(law, historical) A decener: a member of a tithing bound in frankpledge.
(law, historical) A form of collective suretyship and punishment under English law among the members of a tithing.
(law, historical, uncommon) The tithing itself.
Any group so similarly answerable for the conduct of all its members and liable for collective punishment.
frankpledges
frankpledges
noun
plural of frankpledge
gainspeaker
gainspeaker
noun
(obsolete) A gainsayer; opponent.
gamekeeper
gamekeeper
noun
A person employed to maintain the game for hunting and all associated materials and effects. Often shortened to keeper.
gamekeepers
gamekeepers
noun
plural of gamekeeper
garpike
garpike
noun
(especially UK) A saltwater fish in the family Belonidae.
(especially US) A freshwater fish in the family Lepisosteidae.
garpikes
garpikes
noun
plural of garpike
gatekeeper
gatekeeper
noun
(psychology) In dissociative identity disorder, an aspect of the personality that controls access to the various identities.
A common orange and brown butterfly with eyespots, Pyronia tithonus, of the family Nymphalidae.
A person or group who controls access to something or somebody.
A person who guards or monitors passage through a gate.
One who gatekeeps.
gatekeepers
gatekeepers
noun
plural of gatekeeper
gedankenexperiment
gedankenexperiment
noun
thought experiment
goalkeeper
goalkeeper
noun
(sports) A designated player that attempts to prevent the opposing team from scoring by protecting a goal.
goalkeepers
goalkeepers
noun
plural of goalkeeper
gorakhpur
grapelike
grapelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a grape.
grapeskin
grapeskin
noun
The skin of a grape.
grapestalk
gripsack
gripsack
noun
(colloquial, dated) A traveller's bag.
gripsacks
gripsacks
noun
plural of gripsack
hektograph
hektograph
noun
Alternative form of hectograph
imparking
imparking
verb
present participle of impark
isokeraunographic
kapfenberg
karyotyping
karyotyping
noun
The separation and identification of karyotypes
verb
present participle of karyotype
katjepiering
keraunograph
keraunograph
noun
(archaic) A figure or picture impressed by lightning upon the human body or elsewhere.
A ceraunograph; an instrument for measuring and recording lightning.
keraunographic
keraunographic
adj
Of or pertaining to keraunography.
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
kinematographer
kinematographer
noun
cinematographer
kinematographic
kinematographical
kinematographical
adj
cinematographical
kinematographically
kinematography
kinetograph
kinetograph
noun
(dated) A camera for making chronophotographs.
(dated) A machine for projecting chronophotographs upon a screen for the purpose of producing the effect of an animated picture, sometimes with an accompanying soundtrack.
kinetographer
kinetographer
noun
A person involved in kinetography (in either sense).
kinetographic
kinetographic
adj
(photography) Relating to kinetography.
kinetography
kinetography
noun
(choreography) Labanotation.
(dated, photography) The use of the kinetograph.
kinetophonograph
kinetophonograph
noun
Synonym of kinetophone
klydonograph
klydonograph
noun
A device that makes a photographic record of a voltage surge
kymograph
kymograph
noun
A device that gives a graphical representation of a variation in a phenomenon such as blood pressure over time, using a pen on a rotating drum.
kymographic
kymographic
adj
Of or pertaining to a kymograph.
kymographies
kymographies
noun
plural of kymography
kymography
kymography
noun
The use of a kymograph.
lampworking
lampworking
verb
present participle of lampwork
marlingspike
nonsparking
nonsparking
adj
That does not give off sparks.
nonsparkling
nonsparkling
adj
Not sparkling; uncarbonated.
outsparkling
outsparkling
verb
present participle of outsparkle
overpackage
overpackage
verb
(transitive) To package wastefully in more material than necessary.
overpackaged
overpackaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overpackage
overpackages
overpackages
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overpackage
overpacking
overpacking
verb
present participle of overpack
overspeaking
overspeaking
verb
present participle of overspeak
packager
packager
noun
A comic book studio that produces content for comic book publishers on demand.
A person who packages.
A tool or machine used to package objects.
packagers
packagers
noun
plural of packager
paligorskite
papermaking
papermaking
noun
The craft of making paper.
papermakings
papermakings
noun
plural of papermaking
parbuckling
parbuckling
verb
present participle of parbuckle
parkersburg
parkersburg
Proper noun
A city in West Virginia, United States
parkesburg
parking
parking
noun
Space in which to park a car or other vehicle.
The action of the verb to park.
verb
present participle of park
parkings
parkings
noun
plural of parking
partaking
partaking
noun
(archaic) An act of taking sides; partiality.
