(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
afterreckoning
aktiengesellschaft
angiokinetic
angiokinetic
adj
Relating to angiokinesis or to an angiokine
anticking
anticking
verb
present participle of antic
antiketogenic
antiketogenic
adj
(biochemistry) That inhibits the formation of ketones during the metabolism of fats and carbohydrates in the liver
antiracketeering
antiracketeering
adj
Countering racketeering.
arosaguntacook
attacking
attacking
adj
Carrying out an attack.
verb
present participle of attack
attackingly
backbiting
backbiting
adj
Slanderous or speaking badly, especially of a person without that person's knowledge.
noun
The action of slandering a person without that person's knowledge.
verb
present participle of backbite
backbitingly
backbitingly
adv
In a backbiting manner.
backbitings
backbitings
noun
plural of backbiting
backdating
backdating
noun
The act by which something is backdated.
verb
present participle of backdate
backfitting
backfitting
verb
present participle of backfit
backlighting
backlighting
noun
The illumination of a photographic subject from the rear, causing edges to glow while other areas remain in shadow.
verb
present participle of backlight
backlisting
backlisting
verb
present participle of backlist
backscattering
backscattering
noun
(physics) The scattering of waves, particles, or signals back in the direction of their source.
verb
present participle of backscatter
backscratching
backscratching
verb
present participle of backscratch
backsetting
backsetting
verb
present participle of backset
backstabbing
backstabbing
noun
The act of one who backstabs.
verb
present participle of backstab
backstamping
backstitching
backstitching
verb
present participle of backstitch
backstopping
backstopping
verb
present participle of backstop
backstring
backstroking
backstroking
verb
present participle of backstroke
backtracking
backtracking
noun
(aviation) The usage of a runway as a taxiway, especially at private strips and smaller airports.
(computer science) The act of building all possible solutions to a problem incrementally, abandoning any candidate solution if it cannot lead to a valid solution.
(countable, uncountable) The act of one who, or that which, backtracks; a retracing of one's steps.
verb
present participle of backtrack
bedticking
besticking
besticking
verb
present participle of bestick
billsticking
billsticking
noun
Synonym of billposting
biscuitmaking
blackington
blacklisting
blacklisting
noun
The act of placing onto a blacklist.
verb
present participle of blacklist
blacksmithing
blacksmithing
noun
the business of a blacksmith
verb
present participle of blacksmith
blacktongue
blacktopping
blacktopping
verb
present participle of blacktop
blockbusting
blockbusting
adj
Having the characteristics of a blockbuster; hugely successful.
noun
(US) A technique used to encourage people to sell their property by giving the impression that a neighborhood is changing for the worse, especially by implying a change in its racial makeup.
bluestocking
bluestocking
noun
(historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.
(historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament
(usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
bluestockingism
bluestockingism
noun
(colloquial) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
bluestockings
bluestockings
noun
plural of bluestocking
bootlicking
bootlicking
noun
servile behaviour
verb
present participle of bootlick
bracketing
bracketing
noun
(architecture) A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively.
The act of enclosing (text, etc.) in brackets.
verb
present participle of bracket
brickbatting
brickbatting
noun
The act of assailing with criticism.
The act of attacking by throwing brickbats.
verb
present participle of brickbat
bucketing
bucketing
noun
A heavy pouring down of liquid; a deluge.
Synonym of binning (“data pre-processing technique”)
The act of moving material using a bucket.
verb
present participle of bucket
bucketmaking
bucketmaking
noun
The manufacture of buckets.
cabinetmaking
cabinetmaking
noun
The art of the cabinetmaker
cabinetmakings
cabinetworking
caretaking
caretaking
noun
The act of taking care or taking charge of something.
caretakings
caretakings
noun
plural of caretaking
carpetmaking
carpetmaking
noun
The manufacture of carpets.
cartmaking
cartmaking
noun
The manufacture of carts.
casketing
casketing
verb
present participle of casket
cementmaking
changepocket
checklisting
checklisting
verb
present participle of checklist
checkmating
checkmating
verb
present participle of checkmate
checkpointing
checkpointing
verb
present participle of checkpoint
checkstring
checkstring
noun
A cord used by a passenger in a carriage to signal to the driver to slow down or go faster.
chuckfarthing
clothmaking
clothmaking
noun
The art or trade of a clothmaker.
cocketing
cockfighting
cockfighting
noun
A gambling blood sport (illegal in most countries) in which two roosters have spikes placed on their feet and are made to fight each other, usually to the death.
verb
present participle of cockfight
cocktailing
cocktailing
noun
Work as a cocktail waitress.
cockthrowing
cockthrowing
noun
Alternative form of cock throwing
cottonpicking
counterattacking
counterattacking
verb
present participle of counterattack
counterlocking
counterreckoning
countersinking
countersinking
verb
present participle of countersink
counterworking
counterworking
verb
present participle of counterwork
cratemaking
cratemaking
noun
The manufacture of crates.
cricketing
cricketing
adj
That plays cricket.
noun
(archaic) A game of cricket.
