(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.
afterreckoning
afterworking
agkistrodon
angiokeratoma
angiokeratoma
noun
(medicine) A benign cutaneous lesion of capillaries, resulting in small marks of red to blue colour and characterized by hyperkeratosis.
angiokinetic
angiokinetic
adj
Relating to angiokinesis or to an angiokine
antiketogen
antiketogenesis
antiketogenesis
noun
The inhibition of ketogenesis
antiketogenic
antiketogenic
adj
(biochemistry) That inhibits the formation of ketones during the metabolism of fats and carbohydrates in the liver
antismoking
antismoking
adj
Opposing or prohibiting smoking, particularly the smoking of tobacco
arosaguntacook
backstopping
backstopping
verb
present participle of backstop
backstroking
backstroking
verb
present participle of backstroke
basingstoke
basingstoke
Proper noun
A town in Hampshire, England
beknotting
betokening
betokening
verb
present participle of betoken
blackington
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
boltmaking
boltmaking
noun
The manufacture of bolts.
bootlicking
bootlicking
noun
servile behaviour
verb
present participle of bootlick
bootmaking
bootmaking
noun
The making of boots.
bottlemaking
bottlemaking
noun
The manufacture of bottles.
cabinetworking
changepocket
checkpointing
checkpointing
verb
present participle of checkpoint
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
crocketing
crocketing
noun
(architecture) ornamentation with crockets
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
docketing
docketing
noun
The act by which something is docketed.
verb
present participle of docket
doublethinking
doughnutlike
doughnutlike
adj
Resembling a doughnut.
folkething
folketing
folketing
Proper noun
the title of the Danish parliament (Folketinget in Danish)
footlicking
footlicking
adj
sycophantic
noun
The act of licking someone's feet.
sycophantic behavior
foretalking
forethinking
forethinking
verb
present participle of forethink
foretokening
foretokening
noun
Indication in advance.
verb
present participle of foretoken
forklifting
forklifting
verb
present participle of forklift
forthinking
forthinking
verb
present participle of forthink
gangtok
gangtok
Proper noun
State capital of Sikkim (India).
gapingstock
gapingstock
noun
(archaic) A laughing stock.
garmentworker
garmentworker
noun
A person who works making clothes.
garnetwork
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.
gentlefolk
gentlefolk
noun
(archaic) People of superior social position.
gentlefolks
gentlefolks
noun
Synonym of gentlefolk
gentlewomanlike
gentlewomanlike
adj
Characteristic of a gentlewoman; having the qualities of a gentlewoman.
adv
In a manner befitting a gentlewoman.
ghostlikeness
glossokinesthetic
goatskin
goatskin
noun
(Ireland, colloquial) a bodhran drum.
A liquid container (especially of wine or water) made from goat leather.
The skin of a goat.
goatskins
goatskins
noun
plural of goatskin
gonotokont
grannyknot
greenockite
greenockite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare cadmium mineral that consists of cadmium sulfide in crystalline form.
greenockites
greenockites
noun
plural of greenockite
groupthink
groupthink
noun
A process of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially one characterized by uncritical acceptance of or conformity to a perceived majority view.
groupthinks
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
gymnotoka
gymnotokous
hockingport
hodgkinsonite
hodgkinsonite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare monoclinic zinc manganese silicate mineral with the chemical formula Zn₂MnSiO₄(OH)₂, having a pink, red or yellow-red colour.
interchoking
interknotting
interknotting
verb
present participle of interknot
interknowledge
interknowledge
noun
Reciprocal knowledge.
