Bantam work
() Carved and painted work in imitation of Japan ware. |
Compulsion
(n.) The act of compelling, or the state of being compelled |
Grotto-work
(n.) Artificial and ornamental rockwork in imitation of a grotto. |
Hand-work
(n.) See Handiwork. |
Hard
(superl.) Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts |
Hard
(superl.) Difficult, mentally or judicially |
Hard
(superl.) Difficult to accomplish |
Hard
(superl.) Difficult to resist or control |
Hard
(superl.) Difficult to bear or endure |
Hard
(superl.) Difficult to please or influence |
Hard
(superl.) Not easy or agreeable to the taste |
Hard
(superl.) Rough |
Hard
(superl.) Abrupt or explosive in utterance |
Hard
(superl.) Wanting softness or smoothness of utterance |
Hard
(superl.) Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures |
Hard
(superl.) Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in the coloring or light and shade. |
Hard
(adv.) With pressure |
Hard
(adv.) With difficulty |
Hard
(adv.) Uneasily |
Hard
(adv.) So as to raise difficulties. |
Hard
(adv.) With tension or strain of the powers |
Hard
(adv.) Close or near. |
Hard
(v. t.) To harden |
Hard
(n.) A ford or passage across a river or swamp. |
Hard-favored
(a.) Hard-featured |
Hard-featured
(a.) Having coarse, unattractive or stern features. |
Hard-fisted
(a.) Having hard or strong hands |
Hard-fisted
(a.) Close-fisted |
Hard-fought
(a. Vigorously) contested |
Hard grass
() A name given to several different grasses, especially to the Roltbollia incurvata, and to the species of Aegilops, from one of which it is contended that wheat has been derived. |
Hard-handed
(a.) Having hard hands, as a manual laborer. |
Hard-headed
(a.) Having sound judgment |
Hard-hearted
(a.) Unsympathetic |
Hard-labored
(a.) Wrought with severe labor |
Hard-mouthed
(a.) Not sensible to the bit |
Hard-shell
(a.) Unyielding |
Hard-tack
(n.) A name given by soldiers and sailors to a kind of hard biscuit or sea bread. |
Hard-visaged
(a.) Of a harsh or stern countenance |
High-pressure
(a.) Having or involving a pressure greatly exceeding that of the atmosphere |
High-pressure
(a.) Fig.: Urgent |
Low-pressure
(a.) Having, employing, or exerting, a low degree of pressure. |
Pressure
(n.) The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed |
Pressure
(n.) A contrasting force or impulse of any kind |
Pressure
(n.) Affliction |
Pressure
(n.) Urgency |
Pressure
(n.) Impression |
Pressure
(n.) The action of a force against some obstacle or opposing force |
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. |
press
pressure
pressing | the act of pressing, the exertion of pressure, he gave the button a press, he used pressure to stop the bleeding, at the pressing of a button |
compulsion
coercion | using force to cause something to occur, though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game, they didn't have to use coercion |
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 |
| hard sell | forceful and insistent advertising |
| 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 |
hard tick
ixodid | ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head |
quahog
quahaug
hard-shell clam
hard clam
round clam
Venus mercenaria
Mercenaria mercenaria | an edible American clam, the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians |
| hard-shell crab | edible crab that has not recently molted and so has a hard shell |
brogan
brogue
clodhopper
work shoe | a thick and heavy shoe |
disk drive
disc drive
hard drive
Winchester drive | computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it |
hard disc
hard disk
fixed disk | a rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit |
| hard drug | a narcotic that is considered relatively strong and likely to cause addiction |
hard hat
tin hat
safety hat | a lightweight protective helmet (plastic or metal) worn by construction workers |
| hard shoulder | a paved strip beside a motorway (for stopping in emergencies) |
lubricating system
force-feed lubricating system
force feed
pressure-feed lubricating system
pressure feed | mechanical system of lubricating internal combustion engines in which a pump forces oil into the engine bearings |
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 |
| pressure cabin | cabin consisting of the pressurized section of an aircraft or spacecraft |
| pressure cooker | autoclave for cooking at temperatures above the boiling point of water |
| pressure dome | a dome-shaped building that is pressurized |
pressure gauge
pressure gage | gauge for measuring and indicating fluid pressure |
| pressure suit | protective garment consisting of an inflatable suit for space or high altitude flying |
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 |