Polished metal fixtures, especially aboard a boat.
The varnished or oiled wood trim aboard a boat.
brightworks
brightworks
noun
plural of brightwork
brushwork
brushwork
noun
(painting) The technique or practice of applying and manipulating paint (usually oil or gouache) in a painting.
buhlwork
buhlwork
noun
(woodworking) Alternative form of buhl work
buhlworks
catchwork
catchwork
noun
A simple irrigation system, used on sloping land, in which water from a stream or spring is fed in at the top and allowed to trickle down over a number of artificial terraces.
chainwork
chainwork
noun
Work looped or linked after the manner of a chain.
chalkworker
changchiakow
checkerwork
checkerwork
noun
(figuratively) Any aggregate of varied vicissitudes.
Work consisting of or showing checkers, varied alternately by colour or material.
checkrow
checkrow
verb
(agriculture) To plant seeds at the intersections of a criss-cross pattern previously marked out on the ground.
checkrowed
checkrowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checkrow
checkrower
checkrower
noun
(agriculture) A device for checkrowing.
checkrowing
checkrowing
verb
present participle of checkrow
checkrows
checkrows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of checkrow
checkwork
checkwork
noun
Anything made so as to form alternate squares like those of a checkerboard.
cheektowaga
chequerwork
chequerwork
noun
Alternative form of checkerwork
chickenwort
chickenwort
noun
common chickweed
chokeweed
chowk
chowk
noun
(India, Pakistan) A courtyard.
(India, Pakistan) A marketplace or open area in a city or village.
(India, Pakistan) An intersection or roundabout, where tracks or roads cross (often used in place names).
clockwatcher
clockwatcher
noun
Alternative form of clock-watcher
clothworker
clothworker
noun
A textile worker.
coachwork
coachwork
noun
The body of a motor vehicle (as opposed to the chassis).
cockthrowing
cockthrowing
noun
Alternative form of cock throwing
disworkmanship
doorhawk
dorhawk
dorhawk
noun
A bird, the European goatsucker.
dorhawks
dorhawks
noun
plural of dorhawk
dowhacky
dworshak
earthwork
earthwork
noun
Any structure made from earth; especially an embankment or rampart used as a fortification.
earthworks
earthworks
noun
plural of earthwork
featherwork
featherwork
noun
(countable) A cultural artifact made with feathers.
(uncountable) The working of feathers into a cultural artifact.
featherworker
fishworker
fishworker
noun
A laborer in the fishing industry.
fishworks
fishworks
noun
A fish processing plant.
fliegerabwehrkanone
frithwork
gatchwork
gatchwork
noun
Decorative work made from gatch.
gawkihood
goshawk
goshawk
noun
Any of several birds of prey, principally in the genus Accipiter.
goshawks
goshawks
noun
plural of goshawk
hackbarrow
hackbarrow
noun
(historical) A kind of wheelbarrow used to carry new-made bricks to the hacks or racks where they are dried.
hackettstown
hackwood
hackwork
hackwork
noun
Work, usually of a professional nature, either repetitive or done to a formula.
hackworks
hackworks
noun
plural of hackwork
hairwork
hairwork
noun
Jewellery made from human hair.
hairworks
hairworks
noun
plural of hairwork
hammerwork
handiwork
handiwork
noun
A handmade object; handicraft.
The result of personal efforts.
Work done by the hands.
Work done personally.
handiworks
handiworks
noun
plural of handiwork
handwork
handwork
noun
Work done by the hands, as opposed to by machine.
verb
(transitive) To work (materials) by hand, without the use of a machine.
handworked
handworked
adj
worked by hand
handworker
handworker
noun
One who carries out handwork, working by hand rather than using a machine.
handworkers
handworkers
noun
plural of handworker
handworkman
handworkman
noun
A man who works with his hands; one who carries out handwork.
handworks
handworks
noun
plural of handwork
hankow
hardworking
hardworking
adj
Of a person, taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly.
haskwort
hawkmoth
hawkmoth
noun
(entomology) Any of several moths, of the family Sphingidae, that hover over flowers when sucking nectar through a long proboscis.
hawkmoths
hawkmoths
noun
plural of hawkmoth
hawknose
hawknose
noun
A nose shaped like a hawk's beak.
hawknosed
hawknosed
adj
Having a nose that resembles a hawk's beak.
hawknoses
hawknoses
noun
plural of hawknose
hawksmoor
hawok
headwork
headwork
noun
Mental or intellectual labour; the use of logic and clear thinking.
headworker
headworker
noun
One who performs mental or intellectual labour.
headworking
headworks
headworks
noun
Any structure at the head or diversion point of a waterway. It is smaller than a barrage and is used to divert water from a river into a canal or from a large canal into a smaller canal.
heelwork
heelwork
noun
A routine in dog shows in which the dog moves at the handler's heels, sometimes choreographed to music.
herskowitz
hickorywithe
homework
homework
noun
(by extension) Something which one is encouraged to learn or study on their own.
