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
chemawinite
chinawoman
chinawoman
noun
(obsolete) A female dealer in porcelain.
churchwardenism
cinnamonwood
cinnamonwood
noun
Synonym of sassafras
cochairwoman
cochairwoman
noun
A joint chairwoman.
cochairwomen
cochairwomen
noun
plural of cochairwoman
columnwise
columnwise
adj
By columns; one column at a time.
committeewoman
committeewoman
noun
(US) A woman who is a local leader of a political party.
A woman who is a member of a committee.
committeewomen
committeewomen
noun
plural of committeewoman
commonwealthism
commonwealthism
noun
(politics) The condition or policy of operating as a commonwealth.
communitywide
communitywide
adj
Throughout a community.
companionway
companionway
noun
(nautical) a staircase or ladder from one deck to another on a ship
companionways
companionways
noun
plural of companionway
componentwise
componentwise
adj
In terms of components.
councilwoman
councilwoman
noun
A female member of a council, especially a city council; now often replaced by gender-neutral councilor (British, councillor).
councilwomen
councilwomen
noun
plural of councilwoman
crewmanship
crewmanship
noun
The skills and abilities of a crewman.
The status or role of crewman.
cromwellian
cromwellian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Oliver Cromwell, his ideas or policies
Noun
A partisan of Oliver Cromwell
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
discrownment
downcoming
downcoming
adj
Moving downwards.
verb
present participle of downcome
handicraftswoman
handicraftswoman
noun
A female practitioner of a handicraft.
inchworm
inchworm
noun
The larva of a moth of the family Geometridae.
verb
To crawl or creep slowly.
To move in a looping fashion, like an inchworm.
inchworms
inchworms
noun
plural of inchworm
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inchworm
lawrencium
lawrencium
noun
A transuranic chemical element (symbol Lr, formerly Lw) with atomic number 103.
lawrenciums
mackinaw
mackinaw
noun
A blanket made of wool, formerly distributed to the Amerindians by the U.S. government.
A flat-bottomed cargo boat; mackinaw boat.
A heavy woolen cloth.
mackinawed
mackinawed
adj
Clad in garments made of mackinaw.
mackinaws
mackinaws
noun
plural of mackinaw
manitowoc
manitowoc
Proper noun
a city on the shore of Wisconsin, USA
the in Wisconsin, which flows into Lake Michigan at Manitowoc.
mankiewicz
mauricetown
mcewensville
mcknightstown
mechanicstown
microbrewing
microbrewing
noun
Small-scale commercial brewing, as carried out in a microbrewery.
microdrawing
microdrawing
noun
A drawing showing the microscopic detail of something.
microwaving
microwaving
verb
present participle of microwave
misacknowledge
misacknowledge
verb
(rare) To fail to acknowledge; to acknowledge wrongly.
misallowance
misallowance
noun
A bad or wrong allowance; something allotted in error.
nonwelcoming
pickwickianism
policewoman
policewoman
noun
A female police officer.
policewomen
policewomen
noun
plural of policewoman
prewelcoming
scrimshawing
scrimshawing
verb
present participle of scrimshaw
servicewoman
servicewoman
noun
A woman who serves in the armed forces.
servicewomen
servicewomen
noun
plural of servicewoman
switchman
switchman
noun
A person who operates railway switches which route trains onto rail tracks.
A person whose job is to help in the switching of railcars in a railway yard.
switchmen
switchmen
noun
plural of switchman
twickenham
twickenham
Proper noun
A town in southwest London
Twickenham Stadium, the largest rugby stadium in England
unwelcoming
unwelcoming
adj
Lacking in hospitality, accessibility and cordiality.
unwhimsical
unwhimsical
Adjective
Not whimsical.
unwhimsically
unwhimsicalness
wachenheimer
watchmaking
watchmaking
noun
The making (and repairing) of watches
watchmakings
watchmanship
watchmanship
noun
The state or business of a watchman.
welcoming
welcoming
adj
hospitable, accessible and cordial.
noun
An act of giving welcome.
verb
present participle of welcome
welcomingly
welcomingly
adv
In a welcoming manner.
whimsicalness
whimsicalness
noun
Whimsicality.
wichman
wickman
williamsoniaceae
willimantic
winamac
winchman
winchman
noun
A man who operates a winch.
winchmen
winchmen
noun
plural of winchman
winckelmann
winnemucca
winnemucca
Proper noun
A city in Nevada, USA, and the county seat of Humboldt County.