(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
adultlike
adultlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an adult
afterknowledge
afterknowledge
noun
Knowledge acquired later, or after the event.
akeldama
akenbold
akindle
aldermanlike
aldermanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an alderman.
aldoketene
aleksandr
aleksandropol
aleksandrov
aleksandrovac
aleksandrovsk
alkalamide
alkalamide
noun
(chemistry) One of a series of compounds that may be regarded as ammonia in which a part of the hydrogen has been replaced by basic, and another part by acid, atoms or radicals.
alkalified
alkalified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alkalify
alkalinised
alkalinised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alkalinise
alkalinized
alkalinized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alkalinize
alkalised
alkalised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alkalise
alkalized
alkalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alkalize
alkedavy
alkide
alkide
noun
(organic chemistry) Any simple binary alkyl organometallic compound
alkoxide
alkoxide
noun
(organic chemistry) Any organic compound derived from an alcohol by replacement of a hydrogen atom with a metal or other cationic species
alkylated
alkylated
adj
That has been modified by alkylation
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alkylate
alkylidene
alkylidene
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of divalent functional groups derived from an alkane by removal of two hydrogen atoms from the same carbon atom, the free valencies being part of a double bond - R₂C=
almondlike
almondlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a almond.
ankerhold
ankled
ankled
adj
(in combination) Having some specific type of ankle.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ankle
ankylosed
ankylosed
adj
(figuratively, by extension) Stiff, cramped, rigid.
(of bones or joints) Stiffened or inflexible.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ankylose
aralkylated
arkadelphia
arkdale
auldfarrantlike
backfield
backfield
noun
(American football) The area behind the line of scrimmage occupied before the snap by the team on offense.
(baseball, rare) Synonym of outfield.
(soccer, US) The area behind either the offensive or defensive line.
The players occupying this area.
backfields
backfields
noun
plural of backfield
backfilled
backfilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backfill
backflipped
backflipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backflip
backhandedly
backhauled
backhauled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backhaul
backlashed
backlashed
adj
Having a backlash.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backlash
backlighted
backlogged
backlogged
adj
Having an excessive list of tasks to do, especially tasks that should have already been performed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backlog
backpedal
backpedal
verb
(intransitive) To pedal backwards on a bicycle.
(intransitive) To step backwards.
(intransitive, idiomatic) To distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement; back off from an idea.
backpedaled
backpedaled
verb
(US) simple past tense and past participle of backpedal
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
backpedalled
backpedalled
verb
(British spelling) simple past tense and past participle of backpedal
backslapped
backslapped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backslap
backslidden
backslidden
verb
past participle of backslide
backslide
backslide
noun
(dance) A dance move in which the feet are alternately slid back and the heels lifted, giving the illusion of walking forwards while actually moving backwards.
A backward regression; a reverting back to a worse state.
verb
(Christianity) To revert back into a life of sin after being saved.
To regress; to slip backwards or revert to a previous, worse state.
To shirk responsibility; to renege on one's obligations or commitments.
backslided
backslider
backslider
noun
A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.
She married him thinking to change his ways, and for a while he got religion, but he was ever a backslider; she soon began finding bottles stashed about the house.
backsliders
backsliders
noun
plural of backslider
backslides
backslides
noun
plural of backslide
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backslide
backslidingness
backspliced
backspliced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backsplice
backveld
backveld
noun
(southern Africa) Backward and unsophisticated rural areas.
backvelder
backvelder
noun
A native or inhabitant of the backveld.
badderlocks
badderlocks
noun
(Scotland) The edible seaweed Alaria esculenta
badgerlike
badgerlike
adj
Similar to a badger.
Similar to that of a badger.
baekeland
bakersfield
bakersfield
Proper noun
A major city in California, USA
baldricked
baldricked
adj
Wearing a baldrick (ornamental belt).
balkanised
balkanised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of balkanise
balkanized
balkanized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of balkanize
balked
balked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of balk
balladlike
balladlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a ballad.
bankrolled
bankrolled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankroll
bardlike
bardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bard.
bareknuckled
barksdale
baulked
baulked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of baulk
beadlike
beadlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bead.
beardlike
beardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a beard.
bechalked
bechalked
adj
Chalk-covered or chalky.
Having a surface that has been written on in chalk.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bechalk
becloaked
becloaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becloak
bedlike
bedlike
adj
Resembling a bed.
beflecked
beflecked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befleck
bekilted
bekilted
adj
Wearing a kilt.
beknottedly
beliked
beliked
adj
Beloved; liked.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of belike
belowdecks
belowdecks
adv
(nautical) Below the main deck of a ship.
bespeckled
bespeckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bespeckle
besprinkled
besprinkled
adj
Sprinkled.
bilked
bilked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bilk
birdlike
birdlike
adj
Similar to a bird or an aspect of a bird; reminiscent of birds; avian.
adv
(postpositive) In the manner of a bird; as, to fly.
blackballed
blackballed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blackball
blackbeard
blackbeard
Proper noun
The archetypal pirate, who lived in the 17th and 18th centuries.
blackbirded
blackbirded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blackbird
blackbirder
blackbirder
noun
A person involved in blackbirding (kidnapping Pacific islanders as cheap labour).
