(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
aftermilk
alkalimeter
alkalimeter
noun
A device used to measure alkalinity.
alkalimeters
alkalimeters
noun
plural of alkalimeter
alkalimetric
alkalimetric
adj
(chemistry) Describing a titration in which the titrant is an alkali.
alkalimetrical
alkalimetrical
adj
Alternative form of alkalimetric
alkalimetrically
alkalimetrically
adv
By means of alkalimetry.
alkalimetry
alkalimetry
noun
The process of determining the strength of an alkali.
alkalometry
amalekite
amalekite
Noun
A descendent of the Biblical Amalek.
amethystlike
amphitokal
ankylostoma
ankylostomiasis
ankylostomiasis
noun
Alternative form of ancylostomiasis
ankylotome
ankylotomy
antiblackism
antiblackism
noun
Antiblack sentiments or politics.
antileukemic
antileukemic
adj
(oncology, pharmacology) Preventing or countering leukemia.
noun
Any drug that prevents or counters leukemia.
automatonlike
automatonlike
adj
Like an automaton; robotic.
beltmaker
beltmaker
noun
Someone who makes belts.
beltmaking
beltmaking
noun
The manufacture of belts.
bibliokleptomania
bibliokleptomania
noun
A mental disorder that produces a compulsion to steal books.
bibliokleptomaniac
bibliokleptomaniac
noun
Someone who suffers from bibliokleptomania.
blacksmith
blacksmith
noun
(informal) A person who shoes horses.
A blackish fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis punctipinnis).
A person who forges iron.
verb
(intransitive) To work as a blacksmith.
blacksmithing
blacksmithing
noun
the business of a blacksmith
verb
present participle of blacksmith
blacksmiths
blacksmiths
noun
plural of blacksmith
blanketmaker
blanketmaker
noun
A manufacturer of blankets.
blanketmaking
blanketmaking
noun
The manufacture of blankets.
boltmaker
boltmaker
noun
A machine that manufactures bolts.
A manufacturer of bolts.
boltmaking
boltmaking
noun
The manufacture of bolts.
bottlemaker
bottlemaker
noun
A manufacturer of bottles.
bottlemaking
bottlemaking
noun
The manufacture of bottles.
bulletmaker
bulletmaker
noun
A manufacturer of bullets.
bulletmaking
bulletmaking
noun
The manufacture of bullets.
clothmaker
clothmaker
noun
A person who makes cloth.
clothmaking
clothmaking
noun
The art or trade of a clothmaker.
coxankylometer
craftsmanlike
craftsmanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman
dermaskeleton
dermatoskeleton
dermatoskeleton
noun
exoskeleton
dermoskeletal
dermoskeletal
adj
Of or pertaining to the dermoskeleton.
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
ekatantalum
ekatantalum
noun
Alternative form of eka-tantalum
electrokinematics
feltmaker
feltmaker
noun
A manufacturer of felt.
feltmaking
feltmaking
noun
The manufacture of felt.
floatmaker
floatmaker
noun
A builder of floats (decorated trailers or vehicles for display in a parade or pageant).
flockmaster
flockmaster
noun
A head shepherd.
gentlemanlike
gentlemanlike
adj
Like a gentleman; courteous.
gentlemanlikeness
gentlemanlikeness
noun
The quality of being gentlemanlike.
gentlewomanlike
gentlewomanlike
adj
Characteristic of a gentlewoman; having the qualities of a gentlewoman.
adv
In a manner befitting a gentlewoman.
helmetmaker
helmetmaking
hemiplankton
hemoalkalimeter
hyperkatabolism
hyperkatabolism
noun
Alternative form of hypercatabolism
jacksmelt
jacksmelt
noun
Atherinopsis californiensis, an edible neotropical silverside native to the Pacific coast of North America.
jacksmelts
jacksmelts
noun
plural of jacksmelt
kalamist
kalimantan
kalimantan
Proper noun
The Indonesian part of the island of Borneo.
kaltemail
kaltman
kalumpit
kalymmocyte
kameelthorn
kamptulicon
kamptulicon
noun
(archaic) A kind of elastic floorcloth, made of India rubber, gutta-percha, linseed oil, and powdered cork.
kampylite
kampylite
noun
Alternative form of campylite
kapellmeister
kapellmeister
noun
(music) A leader or conductor of a musical group such as an orchestra.
(music, historical) Person in charge of music at a noble court during the baroque and classical period.
kappellmeister
karyoplasmatic
katabolism
katabolism
noun
Alternative form of catabolism
kathemoglobin
keelboatman
keelboatman
noun
The person who operates a keelboat.
keelboatmen
keelboatmen
noun
plural of keelboatman
kemalist
kemalist
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the ideology of following the ideals of Kemalism.
Noun
One who follows the ideals of Kemalism.
keratoleukoma
keratoleukoma
noun
(pathology) A white opacity of the cornea
keratomalacia
keratomalacia
noun
An eye disorder that leads to a dry cornea, often caused by a deficiency of vitamin A.
ketembilla
ketembilla
noun
The plant Dovyalis hebecarpa, native to Sri Lanka and southern India.
kettlemaker
kettlemaking
kilhamite
kilogrammetre
kilogrammetre
noun
Alternative spelling of kilogram-meter
kilometrage
kilometrage
noun
An allowance for travel expenses at a specified rate per kilometre.
