(transitive) To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in
(transitive) To be grateful of (e.g. a benefit or a favour)
(transitive) To own as genuine or valid; to assent to (a legal instrument) to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form.
(transitive) To own or recognize in a particular quality, character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to.
(transitive) To report (the receipt of a message to its sender).
acknowledgeable
acknowledgeable
adj
Able to be acknowledged.
Worthy of acknowledgement.
acknowledged
acknowledged
adj
Generally accepted, recognized or admitted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acknowledg
simple past tense and past participle of acknowledge
acknowledgedly
acknowledgedly
adv
Confessedly, admittedly.
acknowledgement
acknowledgement
noun
(most common British spelling, also sometimes used in the US) Alternative spelling of acknowledgment
acknowledgements
acknowledgements
noun
plural of acknowledgement
acknowledger
acknowledger
noun
One who acknowledges.
acknowledgers
acknowledgers
noun
plural of acknowledger
acknowledges
acknowledges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acknowledge
acknowledging
acknowledging
adj
(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
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
backdating
backdating
noun
The act by which something is backdated.
verb
present participle of backdate
backdropping
backdropping
verb
present participle of backdrop
background
background
adj
Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system.
noun
(computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
(computing) The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).
(physics) Clipping of background radiation.
A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
verb
(journalism) To gather and provide background information (on).
To put in a position that is not prominent.
simple past tense and past participle of backgrind
backgrounded
backgrounded
adj
(computing) (of a task) Made non-interactive
Moved to the background
verb
simple past tense and past participle of background
backgrounder
backgrounder
noun
(chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives basic details on subjects that are likely to be mentioned.
A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation.
A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon.
backgrounds
backgrounds
noun
plural of background
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of background
backhanding
backhanding
verb
present participle of backhand
backliding
backloading
backloading
noun
(transport) The transportation of cargo or shipment on a return trip, using the space already paid for and used for the outward leg.
verb
present participle of backload
backpedaling
backpedaling
noun
The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop.
verb
(US) present participle of backpedal
backsliding
backsliding
adj
sliding back
noun
An occasion on which one backslides, especially in a moral sense.
verb
present participle of backslide
backslidingness
backswording
backswording
noun
Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.
backwinding
backwinding
verb
present participle of backwind
bedecking
bedecking
noun
An ornament.
verb
present participle of bedeck
bedticking
blackbirding
blackbirding
noun
(UK, Australia) The practice of kidnapping Pacific Islanders, or kanakas, for sale as cheap labour.
verb
present participle of blackbird
blockaderunning
blockading
blockading
verb
present participle of blockade
bloodsucking
bloodsucking
adj
(by extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading
(of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.
bloodsuckings
bodicemaking
bodychecking
bodychecking
verb
present participle of bodycheck
brackenridge
breckenridge
breckenridge
Proper noun
A town in Colorado, USA
an unincorporated community in Indiana, in the United States
A village/town in Michigan, US.
A city and county seat in Minnesota, US.
A city/town in Missouri, US.
A town in Oklahoma, US.
A city in Texas, USA
breckinridge
candlemaking
candlemaking
noun
The manufacture of candles.
candlewicking
candymaking
candymaking
noun
The manufacture of candy.
cardmaking
cardmaking
noun
The manufacture of greeting cards (usually as a small-scale hobby).
checkerboarding
checkerboarding
noun
(computer graphics) Synonym of checkerboard rendering
verb
present participle of checkerboard
coldcocking
coldcocking
verb
present participle of coldcock
cradlemaking
cradlemaking
noun
The manufacture of cradles.
crookfingered
cuckolding
cuckolding
noun
The practice of making a man a cuckold, especially as a sexual kink.
verb
present participle of cuckold
dackering
deadlocking
deadlocking
verb
present participle of deadlock
deblocking
deblocking
verb
present participle of deblock
decking
decking
noun
The material from which a deck is made.
verb
present participle of deck
deckings
deckings
noun
plural of decking
defrocking
defrocking
noun
The formal removal of the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
verb
present participle of defrock
derricking
derricking
verb
present participle of derrick
deticking
deticking
verb
present participle of detick
dezincking
dickering
dickering
noun
bargaining
bartering
verb
present participle of dicker
dicking
dicking
noun
(slang, vulgar) An act of being sexually penetrated.
verb
present participle of dick
disacknowledge
disacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
disfrocking
disfrocking
verb
present participle of disfrock
docketing
docketing
noun
The act by which something is docketed.
verb
present participle of docket
docking
docking
noun
(astronautics) The process of connecting one spacecraft to another.
(molecular biology) A method which predicts the preferred orientation of one molecule to a second when bound to each other to form a stable complex.
(nautical) The securing of a vessel to the quayside with cables.