verb
present participle of cricket
cricketings
cricketings
noun
plural of cricketing
crocketing
crocketing
noun
(architecture) ornamentation with crockets
deticking
deticking
verb
present participle of detick
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
docketing
docketing
noun
The act by which something is docketed.
verb
present participle of docket
duckhunting
footlicking
footlicking
adj
sycophantic
noun
The act of licking someone's feet.
sycophantic behavior
gapingstock
gapingstock
noun
(archaic) A laughing stock.
gazingstock
gazingstock
noun
(archaic) An object, event or person that is stared at by many people; a spectacle.
geckotian
geckotian
noun
(zoology, obsolete) A gecko.
gitanemuck
glossokinesthetic
greenockite
greenockite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare cadmium mineral that consists of cadmium sulfide in crystalline form.
greenockites
greenockites
noun
plural of greenockite
greenstick
greenstick
noun
A greenstick fracture.
gunstick
gunstick
noun
A stick to ram down the charge of a musket, etc.; a rammer or ramrod.
gunstock
gunstock
noun
The handle of a handgun.
The rear part of a musket, rifle or shotgun which is pressed into the shoulder.
gunstocker
gunstocker
noun
A manufacturer of gunstocks.
gunstocking
gunstocks
gunstocks
noun
plural of gunstock
heartsickening
hitchhiking
hitchhiking
noun
(genetics) A form of evolution caused by genetic drift.
The act of one who hitchhikes.
verb
present participle of hitchhike
hockingport
huckstering
huckstering
noun
The behaviour of a huckster.
verb
present participle of huckster
iceskating
iceskating
verb
present participle of iceskate
interchoking
interlocking
interlocking
noun
(rail transport) An arrangement of signal apparatus that prevents conflicting movements through a set of intersecting tracks, such as junctions or crossings.
verb
present participle of interlock
intertrafficking
jacketing
jacketing
noun
(countable, UK, dialect, archaic) A thrashing; a beating.
(countable, uncountable) A protective or insulating cover for an object; a jacket.
(countable, uncountable) Material used to make jackets.
verb
present participle of jacket
jacklighting
jacklighting
noun
(hunting, US, Canada) The action of the verb to jacklight; the act of illuminating an animal for the purpose of hunting.
verb
present participle of jacklight
jestingstock
katagenetic
katchung
katchung
noun
(India) Synonym of groundnut (“Arachis hypogaea”)
kenogenetic
kenogenetic
adj
Of or pertaining to kenogenesis.
kenogenetically
keratogenic
keratogenic
Adjective
Relating to keratogenesis.
ketogenetic
ketogenetic
adj
Of or pertaining to ketogenesis
ketogenic
ketogenic
adj
(biochemistry) Relating to ketogenesis.
kickstarting
kickstarting
verb
present participle of kickstart
kinematographic
kinematographical
kinematographical
adj
cinematographical
kinematographically
kinetogenetic
kinetogenetic
adj
Of or relating to kinetogenesis.
kinetogenetically
kinetogenic
kinetogenic
adj
(biology) Producing movement.
kinetographic
kinetographic
adj
(photography) Relating to kinetography.
kingcraft
kingcraft
noun
The skills needed to rule effectively as a king.
kingtehchen
kitching
kitschifying
kitschifying
verb
present participle of kitschify
kratogenic
kvetching
kvetching
noun
Persistent complaining.
verb
present participle of kvetch
laughingstock
laughingstock
noun
Alternative spelling of laughing stock.
laughingstocks
laughingstocks
noun
plural of laughingstock
leatherstocking
leatherstocking
Noun
A man who develops survival skills in order to live in the wild, away from civilization.
lickspittling
lickspittling
verb
present participle of lickspittle
lockatong
locksmithing
locksmithing
noun
The science and art of making and defeating locks.
markgenossenschaft
matchmaking
matchmaking
noun
(business) A service aiming to bring together sellers and buyers or potential partners.
(video games) The act or process of locating suitable players to take part in a multiplayer game session.
An attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other, especially an attempt to set up a date between people or to arrange a marriage.
The manufacture of matches for kindling or burning.
verb
present participle of matchmake
matchmakings
matchmakings
noun
plural of matchmaking
matchmarking
mcknight
mcknightstown
meatpacking
meatpacking
noun
(US) The slaughter and further processing of animals for meat.
meatpackings
mockingstock
mockingstock
noun
A butt of jokes; an object of derision.
naugatuck
nightstick
nightstick
noun
(US, law enforcement) A long narrow pole-like club carried by police and security personnel, for use in self-defense.
nightsticks
nightsticks
noun
plural of nightstick
nightstock
nitpicking
nitpicking
noun
(figuratively, by extension) A process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors, particularly if the pointed-out details seem insignificant or irrelevant to all but the finder.
The painstaking process of removing nits (lice eggs) from someone's hair.
nonacknowledgment
nonacknowledgment
noun
Absence of acknowledgment; failure to acknowledge something.
nonattacking
nonattacking
adj
Not attacking.
outcooking
outcooking
verb
present participle of outcook
outjockeying
outjockeying
verb
present participle of outjockey
outkicking
outkicking
verb
present participle of outkick
outpocketing
outpocketing
noun
The growth of a surface so as to form a cavity (sac or pocket); the cavity so formed