works deeds | performance of moral or religious acts, salvation by deeds, the reward for good works |
protection tribute | payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence, every store in the neighborhood had to pay him protection |
protection | the activity of protecting someone or something, the witnesses demanded police protection |
self-defense self-defence self-protection | the act of defending yourself |
protection trade protection | the imposition of duties or quotas on imports in order to protect domestic industry against foreign competition, he made trade protection a plank in the party platform |
auspices protection aegis | kindly endorsement and guidance, the tournament was held under the auspices of the city council |
dye-works | a workshop where dyeing is done |
plant works industrial plant | buildings for carrying on industrial labor, they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles |
protective covering protective cover protection | a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury, they had no protection from the fallout, wax provided protection for the floors |
public works | structures (such as highways or schools or bridges or docks) constructed at government expense for public use |
sewage system sewer system sewage works | facility consisting of a system of sewers for carrying off liquid and solid sewage |
works workings | the internal mechanism of a device |
sun protection factor SPF | the degree to which a sunscreen protects the skin from the direct rays of the sun |
equal protection of the laws | a right guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution and by the due-process clause of the Fifth Amendment |
works program | a program to provide jobs on public works paid for by government funds |
Environmental Protection Agency EPA | an independent federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment |
works council | (chiefly Brit) a council representing employer and employees of a plant or business to discuss working conditions etc, also: a committee representing the workers elected to negotiate with management about grievances and wages etc |
security protection | defense against financial failure, financial independence, his pension gave him security in his old age, insurance provided protection against loss of wages due to illness |
beach erosion | the erosion of beaches |
corrosion corroding erosion | erosion by chemical action |
erosion eroding eating away wearing wearing away | (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it) |
erosion | a gradual decline of something, after the accounting scandal there was an erosion of confidence in the auditors |
soil erosion | the washing away of soil by the flow of water |
a whole shebang whole kit and caboodle kit and caboodle whole kit and boodle kit and boodle whole kit whole caboodle whole works works full treatment | everything available, usually preceded by `the', we saw the whole shebang, a hotdog with the works, we took on the whole caboodle, for $ you get the full treatment |
erosion | condition in which the earth's surface is worn away by the action of water and wind |
protection shelter | the condition of being protected, they were huddled together for protection, he enjoyed a sense of peace and protection in his new home |