Phrase Hound found 2 phrases and 21 compound words that contain makings. The most common are listed below. Open makings in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 2
- match-makingsplural of match-making: An attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other, especially an attempt to set up a date between people or to arrange a marriage.
- money-makingsplural of money-making: The acquisition of money.
Compound words 21
- rulemakingsplural of rulemaking: Having the power to make rules.
- artmakingsplural of artmaking: The production of art.
- bookmakingsplural of bookmaking: The art or profession of determining odds and receiving and paying off bets, especially bets on the outcome of sporting events.
- dressmakingsplural of dressmaking: The craft of making custom clothing for women, such as dresses, blouses, and evening gowns.
- filmmakingsplural of filmmaking: The activity of preparing edited video works, formerly principally films, whether for entertainment or other purposes.
- haymakingsplural of haymaking: The cutting of grass and subsequently curing it to make hay as fodder for animals.
- homemakingsplural of homemaking: The management of a household considered as an occupation.
- kingmakingsplural of kingmaking: The ceremony of crowning a king, or any similar ceremony of endowing a person with high office.
- lawmakingsplural of lawmaking: The process of passing or enacting laws; legislation.
- lovemakingsplural of lovemaking: Sexual intercourse.