scotland, equivalent to knight service in England.
waterlogged
waterlogged
adj
(nautical) in danger of sinking because of excess water onboard
soaked with water
waterlogger
wavelengths
wavelengths
noun
plural of wavelength
wayfaringly
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.
wheelmaking
wheelmaking
noun
The manufacture of wheels.
whigmaleery
whirlimagig
whirlimagig
noun
(informal) Anything that goes round and round.
wholesaling
wholesaling
verb
present participle of wholesale
wildcatting
wildcatting
verb
present participle of wildcat
willugbaeya
windlassing
windlassing
verb
present participle of windlass
wineglasses
wineglasses
noun
plural of wineglass
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.