(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
alderwoman
alderwoman
noun
(rare) A female alderman.
alderwomen
alderwomen
noun
plural of alderwoman
awellimiden
balsamweed
balsamweed
noun
The plant Impatiens balsamina.
bartholomewtide
bewilderment
bewilderment
noun
A confusing or perplexing situation.
The state of being bewildered.
bewilderments
bewilderments
noun
plural of bewilderment
blindworm
blindworm
noun
Anguis fragilis (slowworm), a small species of legless lizard.
bloodworm
bloodworm
noun
Alternative spelling of blood worm
bohmerwald
bowdlerism
bowdlerism
noun
A policy of bowdlerization, or censorship by removing what is considered indecent.
bowmansdale
bretwaldadom
clammyweed
clammyweed
noun
Any of several North American plants of the genus Polanisia
clampdown
clampdown
noun
A sudden repressive or punitive restriction or control
cumberworld
cumberworld
noun
(derogatory, obsolete) Someone who, or something which, is an encumbrance on the world; a useless person or thing.
daleswoman
daleswoman
noun
A female dalesman.
deflowerment
deflowerment
Noun
The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.
demilawyer
demiowl
demiwolf
demiwolf
noun
(archaic) A mongrel dog, between a dog and a wolf.
demiworld
dimwittedly
dimwittedly
adv
In a dimwitted or stupid manner.
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
disembowel
disembowel
verb
(transitive) To take or draw from the body, as the web of a spider.
(transitive) To take or let out the bowels or interior parts of; to eviscerate.
disemboweled
disemboweled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disembowel
disemboweling
disemboweling
noun
The act by which somebody is disemboweled.
verb
present participle of disembowel
disembowelled
disembowelled
verb
(chiefly Britain) simple past tense and past 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
disembowelment
disembowelment
noun
The act of disemboweling.
disembowelments
disembowelments
noun
plural of disembowelment
disembowels
disembowels
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disembowel
dowmetal
downtrampling
drawloom
drawloom
noun
(archaic) A kind of loom used in weaving figured patterns.
(dated) A kind of damask made on the drawloom.
dreamwhile
dreamworld
dreamworld
noun
An imaginary world, such as experienced while dreaming.
dreamworlds
dreamworlds
noun
plural of dreamworld
dwalm
dwalm
noun
(Scotland) A swoon; a sudden sickness.
verb
(Scotland, intransitive) To fail in health.
dwindlement
dwindlement
noun
The process of dwindling; gradual reduction to nothing.
elderwoman
elderwomen
elmwood
elmwood
noun
The wood of the elm tree.
emboweled
embowelled
embowelled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of embowel
gentlewomanhood
gentlewomanhood
noun
The qualities or condition of a gentlewoman.
gimbaljawed
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.
homewardly
knowledgement
knowledgement
noun
(non-native speakers' English) Misconstruction of knowledge.
lambsdown
landswoman
lardworm
laundrywoman
laundrywoman
noun
A woman employed to wash clothes.
laundrywomen
laundrywomen
noun
plural of laundrywoman
leewardmost
leewardmost
adj
superlative form of leeward: most leeward
lemonweed
lemonweed
noun
Lithospermum ruderale, a flowering plant in the borage family, native to western North America.
lemonwood
lemonwood
noun
A small evergreen tree, Pittosporum eugenioides, from New Zealand, whose leaves smell of lemon when crushed
limawood
limewood
limewood
noun
The wood of the lime (linden) tree.
lindworm
lindworm
noun
A draconic creature, similar to a wyvern.
A wingless serpentine dragon having two arms.
longmeadow
macdowell
manifoldwise
maplewood
marblewood
marblewood
noun
The Australian tree Acacia bakeri.
The ebony Diospyros marmorata.
maudlinwort
maudlinwort
noun
The oxeye daisy.
mcclellandtown
mcdowell
meadowland
meadowland
noun
A tract of land cultivated as a meadow.
meadowlands
meadowlands
noun
plural of meadowland
meadowlark
meadowlark
noun
Any of several songbirds of the genera Sturnella and Leistes, native to the Americas.
The meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis).
meadowlarks
meadowlarks
noun
plural of meadowlark
meadowless
meadowless
adj
Without meadows.
mellowed
mellowed
adj
(of fruit) That has turned soft or tender by reason of ripeness.
That has become mellow.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mellow
mellwood
meltdown
meltdown
noun
(informal) A tantrum or emotional outburst.
(psychology) An autistic response to stress or sensory overload, in which the person is overwhelmed by intense, seemingly disproportionate emotions, behaving erratically and becoming unable to mask.
A situation being likened to a nuclear meltdown; a crisis.
