Bantam work
() Carved and painted work in imitation of Japan ware. |
Booking office
() An office where passengers, baggage, etc., are registered for conveyance, as by railway or steamship. |
Booking office
() An office where passage tickets are sold. |
Carry
(v. t.) To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another |
Carry
(v. t.) To have or hold as a burden, while moving from place to place |
Carry
(v. t.) To move |
Carry
(v. t.) To transfer from one place (as a country, book, or column) to another |
Carry
(v. t.) To convey by extension or continuance |
Carry
(v. t.) To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, as a leader or principle |
Carry
(v. t.) To get possession of by force |
Carry
(v. t.) To contain |
Carry
(v. t.) To bear (one's self) |
Carry
(v. t.) To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another |
Carry
(v. i.) To act as a bearer |
Carry
(v. i.) To have propulsive power |
Carry
(v. i.) To hold the head |
Carry
(v. i.) To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare. |
Carry
(n.) A tract of land, over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water |
Crown office
() The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases. |
Grotto-work
(n.) Artificial and ornamental rockwork in imitation of a grotto. |
Hand-work
(n.) See Handiwork. |
Harvest-home
(n.) The gathering and bringing home of the harvest |
Harvest-home
(n.) The song sung by reapers at the feast made at the close of the harvest |
Harvest-home
(n.) A service of thanksgiving, at harvest time, in the Church of England and in the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States. |
Harvest-home
(n.) The opportunity of gathering treasure. |
Home
(n.) See Homelyn. |
Home
(n.) One's own dwelling place |
Home
(n.) One's native land |
Home
(n.) The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections. |
Home
(n.) The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant |
Home
(n.) A place of refuge and rest |
Home
(n.) The home base |
Home
(a.) Of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country |
Home
(a.) Close |
Home
(adv.) To one's home or country |
Home
(adv.) Close |
Home
(adv.) To the place where it belongs |
Home-bound
(a.) Kept at home. |
Home-bred
(a.) Bred at home |
Home-bred
(a.) Not polished |
Home-coming
(n.) Return home. |
Home-driven
(a.) Driven to the end, as a nail |
Home-dwelling
(a.) Keeping at home. |
Home-felt
(a.) Felt in one's own breast |
Home-keeping
(a.) Staying at home |
Home-keeping
(n.) A staying at home. |
Home-speaking
(n.) Direct, forcible, and effective speaking. |
Office
(n.) That which a person does, either voluntarily or by appointment, for, or with reference to, others |
Office
(n.) A special duty, trust, charge, or position, conferred by authority and for a public purpose |
Office
(n.) A charge or trust, of a sacred nature, conferred by God himself |
bell ringer
bull's eye mark home run | something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal, the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer, scored a bull's eye, hit the mark, the president's speech was a home run |
homer
home run | a base hit on which the batter scores a run |
work flow
workflow | progress (or rate of progress) in work being done |
| carry | the act of carrying something |
| fireman's carry | the act of carrying a person over your shoulder |
| home game | a game played at home |
| post office | a children's game in which kisses are exchanged for pretended letters |
| 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 |
position post
berth
office spot billet
place
situation | a job in an organization, he occupied a post in the treasury |
| public office | a position concerning the people as a whole |
| 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 |
function
office part role | the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group, the function of a teacher, the government must do its part, play its role |
| 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 |
| home invasion | burglary of a dwelling while the residents are at home |
| work-study program | an educational plan in which students alternate between paid employment and formal study |
| home study | a course of study carried out at home rather than in a classroom |
harvest harvesting
harvest home | the gathering of a ripened crop |
| office | a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities, the offices of the mass |
| Divine Office | canonical prayers recited daily by priests (e.g. the breviary of the Roman Catholic Church) |
| Little Office | a Roman Catholic office honoring the Virgin Mary, similar to but shorter than the Divine Office |
| Office of the Dead | an office read or sung before a burial mass in the Roman Catholic Church |
| land-office business | very large and profitable volume of commercial activity |
| home banking | banking in which transactions are conducted by means of electronic communication (via telephone or computer) |
| 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 |
box office
ticket office
ticket booth | the office where tickets of admission are sold |
brogan
brogue
clodhopper
work shoe | a thick and heavy shoe |
camper
camping bus
motor home | a recreational vehicle equipped for camping out while traveling |
checkroom
left-luggage office | a room where baggage or parcels are checked |
detention home
detention house
house of detention
detention camp | an institution where juvenile offenders can be held temporarily (usually under the supervision of a juvenile court) |
dwelling
home
domicile
abode
habitation
dwelling house | housing that someone is living in, he built a modest dwelling near the pond, they raise money to provide homes for the homeless |
funeral home
funeral parlor
funeral parlour
funeral chapel
funeral church
funeralesidence | a mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects |
| government office | an office where government employees work |
headquarters central office
main office
home office
home base | (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise, many companies have their headquarters in New York |