A tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands given to them and their successors forever, usually on condition of praying for the soul of the donor and his heirs; - called also tenure by free alms.
frankmarriage
frankmarriage
noun
Alternative form of frank-marriage
frederiksberg
garmentworker
garmentworker
noun
A person who works making clothes.
gelsenkirchen
gimcrackiness
gimcrackiness
noun
The quality of being gimcracky.
grainsickness
greensickness
greensickness
noun
Alternative form of green sickness
groundbreaker
groundbreaker
noun
First person to do, make or fight for something. A pioneer; a seminal person.
heartbreaking
heartbreaking
adj
That causes great grief, anguish or distress.
noun
The breaking of a heart; great grief, anguish or distress.
housebreaking
housebreaking
noun
The act of breaking into another person's house with unlawful intent.
verb
(animal training) present participle of housebreak
hydraulicking
hydraulicking
noun
hydraulic mining (mining using pressurized water jets to dislodge rock or move sediment)
verb
present participle of hydraulic
hydrocracking
hydrocracking
noun
(organic chemistry) the production of high-octane petroleum fuel and kerosene by hydrogenating large or complex hydrocarbons and then cracking them.
verb
present participle of hydrocrack
interknitting
interknitting
verb
present participle of interknit
interknotting
interknotting
verb
present participle of interknot
jawbreakingly
jawbreakingly
adv
In a way that is very difficult to say or pronounce.
keratoangioma
keratoangioma
noun
(pathology) Angioma of the cornea.
keratoglossus
keraunography
keraunography
noun
(archaic) The study of keraunographs (figures or pictures impressed by lightning upon the human body or elsewhere).
kilogrammetre
kilogrammetre
noun
Alternative spelling of kilogram-meter
kindergartens
kindergartens
noun
plural of kindergarten
kindergartner
kindergartner
noun
(rare) A person who teaches at a kindergarten.
A child who attends a kindergarten.
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.
kirkcudbright
knightsbridge
leathermaking
leathermaking
noun
The manufacture of leather.
mallemaroking
mallemaroking
noun
(historical, nautical) Carousing on icebound Greenland whaling ships.
megakaryocyte
megakaryocyte
noun
(anatomy) A large cell, found in bone marrow, responsible for the production of platelets.
metalworkings
metalworkings
noun
plural of metalworking
neighbourlike
neighbourlike
adj
(Britain, Canada) Synonym of neighbourly
overprovoking
overprovoking
verb
present participle of overprovoke
overreckoning
overreckoning
verb
present participle of overreckon
partridgelike
partridgelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a partridge.
patternmaking
patternmaking
noun
The creation of patterns for either sewing or casting.
pawnbrokerage
pawnbrokerage
noun
(countable) A pawnbroker's shop.
(uncountable) The business of pawnbroking.
pawnbrokering
pawnbrokering
noun
Synonym of pawnbroking
peacebreaking
peacebreaking
noun
Disturbing or destroying a state of peace.
picturemaking
preblockading
presprinkling
presprinkling
verb
present participle of presprinkle
provokingness
provokingness
noun
The state or condition of being provoking.
racketeerings
racketeerings
noun
plural of racketeering
reacknowledge
reacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To acknowledge again or anew.
rollerskating
rollerskating
noun
Alternative spelling of roller skating
verb
present participle of rollerskate
rubbernecking
rubbernecking
noun
Generally, any act of observation in a manner considered unduly overt or otherwise unseemly.
The act of slowing down whilst driving a vehicle, in order to see the scene of an accident.
verb
present participle of rubberneck
shrinkingness
silkscreening
silkscreening
verb
present participle of silkscreen
singlesticker
skateboarding
skateboarding
noun
the act of riding on a skateboard
verb
present participle of skateboard
skiagraphical
skiagraphical
adj
Alternative form of sciagraphical
skirmishingly
skirmishingly
adv
In a skirmishing manner.
sparklingness
sparklingness
noun
The quality of being sparkling.
sparkplugging
sparkplugging
verb
present participle of sparkplug
stockbreeding
stockbreeding
noun
The breeding and rearing of livestock.
streetwalking
streetwalking
noun
The trade of a streetwalker; prostitution that is not tied to a particular brothel or establishment.
tandjungpriok
trackingscout
troublemaking
troublemaking
adj
Causing trouble.
noun
Causing trouble; acting in a disruptive way
trucebreaking
understocking
understocking
noun
A stocking intended to be worn under another stocking.
verb
present participle of understock
understriking
undertakingly
unpilgrimlike
unpilgrimlike
adj
Not pilgrimlike.
unprovokingly
unreckingness
unshrinkingly
unshrinkingly
adv
Without shrinking; courageously.
weathermaking
weathermaking
noun
The (attempted) influencing of the weather, by magic or technology.
winterkilling
winterkilling
verb
present participle of winterkill
yekaterinburg
yekaterinburg
Proper noun
A city in the Sverdlovsk oblast of Russia, the fifth-largest in the country by population.