Bantam work
() Carved and painted work in imitation of Japan ware. |
Blotting paper
() A kind of thick, bibulous, unsized paper, used to absorb superfluous ink from freshly written manuscript, and thus prevent blots. |
Casse Paper
() Broken paper |
Grotto-work
(n.) Artificial and ornamental rockwork in imitation of a grotto. |
Hand-work
(n.) See Handiwork. |
Note paper
() Writing paper, not exceeding in size, when folded once, five by eight inches. |
Paper
(n.) A substance in the form of thin sheets or leaves intended to be written or printed on, or to be used in wrapping. It is made of rags, straw, bark, wood, or other fibrous material, which is first reduced to pulp, then molded, pressed, and dried. |
Paper
(n.) A sheet, leaf, or piece of such substance. |
Paper
(n.) A printed or written instrument |
Paper
(n.) A printed sheet appearing periodically |
Paper
(n.) Negotiable evidences of indebtedness |
Paper
(n.) Decorated hangings or coverings for walls, made of paper. See Paper hangings, below. |
Paper
(n.) A paper containing (usually) a definite quantity |
Paper
(n.) A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application |
Paper
(a.) Of or pertaining to paper |
Paper
(v. t.) To cover with paper |
Paper
(v. t.) To fold or inclose in paper. |
Paper
(v. t.) To put on paper |
Progress
(n.) A moving or going forward |
Progress
(n.) In actual space, as the progress of a ship, carriage, etc. |
Progress
(n.) In the growth of an animal or plant |
Progress
(n.) In business of any kind |
Progress
(n.) In knowledge |
Progress
(n.) Toward ideal completeness or perfection in respect of quality or condition |
Progress
(n.) A journey of state |
Progress
(v. i.) To make progress |
Progress
(v. i.) To make improvement |
Progress
(v. t.) To make progress in |
Recording
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Record |
Recording
(a.) Keeping a record or a register |
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. |
Touch-paper
(n.) Paper steeped in saltpeter, which burns slowly, and is used as a match for firing gunpowder, and the like. |
Tut-work
(n.) Work done by the piece, as in nonmetaliferous rock, the amount done being usually reckoned by the fathom. |
Work
(n.) Exertion of strength or faculties |
Work
(n.) The matter on which one is at work |
Work
(n.) That which is produced as the result of labor |
Work
(n.) Specifically: (a) That which is produced by mental labor |
Work
(n.) Structures in civil, military, or naval engineering, as docks, bridges, embankments, trenches, fortifications, and the like |
Work
(n.) The moving parts of a mechanism |
Work
(n.) Manner of working |
Work
(n.) The causing of motion against a resisting force. The amount of work is proportioned to, and is measured by, the product of the force into the amount of motion along the direction of the force. See Conservation of energy, under Conservation, Unit of work, under Unit, also Foot pound, Horse power, Poundal, and Erg. |
Work
(n.) Ore before it is dressed. |
Work
(n.) Performance of moral duties |
Work
(n.) To exert one's self for a purpose |
Work
(n.) Hence, in a general sense, to operate |
Work
(n.) Hence, figuratively, to be effective |
Work
(n.) To carry on business |
Work
(n.) To be in a state of severe exertion, or as if in such a state |
Work
(n.) To make one's way slowly and with difficulty |
| advancement progress | gradual improvement or growth or development, advancement of knowledge, great progress in the arts |
work flow
workflow | progress (or rate of progress) in work being done |
progress
progression
procession advance
advancement forward motion
onward motion | the act of moving forward (as toward a goal) |
paper chase
hare and hounds | an outdoor game, one group of players (the hares) start off on a long run scattering bits of paper (the scent) and pursuers (the hounds) try to catch them before they reach a designated spot |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| paper route | the job of delivering newspapers regularly |
| 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 |
| work-study program | an educational plan in which students alternate between paid employment and formal study |
recording
transcription | the act of making a record (especially an audio record), she watched the recording from a sound-proof booth |
| 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 |
paper nautilus
nautilus Argonaut
Argonauta argo | cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells |
| paper wasp | any of several social wasps that construct nests of a substance like paper |
acetate disk
phonograph recording disk | a disk coated with cellulose acetate |
brogan
brogue
clodhopper
work shoe | a thick and heavy shoe |
Dixie cup
paper cup | a disposable cup made of paper, for holding drinks |
letter opener
paper knife
paperknife | dull knife used to cut open the envelopes in which letters are mailed or to slit uncut pages of books |
masking tape
masking paper | adhesive tape used to cover the part of a surface that should not be painted |
newspaper
paper | the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher, when it began to rain he covered his head with a newspaper |
oeuvre
work body of work | the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it), he studied the entire Wagnerian oeuvre, Picasso's work can be divided into periods |
paperback book
paper-back book
paperback
softback book
softback
softover book
softover | a book with paper covers |
| paper chain | a chain made of loops of colored paper, used to decorate a room |
paper clip
paperclip
gem clip | a wire or plastic clip for holding sheets of paper together, the paper clip was invented in |
| paper cutter | a cutting implement for cutting sheets of paper to the desired size |
| paper doll | a piece of paper cut or folded into the shape of a human being |
| paper fastener | a fastener for holding a sheet of paper in place |
| paper feed | a device for inserting sheets of paper into a printer or typewriter, the job was delayed because the paper feed was clogged |
| paper mill | a mill where paper is manufactured |
| paper plate | a disposable plate made of cardboard |
| paper towel | a disposable towel made of absorbent paper |
phonograph record
phonograph recording
record
disk disc platter | sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove, used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove |
photographic paper
photographic material | light-sensitive paper on which photograph can be printed |
recorder recording equipment
recording machine | equipment for making records |