Bantam work () Carved and painted work in imitation of Japan ware. |
Calendar (n.) An orderly arrangement of the division of time, adapted to the purposes of civil life, as years, months, weeks, and days |
Calendar (n.) A tabular statement of the dates of feasts, offices, saints' days, etc., esp. of those which are liable to change yearly according to the varying date of Easter. |
Calendar (n.) An orderly list or enumeration of persons, things, or events |
Calendar (v. t.) To enter or write in a calendar |
Grotto-work (n.) Artificial and ornamental rockwork in imitation of a grotto. |
Hand-work (n.) See Handiwork. |
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. |
Watch (v. i.) The act of watching |
Watch (v. i.) One who watches, or those who watch |
Watch (v. i.) The post or office of a watchman |
Watch (v. i.) The period of the night during which a person does duty as a sentinel, or guard |
Watch (v. i.) A small timepiece, or chronometer, to be carried about the person, the machinery of which is moved by a spring. |
Watch (n.) An allotted portion of time, usually four hour for standing watch, or being on deck ready for duty. Cf. Dogwatch. |
Watch (n.) That part, usually one half, of the officers and crew, who together attend to the working of a vessel for an allotted time, usually four hours. The watches are designated as the port watch, and the starboard watch. |
Watch (v. i.) To be awake |
Watch (v. i.) To be attentive or vigilant |
Watch (v. i.) To be expectant |
Watch (v. i.) To remain awake with any one as nurse or attendant |
Watch (v. i.) To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place |
Watch (v. t.) To give heed to |
Watch (v. t.) To tend |
Watches (n. pl.) The leaves of Saracenia flava. See Trumpets. |
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 (n.) To act or operate on the stomach and bowels, as a cathartic. |
Work (v. t.) To labor or operate upon |
Work (v. t.) To produce or form by labor |
Work (v. t.) To produce by slow degrees, or as if laboriously |
Work (v. t.) To influence by acting upon |
Work (v. t.) To form with a needle and thread or yarn |
Work (v. t.) To set in motion or action |
Work (v. t.) To cause to ferment, as liquor. |
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 |
rhythm method of birth control rhythm method rhythm calendar method of birth control calendar method | natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from daythrough day of her cycle) |
watch vigil | a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe |
listening watch continuous receiver watch | a watch established for the reception of traffic of interest to the unit maintaining the watch |
work-study program | an educational plan in which students alternate between paid employment and formal study |
vigil watch | the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival) |
watch night | a devotional service (especially on New Year's Eve) |
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 |
analog watch | a watch that represents time by the position of hands on a dial |
brogan brogue clodhopper work shoe | a thick and heavy shoe |
crystal watch crystal watch glass | a protective cover that protects the face of a watch |
digital watch | a watch with a digital display |
fob watch chain watch guard | short chain or ribbon attaching a pocket watch to a man's vest |
fob watch pocket | a vest pocket to hold a pocket watch |
hunter hunting watch | a watch with a hinged metal lid to protect the crystal |
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 |
pendulum watch | (th century) a watch with a balance wheel having a fake pendulum attached to it |
pocket watch | a watch that is carried in a small watch pocket |
stopwatch stop watch | a timepiece that can be started or stopped for exact timing (as of a race) |
watch ticker | a small portable timepiece |
watchband watchstrap wristband watch bracelet bracelet | a band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wrist |
watch cap | a knitted dark blue wool cap worn by seamen in cold or stormy weather |
watch case | the metal case in which the works of a watch are housed |
watch glass | laboratory glassware, a shallow glass dish used as an evaporating surface or to cover a beaker |
watch key | winder consisting of a key with a square hole, used for winding some watches |
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 |