(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
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
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
beggarwoman
beggarwoman
noun
A female beggar.
bellowsmaking
beworming
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
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
combwright
congresswoman
congresswoman
noun
(US) A female member of the House of Representatives
A female member of congress
congresswomen
congresswomen
noun
plural of congresswoman
cowgram
deworming
deworming
noun
The elimination of parasitic worms from an animal.
verb
present participle of deworm
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
disemboweling
disemboweling
noun
The act by which somebody is disemboweled.
verb
present participle of disembowel
disembowelling
disembowelling
noun
The act by which somebody is disembowelled.
verb
(chiefly Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa) present participle of disembowel
dowagerism
dowagerism
noun
The rank or condition of a dowager.
downcoming
downcoming
adj
Moving downwards.
verb
present participle of downcome
downtrampling
draughtswoman
draughtswoman
noun
Alternative spelling of draftswoman
draughtswomanship
draughtswomanship
noun
draughtsmanship by a woman
emboweling
embowelling
embowelling
noun
An act of disembowelment.
verb
present participle of embowel
embowering
embowering
verb
present participle of embower
embowing
embowing
verb
present participle of embow
embrowning
embrowning
verb
present participle of embrown
empowering
empowering
adj
That empowers; serving to empower.
verb
present participle of empower
englishwoman
englishwoman
Noun
A female native or inhabitant of England; a woman who is English by birth, descent or naturalisation.
englishwomen
enwombing
enwombing
verb
present participle of enwomb
figworm
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.
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.
gatewoman
gatewoman
noun
The female equivalent of a gateman.
gemwork
gemwork
noun
ornamentation with gems; jewellery
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.
gentlewomen
gentlewomen
noun
plural of gentlewoman
germantown
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.
glowworm
glowworm
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A carnivorous gnat larva in the keroplatid genus Arachnocampa that spins threads to capture insects attracted by its glow.
The larva or wingless grub-like female of a beetle from the families Phengodidae or Lampyridae that gives out a green light from its abdomen.
glowworms
glowworms
noun
plural of glowworm
gnatworm
gnatworm
noun
The aquatic larva of a gnat.
goldwynism
goldwynism
Noun
Any of a number of often-repeated malapropisms originally uttered by US film producer Samuel Goldwyn (1879-1974) or a malapropism reminiscent of Goldwyn's utterances.
gormaw
gourdworm
gourdworm
noun
(obsolete) A fluke or trematode worm, especially the liver fluke.
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.
gownsmen
gownsmen
noun
plural of gownsman
grassworm
grewsome
grewsome
adj
Obsolete spelling of gruesome
grewsomely
grewsomeness
grewsomer
grewsomest
grewsomest
adj
superlative form of grewsome: most grewsome
gromwell
gromwell
noun
Lithospermum arvense, a plant of the genus Lithospermum anciently used, because of its stony pericarp, in the cure of kidney stones.
gromwells
gromwells
noun
plural of gromwell
growsome
growsome
adj
(dialectal) Alternative form of gruesome
(dialectal) Characterised or marked by growth; apt to grow; conducive to growing
grubworm
grubworm
noun
A grub.
grubworms
grubworms
noun
plural of grubworm
gumflower
gumwood
gumwood
noun
Any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Commidendrum.
gumwoods
gumwoods
noun
plural of gumwood
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
highbrowism
highbrowism
noun
highbrow attitudes and policies generally
highbrowisms
highbrowisms
noun
plural of highbrowism
homegrown
homegrown
adj
Created or constructed in an informal or amateur manner; done without formal assistance, as from a business, organization, or professional.
Grown at home.
Originating in one's own country.
Raised or brought up in one's own country.
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
imbowering
imbowering
verb
present participle of imbower
imbrowning
imbrowning
verb
present participle of imbrown
impowering
impowering
verb
present participle of impower
knowledgement
knowledgement
noun
(non-native speakers' English) Misconstruction of knowledge.
knownothingism
kowagmiut
kuskwogmiut
lampworking
lampworking
verb
present participle of lampwork
lawmonger
lawmonger
noun
(derogatory) A trader in law; one who practices law as if it were a trade.
liegewoman
liegewoman
noun
A female liege (subject of a sovereign or lord).
lingtowman
longbowman
longbowman
noun
An archer who uses a longbow.
longmeadow
lugworm
lugworm
noun
black lugworm (Arenicola defodiens)
especially the northern lugworm (Arenicola marina), whose coiled castings can often be seen on beaches at low tide.
lugworms
lugworms
noun
plural of lugworm
lungworm
lungworm
noun
Any of the diverse species of nematode worms that are parasitic to mammalian lungs, principally found in the superfamilies Metastrongylidae and Trichostrongyloidea in order Strongylida.
lungworms
lungworms
noun
plural of lungworm
lurgworm
marrowing
mcgowan
mcknightstown
meadowing
measuringworm
megaword
megaword
noun
(computing) A unit of storage or capacity equal to 10⁶ (or 2²⁰) words
megawords
megawords
noun
plural of megaword
meilewagon
mellowing
mellowing
noun
The process of making or becoming mellow.
verb
present participle of mellow
melongrower
melongrower
noun
A person or company that grows melons.
meowing
meowing
noun
The act of uttering a meow.
verb
present participle of meow
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
microbrewing
microbrewing
noun
Small-scale commercial brewing, as carried out in a microbrewery.
microdrawing
microdrawing
noun
A drawing showing the microscopic detail of something.
microwaving
microwaving
verb
present participle of microwave
milkwagon
mingwort
mingwort
noun
(obsolete, regional) Synonym of wormwood (“Artemisia species”)
misacknowledge
misacknowledge
verb
(rare) To fail to acknowledge; to acknowledge wrongly.
misbestowing
misbestowing
verb
present participle of misbestow
misgrow
misgrow
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To grow incorrectly or amiss.
misgrowing
misgrowing
verb
present participle of misgrow
misgrown
misgrown
adj
Grown out of shape; misshapen.
verb
past participle of misgrow.
misgrows
misgrows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misgrow
misgrowth
misgrowth
noun
An unnatural or abnormal growth.
misknowing
misknowing
verb
present participle of misknow
misknowledge
misknowledge
noun
Misapprehension; imperfect or incorrect knowledge; misunderstanding.
misthrowing
misthrowing
verb
present participle of misthrow
miswording
miswording
noun
An instance of incorrect wording.
verb
present participle of misword
miswrought
miswrought
adj
Badly wrought.
moingwena
moonglow
moonglow
noun
moonlight
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.
morrowing
morrowing
verb
present participle of morrow
morwong
morwong
noun
Any of various perciform fishes comprising or formerly comprising family Cheilodactylidae.
mouthwatering
mouthwatering
adj
(by extension) Enticing or tantalizing.
That is pleasing to the sense of taste; appetizing; that makes one salivate.
mowing
mowing
noun
Land from which grass is cut.
The activity by which something is mown.
verb
present participle of mow
mowings
mowings
noun
plural of mowing
mugwort
mugwort
noun
Any of several aromatic plants of the genus Artemisia native to Europe and Asia.
Artemisia vulgaris, traditionally used medicinally.