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
internetworking
internetworking
verb
present participle of internetwork
interworking
interworking
noun
Interoperability.
jestingstock
karinghota
karyotyping
karyotyping
noun
The separation and identification of karyotypes
verb
present participle of karyotype
kathemoglobin
kenningwort
kenogenetic
kenogenetic
adj
Of or pertaining to kenogenesis.
kenogenetically
kensington
kensington
noun
(dated, Midwestern US and Western US) A sewing circle for women.
kentrogon
kentrogon
noun
A parasitic larval form of a Sacculina barnacle.
keratoangioma
keratoangioma
noun
(pathology) Angioma of the cornea.
keratogenic
keratogenic
Adjective
Relating to keratogenesis.
keratogenous
keratogenous
adj
That produces horny tissue
ketogen
ketogeneses
ketogenesis
ketogenesis
noun
(physiology, biochemistry) The metabolic breakdown of fatty acids to produce ketone bodies.
ketogenetic
ketogenetic
adj
Of or pertaining to ketogenesis
ketogenic
ketogenic
adj
(biochemistry) Relating to ketogenesis.
keynoting
keynoting
verb
present participle of keynote
keystroking
keystroking
verb
present participle of keystroke
killington
kinematograph
kinematograph
noun
Alternative form of cinematograph
kinematographer
kinematographer
noun
cinematographer
kinematographic
kinematographical
kinematographical
adj
cinematographical
kinematographically
kinematography
kinetogenesis
kinetogenesis
noun
(biology, historical) The neo-Lamarckian doctrine or hypothesis that animal structures have been produced, directly or indirectly, by animal movements.
kinetogenetic
kinetogenetic
adj
Of or relating to kinetogenesis.
kinetogenetically
kinetogenic
kinetogenic
adj
(biology) Producing movement.
kinetogram
kinetogram
noun
The image produced by a kinetograph
kinetograph
kinetograph
noun
(dated) A camera for making chronophotographs.
(dated) A machine for projecting chronophotographs upon a screen for the purpose of producing the effect of an animated picture, sometimes with an accompanying soundtrack.
kinetographer
kinetographer
noun
A person involved in kinetography (in either sense).
kinetographic
kinetographic
adj
(photography) Relating to kinetography.
kinetography
kinetography
noun
(choreography) Labanotation.
(dated, photography) The use of the kinetograph.
kinetophonograph
kinetophonograph
noun
Synonym of kinetophone
kingbolt
kingbolt
noun
The main bolt of a structure, especially the bolt in a motor vehicle that links the chassis to the axle, providing the steering pivot.
kingbolts
kingbolts
noun
plural of kingbolt
kingmont
kingpost
kingpost
noun
Alternative spelling of king post
kingposts
kingposts
noun
plural of kingpost
kingsport
kingston
kingston
noun
monkfish, angel shark (Squatina squatina)
kingstown
kingstown
Proper noun
The name of several places in the United States, Australia, and the Caribbean, including the capital city of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The former name for Dún Laoghaire in Ireland.
klingerstown
knighthood
knighthood
noun
An honour whereby one is made into a knight, and one can thereafter be called "Sir"
The knights collectively, the body of knights.
The quality of being a knight.
knighthoods
knighthoods
noun
plural of knighthood
knightlihood
knightlihood
noun
Quality of being knightly.
knighton
knighton
Proper noun
a town in Powys, Wales, on the border with England. Its railway station is across the River Teme in Shropshire, England.
a hamlet on the Isle of Wight, England. The K is usually pronounced to distinguish it from Niton.
a suburb of Leicester, England.
a hamlet in Staffordshire, England, on the Shropshire border.
a hamlet in Oxfordshire, England, part of Compton Beauchamp.
a hamlet near Ramsbury, Wiltshire, England.
knightstown
knightswort
knotgrass
knotgrass
noun
An annual plant, Polygonum aviculare, found in fields and wasteland
Paspalum distichum, a weedy perennial grass of wet areas
knotgrasses
knotgrasses
noun
plural of knotgrass
knotting
knotting
noun
(chiefly mathematics) The formation of a knot.
(uncountable, zoology) The swelling of the bulbus glandis.
verb
present participle of knot
knouting
knouting
noun
A flogging with a knout.
A leather scourge.
verb
present participle of knout
knowingest
knowingest
adj
superlative form of knowing: most knowing
knowledgeability
knowledgeability
noun
The condition of being knowledgeable.
knowledgement
knowledgement
noun
(non-native speakers' English) Misconstruction of knowledge.
knownothingism
koggelmannetje
koggelmannetje
noun
(South Africa) The lizard Agama atra.
kongsbergite
kongsbergite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of silver containing about 5% mercury