(most common British spelling, also sometimes used in the US) Alternative spelling of acknowledgment
acknowledgements
acknowledgements
noun
plural of acknowledgement
acknowledgment
acknowledgment
noun
(law) A formal statement or document recognizing the fulfillment or execution of a legal requirement or procedure.
(law) The act of a person admitting a child as their own.
(telecommunications, computing, networking) A response (ACK) sent by a receiver to indicate successful receipt of a transmission (See Wikipedia article on transmission).
A message from the addressee informing the originator that the originator's communication has been received and understood.
A recognition as genuine or valid; an avowing or admission in legal form.
A reward or other expression or token of gratitude.
An expression of gratitude for a benefit or an obligation.
The act of acknowledging
The act of recognizing in a particular character or relationship; recognition of existence, authority, truth, or genuineness.
acknowledgments
acknowledgments
noun
plural of acknowledgment
amidoketone
aminoketone
aminoketone
noun
Any chemical compound containing both a ketone group and an amine.
anakinetomer
anakinetomeric
angiokeratoma
angiokeratoma
noun
(medicine) A benign cutaneous lesion of capillaries, resulting in small marks of red to blue colour and characterized by hyperkeratosis.
ankylostoma
ankylostomiasis
ankylostomiasis
noun
Alternative form of ancylostomiasis
ankylotome
ankylotomy
antismokers
antismokers
noun
plural of antismoker
antismoking
antismoking
adj
Opposing or prohibiting smoking, particularly the smoking of tobacco
automatonlike
automatonlike
adj
Like an automaton; robotic.
backcourtman
backcourtman
noun
(basketball) A backcourt player.
backcourtmen
backcourtmen
noun
plural of backcourtman
basketwoman
basketwoman
noun
(historical) A woman who sells goods from a basket.
beekmantown
bibliokleptomania
bibliokleptomania
noun
A mental disorder that produces a compulsion to steal books.
bibliokleptomaniac
bibliokleptomaniac
noun
Someone who suffers from bibliokleptomania.
boltmaking
boltmaking
noun
The manufacture of bolts.
bootmaking
bootmaking
noun
The making of boots.
bottlemaking
bottlemaking
noun
The manufacture of bottles.
catakinetomer
catakinomeric
clothmaking
clothmaking
noun
The art or trade of a clothmaker.
countermark
countermark
noun
(farriery) An artificial cavity made in the teeth of horses that have outgrown their natural mark, to disguise their age.
A mark or token added to those already existing, as a security or proof.
verb
(transitive) To apply a countermark to.
coxankylometer
demarkation
demarkation
noun
Alternative spelling of demarcation
dermaskeleton
dermatoskeleton
dermatoskeleton
noun
exoskeleton
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
disembarkation
disembarkation
noun
The act of disembarking.
disembarkations
disembarkations
noun
plural of disembarkation
ektodynamorphic
ektodynamorphic
adj
Alternative form of ectodynamorphic
electrokinematics
embarkation
embarkation
noun
(obsolete) A vessel.
The act of embarking.
The process of loading military personnel and vehicles etc into ships or aircraft.
embarkations
embarkations
noun
plural of embarkation
garmentworker
garmentworker
noun
A person who works making clothes.
gentlewomanlike
gentlewomanlike
adj
Characteristic of a gentlewoman; having the qualities of a gentlewoman.
adv
In a manner befitting a gentlewoman.
gymnotoka
hemiplankton
imbarkation
imparkation
kameelthorn
kamptulicon
kamptulicon
noun
(archaic) A kind of elastic floorcloth, made of India rubber, gutta-percha, linseed oil, and powdered cork.
karyomiton
karyomiton
noun
(cytology, rare, obsolete) The reticular network of fine fibers, of which the nucleus of a cell is in part composed.
katakinetomer
katakinetomeric
kathemoglobin
kathenotheism
kathenotheism
noun
Belief that multiple deities exist, and different deities are supreme among them at different times.
katmon
katmon
noun
Dillenia philippinensis, a tree endemic to the Philippines. Its fruit is the elephant apple.
keelboatman
keelboatman
noun
The person who operates a keelboat.
keelboatmen
keelboatmen
noun
plural of keelboatman
keratoangioma
keratoangioma
noun
(pathology) Angioma of the cornea.
ketonaemia
ketonaemia
noun
Alternative spelling of ketonemia
ketonemia
ketonemia
noun
An excess of ketones in the blood, sometimes associated with lipolysis.
kimballton
kinematograph
kinematograph
noun
Alternative form of cinematograph
kinematographer
kinematographer
noun
cinematographer
kinematographic
kinematographical
kinematographical
adj
cinematographical
kinematographically
kinematography
kinetogram
kinetogram
noun
The image produced by a kinetograph
kinetonema
kleptomania
kleptomania
noun
(psychology) A psychological disorder that causes an uncontrollable obsession with stealing without economic or material need.
kleptomaniac
kleptomaniac
noun
One who steals compulsively.
kleptomaniacal
kleptomaniacal
adj
Having a compulsion to steal, as a kleptomaniac does.
