(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
afterswarming
agawam
agawam
Proper noun
An Eastern Algonquian language
An unincorporated community in Kentucky
A city and a river in Massachusetts
A ghost town in Oklahoma
angleworm
angleworm
noun
(Northern US) An earthworm, used as or destined to be used as bait to catch fish.
angleworms
angleworms
noun
plural of angleworm
archmugwump
bagwoman
bagwoman
noun
A female bagman (person involved with illicit money).
bagwomen
bagwomen
noun
plural of bagwoman
bagworm
bagworm
noun
(proscribed) The Eastern tent caterpillar.
A member of the family Psychidae of the Lepidoptera.
Fall webworm.
bagworms
bagworms
noun
plural of bagworm
bamangwato
bantamweight
bantamweight
noun
(boxing) A weight class in boxing and other sports, intermediate between flyweight and featherweight. In boxing it ranges from 112 to 118 pounds (51 to 54 kg).
A boxer or other competitor of this weight.
bantamweights
bantamweights
noun
plural of bantamweight
beggarwoman
beggarwoman
noun
A female beggar.
bellowsmaking
beswarming
beswarming
verb
present participle of beswarm
bowmaking
bowmaking
noun
The manufacture of bows (for archery or for musical instruments).
cabbageworm
cabbageworm
noun
Alternative form of cabbage worm
cabbageworms
cabbageworms
noun
plural of cabbageworm
checkweighman
checkweighman
noun
A person, elected by miners, whose task is to check what the mine owner's weighman states has been the amount of coal that has been mined; used especially if the miners' wages are related to production.
clergywoman
clergywoman
noun
A woman belonging to a clergyman's family.
An ordained (female) Christian minister; a female member of the clergy.
congresswoman
congresswoman
noun
(US) A female member of the House of Representatives
A female member of congress
cowgram
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
dowagerism
dowagerism
noun
The rank or condition of a dowager.
downtrampling
draughtswoman
draughtswoman
noun
Alternative spelling of draftswoman
draughtswomanship
draughtswomanship
noun
draughtsmanship by a woman
englishwoman
englishwoman
Noun
A female native or inhabitant of England; a woman who is English by birth, descent or naturalisation.
flagworm
flagworm
noun
A worm or grub found among flags and sedge.
galleyworm
galleyworm
noun
A centipede or millipede.
gallowsmaker
gallowsmaker
noun
A manufacturer of gallows.
gangwayman
gangwayman
noun
A man in charge of a ship's gangway.
gangwaymen
gangwaymen
noun
plural of gangwayman
gapeworm
gapeworm
noun
A parasitic nematode worm, Syngamus trachea, that infects the tracheas of some birds and causes the disease gapes.
gapeworms
gapeworms
noun
plural of gapeworm
garmentworker
garmentworker
noun
A person who works making clothes.
gatewayman
gatewayman
noun
(mining, historical) A kind of road repair worker in coal mines.
gatewaymen
gatewaymen
noun
plural of gatewayman
gatewoman
gatewoman
noun
The female equivalent of a gateman.
gawkhammer
gawm
gawm
noun
Alternative spelling of gom (foolish person).
verb
(UK, dialectal) Alternative form of gorm (gawk, gape)
(dialectal) Alternative form of gum (make sticky, or impair the function of)
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.
gentlewomanhood
gentlewomanhood
noun
The qualities or condition of a gentlewoman.
gentlewomanish
gentlewomanlike
gentlewomanlike
adj
Characteristic of a gentlewoman; having the qualities of a gentlewoman.
adv
In a manner befitting a gentlewoman.
gentlewomanliness
gentlewomanliness
noun
The quality of being gentlewomanly.
gentlewomanly
gentlewomanly
adj
Having the manners or behavior of a gentlewoman; having social graces; polite.
germantown
gewrztraminer
gimbaljawed
gimbawawed
gimberjawed
glareworm
glassworm
glassworm
noun
A phantom midge larva in the family Chaoboridae, which lives in freshwater and is nearly transparent.
An arrow worm in the phylum Chaetognatha, part of the marine zooplankton.
gleewoman
gleewoman
noun
A female gleeman.
gnatworm
gnatworm
noun
The aquatic larva of a gnat.
gormaw
gownsman
gownsman
noun
(archaic) A civilian, in distinction from a soldier.
One whose professional habit is a gown, such as a divine, a lawyer, or a member of certain English universities.
grassworm
hagworm
hagworm
noun
(UK, dialectal) A blindworm.
(UK, dialectal) A common snake (as an adder or a viper).
hangwoman
hangwoman
noun
A woman who carries out executions by hanging.
hangworm
hearthwarming
heartwarming
heartwarming
adj
Alternative form of heart-warming
hemingway
hemingway
Proper noun
(1899–1961), American writer and journalist.
hemingwayesque
hemingwayesque
Adjective
Reminiscent of Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961), American writer and journalist.
highwayman
highwayman
noun
(historical) A person, usually mounted on horseback, who robbed travelers on public roads.
highwaymen
highwaymen
noun
plural of highwayman
housewarming
housewarming
noun
(idiomatic) A party to celebrate moving into a new home.
