Bantam work () Carved and painted work in imitation of Japan ware. |
Bond servant () A slave |
Domestic (a.) Of or pertaining to one's house or home, or one's household or family |
Domestic (a.) Of or pertaining to a nation considered as a family or home, or to one's own country |
Domestic (a.) Remaining much at home |
Domestic (a.) Living in or near the habitations of man |
Domestic (a.) Made in one's own house, nation, or country |
Domestic (n.) One who lives in the family of an other, as hired household assistant |
Domestic (n.) Articles of home manufacture, especially cotton goods. |
Grotto-work (n.) Artificial and ornamental rockwork in imitation of a grotto. |
Hand-work (n.) See Handiwork. |
Maid (n.) An unmarried woman |
Maid (n.) A man who has not had sexual intercourse. |
Maid (n.) A female servant. |
Maid (n.) The female of a ray or skate, esp. of the gray skate (Raia batis), and of the thornback (R. clavata). |
Maid's hair () The yellow bedstraw (Galium verum). |
Sabrina work () A variety of applique work for quilts, table covers, etc. |
Sea-maid (n.) The mermaid. |
Sea-maid (n.) A sea nymph. |
Servant (n.) One who serves, or does services, voluntarily or on compulsion |
Servant (n.) One in a state of subjection or bondage. |
Servant (n.) A professed lover or suitor |
Servant (v. t.) To subject. |
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 (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 |
domestic flight | a flight that begins and ends in the same country |
old maid | a card game using a pack of cards from which one queen has been removed, players match cards and the player holding the unmatched queen at the end of the game is the loser (or `old maid') |
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 |
domestic terrorism | terrorism practiced in your own country against your own people, the bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma City was an instance of domestic terrorism |
work-study program | an educational plan in which students alternate between paid employment and formal study |
domestic violence | violence or physical abuse directed toward your spouse or domestic partner, usually violence by men against women |
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 |
domestic animal domesticated animal | any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment |
domestic carp Cyprinus carpio | large Old World freshwater bottom-feeding fish introduced into Europe from Asia, inhabits ponds and sluggish streams and often raised for food, introduced into United States where it has become a pest |
domestic fowl fowl poultry | a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl |
domestic pigeon | domesticated pigeon raised for sport or food |
dog domestic dog Canis familiaris | a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times, occurs in many breeds, the dog barked all night |
domestic cat house cat Felis domesticus Felis catus | any domesticated member of the genus Felis |
domestic silkworm moth domesticated silkworm moth Bombyx mori | stocky creamy-white Asiatic moth found almost entirely under human care, the source of most of the silk commerce |
domestic ass donkey Equus asinus | domestic beast of burden descended from the African wild ass, patient but stubborn |
domestic sheep Ovis aries | any of various breeds raised for wool or edible meat or skin |
domestic goat Capra hircus | any of various breeds of goat raised for milk or meat or wool |
domestic llama Lama peruana | used in the Andes as a beast of burden and source of wool, considered a domesticated variety of the guanaco |
brogan brogue clodhopper work shoe | a thick and heavy shoe |
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 |
service door service entrance servant's entrance | an entrance intended for the use of servants or for delivery of goods and removal of refuse |
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 |