Alley (n.) A narrow passage |
Alley (n.) A narrow passage or way in a city, as distinct from a public street. |
Alley (n.) A passageway between rows of pews in a church. |
Alley (n.) Any passage having the entrance represented as wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of length. |
Alley (n.) The space between two rows of compositors' stands in a printing office. |
Alley (n.) A choice taw or marble. |
Bantam work () Carved and painted work in imitation of Japan ware. |
Blind (a.) Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect or by deprivation |
Blind (a.) Not having the faculty of discernment |
Blind (a.) Undiscerning |
Blind (a.) Having such a state or condition as a thing would have to a person who is blind |
Blind (a.) Involved |
Blind (a.) Having no openings for light or passage |
Blind (a.) Unintelligible, or not easily intelligible |
Blind (a.) Abortive |
Blind (v. t.) To make blind |
Blind (v. t.) To deprive partially of vision |
Blind (v. t.) To darken |
Blind (v. t.) To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel |
Blind (n.) Something to hinder sight or keep out light |
Blind (n.) Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design |
Blind (n.) A blindage. See Blindage. |
Blind (n.) A halting place. |
Blind (n.) Alt. of Blinde |
Color-blind (a.) Affected with color blindness. See Color blindness, under Color, n. |
Grotto-work (n.) Artificial and ornamental rockwork in imitation of a grotto. |
Hand-work (n.) See Handiwork. |
Hoodman-blind (n.) An old term for blindman's buff. |
Sabrina work () A variety of applique work for quilts, table covers, etc. |
Sand-blind (a.) Having defective sight |
Snow-blind (a.) Affected with blindness by the brilliancy of snow. |
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. |
Star-blind (a.) Half blind. |
Stock-blind (a.) Blind as a stock |
Stone-blind (a.) As blind as a stone |
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 |
blind alley | (figurative) a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvement, all the clues led the police into blind alleys, so far every road that we've been down has turned out to be a blind alley |
double-blind procedure double-blind experiment double-blind study | an experimental procedure in which neither the subjects of the experiment nor the persons administering the experiment know the critical aspects of the experiment, a double-blind procedure is used to guard against both experimenter bias and placebo effects |
work flow workflow | progress (or rate of progress) in work being done |
blind flying blind landing | using only instruments for flying an aircraft because you cannot see through clouds or mists etc. |
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 |
blind stitching | stitching that is not easily seen or noticed |
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 |
double blind | a test procedure in which the identity of those receiving the intervention is concealed from both the administrators and the subjects until after the test is completed, designed to reduce or eliminate bias in the results |
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 |
amphiuma congo snake congo eel blind eel | aquatic eel-shaped salamander having two pairs of very small feet, of still muddy waters in the southern United States |
blind snake worm snake | wormlike burrowing snake of warm regions having vestigial eyes |
western blind snake Leptotyphlops humilis | burrows among roots of shrubs and beneath rocks in desert and rocky hillside areas and beach sand of western United States |
alley cat | a homeless cat |
alley alleyway back street | a narrow street with walls on both sides |
blind screen | a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight, they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet |
blind | a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters), he waited impatiently in the blind |
blind alley cul de sac dead-end street impasse | a street with only one way in or out |
blind corner | a street corner that you cannot see around as you are driving |
blind curve blind bend | a curve or bend in the road that you cannot see around as you are driving |
bowling alley alley skittle alley | a lane down which a bowling ball is rolled toward pins |
bowling alley | a building that contains several alleys for bowling |
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 |
roller blind | a window shade that rolls up out of the way |
Venetian blind | a window blind made of horizontal strips that overlap when closed |
window blind | a blind for privacy or to keep out light |
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 |