The act of taking part in something.
verb
present participle of partake
partridgelike
partridgelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a partridge.
passagework
passagework
noun
(music) An ornamental passage in a musical work, often resembling a scale; or the performance of such a passage
passageworks
passageworks
noun
plural of passagework
patchworking
patchworking
noun
The making of patchworks
verb
present participle of patchwork
pathbreaking
pathbreaking
adj
Opening a new path or approach
patricksburg
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
pawnbroking
pawnbroking
noun
The business of a pawnbroker; advancing loans against pledges of household goods or personal possessions, and selling those pledges that are not redeemed.
pawnbrokings
peacebreaking
peacebreaking
noun
Disturbing or destroying a state of peace.
pelargikon
pharyngokeratosis
phrasemaking
phrasemaking
noun
The crafting of phrases; the art of rhetoric.
piatigorsk
piatigorsky
picturemaking
pigmaker
pilgarlicky
pockmarking
pockmarking
verb
present participle of pockmark
postmarking
postmarking
verb
present participle of postmark
pranking
pranking
noun
(archaic) A showy adornment.
(archaic) The playing of pranks; tomfoolery.
verb
present participle of prank
prankingly
prankingly
adv
(archaic) With showy display or adornment.
prayermaking
preacknowledge
preacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To acknowledge in advance.
preacknowledged
preacknowledged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of preacknowledge
preacknowledgement
preacknowledgement
noun
Alternative form of preacknowledgment
preacknowledging
preacknowledging
verb
present participle of preacknowledge
preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
noun
acknowledgment in advance
preblockading
prefranking
prekindergarten
prekindergarten
adj
Before kindergarten, or not yet old enough to attend it.
noun
(US) The first formal academic learning environment for children, before kindergarten.
prekindergartens
prekindergartens
noun
plural of prekindergarten
premaking
premaking
verb
present participle of premake
premarketing
premarketing
adj
Before the marketing of a product or service.
prepackage
prepackage
verb
(transitive) To enclose in packaging prior to sale.
prepackaged
prepackaged
adj
That has been packaged prior to being sold
verb
simple past tense and past participle of prepackage
prepackages
prepackages
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prepackage
prepackaging
prepackaging
noun
packaging applied prior to an object being sold
verb
present participle of prepackage
prepacking
prepacking
verb
present participle of prepack
prepartaking
preshrinkage
presoaking
presoaking
noun
The soaking of something in advance.
verb
present participle of presoak
preundertaking
printmaking
printmaking
noun
The field of art concerned, roughly, with the transfer of ink or paint from a plate or block or through a screen mesh to paper.
printmakings
prokindergarten
pugmark
pugmark
noun
The print or track of an animal.
pugmarks
pugmarks
noun
plural of pugmark
pyatigorsk
pyatigorsk
Proper noun
spa city in south-Stavropol krai, administrative center of the of Russia
ragpicker
ragpicker
noun
A person who collects and sells unwanted household items such as rags and other refuse for a living, a rag and bone man (UK) or ragman (US).
repackage
repackage
verb
To package again, to give new packaging to.
repackaged
repackaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of repackage
repackager
repackager
noun
An individual or company that repackages a product.
repackagers
repackagers
noun
plural of repackager
repackages
repackages
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of repackage
repackaging
repackaging
noun
The process of packaging something again or anew.
verb
present participle of repackage
repacking
repacking
noun
The process of packing something again or anew.
verb
present participle of repack
ropemaking
ropemaking
noun
The manufacture of rope.
shipbreaking
shipbreaking
noun
The breaking up of a ship for scrap recycling.
shopbreaking
shopbreaking
noun
The act of breaking into a shop with unlawful intent.
shrinkageproof
skiagraph
skiagraph
noun
(physics) Alternative form of sciagraph
verb
Alternative form of sciagraph
skiagraphed
skiagraphed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of skiagraph
skiagrapher
skiagrapher
noun
Alternative form of sciagrapher
skiagraphic
skiagraphic
adj
Alternative form of sciagraphic
skiagraphical
skiagraphical
adj
Alternative form of sciagraphical
skiagraphically
skiagraphically
adv
Alternative form of sciagraphically
skiagraphing
skiagraphing
verb
present participle of skiagraph
skiagraphy
skiograph
skipperage
skyscraping
skyscraping
adj
Extremely tall; as tall as a skyscraper
sparking
sparking
noun
The act of producing a spark.
verb
present participle of spark
sparkingly
sparkingly
adv
With or by sparks.
sparkling
sparkling
adj
(figurative) Brilliant and vivacious.
Of a beverage, especially an alcoholic beverage, containing dissolved carbon dioxide (either naturally or that has been added) that comes out of solution in the form of many tiny bubbles.
Of an object, reflecting light as if giving off tiny sparks or flashes of light.
noun
A sparkling wine.
Act or appearance of something that sparkles; a sparkle; a gleam.
verb
present participle and gerund of sparkle
sparklingly
sparklingly
adv
In a sparkling way.
sparklingness
sparklingness
noun
The quality of being sparkling.
sparkplug
sparkplug
noun
Alternative form of spark plug
verb
(transitive) To serve as the driving force behind (a new endeavour).
sparkplugged
sparkplugged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of sparkplug
sparkplugging
sparkplugging
verb
present participle of sparkplug
springmaker
springmaker
noun
A manufacturer of springs (mechanical devices that exert force).