(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.
afterswarming
afterworking
angletwitch
angletwitch
noun
(rare, dialectal) An angleworm; earthworm.
antiwedge
antiwiretapping
bangwaketsi
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
basketweaving
basketweaving
noun
(figurative) Any useless, unproductive, or lightweight activity.
The act of weaving baskets, as for example from grasses, wicker, or rope.
battlewagon
battlewagon
noun
(military) A heavily-armed combat vehicle.
(nautical) A battleship.
battlewagons
battlewagons
noun
plural of battlewagon
bestowing
bestowing
verb
present participle of bestow
bestrewing
bestrewing
verb
present participle of bestrew
bestrowing
bestrowing
verb
present participle of bestrow
bewitching
bewitching
adj
Enchanting.
noun
The act by which somebody is bewitched; a curse or enchantment.
bewitchingly
bewitchingly
adv
In a bewitching manner
bewitchingness
bewitchingness
noun
The state or quality of being bewitching.
bitewing
bitewing
noun
(dentistry) A radiograph taken to visualize the crowns of the posterior teeth and the height of the alveolar bone in relation to the cementoenamel junctions, commonly used to examine for interdental caries and recurrent caries under existing restorations.
bitewings
bitewings
noun
plural of bitewing
bowstringed
bowstringed
adj
Supplied or fitted with a bowstring.
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.
browbeating
browbeating
verb
present participle of browbeat
burgettstown
cabbagetown
cabinetworking
candlewasting
candlewasting
Adjective
Causing a waste of candles by studying late into the night.
candlewright
candlewright
noun
(obsolete) A chandler, or maker of candles.
cartwheeling
cartwheeling
verb
present participle of cartwheel
caterwauling
caterwauling
noun
A sound that caterwauls.
verb
present participle of caterwaul
changewater
clewgarnet
concertgebouw
counterglow
counterglow
noun
The gegenschein.
counterswing
counterswing
noun
A swing in the opposite direction.
verb
To swing in the opposite direction.
counterthwarting
counterwager
counterwager
noun
A wager in response or opposition to another wager.
counterweigh
counterweigh
verb
(intransitive) To act as counterbalance (against something).
(transitive) To counterbalance; to balance out.
counterweighed
counterweighed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterweigh
counterweighing
counterweighing
verb
present participle of counterweigh
counterweight
counterweight
noun
A heavy mass of often iron or concrete, mechanically linked in opposition to a load which is to be raised and lowered, with the intent of reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering. Counterweights are used, for example, in cable-hauled elevators and some kinds of movable bridges (e.g. a bascule bridge).
verb
(transitive) To fit with a counterweight.
counterweighted
counterweighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of counterweight
counterweights
counterweights
noun
plural of counterweight
counterwilling
counterworking
counterworking
verb
present participle of counterwork
cowtongue
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
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
disentwining
disentwining
verb
present participle of disentwine
downgate
downrightness
downrightness
noun
The personal quality of being straightforward and direct in one's manner
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).
downtreading
downtreading
verb
present participle of downtread
downtrending
downtrending
verb
present participle of downtrend
downweight
downweight
verb
(statistics) To give something a lower weight
downweighted
downweighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of downweight
eagletown
edgartown
edgartown
Proper noun
a town on Massachusetts, which is the county seat of
electrowinning
electrowinning
noun
The electrodeposition of metals from their ores that have been put in solution or liquefied.
englishtown
enswathing
enswathing
verb
present participle of enswathe
entwining
entwining
noun
The action or situation of something that entwines.
verb
present participle of entwine
entwisting
entwisting
verb
present participle of entwist
enwreathing
enwreathing
verb
present participle of enwreathe
enwrought
enwrought
adj
(archaic) Made; wrought.
featherwing
feuchtwanger
fleetwing
fogertown
freewriting
freewriting
noun
A prewriting technique in which the writer writes continuously for a set period of time without regard to spelling, grammar, or topic.
verb
present participle of freewrite
freewritings
freewritings
noun
plural of freewriting
gagetown
gagetown
Proper noun
A village in Michigan, USA
A village in New Brunswick, Canada
gainestown
garmentworker
garmentworker
noun
A person who works making clothes.
garnetwork
gatewaying
gatewaying
verb
present participle of gateway
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.
geigertown
geistown
gentianwort
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
georgetown
germantown
gerrardstown
gewrztraminer
ghostwritten
ghostwritten
adj
Written by a ghostwriter.
gilbertown
gingerwort
glenwhite
glenwilton
gnatflower
gownlet
gownlet
noun
A little gown.
graniteware
graniteware
noun
Ironware that has been coated with a layer of vitreous enamel with a swirled or speckled pattern resembling granite.
Pottery with the same type of enamel coating.
granitewares
granitewares
noun
plural of graniteware
greentown
greenwithe
greenwort
grondwet
groundwater
groundwater
noun
Water that exists beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers.
groundwaters
groundwaters
noun
plural of groundwater
grovertown
grovetown
growthiness
growthiness
noun
The quality of being growthy.
gweneth
gwenette
gwenneth
gwent
gwinnett
gwyneth
hagerstown
hagerstown
Proper noun
A city in and county seat of located in the west-central part of the American state of Maryland.
A town in in the American state of Indiana.
hearthwarming
heartwarming
heartwarming
adj
Alternative form of heart-warming
heartwounding
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
interflowing
interflowing
verb
present participle of interflow
intergrow
intergrow
verb
(intransitive) To grow together; intertwine.
intergrown
intergrown
adj
That have grown together and through each other.
intergrowth
intergrowth
noun
A growing together and through each other of two crystals.
intergrowths
intergrowths
noun
plural of intergrowth
interknowledge
interknowledge
noun
Reciprocal knowledge.
internetworking
internetworking
verb
present participle of internetwork
intertwining
intertwining
noun
The pattern or motion of something that intertwines.
verb
present participle of intertwine
intertwiningly
intertwiningly
adv
So as to intertwine.
intertwisting
intertwisting
noun
A twisting together.
verb
present participle of intertwist
intertwistingly
interviewing
interviewing
verb
present participle of interview
interwarring
interweaving
interweaving
noun
The motion or position of things that interweave; an elaborate tangle.