(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
anchorwoman
anchorwoman
noun
(athletics) The most reliable female runner in a relay team, usually the one that runs last.
A female anchorperson.
anchorwomen
anchorwomen
noun
plural of anchorwoman
backflowing
backflowing
adj
flowing backwards
verb
present participle of backflow
backwoodser
becowarding
belchertown
benchfellow
blackfellow
blackfellow
noun
(Australia, now usually considered offensive) A (male) Australian Aborigine.
bleachworks
bleachworks
noun
A factory that manufactures bleach.
blowtorched
blowtorched
verb
past participle of blowtorch
blowtorches
blowtorches
noun
plural of blowtorch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blowtorch
buckeystown
bunchflower
bunchflower
noun
A perennial herb, Melanthium virginicum, having a branched cluster of pale flowers
cabbagetown
cabbagewood
cabbagewood
noun
The tree Ceodes umbellifera.
cabbageworm
cabbageworm
noun
Alternative form of cabbage worm
cabinetwork
cabinetwork
noun
cabinetmaking
furniture made by a cabinetmaker
caddisworms
caddisworms
noun
plural of caddisworm
camerawoman
camerawoman
noun
A woman who operates any kind of camera.
camerawomen
camerawomen
noun
plural of camerawoman
campbeltown
camphorweed
camphorweed
noun
Any of the genus Pluchea of flowering plants in the Asteraceae family.
camphorwood
camphorwood
noun
The wood of Cinnamomum camphora, an evergreen tree whose leaves have a smell of camphor when crushed.
candlepower
candlepower
noun
(dated) A unit of luminous intensity of a light source, equal to 0.981 candelas.
candlewoods
candlewoods
noun
plural of candlewood
cankerworms
cankerworms
noun
plural of cankerworm
carpetwoven
carrolltown
caseworkers
caseworkers
noun
plural of caseworker
cassowaries
cassowaries
noun
plural of cassowary
catawampous
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.
cellarwoman
cellarwoman
noun
A female cellarman.
chalkworker
changchowfu
charlestown
checkerwork
checkerwork
noun
(figuratively) Any aggregate of varied vicissitudes.
Work consisting of or showing checkers, varied alternately by colour or material.
checkrowing
checkrowing
verb
present participle of checkrow
cheektowaga
chequerwork
chequerwork
noun
Alternative form of checkerwork
chestertown
chevronwise
chevronwise
adv
(heraldry) Synonym of chevrony: chevron-like, in the manner of a chevron.
chickenwort
chickenwort
noun
common chickweed
chittamwood
chittamwood
noun
A North American tree (Sideroxylon lanuginosum); the wood of this tree
chocowinity
chowderhead
chowderhead
noun
(US, informal, derogatory) An idiot; a dummy.
churchwoman
churchwoman
noun
The female equivalent of a churchman.
churchwomen
churchwomen
noun
plural of churchwoman
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.
clergywomen
clergywomen
noun
plural of clergywoman
clockworked
clothworker
clothworker
noun
A textile worker.
coachfellow
coachfellow
noun
(figuratively) A comrade.
One of a pair of horses employed to draw a coach.
coachwright
coastwaiter
coastwaiter
noun
A landwaiter who deals with coastal shipping
coawareness
coawareness
noun
Joint awareness; the condition of being aware with, or of, somebody else.
cobwebbiest
cobwebbiest
adj
superlative form of cobwebby: most cobwebby
cockcrowing
cockcrowing
noun
The crowing sound of a cock.
cockcrow; daybreak
cocksparrow
codswallops
coforeknown
colliflower
colliflower
noun
Obsolete form of cauliflower.
collingwood
collingwood
Proper noun
A town in New Zealand.
A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
A town in Ontario, Canada.
collyweston
commonweals
commonweals
noun
plural of commonweal
coneflowers
coneflowers
noun
plural of coneflower
cooperstown
cooperstown
Proper noun
A village and a town in New York, USA, the village is the county seat of
The located in the New York town.
copperworks
copperworks
noun
A place where copper is manufactured and/or shaped.
copplecrown
copsewooded
copywriters
copywriters
noun
plural of copywriter
copywriting
copywriting
verb
present participle of copywrite
coralflower
cordwainers
cordwainers
noun
plural of cordwainer
cordwainery
cordwainery
noun
shoemaking
corkscrewed
corkscrewed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of corkscrew
cornflowers
cornflowers
noun
plural of cornflower
cornwallite
cornwallite
noun
(mineralogy) A basic copper arsenate mineral with chemical formula Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄.
cottonweeds
cottonweeds
noun
plural of cottonweed
cottonwoods
cottonwoods
noun
plural of cottonwood
counterblow
counterblow
noun
A blow delivered in reply to a previous blow by somebody else, such as an opponent in a boxing match.
counterflow
counterflow
noun
A flow in the opposite direction; or the flow of two fluids in opposite directions
verb
To flow in the opposite direction
counterglow
counterglow
noun
The gegenschein.
countersway
countersway
noun
(obsolete) A swaying in a contrary direction; an opposing influence.
counterview
counterview
noun
(countable) An opposing viewpoint.