kleptomaniacs
kleptomaniacs
noun
plural of kleptomaniac
kleptomanias
kleptomanias
noun
plural of kleptomania
kleptomanist
klockmannite
klockmannite
noun
A copper-selenium mineral (CuSe)
klootchman
klootchman
noun
(US, Canada, western dialects) Woman, wife (especially if Native American).
koggelmannetje
koggelmannetje
noun
(South Africa) The lizard Agama atra.
kommandatura
kostman
kuomintang
kuomintang
Proper noun
A nationalist political party in pre-Communist China that ruled China from 1928 until the Communists overthrew it in 1949, and was subsequently the major administrative party of Taiwan.
kymation
limnoplankton
limnoplankton
noun
(biology) The plankton of fresh waters, especially of lakes
mackintosh
mackintosh
noun
A waterproof long coat made of rubberized cloth.
By extension, any waterproof coat or raincoat.
Waterproof rubberized cloth.
mackintoshed
mackintoshed
adj
Wearing a mackintosh.
mackintoshes
mackintoshes
noun
plural of mackintosh
mackintoshite
mackintoshite
noun
(mineralogy) Synonym of thorogummite
macroplankton
macroplankton
noun
Plankton ranging in size from 2 to 20 centimetres in maximal dimension.
magnitogorsk
magnitogorsk
Proper noun
A city in Chelyabinsk oblast, Russia.
malinowskite
manakinsabot
mankato
mankato
Proper noun
a city in Minnesota, USA, which is the county seat of
mannoketoheptose
manokotak
mantlerock
mantoloking
markgenossenschaft
markleton
markstone
markstone
noun
a boundary stone
marteniko
matronlike
matronlike
adj
Like a matron; sedate; grave; matronly.
mdewakanton
melanotekite
melanotekite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal mineral containing iron, lead, oxygen, and silicon.
mentomeckelian
mentomeckelian
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to the chin and lower jaw.
noun
(anatomy) The bone or cartilage forming the anterior extremity of the lower jaw in some animals.
meroplankton
meroplankton
noun
(biology) Any organism that spends part of its life-cycle (especially the larval stage) as plankton
meroplanktonic
meroplanktonic
adj
Of or pertaining to meroplankton
mesoplankton
mesoplankton
noun
plankton intermediate in size between microplankton and macroplankton
mesoplanktonic
mesoplanktonic
adj
Relating to mesoplankton.
metalworking
metalworking
noun
The art and craft of shaping metal.
metalworkings
metalworkings
noun
plural of metalworking
metanetwork
metanetwork
noun
(communication, management, sociology) A network of networks.
microplankton
microplankton
noun
microscopic zooplankton
minnetonka
mistakion
monkcraft
monkeytail
montauk
montauk
Proper noun
A town in New York.
The easternmost part of Long Island, New York, site of a lighthouse.
mountainlike
mountainlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a mountain.
mountebank
mountebank
noun
(obsolete) An acrobat.
Any boastful, false pretender.
One who sells by deception; a con artist.
One who sells dubious medicines.
verb
(intransitive) To act as a mountebank.
(transitive) To cheat by boasting and false pretenses.
mountebanked
mountebanked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mountebank
mountebankeries
mountebankeries
noun
plural of mountebankery
mountebankery
mountebankery
noun
The practices of a mountebank; quackery; boastful and vain pretenses.
mountebankish
mountebankish
adj
Like a mountebank; using or suggesting quackery.
mountebankism
mountebankism
noun
The practices of a mountebank; mountebankery.
mountebankly
mountebanks
mountebanks
noun
plural of mountebank
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mountebank
nonacknowledgment
nonacknowledgment
noun
Absence of acknowledgment; failure to acknowledge something.
nonembarkation
nonembarkation
noun
Failure to embark.
nonmarket
nonmarket
adj
Not market-based; often specifically lacking the openness of a free market
noun
That which is not a market.
nonmarketability
nonmarketable
nonmarketable
adj
Not marketable.
nordmarkite
nordmarkite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of syenite with quartz, mostly composed of microperthite.
oakmont
ottomanlike
ottomanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an ottoman (furniture).
phantomlike
phantomlike
adj
Like a phantom; ghostly.
pharmacokinetic
pharmacokinetic
adj
(pharmacology) Of or relating to pharmacokinetics.
pharmacokinetics
pharmacokinetics
noun
(pharmacology) A branch of pharmacology concerned with the rate at which drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body.
(pharmacology) The particular rates at which drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body.
pockmanteau
pockmanteau
noun
(Scotland, archaic) portmanteau
pockmantie
pointmaker
pointmaker
noun
(historical) A manufacturer of laces for fastening clothing.
pointmaking
postmarking
postmarking
verb
present participle of postmark
potamoplankton
potamoplankton
noun
(biology) plankton that inhabit rivers
potmaking
potmaking
noun
The manufacture of pots.
preacknowledgement
preacknowledgement
noun
Alternative form of preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
noun
acknowledgment in advance
pumpkinification
pumpkinification
noun
The act of turning into a pumpkin; usually in jocular opposition to deification.