| sheet-metal work | the craft of doing sheet metal work (as in ventilation systems) |
| 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 |
| drum metal drum | a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids |
| full metal jacket | a lead bullet that is covered with a jacket of a harder metal (usually copper) |
| gauntlet gantlet metal glove | a glove of armored leather, protects the hand |
hacksaw
hack saw
metal saw | saw used with one hand for cutting metal |
ingot
metal bar
block of metal | metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling |
| liquid metal reactor | a nuclear reactor using liquid metal as a coolant |
| metal detector | detector that gives a signal when it detects the presence of metal, used to detect the presence of stray bits of metal in food products or to find buried metal |
| metal screw | screw made of metal |
| metal wood | golf wood with a metal head instead of the traditional wooden head |
plating
metal plating | a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface |
| sheet metal | sheet of metal formed into a thin plate |
heavy metal
heavy metal music | loud and harsh sounding rock music with a strong beat, lyrics usually involve violent or fantastic imagery |
| metal filing | a fragment of metal rubbed off by the use of a file |
| worker | a person who works at a specific occupation, he is a good worker |
actor doer
worker | a person who acts and gets things done, he's a principal actor in this affair, when you want something done get a doer, he's a miracle worker |
almoner
medical social worker | an official in a British hospital who looks after the social and material needs of the patients |
brainworker
brain-worker | someone whose profession involves using his head to solve problems |
civil rights leader
civil rights worker
civil rights activist | a leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups |
colleague
co-worker
fellow worker
workfellow | an associate that one works with |
construction worker
hard hat | a worker skilled in building offices or dwellings etc. |
farmhand
fieldhand
field hand
farm worker | a hired hand on a farm |
garmentmaker
garment-worker
garment worker | a person who makes garments |
goldsmith
goldworker
gold-worker | an artisan who makes jewelry and other objects out of gold |
guest worker
guestworker | a person with temporary permission to work in another country, a Moroccan guestworker in Canada was accused of aiding terrorists |
| line worker | an employee who works on an assembly line |
mill-hand
factory worker | a workman in a mill or factory |
miracle man
miracle worker | a person who claims or is alleged to perform miracles |
power worker
power-station worker | a worker at a power station |
proletarian
prole
worker | a member of the working class (not necessarily employed), workers of the world--unite! |
research worker
researcher
investigator | a scientist who devotes himself to doing research |
seasonal worker
seasonal | a worker who finds employment only in certain seasons |
silversmith
silverworker
silver-worker | someone who makes or repairs articles of silver |
skilled worker
trained worker
skilled workman | a worker who has acquired special skills |
slave striver
hard worker | someone who works as hard as a slave |
social worker
caseworker
welfare worker | someone employed to provide social services (especially to the disadvantaged) |
stevedore
loader
longshoreman
docker
dockhand
dock worker
dockworker
dock-walloper
lumper | a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port |
temp
temporary
temporary worker | a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis |
volunteer
unpaid worker | a person who performs voluntary work |
| precious metal | any of the less common and valuable metals often used to make coins or jewelry |
coinage
mintage
specie
metal money | coins collectively |
alloy
metal | a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten, brass is an alloy of zinc and copper |
| heavy metal | a metal of relatively high density (specific gravity greater than about ) or of high relative atomic weight (especially one that is poisonous like mercury or lead) |
| base metal | a metal that is common and not considered precious, lead, iron, copper, tin, and zinc are base metals |
| terbium metal | a separate group of related lanthanides, including terbium, europium, gadolinium, and sometimes dysprosium |
metallic element
metal | any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc. |
| noble metal | any metal that is resistant to corrosion or oxidation |
| road metal | broken rock used for repairing or making roads |