Bantam work () Carved and painted work in imitation of Japan ware. |
Black lead () Plumbago |
Grotto-work (n.) Artificial and ornamental rockwork in imitation of a grotto. |
Hand-work (n.) See Handiwork. |
Lead (n.) One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity, and is used for tubes, sheets, bullets, etc. Its specific gravity is 11.37. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic weight, 206.4. Symbol Pb (L. Plumbum). It is chiefly obtained from the mineral galena, lead sulphide. |
Lead (n.) An article made of lead or an alloy of lead |
Lead (n.) A plummet or mass of lead, used in sounding at sea. |
Lead (n.) A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing. |
Lead (n.) Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs |
Lead (n.) A small cylinder of black lead or plumbago, used in pencils. |
Lead (v. t.) To cover, fill, or affect with lead |
Lead (v. t.) To place leads between the lines of |
Lead (v. t.) To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection |
Lead (v. t.) To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known |
Lead (v. t.) To conduct or direct with authority |
Lead (v. t.) To go or to be in advance of |
Lead (v. t.) To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad |
Lead (v. t.) To guide or conduct one's self in, through, or along (a certain course) |
Lead (v. t.) To begin a game, round, or trick, with |
Lead (v. i.) To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc. |
Lead (v. t.) To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place |
Lead (n.) The act of leading or conducting |
Lead (n.) precedence |
Lead (n.) The act or right of playing first in a game or round |
Lead (n.) An open way in an ice field. |
Lead (n.) A lode. |
Lead (n.) The course of a rope from end to end. |
Lead (n.) The width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke. |
Lead (n.) the distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment. |
Lead (n.) The action of a tooth, as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet. |
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. |
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 |
Work (n.) To ferment, as a liquid. |
work flow workflow | progress (or rate of progress) in work being done |
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 |
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 |
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 |
lead | the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge, the lead was in the dummy |
lead | a position of leadership (especially in the phrase `take the lead'), he takes the lead in any group, we were just waiting for someone to take the lead, they didn't follow our lead |
work animal | an animal trained for and used for heavy labor |
brogan brogue clodhopper work shoe | a thick and heavy shoe |
clip lead | a short piece of wire with alligator clips on both ends |
jumper cable jumper lead lead booster cable | a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire, it was a tangle of jumper cables and clip leads |
lead pencil lead | mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness, the marking substance in a pencil |
lead leading | thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing |
lead-acid battery lead-acid accumulator | a battery with lead electrodes with dilute sulphuric acid as the electrolyte, each cell generates about volts |
lead-in | wire connecting an antenna to a receiver or a transmitter to a transmission line |
lead line sounding line | (nautical) plumb line for determining depth |
lead pencil | pencil that has graphite as the marking substance |
leash tether lead | restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal |
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 |
sounding lead | a metal bob at the end of a sounding line |
work piece of work | a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing, it is not regarded as one of his more memorable works, the symphony was hailed as an ingenious work, he was indebted to the pioneering work of John Dewey, the work of an active imagination, erosion is the work of wind or water over time |
workbench work bench bench | a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic |
workboard work-board | a horizontal board that provides a supported surface for manual work |
work camp prison camp prison farm | a camp for trustworthy prisoners employed in government projects |
work in progress | a piece of work that is not yet finished |
work of art | art that is a product of one of the fine arts (especially a painting or sculpture of artistic merit) |
workplace work | a place where work is done, he arrived at work early today |
work-shirt | heavy-duty shirts worn for manual or physical work |
work surface | a horizontal surface for supporting objects used in working or playing games |
worktable work table | a table designed for a particular task |
spark advance lead | the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internalombustion engine |
lead | an advantage held by a competitor in a race, he took the lead at the last turn |
study work | applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading), mastering a second language requires a lot of work, no schools offer graduate study in interior design |