A ship used for blackbirding.
blackbirders
blackbirders
noun
plural of blackbirder
blackbodies
blackbodies
noun
plural of blackbody
blacked
blacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of black
blackened
blackened
adj
(food) Synonym of charred.
(steel) Synonym of blued.
Darkened to the point of appearing black; as:
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blacken
blackfigured
blackguarded
blackguarded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blackguard
blackguardize
blackguardize
verb
To make blackguardly.
blackhander
blackhanders
blackhanders
noun
plural of blackhander
blackhead
blackhead
noun
(countable) A scaup: any of various ducks of the genus Aythya.
(countable, medicine) A comedo, a skin blemish, a type of acne vulgaris, where a pore becomes clogged with a dark, hard, cheesy keratin-filled substance forming a hard black "head" on the skin's surface.
(uncountable) A form of histomoniasis in poultry, characterized by cyanotic discoloration on the bird's head.
blackheads
blackheads
noun
plural of blackhead
blackhearted
blackhearted
adj
Alternative form of black-hearted
blackheartedly
blackheartedness
blackheartedness
noun
The state or quality of being blackhearted; villainy.
blackjacked
blackjacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blackjack
blacklead
blacklead
noun
Alternative form of black lead
verb
To cover, treat or polish with graphite
blacklegged
blacklegged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blackleg
blacklisted
blacklisted
adj
Being on a blacklist, or having been shunned and rejected due to information (true or false) being spread about scandalous activities or ideas, especially controversial political opinions.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blacklist
blackmailed
blackmailed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blackmail
blackseed
blackseed
noun
A spice plant with aromatic black seeds, Nigella sativa
blackshirted
blacktopped
blacktopped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blacktop
blackweed
blackweed
noun
Common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia.)
bladderlike
bladderlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bladder.
bladderwrack
bladderwrack
noun
Fucus vesiculosus, a seaweed in which iodine was first discovered.
bladelike
bladelike
adj
Resembling a blade
blakeberyed
blanked
blanked
adj
(euphemistic, dated) damned; accursed (from the euphemistic printed form d—d)
In a state of blankness.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blank
blanketed
blanketed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blanket
blanketweed
blanketweed
noun
a filamentous alga often found in ponds
blankminded
blankmindedness
blinked
blinked
adj
(Appalachia) Sour.
Affected with blinking.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blink
blinkered
blinkered
adj
(figuratively) Having tunnel vision; unable to see what is happening around one.
Wearing blinkers or blinders.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blinker
blitzkrieged
blockade
blockade
noun
(by extension) Any form of formal isolation of something, especially with the force of law or arms.
(chess) Preventing an opponent's pawn moving by placing a piece in front of it
(nautical) The ships or other forces used to effect a naval blockade.
The physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out.
verb
(transitive) To create a blockade against.
blockaded
blockaded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blockade
blockader
blockader
noun
A person who blockades
A ship used in blockading
blockaders
blockaders
noun
plural of blockader
blockaderunning
blockades
blockades
noun
plural of blockade
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blockade
blockbusted
blocked
blocked
adj
(Ireland, slang) Drunk
(of a computer account or similar) Disabled or disconnected, so as to prevent access.
(of a person, telephone number, IP address, etc.) Banned or barred from connecting or logging on.
Obstructed, so that through movement or flow is prevented or impeded.
Unable to move owing to an obstruction.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of block
blockhead
blockhead
noun
(colloquial) A stupid person.
A sideshow performer who hammers nails or similar items through his or her nostril into the nasal cavity; human blockhead.
verb
(rare) To behave in a stupid manner.
To perform as a human blockhead.
blockheaded
blockheaded
adj
Resembling a blockhead; stupid
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blockhead
blockheadedly
blockheadedly
adv
In a blockheaded way.
blockheadedness
blockheadedness
noun
The state or condition of being blockheaded.
blockheadish
blockheadish
adj
stupid
blockheadishness
blockheadism
blockheadism
noun
The character or behaviour of a blockhead; stupidity.
blockheads
blockheads
noun
plural of blockhead
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blockhead
bloodlike
bloodlike
adj
Resembling blood.
bloodstroke
bloodstroke
noun
(medicine, obsolete) Loss of sensation and motion from hemorrhage or congestion in the brain.
A stroke or blow with a weapon that draws blood.
bloodsucker
bloodsucker
noun
(by extension) Any parasite.
(by extension) One who attempts to take as much from others as possible; a leech.
A vampire.
An animal that drinks the blood of others, especially by sucking blood through a puncture wound; a hemovore.