manual labor
manual labour | labor done with the hands |
manual of arms
manual | (military) a prescribed drill in handling a rifle |
| worker | sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae |
| worker bee | sterile bee specialized to collect food and maintain the hive |
dexterity
manual dexterity
sleight | adroitness in using the hands |
| sign manual | the signature of a sovereign on an official document |
| manual | a small handbook |
instruction manual
instructions
book of instructions
operating instructions | a manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate it |
| reference manual | a manual containing information organized in a summary manner |
| sex manual | a manual containing instruction in sexual techniques, intended to enhance the reader's sexual life |
manual alphabet
finger alphabet | an alphabet used by the deaf, letters are represented by finger positions |
| worker | a person who works at a specific occupation, he is a good worker |
actor doer
worker | a person who acts and gets things done, he's a principal actor in this affair, when you want something done get a doer, he's a miracle worker |
almoner
medical social worker | an official in a British hospital who looks after the social and material needs of the patients |
brainworker
brain-worker | someone whose profession involves using his head to solve problems |
civil rights leader
civil rights worker
civil rights activist | a leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups |
colleague
co-worker
fellow worker
workfellow | an associate that one works with |
construction worker
hard hat | a worker skilled in building offices or dwellings etc. |
farmhand
fieldhand
field hand
farm worker | a hired hand on a farm |
garmentmaker
garment-worker
garment worker | a person who makes garments |
goldsmith
goldworker
gold-worker | an artisan who makes jewelry and other objects out of gold |
guest worker
guestworker | a person with temporary permission to work in another country, a Moroccan guestworker in Canada was accused of aiding terrorists |
laborer
manual laborer
labourer
jack | someone who works with their hands, someone engaged in manual labor |
| line worker | an employee who works on an assembly line |
mill-hand
factory worker | a workman in a mill or factory |
miracle man
miracle worker | a person who claims or is alleged to perform miracles |
power worker
power-station worker | a worker at a power station |
proletarian
prole
worker | a member of the working class (not necessarily employed), workers of the world--unite! |
research worker
researcher
investigator | a scientist who devotes himself to doing research |
seasonal worker
seasonal | a worker who finds employment only in certain seasons |
silversmith
silverworker
silver-worker | someone who makes or repairs articles of silver |
skilled worker
trained worker
skilled workman | a worker who has acquired special skills |
slave striver
hard worker | someone who works as hard as a slave |
social worker
caseworker
welfare worker | someone employed to provide social services (especially to the disadvantaged) |
stevedore
loader
longshoreman
docker
dockhand
dock worker
dockworker
dock-walloper
lumper | a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port |
temp
temporary
temporary worker | a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis |
volunteer
unpaid worker | a person who performs voluntary work |
| manual | requiring human effort, a manual transmission |
| manual(a) | doing or requiring physical work, manual labor, manual laborer |
| manual | of or relating to the hands, manual dexterity |