A position in which two dissimilar things illustrate each other by opposition; contrast.
A posture in which two persons face each other.
counterwall
counterwave
counterwave
noun
A wave (as of public opinion) going against an earlier wave.
counterwill
counterwind
counterwind
noun
A wind that blows in the opposite direction to another.
counterword
counterword
noun
A word (for example so) that is frequently used in a reflex-like manner in an answer and that has thereby quickly taken on a new, much less specific or much looser meaning or is even almost meaningless and performs a completely new function.
Such a word (or a word that has gone through a similar change) when not used as a reflex-like answer.
counterwork
counterwork
verb
(transitive) To work in opposition to; to counteract.
countryward
countryward
adv
Toward the countryside.
countrywide
countrywide
adj
Throughout a country; nationwide.
coursewares
coursewares
noun
plural of courseware
cowansville
cowcatchers
cowcatchers
noun
plural of cowcatcher
cowleeching
cowleeching
noun
(obsolete) The work of a cowleech, giving medical treatment to cows.
cowlesville
cowpunchers
cowpunchers
noun
plural of cowpuncher
coxswaining
coxswaining
verb
present participle of coxswain
craftswoman
craftswoman
noun
A female artisan.
craftswomen
craftswomen
noun
plural of craftswoman
craftworker
craftworker
noun
A maker of craftwork.
crashworthy
crashworthy
adj
(of a social event) Worthy of being gatecrashed.
(of a vehicle) Capable of withstanding a crash.
crawleyroot
crewelworks
crewelworks
noun
plural of crewelwork
cromwellian
cromwellian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Oliver Cromwell, his ideas or policies
Noun
A partisan of Oliver Cromwell
crossbowman
crossbowman
noun
Someone (usually a soldier) equipped with a crossbow.
crossbowmen
crossbowmen
noun
plural of crossbowman
crossflower
crossworder
crossworder
noun
A person who solves crossword puzzles
crowbarring
crowbarring
verb
present participle of crowbar
crowberries
crowberries
noun
plural of crowberry
crowdedness
crowdedness
noun
The state or quality of being crowded.
crowkeepers
crowkeepers
noun
plural of crowkeeper
crownsville
crowstepped
crowstepped
adj
(architecture) Having a crowstep.
crystalwort
crystalwort
noun
Any of various plants of the genus Riccia.
cumberworld
cumberworld
noun
(derogatory, obsolete) Someone who, or something which, is an encumbrance on the world; a useless person or thing.
currantworm
disavowance
disavowance
noun
(obsolete) disavowal
discrowning
discrowning
verb
present participle of discrown
dockworkers
dockworkers
noun
plural of dockworker
doomwatcher
doomwatcher
noun
A person with a pessimistic outlook on the future.
downpatrick
downscaling
downscaling
noun
The act by which something is downscaled; a reduction in size or numbers.
verb
present participle of downscale
electroweak
electroweak
adj
(physics) Describing the combination of the electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces.
encrownment
fellowcraft
fellowcraft
noun
A Freemason who has completed the second degree of initiation into Freemasonry.
flowcharted
flowcontrol
flowerfence
francestown
frenchwoman
frenchwoman
Noun
A French woman.
frenchwomen
gedecktwork
harwichport
hollowfaced
jabberwocky
jabberwocky
adj
absurd, nonsense, nonsensical
meaningless, worthless
noun
invented or meaningless language; nonsense
jacksontown
kawchodinne
knockemdown
knockwursts
knockwursts
noun
plural of knockwurst
kwangchowan
lacquerwork
lacquerwork
noun
Artistic or decorative work made with lacquer.
latticework
latticework
noun
A lattice or lattice-like structure; interlacing laths or strips.
lowercasing
lowercasing
verb
present participle of lowercase
mauricetown
microbrewer
microbrewer
noun
The person or company that operates a microbrewery.
microswitch
microswitch
noun
An electrical switch that operates with very little travel of (or pressure on) the actuator.