(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.
backflowing
backflowing
adj
flowing backwards
verb
present participle of backflow
bailiffwick
bailiffwick
noun
Obsolete form of bailiwick.
balancewise
balancewise
adv
In terms of balance.
baldricwise
baldricwise
adv
In the manner of a baldric.
belchertown
benchfellow
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.
blowtorched
blowtorched
verb
past participle of blowtorch
blowtorches
blowtorches
noun
plural of blowtorch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blowtorch
bullwhacker
bullwhacker
noun
(US) The driver of a bullock team.
bunchflower
bunchflower
noun
A perennial herb, Melanthium virginicum, having a branched cluster of pale flowers
cadwallader
cakewalkers
cakewalkers
noun
plural of cakewalker
cakewalking
cakewalking
verb
present participle of cakewalk
campbeltown
candlepower
candlepower
noun
(dated) A unit of luminous intensity of a light source, equal to 0.981 candelas.
candlewicks
candlewicks
noun
plural of candlewick
candlewoods
candlewoods
noun
plural of candlewood
carrolltown
cartwheeled
cartwheeled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cartwheel
cartwheeler
cartwheeler
noun
One who performs a cartwheel (gymnastic spinning manoeuvre).
castlewards
castlewards
noun
plural of castleward
caterwauled
caterwauled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of caterwaul
caterwauler
caterwauler
noun
One who caterwauls.
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.
ceilingward
ceilingward
adj
Facing or directed toward the ceiling.
adv
Toward the ceiling.
cellarwoman
cellarwoman
noun
A female cellarman.
chainwheels
chainwheels
noun
plural of chainwheel
chalkworker
charlestown
chmielewski
chuckawalla
chuckawalla
noun
Alternative form of chuckwalla
chuckwallas
chuckwallas
noun
plural of chuckwalla
clapperclaw
clapperclaw
verb
(obsolete) To abuse with words; to revile; to scold.
(obsolete) To fight and scratch.
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.
codswallops
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
copplecrown
coralflower
cornflowers
cornflowers
noun
plural of cornflower
cornwallite
cornwallite
noun
(mineralogy) A basic copper arsenate mineral with chemical formula Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄.
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.
counterwall
counterwill
cowansville
cowleeching
cowleeching
noun
(obsolete) The work of a cowleech, giving medical treatment to cows.
cowlesville
crackleware
crackleware
noun
Articles made with a crackle glaze.
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
crossflower
crownsville
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.
curlewberry
curliewurly
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
eichwaldite
electroweak
electroweak
adj
(physics) Describing the combination of the electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces.
fellowcraft
fellowcraft
noun
A Freemason who has completed the second degree of initiation into Freemasonry.
flowcharted
flowcontrol
flowerfence
hollowfaced
lacquerware
lacquerware
noun
Decorative items coated with lacquer.
lacquerwork
lacquerwork
noun
Artistic or decorative work made with lacquer.
latticewise
latticewise
adv
In a lattice arrangement.
latticework
latticework
noun
A lattice or lattice-like structure; interlacing laths or strips.
lawrenciums
lowercasing
lowercasing
verb
present participle of lowercase
lukaszewicz
microworlds
microworlds
noun
plural of microworld
outcrawling
outcrawling
verb
present participle of outcrawl
palacewards
palacewards
adv
Towards a palace.
paschflower
pillowcases
pillowcases
noun
plural of pillowcase
policewoman
policewoman
noun
A female police officer.
policewomen
policewomen
noun
plural of policewoman
prewelcomed
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
reallowance
rockafellow
scallawaggy
scallopwise
scallopwise
adv
In a scalloped arrangement.
schoolwards
schoolwards
adv
Alternative form of schoolward
schoolworks
schwarzwald
scrawliness
scrawliness
noun
The quality of being scrawly.
screwbarrel
scrollworks
scrollworks
noun
plural of scrollwork
shacklewise
slackwitted
slaunchways
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.
stitchwhile
swashbuckle
swashbuckle
verb
(intransitive) To take part in exciting romantic adventures.
sweetclover
switchblade
switchblade
noun
A folding knife with a blade which opens automatically (under spring pressure) when a button is pressed.
verb
(intransitive) To spring open or up.
(transitive) To attack or cut with a switchblade.
(transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) make a sudden move or transition.
tanglewrack
thwackingly
thwackingly
adv
With a thwacking sound.
trackwalker
trackwalker
noun
A person employed to walk over and inspect a section of railway track.
treaclewort
twelvepence
twelvepence
noun
The monetary amount of twelve pence.
twelvescore
twelvescore
noun
(archaic) Two hundred and forty.
twitcheling
twitchingly
twitchingly
adv
In a twitching manner.
unscrawling
unscrewable
unscrewable
adj
That can be unscrewed.
That cannot be screwed.
unwatchable
unwatchable
adj
That cannot be watched; that does not bear watching.
unwelcomely
unwelcomely
adv
In an unwelcome manner.
unwelcoming
unwelcoming
adj
Lacking in hospitality, accessibility and cordiality.
unwhimsical
unwhimsical
Adjective
Not whimsical.
unwincingly
unwincingly
adv
Without wincing.
waistcloths
waistcloths
noun
plural of waistcloth
watercolors
watercolors
noun
plural of watercolor
watercolour
watercolour
adj
Pertaining to the methods or products of watercolor.
noun
(countable) A painting made by using such pigment.
(countable) A water-soluble pigment.
(uncountable) This kind of painting as a genre.
verb
To paint using watercolour
watercooler
watercooler
noun
Alternative spelling of water cooler
waterlocked
waxchandler
welcomeless
welcomeless
adj
Lacking a welcome
unwelcome
welcomeness
welcomeness
noun
The condition of being welcome
welcomingly
welcomingly
adv
In a welcoming manner.
welfaristic
welfaristic
adj
Supporting or relating to welfarism.
wellcontent
weltansicht
weltansicht
Noun
The general attitude toward life and reality that an individual or character demonstrates.
weltschmerz
weltschmerz
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Weltschmerz
welwitschia
welwitschia
noun
Welwitschia mirabilis, a desert plant of southwest Africa.
whalebacker
whalesucker
whalesucker
noun
A tropical species of remora, Remora australis, that attaches exclusively to cetaceans.
wharncliffe
wharncliffe
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Wharncliffe
wheelchairs
wheelchairs
noun
plural of wheelchair
whimsically
whimsically
adv
in a whimsical manner
whitechapel
whitechapel
Proper noun
A district in east London, England, traditionally a poor working-class neighbourhood.
wilberforce
wilberforce
Proper noun
most common in Yorkshire.
William Wilberforce, English politician and abolitionist.