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.
chuckfarthing
heartbreaking
heartbreaking
adj
That causes great grief, anguish or distress.
noun
The breaking of a heart; great grief, anguish or distress.
holidaymaking
holidaymaking
noun
(Britain) Going on holiday.
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
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.
laughingstock
laughingstock
noun
Alternative spelling of laughing stock.
leathermaking
leathermaking
noun
The manufacture of leather.
swashbuckling
swashbuckling
adj
Adventurous, exciting.
thanksgivings
thanksgivings
noun
plural of thanksgiving
thimblemaking
unshakingness
weathermaking
weathermaking
noun
The (attempted) influencing of the weather, by magic or technology.