(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
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
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
beworming
bowmaking
bowmaking
noun
The manufacture of bows (for archery or for musical instruments).
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.
checkweighmen
checkweighmen
noun
plural of checkweighman
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
congresswoman
congresswoman
noun
(US) A female member of the House of Representatives
A female member of congress
congresswomen
congresswomen
noun
plural of congresswoman
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
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
gangwayman
gangwayman
noun
A man in charge of a ship's gangway.
gangwaymen
gangwaymen
noun
plural of gangwayman
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.
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
gewrztraminer
gleewoman
gleewoman
noun
A female gleeman.
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.
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
grewsomeness
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
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
hwangmei
imbowering
imbowering
verb
present participle of imbower
imbrowning
imbrowning
verb
present participle of imbrown
impawning
impawning
verb
present participle of impawn
impowering
impowering
verb
present participle of impower
inswarming
knowledgement
knowledgement
noun
(non-native speakers' English) Misconstruction of knowledge.
knownothingism
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
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
mangelwurzel
mangelwurzel
noun
A root vegetable, variety of Beta vulgaris, cultivated chiefly as cattle feed.
mangwe
marrowing
mawing
mawkingly
maywings
mcgowan
mcknightstown
meadowing
mealywing
mealywing
noun
The silverleaf whitefly (Bemisia tabaci).
measuringworm
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.
mengwe
meowing
meowing
noun
The act of uttering a meow.
verb
present participle of meow
merrywing
metalworking
metalworking
noun
The art and craft of shaping metal.
metalworkings
metalworkings
noun
plural of metalworking
mewing
mewing
noun
The act of one who mews (in any sense).
The act of producing a mew sound.
verb
present participle of mew
mewling
mewling
noun
A sound that mewls.
verb
present participle of mewl
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
midwifing
midwifing
verb
(rare) present participle of midwife
midwiving
midwiving
verb
present participle of midwife
mildewing
mildewing
verb
present participle of mildew
milkwagon
millwrighting
millwrighting
noun
The work of a millwright, designing and constructing mills.
minesweeping
minesweeping
noun
(nautical) The detection and safe disposal of mines.
(slang) The act of looking for and drinking half-drunk alcoholic drinks that have been left by other attendees of a bar or nightclub.
mingwort
mingwort
noun
(obsolete, regional) Synonym of wormwood (“Artemisia species”)
misacknowledge
misacknowledge
verb
(rare) To fail to acknowledge; to acknowledge wrongly.
misawarding
misawarding
verb
present participle of misaward
misbestowing
misbestowing
verb
present participle of misbestow
misdrawing
misdrawing
noun
An inaccurate drawing.
verb
present participle of misdraw
misgrowing
misgrowing
verb
present participle of misgrow
misgrown
misgrown
adj
Grown out of shape; misshapen.
verb
past participle of misgrow.
misknowing
misknowing
verb
present participle of misknow
misknowledge
misknowledge
noun
Misapprehension; imperfect or incorrect knowledge; misunderstanding.
misthrowing
misthrowing
verb
present participle of misthrow
miswiring
miswiring
noun
incorrect wiring
miswording
miswording
noun
An instance of incorrect wording.
verb
present participle of misword
miswriting
miswriting
noun
(countable) A miswritten word.
verb
present participle of miswrite
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
mpangwe
mugwumpian
mugwumpian
adj
Of or relating to a mugwump.
mukwonago
mulligatawny
mulligatawny
noun
An Indian soup having a meat base and curry seasoning.
multidwelling
multidwelling
adj
Relating to more than one dwelling.
noun
A dwelling occupied by more than one household.
multiviewing
newfangledism
newfanglement
newfanglement
noun
(countable) Something that is newfangled.
(uncountable) The quality of being newfangled; novelty or innovation, especially when very complicated or faddish.