(literally, now rare) Any work that is done at home; housework.
(slang, euphemistic) Sexual intercourse.
Exercises assigned by a teacher to a student which review concepts studied in class.
homeworker
homeworker
noun
A person who works from home.
homeworks
homeworks
noun
plural of homework
hoodwink
hoodwink
noun
(Britain, games, obsolete, uncountable) The game of blind man's buff.
(countable) An act of hiding from sight, or something that cloaks or hides another thing from view.
verb
(archaic) To hide or obscure.
(intransitive, obsolete, rare) To close the eyes.
(transitive, archaic) To cover the eyes with, or as if with, a hood; to blindfold.
To deceive using a disguise; to bewile, dupe, mislead.
hoodwinkable
hoodwinkable
adj
Able to be hoodwinked.
hoodwinked
hoodwinked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hoodwink
hoodwinker
hoodwinker
noun
One who hoodwinks.
hoodwinkers
hoodwinkers
noun
plural of hoodwinker
hoodwinking
hoodwinking
noun
An act of deception.
verb
present participle of hoodwink
hoodwinks
hoodwinks
noun
plural of hoodwink
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hoodwink
hookedwise
hookstown
hookswinging
hookweed
hookwise
hookworm
hookworm
noun
Any of various parasitic bloodsucking roundworms which cause disease, especially the species Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus, having hooked mouthparts and entering their hosts by boring through the skin.
hookwormer
hookworms
hookworms
noun
plural of hookworm
hookwormy
hookwormy
adj
Infested with hookworms.
hornwork
hornwork
noun
A type of fortification consisting of a pair of demi-bastions with a curtain wall connecting them and with two long sides directed upon the faces of the bastions, or ravelins of the inner fortifications, so as to be defended by them.
hornwrack
hornwrack
noun
(zoology) A bryozoan of the genus Flustra.
housework
housework
noun
(uncommon) Homework.
Domestic household chores such as cleaning and cooking.
houseworker
houseworker
noun
One who does the housework; a homemaker.
houseworkers
houseworkers
noun
plural of houseworker
houseworks
housewrecker
howk
howked
howker
howker
noun
(nautical) A type of two-masted Dutch sailing vessel, weighing between 60 and 200 tons burthen.
(nautical, slang) Obsolete form of hooker (“any antiquated craft”).
howking
howkit
howks
hundredwork
huskwort
kahoolawe
kahoolawe
Proper noun
the smallest of the eight main volcanic islands in Hawaii, uninhabited
kawchodinne
keepworthy
keepworthy
adj
Worth keeping.
kenilworth
kenilworth
Proper noun
A town in Warwickshire, England.
A placename given to several towns, suburbs, etc., in Australia, Canada, South Africa and the United States.
khosrow
khosrow
Proper noun
Transliteration of a male given name of Persian origin.
khowar
khowar
Proper noun
An the spoken by the
kiaochow
kingchow
kiungchow
knightstown
knightswort
knoweth
knoweth
verb
(archaic) third-person singular simple present form of know
knowhow
knowhow
noun
Alternative spelling of know-how
knowhows
knowhows
noun
plural of knowhow
knownothingism
kowatch
kowhai
kowhai
noun
Any of several small woody legume trees in the genus Sophora native to New Zealand that have yellow flowers. The national flower of New Zealand.
kurthwood
kwangchow
kwangchowan
kwashiorkor
kwashiorkor
noun
(pathology) A form of malnutrition, found in children, caused by dietary insufficiency of protein in combination with a high-carbohydrate diet.
kwashiorkors
kwashiorkors
noun
plural of kwashiorkor
kweichow
lathwork
lathwork
Noun
A covering of laths.
lathworks
lathworks
noun
plural of lathwork
leatherwork
leatherwork
noun
Articles thus produced.
The making of articles from leather.
leatherworker
leatherworker
noun
A person who makes things from leather.
leatherworking
leatherworking
noun
The manufacture of articles from leather.
leeuwenhoek
markworthy
markworthy
adj
Worthy of note or remark.
mcknightstown
meshwork
meshwork
noun
A net; an assembly of meshes.
meshworks
meshworks
noun
plural of meshwork
mohawk
mohawk
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Mohawk
mohawkian
mohawkite
mohawkite
noun
(mineralogy) A copper ore and discredited mineral species composed of arsenic and copper, Cu₃As up to Cu₆As.