(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
afterknowledge
afterknowledge
noun
Knowledge acquired later, or after the event.
antiwedge
birdwatching
birdwatching
noun
(slang) The hobby of watching rocket launches.
Observing or identifying wild birds in their natural environment.
bodyweight
bodyweight
adj
Employing (only) a person's own weight as resistance to movement for the purpose of physical exercise.
noun
The weight or mass of an organism.
bowstringed
bowstringed
adj
Supplied or fitted with a bowstring.
bridgetown
bridgetown
Proper noun
The capital of Barbados.
A town in Devon, UK.
A town in Western Australia.
A town in Nova Scotia, Canada.
A town in Ohio, US.
bridgewater
bridgwater
bridgwater
Proper noun
a market town in Somerset, England.
brightwood
candlewasting
candlewasting
Adjective
Causing a waste of candles by studying late into the night.
candlewright
candlewright
noun
(obsolete) A chandler, or maker of candles.
counterweighed
counterweighed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterweigh
counterweighted
counterweighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterweight
dawnlight
dawnlight
noun
The light of dawn.
dawting
dawting
verb
present participle of dawt
deadweight
deadweight
noun
Alternative spelling of dead weight
deadweights
deadweights
noun
plural of deadweight
dewatering
dewatering
noun
An instance of the removal of water, typically from a structure.
Any of various techniques for the removal of water, either from a solid or from a structure.
verb
present participle of dewater
dewlight
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
disentwining
disentwining
verb
present participle of disentwine
dogwatch
dogwatch
noun
(by extension) A night shift, or other very late or early period of duty.
(nautical) A very brief period of naval service.
(nautical) Aboard a ship, either of the two short two-hour watches that take place between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Using plain direct language; accustomed to express opinions directly and bluntly; blunt.
adv
(obsolete) Plainly, unambiguously; directly.
(obsolete) Straight down; perpendicularly.
(obsolete) Without delay; at once.
Really; actually; quite
downrightly
downrightly
adv
(dated) clearly; plainly; directly; downright
downrightness
downrightness
noun
The personal quality of being straightforward and direct in one's manner
downshifting
downshifting
noun
A social trend towards living a simpler, less ambitious life with a better work-life balance.
verb
present participle of downshift
downsitting
downsitting
noun
The act of sitting down; repose; a resting.
downstage
downstage
adj
At the front of a stage.
adv
Toward or at the front of a theatrical stage.
Towards a motion-picture or television camera.
noun
The part of a stage that is closest to the audience or camera.
verb
(medicine, transitive) To restage downward; to restage (a case of a disease, usually a cancer) to a lower stage than that found at last assessment (compare upstage).
downtrampling
downtreading
downtreading
verb
present participle of downtread
downtrending
downtrending
verb
present participle of downtrend
downweight
downweight
verb
(statistics) To give something a lower weight
downweighted
downweighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of downweight
dragonwort
dragonwort
noun
A perennial herb of Europe and Asia, Bistorta officinalis (syns. Persicaria bistorta, Polygonum bistorta), formerly used as an astringent.
A perennial herb of Greece and the Balkans, Dracunculus vulgaris.
draughtswoman
draughtswoman
noun
Alternative spelling of draftswoman
draughtswomanship
draughtswomanship
noun
draughtsmanship by a woman
drawgate
drawstring
drawstring
noun
A string or cord, encased in a fabric tube, with one or more small openings into the tube, on a bag or garment, allowing the item to be closed (as with a bag) or tightened (as with sweatpants or a bathing suit).
drawstrings
drawstrings
noun
plural of drawstring
drawtongs
dwight
dwight
Proper noun
name derived from the surname.
A village/town in Illinois.
A city/town in Kansas.
A village in Nebraska.
A city/village in North Dakota.
edgartown
edgartown
Proper noun
a town on Massachusetts, which is the county seat of
edgewater
edgeworth
gateward
gatewards
gatewood
gedecktwork
gentlewomanhood
gentlewomanhood
noun
The qualities or condition of a gentlewoman.
gerrardstown
ghostweed
ghostweed
noun
The plant Euphorbia marginata.
giftwrapped
giftwrapped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of giftwrap
gladewater
glidewort
goatweed
goatweed
noun
Ageratum conyzoides, a herb with white to mauve flowers, native to tropical America, especially Brazil.
Croton capitatus, the hogwort.
godwit
godwit
noun
Any of four species of long-billed migratory wading birds in the genus Limosa, of the family Scolopacidae.
godwits
godwits
noun
plural of godwit
goldsworthy
goldthwaite
goldthwaite
Proper noun
a small city in Texas, USA
goldwater
goodwater
goodwillit
gottwald
goutweed
goutweed
noun
A ground elder, Aegopodium podagraria.
grondwet
groundwater
groundwater
noun
Water that exists beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers.
groundwaters
groundwaters
noun
plural of groundwater
gutweed
gutweed
noun
Sonchus arvensis, a terrestrial plant.
