(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).
angletwitch
angletwitch
noun
(rare, dialectal) An angleworm; earthworm.
answeringly
answeringly
adv
In a way that answers; so as to answer; in reply.
awakeningly
awakeningly
adv
In a way that awakens, or brings new sensations.
bangwaketsi
bargainwise
battlewagon
battlewagon
noun
(military) A heavily-armed combat vehicle.
(nautical) A battleship.
becowarding
beflowering
beflowering
verb
present participle of beflower
beggarwoman
beggarwoman
noun
A female beggar.
beggingwise
bejewelling
belowground
belowground
adj
beneath the surface of the ground; underground
beshadowing
beshadowing
verb
present participle of beshadow
bewailingly
bewailingly
adv
in a bewailing manner
bewildering
bewildering
adj
Very baffling, confusing, or perplexing, often due to a very large choice being available.
noun
gerund of bewilder: bewilderment.
verb
present participle of bewilder
bewrayingly
bewrayingly
adv
(archaic) By way of disclosing secrets; in such manner as to bewray
bowstringed
bowstringed
adj
Supplied or fitted with a bowstring.
browbeating
browbeating
verb
present participle of browbeat
cabbagetown
cakewalking
cakewalking
verb
present participle of cakewalk
causewaying
causewaying
verb
present participle of causeway
ceilingward
ceilingward
adj
Facing or directed toward the ceiling.
adv
Toward the ceiling.
changewater
checkrowing
checkrowing
verb
present participle of checkrow
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
counterglow
counterglow
noun
The gegenschein.
cowleeching
cowleeching
noun
(obsolete) The work of a cowleech, giving medical treatment to cows.
deflowering
deflowering
noun
The breaking of the hymen of a virgin.
verb
present participle of deflower
disboweling
disendowing
disendowing
verb
present participle of disendow
drainageway
drainageway
noun
A route or course along which water moves or may move to drain a region.
embowelling
embowelling
noun
An act of disembowelment.
verb
present participle of embowel
enflowering
enflowering
verb
present participle of enflower
englishtown
enwreathing
enwreathing
verb
present participle of enwreathe
evilwishing
farewelling
farewelling
verb
present participle of farewell
fawningness
fawningness
noun
Tendency to fawn; obsequious behaviour.
featherwing
finedrawing
finedrawing
verb
present participle of finedraw
flowingness
flowingness
noun
A tendency to flow; fluency.
foreknowing
foreknowing
noun
foreknowledge
verb
present participle of foreknow
foreshowing
foreshowing
noun
The act or an instance of showing something, usually an event, ahead of time; a prognostication
verb
present participle of foreshow
forewarning
forewarning
noun
An advance warning; an omen.
verb
present participle of forewarn
forewinning
forswearing
forswearing
noun
The act of one who forswears.
verb
present participle of forswear
forwearying
forwearying
verb
present participle of forweary
freewriting
freewriting
noun
A prewriting technique in which the writer writes continuously for a set period of time without regard to spelling, grammar, or topic.
verb
present participle of freewrite
furbelowing
furbelowing
verb
present participle of furbelow
gallowsness
gallowsness
noun
(slang, rare, archaic) recklessness
gardenwards
gardenwards
adv
Towards a garden.
garlandwise
garlandwise
adv
In an arrangement resembling a garland.
gawkinesses
gawkinesses
noun
plural of gawkiness
gawkishness
gawkishness
noun
The quality of being gawkish.
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.
gentlewomen
gentlewomen
noun
plural of gentlewoman
glenwillard
gloweringly
gloweringly
adv
In a glowering manner.
goosewinged
goosewinged
adj
(nautical) Having a goosewing; said of a fore-and-aft rigged vessel with foresail set on one side and mainsail on the other.
grandnephew
grandnephew
noun
A grandson of one's sibling; a son of one's nephew or niece. (Brother's grandson: fraternal grandnephew. Sister's grandson: sororal grandnephew.)
graniteware
graniteware
noun
Ironware that has been coated with a layer of vitreous enamel with a swirled or speckled pattern resembling granite.
Pottery with the same type of enamel coating.
greenswards
greenswards
noun
plural of greensward
greenwashes
greenwashes
noun
plural of greenwash
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of greenwash
grindelwald
groundswell
groundswell
noun
(by extension) A broadly-based shifting of public opinion.
