(sports) The collection of organizations in the history of a sports team; the tradition of a sports team as an entity, extending beyond the contemporary organization.
A business operating under such authorization, a franchisee.
A legal exemption from jurisdiction.
A right or privilege officially granted to a person, a group of people, or a company by a government.
An acknowledgment of a corporation's existence and ownership.
Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.
The authorization granted by a company to sell or distribute its goods or services in a certain area.
The district or jurisdiction to which a particular privilege extends; the limits of an immunity; hence, an asylum or sanctuary.
The loose collection of fictional works pertaining to a particular fictional universe, including literary, film, or television series from various sources, generally when all authorized by a copyright holder or similar authority.
The membership of a corporation or state; citizenship.
The right to vote at a public election or referendum; see: suffrage, suffragette.
verb
(transitive) To confer certain powers on; grant a franchise to; authorize.
(transitive, rare) To set free; invest with a franchise or privilege; enfranchise.
franchised
franchised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of franchise
franchisee
franchisee
noun
A holder of a franchise; a person who is granted a franchise.
franchisees
franchisees
noun
plural of franchisee
franchisement
franchisement
noun
release; deliverance; freedom
franchiser
franchiser
noun
(rare) A person who has the right to vote.
A franchisor, a company which or person who grants franchises.
franchisers
franchisers
noun
plural of franchiser
franchises
franchises
noun
plural of franchise
franchising
franchising
noun
The establishment, granting, or use of a franchise.
verb
present participle of franchise
franchisor
franchisor
noun
A company which, or a person who, grants franchises.
franchisors
franchisors
noun
plural of franchisor
francophilism
frasch
fratcheous
frecklish
frecklish
adj
Having freckles; freckled.
Resembling or characteristic of a freckle.
freechurchism
frenches
frenches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of french
frenchies
frenchiest
frenchifies
frenchifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of frenchify
frenchiness
frenchiness
Noun
The state or quality of being or seeming characteristically French.
frenchism
frenchism
Noun
A custom peculiar to France.
A word, phrase or linguistic feature typical of French.
frenchless
frenchness
frenchness
Noun
The quality or characteristic of being French.
frenchwise
frerichs
freshmanic
freshmanic
adj
(US, archaic, informal, humorous) Characteristic of a freshman.
friedrichsdor
friedrichshafen
friedrichstrasse
frisch
fritzsche
frogmarches
frogmarches
noun
plural of frogmarch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of frogmarch
fruchtschiefer
fruchtschiefer
noun
(mineralogy) A local variety of contact metamorphic rock derived from argillite.
furtherances
furtherances
noun
plural of furtherance
futharcs
futhorcs
futhorcs
noun
plural of futhorc
ghostcraft
ghostcraft
noun
Knowledge of lore about and methods of detecting or working with ghosts.
grassfinch
grassfinch
noun
Any Australian finch of the genus Poephila.
greenfinches
greenfinches
noun
plural of greenfinch
handcrafts
handcrafts
noun
plural of handcraft
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of handcraft
handcraftsman
handcraftsman
noun
A handicraftsman.
handicrafsman
handicrafsmen
handicrafters
handicrafters
noun
plural of handicrafter
handicrafts
handicrafts
noun
plural of handicraft
handicraftship
handicraftship
noun
The skill or art of making handicrafts.
handicraftsman
handicraftsman
noun
A practitioner of a handicraft, usually male.
handicraftsmanship
handicraftsmanship
noun
Synonym of handicraftship
handicraftsmen
handicraftsmen
noun
plural of handicraftsman
handicraftswoman
handicraftswoman
noun
A female practitioner of a handicraft.
handkerchiefs
headscarf
headscarf
noun
A more or less square piece of material worn over the head, typically by women, often to protect the hair, or for religious reasons.
hectocotyliferous
henceforwards
henceforwards
adv
(archaic) henceforth, from this point onwards.
hirschfeld
honorifics
honorifics
noun
plural of honorific
horsecraft
horsecraft
noun
horsemanship
housecraft
housecraft
noun
The art of homemaking.
hovercrafts
hovercrafts
noun
(nonstandard) plural of hovercraft
hydrofluosilicate
hydrofluosilicate
noun
(chemistry) A salt of hydrofluosilic acid.
hydrofluosilicic
hydrogasification
hydrogasification
noun
The reaction of hydrogen with coal under high pressure to form methane
hyperconformist
hypersurface
hypersurface
noun
(mathematics) A n-dimensional surface in a space (often a Euclidean space) of dimension n+1
ichthyornithiformes
ichthyosiform
ichthyosiform
adj
(medicine) Resembling ichthyosis.
infranchise
infranchise
verb
Archaic form of enfranchise.
ischiofemoral
ischiofemoral
adj
(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting the ischium and the femur
ischiofibular
ischiofibular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the ischium and fibula.
kerchiefs
kerchiefs
noun
plural of kerchief
markgenossenschaft
microfiches
microfiches
noun
plural of microfiche
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of microfiche
moschiferous
moschiferous
adj
(zoology) secreting musk
neckerchiefs
neckerchiefs
noun
plural of neckerchief
nondisfranchised
officeholders
officeholders
noun
plural of officeholder
officership
officership
noun
The position or role of an officer.
osteochondrofibroma
overfranchised
paschflower
phoenicopteriformes
phosphofructokinase
phosphofructokinase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a group of kinase enzymes that convert fructose phosphates to biphosphates
phosphowolframic
pitcherfuls
pitcherfuls
noun
plural of pitcherful
pitchersful
pitchforks
pitchforks
noun
plural of pitchfork
preachifies
preachifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preachify
prefectship
prefectship
noun
The office or jurisdiction of a prefect.
pricklefish
pricklefish
noun
Any of the family Stephanoberycidae of stephanoberyciform fishes.