Ulva intestinalis, a seaweed.
handwriting
handwriting
noun
(by extension) A characteristic trait or hallmark by which somebody may be recognised.
Text that was written by hand.
The act or process of writing done with the hand, rather than typed or word-processed.
The characteristic writing of a particular person.
verb
present participle of handwrite
handwritings
handwritings
noun
plural of handwriting
handwrought
handwrought
adj
Made by hand, handmade
heartwounding
hundredweight
hundredweight
noun
(Canada, US) A unit of measurement containing 100 avoirdupois pounds (45.5 kg).
(UK, chiefly historical) A unit of measurement containing 112 avoirdupois pounds (8 st or 51 kg).
(historical) Synonym of quintal, a unit of measurement containing various amounts depending on the objects weighed.
(historical) Various units of ancient measurement systems consisting of 100 units usually translated as "pounds".
hundredweights
hundredweights
noun
plural of hundredweight
interknowledge
interknowledge
noun
Reciprocal knowledge.
interwinding
interwinding
verb
present participle of interwind
knowledgeability
knowledgeability
noun
The condition of being knowledgeable.
knowledgement
knowledgement
noun
(non-native speakers' English) Misconstruction of knowledge.
lightwards
lightwards
adv
Synonym of lightward
lightwood
lightwood
noun
(Canada, US) Any wood used to light a fire; kindlings; especially, very resinous pine wood.
Any of various trees with pale-coloured wood, especially the Australian tree Acacia melanoxylon.
ludwigite
ludwigite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing boron, iron, magnesium, and oxygen.
middleweight
middleweight
noun
(countable) A boxer who fights in this division; a similar wrestler etc
(countable, business, by extension) An employee ranking anywhere between junior and senior.
(uncountable) A weight class in professional boxing between light middleweight or welterweight and super middleweight or cruiserweight; a similar division in wrestling and other sports
middleweights
middleweights
noun
plural of middleweight
multidwelling
multidwelling
adj
Relating to more than one dwelling.
noun
A dwelling occupied by more than one household.
nightward
nightward
adj
Toward night.
nightwards
nonacknowledgment
nonacknowledgment
noun
Absence of acknowledgment; failure to acknowledge something.
notwithstanding
notwithstanding
adv
Nevertheless, all the same.
conj
Although; despite; even though.
prep
In spite of, despite.
outcrowding
outcrowding
verb
present participle of outcrowd
outdrawing
outdrawing
verb
present participle of outdraw
outdwelling
outdwelling
verb
present participle of outdwell
outglowed
outglowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outglow
outgnawed
outgnawed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outgnaw
outswindling
outswindling
verb
present participle of outswindle
outweighed
outweighed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outweigh
outwiggled
outwinding
outwinding
verb
present participle of outwind
outwrangled
outwrangled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outwrangle
outwriggled
outwriggled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outwriggle
overweighted
overweighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overweight
partridgewood
periwigpated
preacknowledgement
preacknowledgement
noun
Alternative form of preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
noun
acknowledgment in advance
pseudosweating
reacknowledgment
reacknowledgment
noun
Alternative form of reacknowledgement
rightward
rightward
adj
To or from the right.
rightwardly
rightwardly
adv
In a rightward direction.
rightwards
rightwards
adv
Rightward; towards the right.
shadowgraphist
shadowgraphist
noun
An entertainer who produces the silhouettes of animals, etc. by selectively blocking parts of a light source.
shuntwinding
skedgewith
speedwriting
staggerweed
stewarding
stewarding
verb
present participle of steward
straightforward
straightforward
adj
(figurative) direct; forthright; frank; sincere
easy, simple, uncomplicated, without difficulty
proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating
adv
In a straightforward manner; straightforwards; straightforwardly.
straightforwarder
straightforwardest
straightforwardly
straightforwardly
adv
In a straightforward manner.
straightforwardness
straightforwardness
noun
The state or quality of being straightforward.
straightforwards
straightfoward
straightwards
strangleweed
strangleweed
noun
dodder, a parasitic plant (genus Cuscuta)
stringwood
superacknowledgment
tanglewood
thousandweight
tiddlywinking
tiewigged
tigerwood
tigerwood
noun
A South American tree also known as goncalo alves, producing a hardwood, with contrasting stripes, Astronium graveolens, Astronium fraxinifolium and possibly other related species.
Lovoa trichilioides, an African tree.
tightwad
tightwad
noun
(colloquial, derogatory) One who is stingy; someone overly cautious or defensive with money.
That tightwad would drive ten miles to save a few cents on gas.
tightwads
tightwads
noun
plural of tightwad
toothdrawing
toothdrawing
noun
The extraction of teeth, as by a dentist.
trowbridge
trowbridge
Proper noun
the county town of Wiltshire, England.
twaddlemonger
twaddlemonger
noun
(rare, humorous, derogatory) one who writes or publishes twaddle