exhumation disinterment digging up | the act of digging something out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buried |
Underground Railroad Underground Railway | secret aid to escaping slaves that was provided by abolitionists in the years before the American Civil War |
mine disposal | the disposal of explosive mines |
elaboration working out | developing in intricate and painstaking detail |
treadmill salt mine | a job involving drudgery and confinement |
excavation digging dig | the act of digging, there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton |
working dog | any of several breeds of usually large powerful dogs bred to work as draft animals and guard and guide dogs |
claymore mine claymore | an antipersonnel land mine whose blast is aimed at the oncoming enemy |
coal mine coalpit | a mine where coal is dug from the ground |
copper mine | a mine where copper is dug from the ground |
floating mine marine mine | an explosive mine designed to destroy ships that bump into it |
goldmine gold mine | a mine where gold ore is found |
goldmine gold mine | a good source of something that is desired |
land mine ground-emplaced mine booby trap | an explosive mine hidden underground, explodes when stepped on or driven over |
magnetic mine | (nautical) a marine mine that is detonated by a mechanism that responds to magnetic material (as the steel hull of a ship) |
metro tube underground subway system subway | an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city), in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground' |
mine | explosive device that explodes on contact, designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel |
mine | excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted |
mine detector | detector consisting of an electromagnetic device, used to locate explosive mines |
salt mine | a mine where salt is dug |
silver mine | a mine where silver ore is dug |
strip mine | an open mine (usually for coal) where the seams run close to the surface |
sulphur mine sulfur mine | a mine where sulphur is dug from the ground |
working workings | a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked |
working memory | memory for intermediate results that must be held during thinking |
working principle working rule | a rule that is adequate to permit work to be done |
samizdat underground press | a system of clandestine printing and distribution of dissident or banned literature |
working papers work papers work permit | a legal document giving information required for employment of certain people in certain countries |
working papers | records kept of activities involved in carrying out a project, the auditor was required to produce his working papers |
working agreement | an informal agreement to work together |
labor labour working class proletariat | a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages, there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field |
United Mine Workers of America United Mine Workers | an industrial union of mine workers in North America |
underground resistance | a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force |
working group working party | a group of people working together temporarily until some goal is achieved, the working group was supposed to report back in two weeks |
mine field | a tract of land containing explosive mines |
c prostitute cocotte whore harlot bawd tart cyprian fancy woman working girl sporting lady lady of pleasure woman of the street | a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money |
working girl | a young woman who is employed |
workman workingman working man working person | an employee who performs manual or industrial labor |
capital working capital | assets available for use in the production of further assets |
mine pig | pig iron made entirely from ore |
workday working day | the amount of time that a worker must work for an agreed daily wage, they work an -hour day |
workday working day work day | a day on which work is done |
mine | lay mines, The Vietnamese mined Cambodia |
mine | get from the earth by excavation, mine ores and metals |
strip mine surface mine surface-mine | extract (ore) from a strip-mine |
propertyless wage-earning working-class blue-collar | of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers, party of the propertyless proletariat- G.B.Shaw |
working | serving to permit or facilitate further work or activity, discussed the working draft of a peace treaty, they need working agreements with their neighbor states on interstate projects |
working(a) on the job(p) | actively engaged in paid work, the working population, the ratio of working men to unemployed, a working mother, robots can be on the job day and night |
running(a) operative functional working(a) | (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing, in running (or working) order, a functional set of brakes |
run-of-the-mill run-of-the-mine mine run unexceptional | not special in any way, run-of-the-mill boxing, your run-of-the-mine college graduate, a unexceptional an incident as can be found in a lawyer's career |