Acoustic (a.) Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds |
Acoustic (n.) A medicine or agent to assist hearing. |
Bantam work () Carved and painted work in imitation of Japan ware. |
Carpentry (n.) The art of cutting, framing, and joining timber, as in the construction of buildings. |
Carpentry (n.) An assemblage of pieces of timber connected by being framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc. |
Grotto-work (n.) Artificial and ornamental rockwork in imitation of a grotto. |
Hand-work (n.) See Handiwork. |
Harvest-home (n.) The gathering and bringing home of the harvest |
Harvest-home (n.) The song sung by reapers at the feast made at the close of the harvest |
Harvest-home (n.) A service of thanksgiving, at harvest time, in the Church of England and in the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States. |
Harvest-home (n.) The opportunity of gathering treasure. |
Home (n.) See Homelyn. |
Home (n.) One's own dwelling place |
Home (n.) One's native land |
Home (n.) The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections. |
Home (n.) The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant |
Home (n.) A place of refuge and rest |
Home (n.) The home base |
Home (a.) Of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country |
Home (a.) Close |
Home (adv.) To one's home or country |
Home (adv.) Close |
Home (adv.) To the place where it belongs |
Home-bound (a.) Kept at home. |
Home-bred (a.) Bred at home |
Home-bred (a.) Not polished |
Home-coming (n.) Return home. |
Home-driven (a.) Driven to the end, as a nail |
Home-dwelling (a.) Keeping at home. |
Home-felt (a.) Felt in one's own breast |
Home-keeping (a.) Staying at home |
Home-keeping (n.) A staying at home. |
Home-speaking (n.) Direct, forcible, and effective speaking. |
Improvement (n.) The act of improving |
Improvement (n.) The act of making profitable use or applicaton of anything, or the state of being profitably employed |
Improvement (n.) The state of being improved |
Improvement (n.) Increase |
Improvement (n.) Valuable additions or betterments, as buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises. |
Improvement (n.) A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition. |
Insulation (n.) The act of insulating, or the state of being insulated |
Insulation (n.) The act of separating a body from others by nonconductors, so as to prevent the transfer of electricity or of heat |
Professional (a.) Of or pertaining to a profession, or calling |
Professional (a.) Engaged in by professionals |
Professional (n.) A person who prosecutes anything professionally, or for a livelihood, and not in the character of an amateur |
Sabrina work () A variety of applique work for quilts, table covers, etc. |
Sorrento work () Ornamental work, mostly carved in olivewood, decorated with inlay, made at or near Sorrento, Italy. Hence, more rarely, jig-saw work and the like done anywhere. |
Stucco (n.) Plaster of any kind used as a coating for walls, especially, a fine plaster, composed of lime or gypsum with sand and pounded marble, used for internal decorations and fine work. |
Stucco (n.) Work made of stucco |
Stucco (v. t.) To overlay or decorate with stucco, or fine plaster. |
Thermal (a.) Of or pertaining to heat |
bell ringer bull's eye mark home run | something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal, the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer, scored a bull's eye, hit the mark, the president's speech was a home run |
homer home run | a base hit on which the batter scores a run |
improvement | the act of improving something, their improvements increased the value of the property |
work flow workflow | progress (or rate of progress) in work being done |
self-improvement selfeformation | the act of improving yourself |
professional boxing | boxing for money |
professional wrestling | wrestling for money |
home game | a game played at home |
professional golf | playing golf for money |
professional football | football played for pay |
professional baseball | playing baseball for money |
professional basketball | playing basketball for money |
professional tennis | playing tennis for money |
work | activity directed toward making or doing something, she checked several points needing further work |
workload work load | work that a person is expected to do in a specified time |
busywork make-work | active work of little value, while he was waiting he filled the days with busywork |
welfare work social service | an organized activity to improve the condition of disadvantaged people in society |
occupation business job line of work line | the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money, he's not in my line of business |
employment work | the occupation for which you are paid, he is looking for employment, a lot of people are out of work |
business life professional life | a career in industrial or commercial or professional activities |
carpentry woodworking woodwork | the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood |
electrical work | the craft of an electrician |
sheet-metal work | the craft of doing sheet metal work (as in ventilation systems) |
tool-and-die work | the craft of making special tools and dies |
police work police investigation | the investigation of criminal activities |
detection detecting detective work sleuthing | a police investigation to determine the perpetrator, detection is hard on the feet |
field work | an investigation carried out in the field rather than in a laboratory or headquarters |
time and motion study time-and-motion study time-motion study motion study time study work study | an analysis of a specific job in an effort to find the most efficient method in terms of time and effort |
spying undercover work | the act of keeping a secret watch for intelligence purposes |
tiling | the application of tiles to cover a surface |
mission missionary work | the organized work of a religious missionary |
scut work shitwork | trivial, unrewarding, tedious, dirty, and disagreeable chores, the hospital hired him to do scut work |
home invasion | burglary of a dwelling while the residents are at home |
insulation | the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity |
work-study program | an educational plan in which students alternate between paid employment and formal study |
home study | a course of study carried out at home rather than in a classroom |
harvest harvesting harvest home | the gathering of a ripened crop |
home banking | banking in which transactions are conducted by means of electronic communication (via telephone or computer) |
work-in | occasion when workers continue to work as a protest against e.g. proposed dismissal or closure of the factory |
social work | any of various services designed to aid the poor and aged and to increase the welfare of children |
work to rule | a job action in which workers cause a slowdown by doing only the minimum amount required by the rules of the workplace |
strike work stoppage | a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions, the strike lasted more than a month before it was settled |
work animal | an animal trained for and used for heavy labor |
worker | sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae |
worker bee | sterile bee specialized to collect food and maintain the hive |
acoustic | a remedy for hearing loss or deafness |
acoustic delay line sonic delay line | a delay line based on the time of propagation of sound waves |
acoustic device | a device for amplifying or transmitting sound |
acoustic guitar | sound is not amplified by electrical means |
acoustic modem | a modem that converts electrical signals to telephone tones and back again |