Bantam work
() Carved and painted work in imitation of Japan ware. |
Electrical
(a.) Pertaining to electricity |
Electrical
(a.) Capable of occasioning the phenomena of electricity |
Electrical
(a.) Electrifying |
Grotto-work
(n.) Artificial and ornamental rockwork in imitation of a grotto. |
Hand-work
(n.) See Handiwork. |
Installation
(n.) The act of installing or giving possession of an office, rank, or order, with the usual rites or ceremonies |
Installation
(n.) The whole of a system of machines, apparatus, and accessories, when set up and arranged for practical working, as in electric lighting, transmission of power, etc. |
Magneto-electrical
(a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, electricity by the action of magnets |
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
(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. |
installation
installing
installment
instalment | the act of installing something (as equipment), the telephone installation took only a few minutes |
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 |
electrotherapy
galvanism
electric healing
electrical healing | the therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis) |
| 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 |
electric shock
electrical shock
shock | a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body, subjects received a small electric shock when they made the wrong response, electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks |
galvanic skin response
GSR
psychogalvanic response
electrodermal response
electrical skin response
Fere phenomenon
Tarchanoff phenomenon | a change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety, can be measured either by recording the electrical resistance of the skin or by recording weak currents generated by the body |
| 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 |
| work animal | an animal trained for and used for heavy labor |
brogan
brogue
clodhopper
work shoe | a thick and heavy shoe |
capacitor
capacitance
condenser electrical condenser | an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge |
circuit
electrical circuit
electric circuit | an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow |
distributor
distributer
electrical distributor | electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence |
| electrical cable | a cable that provides an electrical connection for telephone or television or power stations |
| electrical contact | contact that allows current to pass from one conductor to another |
| electrical converter | converter that converts alternating current into direct current or vice versa |
| electrical device | a device that produces or is powered by electricity |
| electrical system | equipment in a motor vehicle that provides electricity to start the engine and ignite the fuel and operate the lights and windshield wiper and heater and air conditioner and radio |
| electrical system electrical plant | utility that provides electricity |
facility
installation | a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry, the assembly plant is an enormous facility |
fuse electrical fuse
safety fuse | an electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded |
| military installation | any facility servicing military forces |
naval installation
shore station | military installation servicing naval forces |
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 |
relay
electrical relay | electrical device such that current flowing through it in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit |
shunt electrical shunt
bypass | a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current |
switch electric switch
electrical switch | control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit |
wall socket
wall plug
electric outlet
electrical outlet
outlet electric receptacle | receptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devices |
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 |