The number of kilometres travelled by a vehicle on a certain volume of fuel.
The total distance travelled, in kilometres.
kilometrical
kimballton
kinematical
kinematical
adj
kinematic
kinematically
kinematically
adv
In a kinematic manner
With regard to kinematics
kinematographical
kinematographical
adj
cinematographical
kinematographically
kitambilla
klamath
klamath
Noun
Any member of a Native American tribe formerly living along the Klamath River in California and Oregon.
Proper noun
The language of this tribe (also known as Klamath-Modoc).
A county in southern Oregon.
A former county in northern California.
klamaths
kleptomania
kleptomania
noun
(psychology) A psychological disorder that causes an uncontrollable obsession with stealing without economic or material need.
kleptomaniac
kleptomaniac
noun
One who steals compulsively.
kleptomaniacal
kleptomaniacal
adj
Having a compulsion to steal, as a kleptomaniac does.
kleptomaniacs
kleptomaniacs
noun
plural of kleptomaniac
kleptomanias
kleptomanias
noun
plural of kleptomania
kleptomanist
klockmannite
klockmannite
noun
A copper-selenium mineral (CuSe)
klootchman
klootchman
noun
(US, Canada, western dialects) Woman, wife (especially if Native American).
koggelmannetje
koggelmannetje
noun
(South Africa) The lizard Agama atra.
kolattam
kulturkampf
kulturkampf
noun
(historical) A conflict between secular and religious authorities, especially the struggle between the Roman Catholic Church and the German government under Bismarck.
kymatology
kymatology
noun
The study of wave motion.
lamsiekte
lamziekte
lamziekte
noun
(South Africa) A form of botulism in cattle.
leathermaker
leathermaker
noun
A manufacturer of leather.
leathermaking
leathermaking
noun
The manufacture of leather.
leukocythemia
limnoplankton
limnoplankton
noun
(biology) The plankton of fresh waters, especially of lakes
lukewarmth
lukewarmth
noun
lukewarmness
lumberjacket
lumberjacket
noun
A lumberjack shirt.
lutemaker
lutemaker
noun
A manufacturer of lutes.
lutemaking
lutemaking
noun
The manufacture of lutes.
machtpolitik
machtpolitik
noun
(politics) Power politics.
macroplankton
macroplankton
noun
Plankton ranging in size from 2 to 20 centimetres in maximal dimension.
maeterlinck
maeterlinckian
mahlstick
mahlstick
noun
Alternative form of maulstick
malikite
malinowskite
malkite
mantlerock
mantoloking
marketability
marketability
noun
The likelihood that something will sell; market appeal.
marketable
marketable
adj
Of or pertaining to marketability; capable of being marketed.
saleable (of goods) or employable (of people)
marketableness
marketableness
noun
The state or quality of being marketable.
marketably
marketably
adv
In a marketable way.
marketplace
marketplace
noun
(by extension) The world of commerce and trade.
(figurative) A place or sphere for the exchange of anything, such as ideas or fashions.
An open area in a town housing a public market.
The space, actual or metaphorical, in which a market operates.
marketplaces
marketplaces
noun
plural of marketplace
markfieldite
markfieldite
noun
(mineralogy) Synonym of microdiorite
markleton
martyrlike
martyrlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a martyr.
maskelynite
maskelynite
noun
(mineralogy) A glassy phase found in some meteorites and impact craters, typically similar in composition to plagioclase feldspar.
masterlike
masterlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a master; masterly.
mastlike
mastlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a mast.
matchlock
matchlock
noun
Early type of firearm, using a smoldering piece of cord to fire the powder in the firing pan.
The gunlock used in such a weapon, having a slow smouldering match, see: slow match.
matchlocks
matchlocks
noun
plural of matchlock
matchstalk
matchstalk
noun
Misspelling of matchstick.
matemilk
matlick
matlock
matlock
Proper noun
the county town of Derbyshire, England.
matlockite
matlockite
noun
(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing chlorine, fluorine, and lead.
matronlike
matronlike
adj
Like a matron; sedate; grave; matronly.
maulstick
maulstick
noun
(art) A short stick with a pad on one end, used by a painter to steady their hand, and to prevent it from accidentally touching the painting.
megakaryoblast
megakaryoblast
noun
(cytology) A precursor cell in hematopoiesis which gives rise to the promegakaryocyte, which in turn gives rise to the megakaryocyte.
megalokaryocyte
megalokaryocyte
noun
megakaryocyte
mekilta
melanotekite
melanotekite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal mineral containing iron, lead, oxygen, and silicon.
mentomeckelian
mentomeckelian
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to the chin and lower jaw.
noun
(anatomy) The bone or cartilage forming the anterior extremity of the lower jaw in some animals.
merchantlike
merchantlike
adj
Befitting a good merchant; fair, honest, above board.
meroplankton
meroplankton
noun
(biology) Any organism that spends part of its life-cycle (especially the larval stage) as plankton