(nautical, surfing) A broad undulation of the open ocean, often as the result of a distant disturbance.
groundwater
groundwater
noun
Water that exists beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers.
growthiness
growthiness
noun
The quality of being growthy.
gwendolynne
gwynneville
hairweaving
hairweaving
noun
The transplantation of hair onto the scalp by weaving it into the existing hair, sometimes to disguise baldness.
handweaving
handweaving
noun
the manufacture of handwoven goods
handwringer
handwringer
noun
A person who clasps and squeezes the hands in an excessive expression of distress.
headworking
hingeflower
hornswaggle
hornswoggle
hornswoggle
noun
(slang) nonsense; humbug
verb
(transitive, slang) To deceive or trick.
inflowering
ingrownness
ingrownness
noun
The quality of being ingrown.
intergrowth
intergrowth
noun
A growing together and through each other of two crystals.
inwandering
inwreathing
inwreathing
verb
present participle of inwreathe
jawbreaking
jawbreaking
adj
Very difficult to pronounce.
junglewards
junglewards
adv
Towards a jungle.
kenningwort
knowingness
knowingness
noun
Pretending to already be informed, as contrasted with a willingness to learn.
The quality or state of being knowing.
knowledging
knowledging
verb
present participle of knowledge
kweihwating
lawbreaking
lawbreaking
adj
unlawful; illegal.
noun
The commission of a criminal act, the violation or breaking of a law.
lawrightmen
lawrightmen
noun
plural of lawrightman
leatherwing
leatherwing
noun
soldier beetle
loungewears
lowercasing
lowercasing
verb
present participle of lowercase
lozengeways
lozengeways
adv
(heraldry) Lozengewise.
lozengewise
lozengewise
adv
(heraldry) Placed like a lozenge (a diamond).
melongrower
melongrower
noun
A person or company that grows melons.
networkings
networkings
noun
plural of networking
newmanising
newmanizing
newscasting
newscasting
noun
The production of newscasts
newsmongers
newsmongers
noun
plural of newsmonger
newsmongery
newsmongery
noun
Journalism, especially the type that is sensationalist.
The act of spreading gossip.
newswriting
newswriting
noun
writing for the news media
nightwalker
nightwalker
noun
(archaic, euphemistic) A prostitute who looks for clients on the streets.
(fantasy) A vampire.
nightworker
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.
novelwright
novelwright
noun
A writer of novels.
orangewoman
orangewoman
Noun
A female Orangeman.
orangewoods
outdwelling
outdwelling
verb
present participle of outdwell
outpowering
outpowering
verb
present participle of outpower
outswearing
outswearing
verb
present participle of outswear
outsweeping
outsweeping
verb
present participle of outsweep
outtowering
outtowering
verb
present participle of outtower
outwearying
outwearying
verb
present participle of outweary
outweighing
outweighing
verb
present participle of outweigh
outwrangled
outwrangled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outwrangle
overblowing
overblowing
verb
present participle of overblow
overdrawing
overdrawing
verb
present participle of overdraw
overflowing
overflowing
noun
overflow
verb
present participle of overflow
overgrowing
overgrowing
verb
present participle of overgrow
overknowing
overknowing
adj
Excessively knowing or cunning.
overwarming
overwarming
verb
present participle of overwarm
overwearing
overwearing
verb
present participle of overwear
overweening
overweening
adj
Exaggerated, excessive.
Unduly confident; arrogant
noun
(now rare) An excessively high opinion of oneself or one’s abilities; presumption, arrogance.
verb
present participle of overween
overwetting
overwetting
verb
present participle of overwet
overwilling
overwilling
adj
Excessively willing; too keen.
overwinding
overwinding
verb
present participle of overwind
overwinning
overwinning
verb
present participle of overwin
overworking
overworking
verb
present participle of overwork
overwriting
overwriting
verb
present participle of overwrite
owingsville
owingsville
Proper noun
a home-rule class city in Kentucky, USA
pennyweight
pennyweight
noun
A unit of mass equal to 24 grains, or ¹⁄₂₀ of a troy ounce.
pigeonwings
pigeonwings
noun
plural of pigeonwing
pinwheeling
pinwheeling
verb
present participle of pinwheel
postweaning
postweaning
adj
Following the weaning period
powermonger
powermonger
noun
A person who wields power in a tyrannical or irresponsible fashion.
prayingwise
preweighing
prewhipping
prewhipping
verb
present participle of prewhip
prewrapping
prewrapping
verb
present participle of prewrap
prewritings
prewritings
noun
plural of prewriting
puddingwife
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).