The act of welcoming a person/family to their newly purchased or newly rented home.
housewarmings
housewarmings
noun
plural of housewarming
hwangmei
impawning
impawning
verb
present participle of impawn
inswarming
kowagmiut
lampworking
lampworking
verb
present participle of lampwork
lawmaking
lawmaking
noun
The process of passing or enacting laws; legislation.
lawmonger
lawmonger
noun
(derogatory) A trader in law; one who practices law as if it were a trade.
lawrightman
lawrightman
noun
(historical) A lay judge in Orkney.
lawrightmen
lawrightmen
noun
plural of lawrightman
liegewoman
liegewoman
noun
A female liege (subject of a sovereign or lord).
lingtowman
longbowman
longbowman
noun
An archer who uses a longbow.
longmeadow
makeweight
makeweight
noun
Something included to add to the apparent weight or force of an argument.
Something of inferior quality which is included in a shipment to make up the weight.
makeweights
makeweights
noun
plural of makeweight
mangelwurzel
mangelwurzel
noun
A root vegetable, variety of Beta vulgaris, cultivated chiefly as cattle feed.
mangwe
marrowing
mattawamkeag
mawger
mawing
mawkingly
maywings
mcgaw
mcgowan
mcgraw
mcgraws
meadowing
mealywing
mealywing
noun
The silverleaf whitefly (Bemisia tabaci).
measuringworm
megawatt
megawatt
noun
One million (1 000 000) watts, abbreviated as MW.
megawatts
megawatts
noun
plural of megawatt
megaweber
megaword
megaword
noun
(computing) A unit of storage or capacity equal to 10⁶ (or 2²⁰) words
megawords
megawords
noun
plural of megaword
meilewagon
metalworking
metalworking
noun
The art and craft of shaping metal.
metalworkings
metalworkings
noun
plural of metalworking
miaowing
miaowing
noun
Alternative form of meowing
verb
present participle of miaow
microdrawing
microdrawing
noun
A drawing showing the microscopic detail of something.
microwaving
microwaving
verb
present participle of microwave
milkwagon
misacknowledge
misacknowledge
verb
(rare) To fail to acknowledge; to acknowledge wrongly.
misawarding
misawarding
verb
present participle of misaward
misdrawing
misdrawing
noun
An inaccurate drawing.
verb
present participle of misdraw
moingwena
moonwalking
moonwalking
verb
present participle of moonwalk
morgantown
morgantown
Proper noun
a town in Indiana, USA.
a home rule-class city in Kentucky, USA
an unincorporated community in Maryland, USA.
a CDP in Mississippi, USA.
unincorporated communities in and Mississippi.
a neighbourhood in North Carolina, USA.
a CDP in and Pennsylvania, USA.
a city in West Virginia, USA
morningward
morningward
adv
(poetic) Toward morning.
mouthwatering
mouthwatering
adj
(by extension) Enticing or tantalizing.
That is pleasing to the sense of taste; appetizing; that makes one salivate.
mpangwe
mugwumpian
mugwumpian
adj
Of or relating to a mugwump.
mukwonago
mulligatawny
mulligatawny
noun
An Indian soup having a meat base and curry seasoning.
newfangledism
newfanglement
newfanglement
noun
(countable) Something that is newfangled.
(uncountable) The quality of being newfangled; novelty or innovation, especially when very complicated or faddish.
newmanising
newmanizing
newsmagazine
newsmagazine
noun
(broadcasting) A news show presenting feature-length stories on current events, rather than immediate reports.
A magazine that specializes in delivering news.
newsmagazines
newsmagazines
noun
plural of newsmagazine
nonacknowledgment
nonacknowledgment
noun
Absence of acknowledgment; failure to acknowledge something.
orangewoman
orangewoman
Noun
A female Orangeman.
overswarming
overswarming
verb
present participle of overswarm
overwarming
overwarming
verb
present participle of overwarm
plowmaking
preacknowledgement
preacknowledgement
noun
Alternative form of preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
noun
acknowledgment in advance
prewarming
prewarming
verb
present participle of prewarm
ragworm
ragworm
noun
A polychaete worm in the genus Nereis or the family Nereididae, often used as bait in fishing.
reacknowledgment
reacknowledgment
noun
Alternative form of reacknowledgement
rewarming
rewarming
verb
present participle of rewarm
sawmaking
sawmaking
noun
The manufacture of saws.
sawmilling
sawmilling
noun
The business of a sawmill
scrimshawing
scrimshawing
verb
present participle of scrimshaw
semiwaking
shadowgram
shadowgram
noun
An image produced by means of shadowgraphy.
snowmaking
snowmaking
noun
The artificial production of snow
stagworm
stagworm
noun
The larva of Cephenemyia auribarbis, which infests the stag.
stuffgownsman
superacknowledgment
swagman
swagman
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, historical) A man who travels around with a swag (“bundle of personal items”); specifically, an itinerant person, often seeking work in exchange for food and lodging.
(Britain, archaic) A person who sells or trades in trinkets or items of low value.
(US, slang) A middleman who buys and sells stolen goods; a fence.