A person, elected by miners, whose task is to check what the mine owner's weighman states has been the amount of coal that has been mined; used especially if the miners' wages are related to production.
checkweighmen
checkweighmen
noun
plural of checkweighman
gelsenkirchen
ghostlikeness
heartbreaking
heartbreaking
adj
That causes great grief, anguish or distress.
noun
The breaking of a heart; great grief, anguish or distress.
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.
housebreaking
housebreaking
noun
The act of breaking into another person's house with unlawful intent.
verb
(animal training) present participle of housebreak
kangchenjunga
kangchenjunga
Proper noun
A Himalayan mountain between Nepal and India, the third highest in the world.
kathemoglobin
keraunography
keraunography
noun
(archaic) The study of keraunographs (figures or pictures impressed by lightning upon the human body or elsewhere).
kinematograph
kinematograph
noun
Alternative form of cinematograph
kinetographer
kinetographer
noun
A person involved in kinetography (in either sense).
kinetographic
kinetographic
adj
(photography) Relating to kinetography.
knightsbridge
leathermaking
leathermaking
noun
The manufacture of leather.
lightninglike
lightninglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of lightning.
neighbourlike
neighbourlike
adj
(Britain, Canada) Synonym of neighbourly
schoolkeeping
shrinkingness
thimblemaking
thinglikeness
thinglikeness
noun
The quality of being thinglike.
unshakingness
unthoughtlike
weathermaking
weathermaking
noun
The (attempted) influencing of the weather, by magic or technology.
