(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.
angletwitch
angletwitch
noun
(rare, dialectal) An angleworm; earthworm.
answeringly
answeringly
adv
In a way that answers; so as to answer; in reply.
applegrower
applegrower
noun
A grower of apples.
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
beggarweeds
beggarweeds
noun
plural of beggarweed
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
bilgewaters
bilgewaters
noun
plural of bilgewater
boroughwide
boroughwide
adj
Throughout a borough.
bowstringed
bowstringed
adj
Supplied or fitted with a bowstring.
bridgewards
bridgewards
adv
Towards a bridge.
bridgewater
bridgeworks
bridgeworks
noun
plural of bridgework
browbeating
browbeating
verb
present participle of browbeat
cabbagetown
cabbagewood
cabbagewood
noun
The tree Ceodes umbellifera.
cabbageworm
cabbageworm
noun
Alternative form of cabbage worm
cakewalking
cakewalking
verb
present participle of cakewalk
carriageway
carriageway
noun
(UK, Ireland) One side of a dual carriageway that carries traffic in a single direction.
(UK, Ireland) The part of a road that carries traffic.
catchweight
catchweight
adj
(sports) Without any weight restrictions; having no handicap.
Having no standard weight, but rather having weight determined when packaged for sale or shipping.
adv
(horse racing) Without any weight restrictions; without being handicapped.
to ride catchweight
noun
(sports) A weight category other than the standard weight categories: either an agreed-upon weight range or an agreement to allow any weight.
The weight of all the fish caught.
The weight of an item that is not set to a standard, but which varies around an approximate value.
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
cheektowaga
chiggerweed
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.
deadweights
deadweights
noun
plural of deadweight
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.
drawbridges
drawbridges
noun
plural of drawbridge
edwardsburg
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
forewrought
forewrought
adj
Wrought or worked beforehand or in advance.
verb
(archaic) simple past tense and past participle of forework
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
fruitgrower
fruitgrower
noun
A person or company that grows fruit.
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.
gedecktwork
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
ghostflower
ghostflower
noun
Mohavea confertiflora, a flower native to the Sonoran and Mojave deserts.
ghostwriter
ghostwriter
noun
A professional writer who is paid to write material that is officially credited to another person; one who writes on behalf of someone else, often for a celebrity.
Smith was listed as the author of his autobiography, but a ghostwriter did most of the work.
ghostwrites
ghostwrites
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ghostwrite
giftwrapped
giftwrapped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of giftwrap
gilliflower
gilliflower
noun
Alternative spelling of gillyflower
gillyflower
gillyflower
noun
(by extension) Any clove-scented flower.
(heraldry) A stylized representation of a carnation blossom, usually red, and shown with or without a slip and leaves.
A variety of purplish-red apple with a roundish conical shape and a large core.
Any of several species of wallflower.
Clove pink.
gimbaljawed
gimberjawed
glassblower
glassblower
noun
A person skilled in the art of glassblowing.
glassworker
glassworker
noun
One who makes glasswork.
glenwillard
globeflower
globeflower
noun
More generally, any plant of the genus Trollius.
Trollius europaeus, a plant with globe-shaped flowers.
Trollius laxus, a similar American plant.
gloweringly
gloweringly
adv
In a glowering manner.
goldthwaite
goldthwaite
Proper noun
a small city in Texas, USA
goodwillies
goodwillies
noun
plural of goodwilly
gooseflower
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.
gospelwards
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.
grapeflower
grassflower
greasewoods
greasewoods
noun
plural of greasewood
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.
grousewards
growthiness
growthiness
noun
The quality of being growthy.
guessworker
guessworker
noun
A person who proceeds by guesswork.
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
heavyweight
heavyweight
adj
Being a leader in one's field.
Being relatively heavy.
Important or impressive.
Of the heavyweight boxing (or similar) division.
noun
(uncountable, boxing) The professional boxing weight class for boxers weighing more than 190 pounds; a boxer in that division.
(uncountable, by extension) A similar division and contestant in other sports.
A very large, heavy, or impressive person.
hingeflower
hornswaggle
hornswoggle
hornswoggle
noun
(slang) nonsense; humbug
verb
(transitive, slang) To deceive or trick.
housewright
housewright
noun
A person who builds and repairs houses, especially wooden houses. Particularly, in eighteenth-century colonial America, a craftsman who cut timber (like a lumberjack) in the quantity required for the construction of a house, then sawed it into planks, and finally jointed and assembled them (like a carpenter).
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
lightweight
lightweight
adj
(computing) Having a small footprint or performance impact
Having less than average weight
Lacking in earnestness, ability, or profundity
Lacking in strength
noun
(by extension) A person with low endurance.
(combat sports) A particular weight class, or member of such, as prescribed by the rules, between that of the heavier welterweight and the lighter featherweight. See Wikipedia for the specifics of each sport.
(rowing) A particular weight category as prescribed by the rules, separate from an open or heavyweight class.
(weightlifting) A competitive weight division as prescribed by the rules, between the heavier middleweight and the lighter featherweight.
A person who cannot handle their drink; one who gets drunk on very little alcohol.
A political candidate with little chance of winning
One of little consequence or ability.
verb
(transitive) To reduce the amount or weight of.
loungewears
lowercasing
lowercasing
verb
present participle of lowercase
lozengeways
lozengeways
adv
(heraldry) Lozengewise.
lozengewise
lozengewise
adv
(heraldry) Placed like a lozenge (a diamond).
makeweights
makeweights
noun
plural of makeweight
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.