(sexuality, slang) The sex act involving two men co-joined by their penises, with overlapping foreskins.
The process of cutting off or trimming the tail or ears of an animal.
verb
present participle of dock
duckhunting
ducking
ducking
adj
(slang, humorous) Euphemistic form of fucking.
noun
(countable) An instance of ducking (a person in water, etc).
(uncountable) The action of the verb to duck.
verb
present participle of duck
duckling
duckling
noun
A young duck.
ducklings
ducklings
noun
plural of duckling
ducklingship
duckwalking
duckwalking
verb
present participle of duckwalk
duckwing
duckwing
noun
Any of various types of chicken noted for their triangular wing patch
dungbeck
fingerpicked
fingerpicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fingerpick
goldbricking
goldbricking
verb
present participle of goldbrick
goldenback
goldenback
noun
(regional) The natterjack.
Any of a group of large woodpeckers that are resident breeders in tropical southern Asia.
goldenlocks
goosenecked
goosenecked
adj
Having a gooseneck shape.
gridlocking
gridlocking
verb
present participle of gridlock
gumpoldskirchner
gundeck
gundeck
noun
Alternative form of gun deck
verb
(naval slang) Synonym of pencil whip (“to falsify records to suggest that work has been done”)
handpicking
handpicking
verb
present participle of handpick
hydraulicking
hydraulicking
noun
hydraulic mining (mining using pressurized water jets to dislodge rock or move sediment)
verb
present participle of hydraulic
hydrocracking
hydrocracking
noun
(organic chemistry) the production of high-octane petroleum fuel and kerosene by hydrogenating large or complex hydrocarbons and then cracking them.
verb
present participle of hydrocrack
jackpudding
jackpudding
noun
An amusing person who acts foolishly in order to entertain others
jackpuddinghood
medevacking
medevacking
verb
present participle of medevac
medivacking
medivacking
verb
present participle of medivac
misacknowledge
misacknowledge
verb
(rare) To fail to acknowledge; to acknowledge wrongly.
mockground
mockingbird
mockingbird
noun
(archaic) Synonym of tui (“a species of honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, a bird which is endemic to New Zealand”)
A long-tailed American songbird of the Mimidae family, noted for its ability to mimic calls of other birds.
mockingbirds
mockingbirds
noun
plural of mockingbird
neckguard
neckguard
noun
Alternative form of neck guard
nonacknowledgment
nonacknowledgment
noun
Absence of acknowledgment; failure to acknowledge something.
norridgewock
overdecking
overdecking
verb
present participle of overdeck
paddocking
paddocking
verb
present participle of paddock
paddywacking
padlocking
padlocking
verb
present participle of padlock
preacknowledge
preacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To acknowledge in advance.
preacknowledged
preacknowledged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of preacknowledge
preacknowledgement
preacknowledgement
noun
Alternative form of preacknowledgment
preacknowledging
preacknowledging
verb
present participle of preacknowledge
preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
noun
acknowledgment in advance
preblockading
reacknowledge
reacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To acknowledge again or anew.
reacknowledged
reacknowledged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reacknowledge
reacknowledging
reacknowledging
verb
present participle of reacknowledge
reacknowledgment
reacknowledgment
noun
Alternative form of reacknowledgement
redocketing
redocketing
verb
present participle of redocket
redocking
redocking
noun
A method of producing a ligand-protein complex
roadblocking
roadblocking
verb
present participle of roadblock
rockhounding
rockhounding
noun
The activities of a rock hound; amateur geology.
roughnecked
roughnecked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of roughneck
sidetracking
sidetracking
verb
present participle of sidetrack
sneckdrawing
snickdrawing
stockading
stockading
verb
present participle of stockade
stockbreeding
stockbreeding
noun
The breeding and rearing of livestock.
stockholding
stockholding
noun
(finance) An ownership interest in one or more companies' stock.
stockholdings
stockholdings
noun
plural of stockholding
stockinged
stockinged
adj
Wearing socks but no shoes.
Wearing stockings.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of stocking
stockjudging
stockriding
superacknowledgment
unacknowledged
unacknowledged
adj
Not acknowledged.
unacknowledgedness
unacknowledging
unacknowledging
adj
Failing to acknowledge.
verb
present participle of unacknowledge
unacknowledgment
unacknowledgment
noun
Lack of acknowledgment; failure to acknowledge.
undercooking
undercooking
verb
present participle of undercook
underpacking
underpacking
noun
Insufficient, or less than the usual amount of packing
underreckoning
underreckoning
verb
present participle of underreckon
understocking
understocking
noun
A stocking intended to be worn under another stocking.
verb
present participle of understock
undocking
undocking
noun
The process by which something is undocked; removal from a dock.