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.
frankewing
frankmarriage
frankmarriage
noun
Alternative form of frank-marriage
frankpledge
frankpledge
noun
(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.
A city in the northern part Virginia Commonwealth.
frederiksberg
freethinking
freethinking
noun
The principles of a freethinker; free thought
fringelike
fringelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fringe.
froglike
froglike
adj
Similar to a frog (amphibian), or to a characteristic of a frog.
a froglike croak
adv
In a froglike way
fuguelike
fuguelike
adj
Resembling a fugue
adv
In the manner of a fugue
funguslike
funguslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of fungus.
garfinkel
gentlefolk
gentlefolk
noun
(archaic) People of superior social position.
gentlefolks
gentlefolks
noun
Synonym of gentlefolk
giftlike
godforsaken
godforsaken
adj
Abandoned by a deity or god.
Particularly awful; very bad
gulflike
gulflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gulf.
intertrafficking
kaifeng
kaifeng
Proper noun
A prefecture-level city in east-central Henan, China.
kapfenberg
kegful
kegful
noun
As much as a keg will hold.
kerfing
kerfing
noun
(music, chiefly lutherie) A thin strip of wood kerfed to allow easy bending and then glued inside the body of a string instrument along the rim between its two abutting sides to reinforce the joint.
verb
present participle of kerf
kingfield
kingfield
Proper noun
A town in Maine, USA
kingfisher
kingfisher
noun
Any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines (or the family Alcedinidae sensu lato), having a large head, short tail and brilliant colouration; they feed mostly on fish.
common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
kingfishers
kingfishers
noun
plural of kingfisher
kingfishes
kingfishes
noun
plural of kingfish
kiteflying
kiteflying
noun
(archaic) A mode of raising money, or sustaining one's credit, by the use of paper which is merely nominal.
The flying of kites.
klagenfurt
klangfarbe
kugelhof
mafeking
markgenossenschaft
monkeyfying
monkeyfying
verb
present participle of monkeyfy
nonforeknowledge
prefranking
safebreaking
safebreaking
noun
The act of breaking into a safe.
safecracking
safecracking
noun
The act of defeating the security mechanisms of a safe or vault to gain access to its contents.
safekeeping
safekeeping
noun
(US) not returning checks; a system wherein banks keep checks (cheques) that people write, rather than returning them to the account holder with their monthly statement.
the act of keeping something safe; protection from harm, damage, loss, or theft