(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
afterknowledge
afterknowledge
noun
Knowledge acquired later, or after the event.
andrewartha
andrewsite
andrewsite
noun
(mineralogy, historical) A now-discredited mineral, reported in Cornwall and later shown to be a mixture of hentschelite and rockbridgeite, with minor chalcosiderite.
antedawn
antiendowment
antiendowment
adj
Opposing an endowment.
antiwedge
antiweed
antiweed
adj
Opposing or countering weed (marijuana).
Opposing or countering weeds (unwanted plants).
attiwendaronk
awardment
awardment
noun
The giving of an award; something awarded.
basementward
basementward
adv
Toward a basement.
beardstown
bennetweed
bentwood
bentwood
noun
(countable) An object, especially a piece of furniture, made from bentwood.
(woodworking, countable and uncountable, sometimes attributive) Lengths of wood that have been made pliable by heating with steam and then bent into the appropriate shape (to make furniture, ships' hulls, etc.).
bentwoods
bentwoods
noun
plural of bentwood
betweenmaid
bewilderment
bewilderment
noun
A confusing or perplexing situation.
The state of being bewildered.
bewilderments
bewilderments
noun
plural of bewilderment
bewitchedness
bewitchedness
noun
The state or quality of being bewitched.
blanketweed
blanketweed
noun
a filamentous alga often found in ponds
blendwater
bondelswarts
bordentown
bowdlerisation
bowdlerisation
noun
The action or instance of bowdlerising; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
bowdlerization
bowdlerization
noun
The action or instance of bowdlerizing; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
bowdlerizations
bowdlerizations
noun
plural of bowdlerization
bowstringed
bowstringed
adj
Supplied or fitted with a bowstring.
brentwood
brentwood
Proper noun
a town in Essex, England.
a town in New Hampshire, USA
bridgetown
bridgetown
Proper noun
The capital of Barbados.
A town in Devon, UK.
A town in Western Australia.
A town in Nova Scotia, Canada.
A town in Ohio, US.
burntweed
buttonweed
buttonweed
noun
Abutilon theophrasti, velvetleaf, Indian mallow
Any of several plants of the genera Diodia and Diodella, of the madder family.
Centaurea spp., certain knapweeds
Oldenlandia uniflora, clustered bluet
Spermacoce, false buttonweeds.
candlestickward
candlewaster
candlewaster
noun
(obsolete, derogatory) One who consumes candles by staying up late reading and studying; a student.
candlewasting
candlewasting
Adjective
Causing a waste of candles by studying late into the night.
candlewright
candlewright
noun
(obsolete) A chandler, or maker of candles.
cedartown
centerward
centerward
adv
Toward the center.
communitywide
communitywide
adj
Throughout a community.
cottonweed
cottonweed
noun
Any of several unrelated plants that have downy heads
especially such plants of the genus Froelichia.
cottonweeds
cottonweeds
noun
plural of cottonweed
cotwinned
counterembowed
counterembowed
adj
(heraldry) Bent, curved or arched in two directions, both to the left and to the right, or both upwards and downwards.
counterweighed
counterweighed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterweigh
counterweighted
counterweighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterweight
counterwind
counterwind
noun
A wind that blows in the opposite direction to another.
counterword
counterword
noun
A word (for example so) that is frequently used in a reflex-like manner in an answer and that has thereby quickly taken on a new, much less specific or much looser meaning or is even almost meaningless and performs a completely new function.
Such a word (or a word that has gone through a similar change) when not used as a reflex-like answer.
counterworld
counterworld
noun
A world or realm that opposes or subverts the norms of another world or realm.
countrywide
countrywide
adj
Throughout a country; nationwide.
countywide
countywide
adj
Occurring or extending throughout a county
adv
Throughout a county.
danewort
danewort
noun
A European dwarf version of the elder, Sambucus ebulus, that has a bad smell
daneworts
daneworts
noun
plural of danewort
darwinite
dawnstreak
dawsonite
dawsonite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic mineral composed of sodium aluminium carbonate hydroxide.
dearworthiness
dearworthiness
noun
(obsolete) The state or quality of being dearworthy.
deepwaterman
deepwatermen
deflowerment
deflowerment
Noun
The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.
derwent
derwent
Proper noun
a river in Derbyshire, England, which flows into the River Trent.
a river in North Yorkshire, England, which also forms the border with the East Riding of Yorkshire before joining the River Ouse.
a river in Cumbria, England, which flows into the Irish Sea at Workington.
a river forming the border between County Durham and Northumberland, before entering Tyneside and joining the River Tyne.
a river in Tasmania, Australia, which flows into the Tasman Sea near Hobart.
a hamlet in Alberta, Canada.
a community in Thames Centre municipality, Ontario, Canada.
an unincorporated community in Guernsey County, Ohio, USA.
derwentwater
dewatering
dewatering
noun
An instance of the removal of water, typically from a structure.
Any of various techniques for the removal of water, either from a solid or from a structure.
verb
present participle of dewater
dimwittedness
dimwittedness
noun
The state or condition of being dimwitted.
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
disavowment
disavowment
noun
disavowal
discrownment
disembowelment
disembowelment
noun
The act of disemboweling.
disembowelments
disembowelments
noun
plural of disembowelment
disendowment
disendowment
noun
The act of depriving of an endowment or endowments.
disentwine
disentwine
verb
(transitive) To free from being entwined or twisted; untwine
disentwined
disentwined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disentwine
disentwining
disentwining
verb
present participle of disentwine
disintertwine
disownment
disownment
noun
The act of disowning.
disownments
disownments
noun
plural of disownment
dissweeten
dowelltown
dowment
downbeat
downbeat
adj
Cautiously optimistic.
