(obsolete, specifically) Expressing esteem or gratitude.
That acknowledges, in various sense; (especially) that notices or recognises someone or something.
noun
(archaic) The act of acknowledging something.
verb
present participle of acknowledg
present participle of acknowledge
agilawood
agillawood
aguilawood
airglow
airglow
noun
A faint illumination in the sky due to photochemical luminescence in the upper atmosphere, now rarely observed by earthbound humans without the assistance of instruments.
airglows
airglows
noun
plural of airglow
allowancing
allowancing
verb
present participle of allowance
allowing
allowing
verb
present participle of allow
angletwitch
angletwitch
noun
(rare, dialectal) An angleworm; earthworm.
anglewing
anglewing
noun
Any of various butterflies in the tribe Nymphalini.
anglewise
anglewise
adv
With respect to an angle; angularly.
answeringly
answeringly
adv
In a way that answers; so as to answer; in reply.
antitwilight
antitwilight
noun
Synonym of antitwilight arch (“atmospheric phenomenon”)
antiwhaling
antiwhaling
adj
Against the practice of whaling, the practice of hunting whales.
awakeningly
awakeningly
adv
In a way that awakens, or brings new sensations.
awiggle
awiggle
adj
wiggling
awingly
backflowing
backflowing
adj
flowing backwards
verb
present participle of backflow
baggywrinkle
baggywrinkle
noun
(nautical) A brush-like pad made of rope, attached to a shroud in order to prevent wear on sails.
batfowling
batfowling
noun
A method of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost so that the birds fly towards the light.
bawling
bawling
noun
The act of one who bawls or shouts.
verb
present participle of bawl
beclowning
beclowning
verb
present participle of beclown
becrawling
becrawling
verb
present participle of becrawl
beflowering
beflowering
verb
present participle of beflower
behowling
behowling
verb
present participle of behowl
bejeweling
bejeweling
verb
present participle of bejewel
bejewelling
bellowing
bellowing
noun
The sound produced when someone or something bellows
verb
present participle of bellow
bellowsmaking
bewailing
bewailing
noun
The act of one who bewails something.
verb
present participle of bewail
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
bewilderingly
bewilderingly
adv
In a bewildering manner, or to a bewildering extent.
bewitchingly
bewitchingly
adv
In a bewitching manner
bewrayingly
bewrayingly
adv
(archaic) By way of disclosing secrets; in such manner as to bewray
bigelow
bilgewater
bilgewater
noun
(nautical) Water which collects in the bilges of a ship.
(slang) Stupid talk or writing; nonsense.
bilgewaters
bilgewaters
noun
plural of bilgewater
bilgeway
bilgeway
noun
(nautical, historical) Either of a pair of rails down which a ship is launched.
billowing
billowing
noun
The act of something that billows; a billow.
verb
present participle of billow
blackwashing
blackwashing
noun
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as belonging to a black race of people.
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as evil.
The application of a coating of blackwash.
verb
present participle of blackwash
blawing
blowing
blowing
noun
The act of one who blows, or that which blows.
verb
present participle of blow
blowings
blowings
noun
plural of blowing
blowtorching
blowtorching
verb
present participle of blowtorch
blowzing
bluewing
bluewing
noun
(usually in the plural) Torenia (wishbone flower)
Anas discors (syn. Spatula discors), the blue-winged teal.
boswellizing
bowdlerising
bowdlerising
verb
present participle of bowdlerise
bowdlerizing
bowdlerizing
verb
present participle of bowdlerize
boweling
bowelling
bowelling
verb
present participle of bowel
bowingly
bowingly
adv
in a bowing manner
bowldering
bowling
bowling
noun
(Ireland) Road bowling.
(New England) Candlepin bowling.
(cricket) The action of propelling the ball towards the batsman.
(gerund) The action of the verb bowl.
(slang) A particular style of walking associated with urban street culture.
A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; ten-pin bowling/five-pin bowling
Any of several similar games played indoors or outdoors.
verb
present participle of bowl
bowlings
brawling
brawling
noun
An unruly fight; a brawl.
verb
present participle of brawl
brawlingly
brawlingly
adv
In a brawling manner.
bridgewall
brigalow
brigalow
noun
Any of various Australian acacia trees, especially Acacia harpophylla of New South Wales and Queensland.
bullwhipping
bullwhipping
noun
A beating with a bullwhip.
verb
present participle of bullwhip
bulwarking
bulwarking
verb
present participle of bulwark
bushwalking
bushwalking
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The activity of hiking or backpacking.
verb
present participle of bushwalk
bywalking
cakewalking
cakewalking
verb
present participle of cakewalk
candlewasting
candlewasting
Adjective
Causing a waste of candles by studying late into the night.
candlewicking
candlewright
candlewright
noun
(obsolete) A chandler, or maker of candles.
