Accounting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Account |
Bantam work () Carved and painted work in imitation of Japan ware. |
Dress goods () A term applied to fabrics for the gowns of women and girls |
Dry goods () A commercial name for textile fabrics, cottons, woolens, linen, silks, laces, etc., -- in distinction from groceries. |
Goods (n. pl.) See Good, n., 3. |
Grotto-work (n.) Artificial and ornamental rockwork in imitation of a grotto. |
Hand-work (n.) See Handiwork. |
Material (a.) Consisting of matter |
Material (a.) Hence: Pertaining to, or affecting, the physical nature of man, as distinguished from the mental or moral nature |
Material (a.) Of solid or weighty character |
Material (a.) Pertaining to the matter, as opposed to the form, of a thing. See Matter. |
Material (n.) The substance or matter of which anything is made or may be made. |
Material (v. t.) To form from matter |
Process (n.) The act of proceeding |
Process (n.) A series of actions, motions, or occurrences |
Process (n.) A statement of events |
Process (n.) Any marked prominence or projecting part, especially of a bone |
Process (n.) The whole course of proceedings in a cause real or personal, civil or criminal, from the beginning to the end of the suit |
Progress (n.) A moving or going forward |
Progress (n.) In actual space, as the progress of a ship, carriage, etc. |
Progress (n.) In the growth of an animal or plant |
Progress (n.) In business of any kind |
Progress (n.) In knowledge |
Progress (n.) Toward ideal completeness or perfection in respect of quality or condition |
Progress (n.) A journey of state |
Progress (v. i.) To make progress |
Progress (v. i.) To make improvement |
Progress (v. t.) To make progress in |
Sabrina work () A variety of applique work for quilts, table covers, etc. |
Siemens-Martin process () See Open-hearth process, etc., under Open. |
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. |
Steelbow goods () Those goods on a farm, such as corn, cattle, implements husbandry, etc., which may not be carried off by a removing tenant, as being the property of the landlord. |
Tut-work (n.) Work done by the piece, as in nonmetaliferous rock, the amount done being usually reckoned by the fathom. |
Weldon's process () A process for the recovery or regeneration of manganese dioxide in the manufacture of chlorine, by means of milk of lime and the oxygen of the air |
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 |
process physical process | a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states, events now in process, the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls |
material breach | a breach serious enough to destroy the value of the contract and to give a basis for an action for breach of contract |
advancement progress | gradual improvement or growth or development, advancement of knowledge, great progress in the arts |
work flow workflow | progress (or rate of progress) in work being done |
progress progression procession advance advancement forward motion onward motion | the act of moving forward (as toward a goal) |
service serving service of process | the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone, he accepted service of the subpoena |
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 |
accountancy accounting | the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business |
cost accounting | keeping account of the costs of items in production |
inventory accounting | accounting that controls and evaluates inventory |
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 |
operation surgery surgical operation surgical procedure surgical process | a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments, performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body, they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available, he died while undergoing surgery |
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 |
waste of material | a useless consumption of material |
mathematical process mathematical operation operation | (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods, the problems at the end of the chapter demonstrated the mathematical processes involved in the derivation, they were learning the basic operations of arithmetic |
work-study program | an educational plan in which students alternate between paid employment and formal study |
procedure process | a particular course of action intended to achieve a result, the procedure of obtaining a driver's license, it was a process of trial and error |
work-in | occasion when workers continue to work as a protest against e.g. proposed dismissal or closure of the factory |
due process due process of law | (law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles, based on the principle that a person cannot be deprived of life or liberty or property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguards |
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 |
bedding material bedding litter | material used to provide a bed for animals |
brogan brogue clodhopper work shoe | a thick and heavy shoe |
consumer goods | goods (as food or clothing) intended for direct use or consumption |
drygoods soft goods | textiles or clothing and related merchandise |
durables durable goods consumer durables | consumer goods that are not destroyed by use |
fabric cloth material textile | artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers, the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent, woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around BC, she measured off enough material for a dress |
fancy goods | goods that are chiefly ornamental |
material | things needed for doing or making something, writing materials, useful teaching materials |
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 |
packaged goods | groceries that are packaged for sale |
photographic paper photographic material | light-sensitive paper on which photograph can be printed |
piece of cloth piece of material | a separate part consisting of fabric |
sporting goods | sports equipment sold as a commodity |
upholstery material | the fabric used in upholstering |