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.
elizabethtown
elizabethtown
Proper noun
The name of various places in the United States of America:
a former settlement and gold rush town in California.
a village in Illinois, USA
a town in Indiana.
an extinct town in Indiana.
a home rule-class city in Kentucky
a town and a hamlet in New York, the hamlet is the county seat of
an unincorporated community in New Mexico.
a town in North Carolina
a CDP in Ohio.
an unincorporated community in Ohio.
a borough in Pennsylvania.
a ghost town in Texas.
featherweight
featherweight
noun
A sportsman who fights in this division.
A weight class in many combat sports; e.g. in professional boxing of a maximum of 126 pounds or 57.2 kilograms.
The lightest weight that may be carried by a racehorse.
foreshadowing
foreshadowing
noun
(literature, usually uncountable) A literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story.
verb
present participle of foreshadow
gabrilowitsch
handsawfishes
harpwaytuning
harrowingness
harrowingness
noun
The quality of being harrowing.
hearthwarming
heartwounding
housewarmings
housewarmings
noun
plural of housewarming
interwreathed
interwreathed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of interwreathe
landownership
landownership
noun
The land belonging to a landowner; a smallholding.
The state or position of landowner.
mawkishnesses
mawkishnesses
noun
plural of mawkishness
mechanicstown
metahewettite
metahewettite
Noun
A monoclinic-prismatic red mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and vanadium.
mouthwatering
mouthwatering
adj
(by extension) Enticing or tantalizing.
That is pleasing to the sense of taste; appetizing; that makes one salivate.
nightcrawlers
nightcrawlers
noun
plural of nightcrawler
nonwatertight
nonwatertight
adj
Not watertight.
overshadowing
overshadowing
noun
A dominating shadow or malign influence.
verb
present participle of overshadow
overweightage
overweightage
noun
(India) Extra or undue weight or importance.
playwrightess
playwrightess
noun
(rare) A female playwright.
playwrighting
playwrighting
noun
Writing plays: the craft of a playwright
porokaiwhiria
porokaiwhiria
noun
(New Zealand) pigeonwood
praisworthily
satterthwaite
schweizerkase
seaworthiness
seaworthiness
noun
(nautical) The property of a watercraft that makes it fit to go to sea.
shadowgraphic
shadowgraphic
adj
Relating to shadowgraphy.
straightwards
subheadwaiter
subwardenship
superhighways
superhighways
noun
plural of superhighway
swashbuckling
swashbuckling
adj
Adventurous, exciting.
sweepwashings
sweethearting
sweethearting
noun
(business, retail) theft by employees at the cash register, as for example by giving away merchandise to friends and family
(dated) courting; lovemaking
swordsmanship
swordsmanship
noun
the skill of using a sword
thankworthily
unfaithworthy
unshowmanlike
unshowmanlike
adj
Not showmanlike.
unweatherwise
unweatherwise
adj
Not weather-wise.
unwhimsically
unwhisperable
unwhisperable
adj
Unable to be whispered; too sacred, terrible, etc. to be mentioned; unspeakable.
unwhitewashed
unwhitewashed
adj
Not having been whitewashed.
unwithdrawing
unwithdrawing
adj
That does not withdraw.
waistcoathole
wallowishness
walthourville
wappenshawing
washingtonese
washingtonian
washingtonian
Adjective
Of, or pertaining to, the state of Washington or its culture.
Of, or pertaining to, Washington, D.C. or its culture.
Of, or pertaining to, the life, values, or presidential administration of
Noun
A native or resident of the state of Washington in the United States of America.
An inhabitant or a resident of Washington, D.C..
A member of the a 19th-century sobriety support group.
weaponshowing
weatherfishes
weatherfishes
noun
plural of weatherfish
weatherliness
weatherliness
noun
(nautical) The quality of being weatherly.
weathermaking
weathermaking
noun
The (attempted) influencing of the weather, by magic or technology.
weatherstrips
weatherstrips
noun
plural of weatherstrip
wheelabrating
whigmaleeries
whimsicalness
whimsicalness
noun
Whimsicality.
whiskerandoed
whitaturalist
whitefieldian
wilhelmshaven
wiseheartedly
withdrawnness
withdrawnness
noun
The state or condition of being withdrawn or isolated.
wonderlandish
wonderlandish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a wonderland.
woolgathering
woolgathering
noun
Indulgence in idle fancies or daydreams.
The gathering of fragments of wool torn from sheep by bushes, etc.
wordsworthian
wordsworthian
Noun
A scholar of the works of William Wordsworth (1770–1850)