Sad or pessimistic.
noun
(music) The accented beat at the beginning of a bar (indicated by a conductor with a downward stroke).
downbeats
downbeats
noun
plural of downbeat
downbent
downbent
adj
Bent downward.
downcastness
downcastness
noun
The quality of being downcast.
downgate
downhearted
downhearted
adj
Sad, discouraged, in low spirits, unhappy, having no hope
downheartedly
downheartedly
adv
In a downhearted manner
downheartedness
downheartedness
noun
The characteristic of being downhearted; sadness.
downiest
downiest
adj
superlative form of downy: most downy
downrightness
downrightness
noun
The personal quality of being straightforward and direct in one's manner
downset
downset
noun
(set theory) An ideal.
downshifted
downshifted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of downshift
downstage
downstage
adj
At the front of a stage.
adv
Toward or at the front of a theatrical stage.
Towards a motion-picture or television camera.
noun
The part of a stage that is closest to the audience or camera.
verb
(medicine, transitive) To restage downward; to restage (a case of a disease, usually a cancer) to a lower stage than that found at last assessment (compare upstage).
downstate
downstate
adj
(US) Of the southern section of a state.
adv
(US) To the southern section of a state.
noun
(US) The southern region of certain US states, particularly Michigan, New York, and Illinois.
downstater
downstater
noun
A person from downstate; usually specifically a person from downstate New York.
downstaters
downstaters
noun
plural of downstater
downsteepy
downsteepy
adj
Having a great declivity.
downstream
downstream
adj
(biology) Towards the 3′ end of a DNA molecule.
(computer networking) In the direction from the server to the client.
(metaphoric) Occurring later than something else; (also, usually, especially) influenced by something else; being a consequence of something else.
Further along in the flow of current, in relation to a river, stream, bloodstream, or other flow of fluid.
adv
Following the path of a river or stream
verb
To stream downward.
downstreet
downstreet
adv
Toward the lower part of a street.
downstroke
downstroke
noun
A downward stroke, especially one that is part of a sequence of alternating upward and downward strokes.
downstrokes
downstrokes
noun
plural of downstroke
downtake
downtake
noun
An outlet for conveying something downward.
Material conveyed downward by such an outlet.
downtime
downtime
noun
A period of time set aside for rest and relaxation; leisure time.
The amount of time lost due to forces beyond one's control, as with a computer crash.
downtimes
downtimes
noun
plural of downtime
downtowner
downtowner
noun
Someone from downtown
downtowners
downtowners
noun
plural of downtowner
downtreading
downtreading
verb
present participle of downtread
downtrend
downtrend
noun
Any gradual movement towards a lower state or value.
verb
(intransitive) To undergo a downward trend.
downtrended
downtrended
verb
simple past tense and past participle of downtrend
downtrending
downtrending
verb
present participle of downtrend
downtrends
downtrends
noun
plural of downtrend
downtrodden
downtrodden
adj
(figuratively) Oppressed, persecuted or subjugated.
Trodden down.
verb
past participle of downtrod
downtroddenness
downtroddenness
noun
The state or quality of being downtrodden.
downturned
downturned
adj
turned downwards
downweight
downweight
verb
(statistics) To give something a lower weight
downweighted
downweighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of downweight
doylestown
doylestown
Proper noun
a village in Ohio, USA.
a borough in Pennsylvania, USA
a village in Wisconsin, USA.
drawnet
drawnet
noun
(archaic) A net for catching the larger sorts of birds.
(fishing) A dragnet.
drinkwater
drinkwater
adj
(of a place) Small, rural, and insignificant.
noun
Potable water; water intended for drinking
dwindlement
dwindlement
noun
The process of dwindling; gradual reduction to nothing.
edgartown
edgartown
Proper noun
a town on Massachusetts, which is the county seat of
endowment
endowment
noun
(Mormonism) A ceremony designed to prepare participants for their role in the afterlife.
(insurance) Endowment assurance or pure endowment.
Property or funds invested for the support and benefit of a person or not-for-profit institution.
Something with which a person or thing is endowed.
endowments
endowments
noun
plural of endowment
enswathed
enswathed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enswathe
entwined
entwined
adj
Synonym of intertwined.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of entwine
entwisted
entwisted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of entwist
enworthed
enwreathed
enwreathed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of enwreathe
etiwanda
fiddletown
forewonted
fredericktown
gentlewomanhood
gentlewomanhood
noun
The qualities or condition of a gentlewoman.
gerrardstown
grondwet
groundwater
groundwater
noun
Water that exists beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers.
groundwaters
groundwaters
noun
plural of groundwater
handwrite
handwrite
verb
To write something manually, normally used to emphasise that it is not being typed.
handwrites
handwrites
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of handwrite
handwritten
handwritten
adj
written with a pen or pencil, as opposed to typed
verb
past participle of handwrite
handwrote
handwrote
verb
simple past tense of handwrite
hawthorned
heartwounding
henwoodite
henwoodite
noun
Synonym of rashleighite
hollowheartedness
hollowheartedness
noun
Alternative form of hollow-heartedness
hundredweight
hundredweight
noun
(Canada, US) A unit of measurement containing 100 avoirdupois pounds (45.5 kg).
(UK, chiefly historical) A unit of measurement containing 112 avoirdupois pounds (8 st or 51 kg).
(historical) Synonym of quintal, a unit of measurement containing various amounts depending on the objects weighed.
(historical) Various units of ancient measurement systems consisting of 100 units usually translated as "pounds".
hundredweights
hundredweights
noun
plural of hundredweight
huttonweed
hydetown
indentwise
indentwise
adv
Cut so that the two cut pieces fit together in an interlocking fashion, like a traditional indenture document.
indwelt
inswathed
inswathed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of inswathe
interflowed
interflowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of interflow