cartwheeling
cartwheeling
verb
present participle of cartwheel
caterwauling
caterwauling
noun
A sound that caterwauls.
verb
present participle of caterwaul
ceilingward
ceilingward
adj
Facing or directed toward the ceiling.
adv
Toward the ceiling.
ceilingwards
ceilingwards
adv
Towards the ceiling.
chigwell
childcrowing
chlodwig
clawing
clawing
adj
Causing a visceral sensation of panic or terror.
noun
A scratch with the claws.
verb
present participle of claw
clearwing
clearwing
noun
Any of various moths, of the family Sesiidae, that have transparent wings
Any of various nymphalid butterflies, usually of the tribe Ithomiini, that have transparent wings
clewing
clewing
verb
present participle of clew
closewing
clowning
clowning
noun
Clownish behaviour.
verb
present participle of clown
clowring
cogswellia
coindwelling
collingswood
collingwood
collingwood
Proper noun
A town in New Zealand.
A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
A town in Ontario, Canada.
coplowing
counterwilling
coweringly
coweringly
adv
In a cowering manner.
cowgill
cowgill
Proper noun
A village in Cumbria, England.
A city/town in Missouri.
cowgirl
cowgirl
noun
(card games, slang) A playing card of queen rank.
A sex position where the woman is on top; cowgirl position.
A woman who identifies with cowboy culture, including clothing such as the cowboy hat.
A woman who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
verb
(rare, intransitive) To work as a cowgirl, herding cattle.
(rare, transitive) To mount someone and have sexual intercourse in the cowgirl position.
cowgirls
cowgirls
noun
plural of cowgirl
cowleeching
cowleeching
noun
(obsolete) The work of a cowleech, giving medical treatment to cows.
cowling
cowling
noun
A removable protective covering for the engine of an aircraft, motorcycle, etc.
A young or little cow; calf.
verb
present participle of cowl
cowlings
cowlings
noun
plural of cowling
crawling
crawling
noun
The motion of something that crawls.
verb
present participle and gerund of crawl
crawlingly
crawlingly
adv
(figurative) In a humble or sycophantic manner.
With a crawling motion.
crowingly
crowingly
adv
So as to crow; with jubilation or schadenfreude.
crownling
dawdling
dawdling
noun
gerund of dawdle: the act of one who dawdles.
verb
present participle of dawdle
dawdlingly
dawdlingly
adv
In a dawdling manner.
dawnlight
dawnlight
noun
The light of dawn.
deflowering
deflowering
noun
The breaking of the hymen of a virgin.
verb
present participle of deflower
dewlight
dewooling
dewooling
verb
present participle of dewool
diagonalwise
diagonalwise
adj
In a diagonal fashion.
dingwall
disacknowledge
disacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
disallowing
disallowing
verb
present participle of disallow
disboweling
disbowelling
disbowelling
verb
present participle of disbowel
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
dogwinkle
doweling
dowelling
dowelling
noun
(construction) A dowel.
The use of dowels in manufacture.
verb
present participle of dowel
dowling
dowling
Proper noun
A in Michigan.
downfalling
downfalling
adj
falling downward
noun
A downfall.
An act of falling downward.
downligging
downlinking
downlinking
verb
present participle of downlink
downloading
downloading
verb
present participle and gerund of download
downlying
downlying
noun
(Scotland) The travail in childbirth.
The time of retiring to rest.
downplaying
downplaying
noun
The act by which something is downplayed, or made to seem less important.
verb
present participle of downplay
downrightly
downrightly
adv
(dated) clearly; plainly; directly; downright
downscaling
downscaling
noun
The act by which something is downscaled; a reduction in size or numbers.
verb
present participle of downscale
downsliding
downtrampling
drawfiling
drawfiling
noun
The process of smooth filing by working the file sidewise instead of lengthwise.
drawling
drawling
noun
The act of speaking with a drawl.
verb
present participle of drawl
drawlingly
drawlingly
adv
Speaking with a drawl.
drawlingness
drawlingness
noun
A drawling quality of the voice.
drowningly
duckwalking
duckwalking
verb
present participle of duckwalk
dwarfling
dwarfling
noun
A diminutive dwarf.
dwelling
dwelling
noun
A house or place in which a person lives; a habitation, a home.
verb
present participle of dwell
dwellings
dwellings
noun
plural of dwelling
dwindling
dwindling
adj
declining; growing less
noun
A gradual reduction to nothing.
verb
present participle of dwindle
elbowing
elbowing
noun
A nudge or jostle with the elbow.
verb
present participle of elbow
electrowinning
electrowinning
noun
The electrodeposition of metals from their ores that have been put in solution or liquefied.
emboweling
embowelling
embowelling
noun
An act of disembowelment.
verb
present participle of embowel
enflowering
enflowering
verb
present participle of enflower
englishtown
englishwoman
englishwoman
Noun
A female native or inhabitant of England; a woman who is English by birth, descent or naturalisation.