Computer engineers were at a loss last night to explain why the Government had been hit by arguably the worst electronic meltdown in the history of Whitehall. https://web.archive.org/web/20041209011615/http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=587262
Severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and potentially in radiation escaping.
meltdowns
meltdowns
noun
plural of meltdown
mewled
mewled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mewl
microworlds
microworlds
noun
plural of microworld
middlebrow
middlebrow
adj
(derogatory) Neither highbrow or lowbrow, but somewhere in between.
noun
A person or thing that is neither highbrow nor lowbrow, but in between.
middlebrowism
middlebrowism
noun
middlebrow attitudes generally
middlebrows
middlebrows
noun
plural of middlebrow
middlesworth
middletown
middlewards
middleway
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
middlewoman
middlewoman
noun
The female equivalent of a middleman; a female intermediary.
middlewomen
middlewomen
noun
plural of middlewoman
midlandward
midweekly
midweekly
adj
Occurring midweek.
midwinterly
mildew
mildew
noun
(phytopathology) A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances.
verb
(intransitive) To become tainted with mildew.
(transitive) To taint with mildew.
mildewed
mildewed
adj
Covered with mildew.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mildew
mildewer
mildewer
noun
A plant that is susceptible to mildew.
mildewing
mildewing
verb
present participle of mildew
mildewproof
mildewproof
adj
Resistant to mildew.
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to mildew.
mildews
mildews
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mildew
mildewy
mildewy
adj
Of, pertaining to, or affected with mildew
milkweed
milkweed
noun
A monarch butterfly (Danaus spp).
Also of the genus Calotropis in order Gentianales, family Apocynaceae
Euphorbia peplus and Euphorbia heterophylla, in order Malpighiales.
Principally of the genus Asclepias in order Gentianales, family Apocynaceae
milkweeds
milkweeds
noun
plural of milkweed
milkwood
milkwood
noun
(South Africa) Mimusops zeyheri, the Transvaal red milkwood.
(South Africa) Sideroxylon inermis, the white milkwood
(South Asia, Australia) Alstonia scholaris (scholar tree, milky pine), and other species in the genus Alstonia.
Many species of the genus Tabernaemontana, that are native to the Americas.
Trimeris scaevolifolia, a tree endemic to the Atlantic island of St. Helena.
milkwoods
milkwoods
noun
plural of milkwood
millward
millwood
mindblower
mindblower
noun
(slang) Anything mind-blowing.
mindblowers
mindblowers
noun
plural of mindblower
misacknowledge
misacknowledge
verb
(rare) To fail to acknowledge; to acknowledge wrongly.
misknowledge
misknowledge
noun
Misapprehension; imperfect or incorrect knowledge; misunderstanding.
moldwarp
moldwarps
moldwarps
noun
plural of moldwarp
mouldwarp
mouldwarp
noun
(now regional, archaic) A mole, Talpa europea.
mowland
mudflow
mudflow
noun
A type of landslide characterized by large flows of mud and water.
The dried-out product of such a flow.
mudflows
mudflows
noun
plural of mudflow
muldrow
multidwelling
multidwelling
adj
Relating to more than one dwelling.
noun
A dwelling occupied by more than one household.
multitowered
multitowered
adj
Having more than one tower.
multiwarhead
multiwarhead
adj
(of a missile) Comprising more than one warhead.
multiword
multiword
adj
Alternative form of multi-word
multiwords
muzzlewood
muzzlewood
noun
The tree Eucalyptus stellulata.
myrtlewood
needlewoman
needlewoman
noun
A woman who works with a needle; a female embroiderer, sewer, etc.
needlewomen
needlewomen
noun
plural of needlewoman
newfangledism
nonacknowledgment
nonacknowledgment
noun
Absence of acknowledgment; failure to acknowledge something.
odalwoman
overwhelmed
overwhelmed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overwhelm
owldom
owldom
noun
The realm or sphere of owls.
palmwood
palmwood
noun
The wood of the coconut palm.
pillowmade
preacknowledgement
preacknowledgement
noun
Alternative form of preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
noun
acknowledgment in advance
prewelcomed
railwaydom
railwaydom
noun
The world or sphere of railways.
reacknowledgment
reacknowledgment
noun
Alternative form of reacknowledgement
salmwood
semiwild
semiwild
adj
(of crops, animals, etc.) Partly wild.
semiwildly
semiwildness
slowmouthed
slumward
slumward
adj
Toward a slum.
smallsword
smallsword
noun
A light one-handed sword, designed for thrusting, which evolved out of the longer and heavier rapier of the late Renaissance.
smallswords
smallswords
noun
plural of smallsword
smallwood
snowmold
spindleworm
spindleworm
noun
(rare) The larva of a noctuid moth (Achatodes zeae) which feeds inside the stalks of maize, sometimes causing much damage. It is smooth, with a black head and tail and a row of black dots across each segment.