elaboration
working out | developing in intricate and painstaking detail |
| hard sell | forceful and insistent advertising |
hard tick
ixodid | ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head |
quahog
quahaug
hard-shell clam
hard clam
round clam
Venus mercenaria
Mercenaria mercenaria | an edible American clam, the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians |
| hard-shell crab | edible crab that has not recently molted and so has a hard shell |
| working dog | any of several breeds of usually large powerful dogs bred to work as draft animals and guard and guide dogs |
disk drive
disc drive
hard drive
Winchester drive | computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it |
hard disc
hard disk
fixed disk | a rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit |
| hard drug | a narcotic that is considered relatively strong and likely to cause addiction |
hard hat
tin hat
safety hat | a lightweight protective helmet (plastic or metal) worn by construction workers |
| hard shoulder | a paved strip beside a motorway (for stopping in emergencies) |
working
workings | a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked |
| hard palate | the bony part of the roof of the mouth |
| 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 |
| hard line | a firm and uncompromising stance or position, the governor took a hard line on drugs |
| hard copy | (computer science) matter that is held in a computer and is typed or printed on paper, he ran off a hard copy of the report |
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 |
| hard news | news that deals with serious topics or events |
| working agreement | an informal agreement to work together |
| hard candy | candy that is brittle, you can break a tooth on that hard candy |
hard roll
Vienna roll | yeastaised roll with a hard crust |
quahaug
quahog
hard-shell clam
round clam | Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells, large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes |
roe
hard roe | fish eggs or egg-filled ovary, having a grainy texture |
| hard sauce | butter and sugar creamed together with brandy or other flavoring and served with rich puddings |
hard-boiled egg
hardooked egg | an egg boiled gently until both the white and the yolk solidify |
liquor
spirits
booze
hard drink
hard liquor
John Barleycorn
strong drink | an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented |
| hard cider | alcoholic drink from fermented cider, `cider' and `cyder' are European (especially British) usages for the fermented beverage |
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 |
| hard core | the most dedicated and intensely loyal nucleus of a group or movement |
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 |
| hard right | the extreme right wing |
construction worker
hard hat | a worker skilled in building offices or dwellings etc. |
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 |
slave striver
hard worker | someone who works as hard as a slave |
| working girl | a young woman who is employed |
workman
workingman
working man
working person | an employee who performs manual or industrial labor |
Townes
Charles Townes
Charles Hard Townes | United States physicist who developed the laser and maser principles for producing high-intensity radiation (-) |
hard rush
Juncus inflexus | tall rush of temperate regions |
durum
durum wheat
hard wheat
Triticum durum
Triticum turgidum
macaroni wheat | wheat with hard darkolored kernels high in gluten and used for bread and pasta, grown especially in southern Russia, North Africa, and northern central North America |
hard beech
Nothofagus truncata | tall New Zealand tree yielding very hard wood |
earthball
false truffle puffball hard-skinned puffball | any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles |
| hard fern | any of several ferns of the genus Blechnum |
| capital working capital | assets available for use in the production of further assets |
cash
hard cash
hard currency | money in the form of bills or coins, there is a desperate shortage of hard cash |
| hard currency | a currency that is not likely to depreciate suddenly in value, the countries agreed to conduct their bilateral trade in hard currency, replacing previous barter arrangements, Germany once had a solid economy, good fiscal and monetary policies, and a hard currency |
erection
hard-on | an erect penis |
hard time
rough sledding | a difficulty that can be overcome with effort, we had a hard time getting here, analysts predicted rough sledding for handset makers |
adversity
hardship hard knocks | a state of misfortune or affliction, debtidden farmers struggling with adversity, a life of hardship |