(agriculture) The line of piled soil thrown up beside a furrow when it is created by a plow
verb
(agriculture) To throw or turn the soil in alternating directions for every other row that is plowed, so that every pair of furrows has a single backfurrow with clear areas on the outside.
boulework
boulework
noun
(woodworking) Obsolete form of buhl work.
boullework
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
bullwork
busywork
busywork
noun
Alternative spelling of busy work
busyworks
butterworker
chequerwork
chequerwork
noun
Alternative form of checkerwork
counterbreastwork
counterclockwise
counterclockwise
adj
(US, Canada) Moving or located in the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
adv
(US, Canada) In the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
counterwork
counterwork
verb
(transitive) To work in opposition to; to counteract.
counterworker
counterworker
noun
(rare) One who works against something; a saboteur.
(rare) One who works at a counter.
counterworking
counterworking
verb
present participle of counterwork
cowsucker
cuckooflower
cuckooflower
noun
lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis)
ragged robin (Silene flos-cuculi, syn. Lychnis flos-cuculi)
cutwork
cutwork
noun
A form of embroidery in which intervening fabric is cut away
cutworks
cutworks
noun
plural of cutwork
ductwork
ductwork
noun
The system of ducts in a particular building.
fluework
fluework
noun
A system of organ stops in which the sound is caused by wind passing through a flue or fissure and striking an edge above; distinguished from reedwork.
flukeworm
flukeworm
noun
Any usually parasitic worm in the class Trematoda.
flukewort
flutework
flutework
noun
(architecture) Fluted ornamentation; groovework.
furrowlike
furrowlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a furrow.
groundwork
groundwork
noun
The foundation; the basic or fundamental parts that support or allow for the rest.
groundworks
groundworks
noun
plural of groundwork
guesswork
guesswork
noun
An estimate, judgment or opinion made by guessing, from limited information.
guessworker
guessworker
noun
A person who proceeds by guesswork.
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
hundredwork
huskwort
joukerypawkery
journeywork
journeywork
noun
(obsolete) Work done by the day.
Work done by a journeyman at his trade.
journeyworker
journeyworker
noun
A journeyman (tradesman who has served an apprenticeship and is employed by a master tradesman).
journeyworks
knockwurst
knockwurst
noun
Alternative spelling of knackwurst
knockwursts
knockwursts
noun
plural of knockwurst
korwun
kurosawa
kurthwood
kurtistown
lacquerwork
lacquerwork
noun
Artistic or decorative work made with lacquer.
lacquerworks
lacquerworks
noun
plural of lacquerwork
louverwork
moundwork
muckworm
muckworm
noun
A larva living in mud or manure.
Someone who gathers wealth through overwork of employees and sordid means; a miser.
muckworms
muckworms
noun
plural of muckworm
muskflower
muskflower
noun
The monkeyflower Erythranthe moschata.
outwork
outwork
noun
(architecture, countable) A minor, subsidiary fortification built beyond the main limits of fortification.
Agricultural work done outdoors in the fields.
verb
(rare) To work out to a finish; to complete.
To work faster or harder than.
outworked
outworked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outwork
outworker
outworker
noun
(dated) One who takes away work to do at home.
(dated) One who works outdoors.
A subcontractor who carries out work at an off-site facility.
outworkers
outworkers
noun
plural of outworker
outworking
outworking
noun
The process by which something is carried out or accomplished; the act or results of developing something.
verb
present participle of outwork
outworks
outworks
noun
plural of outwork
puttywork
quakertown
quickwork
quickwork
noun
(nautical, archaic) All of the submerged section of a vessel's planking.
(nautical, archaic) The planking between the spirketing and the clamps.
(nautical, archaic) The short planks between the portholes.
quillwork
quillwork
noun
Decorative textile embellishment made from porcupine quills by certain Native Americans.
roughwork
roughwork
verb
(dated, rare, transitive) To work over coarsely, without regard to nicety or smoothness.
rubblework
rubblework
noun
A form of masonry made of large stones loosely thrown together and then optionally grouted.
rushwork
rusticwork
slumpwork
southwark
southwark
Proper noun
A London Borough within Greater London, to the south of the River Thames, including the historic borough plus the Pool of London and Bankside.
stuccowork
stuccowork
noun
work done in stucco
stuccoworker
stuccoworks
stuccoworks
noun
plural of stuccowork
studwork
studwork
noun
An arrangement of studs.
Upright timbers forming the framework of a wall.
studworks
studworks
noun
plural of studwork
subnetwork
subnetwork
noun
A subsection of a network.
subnetworked
subnetworks
subnetworks
noun
plural of subnetwork
subworker
subworker
noun
A subordinate worker or helper.
subworkman
subworkman
noun
A subordinate workman.
subworkmen
subworkmen
noun
plural of subworkman
sugarworks
superacknowledgment
superknowledge
superknowledge
noun
superhuman or supernatural knowledge
swashbucklerdom
throughknow
trunkwork
trusswork
trusswork
noun
(engineering) Structures consisting of trusses.
tubework
tubework
noun
An assemblage of tubes.
tubeworks
tutwork
tutwork
noun
Alternative form of tut-work
tutworker
tutworkman
tutworkman
noun
A laborer who carries out tut-work.
underframework
underframework
noun
(literally, figurative) An underlying or supportive framework or similar structure.
underwork
underwork
noun
Subordinate work; petty business.
verb
(intransitive) To do work for inadequate payment.
(intransitive, obsolete) To work or operate in secret or clandestinely.
(transitive) To do similar work for a lesser price than; to undercut.
(transitive) To injure by working secretly; to destroy or overthrow by clandestine measure; to undermine.
(transitive) To require too little work from; to work insufficiently.
(transitive, intransitive) To do less work than necessary (on).
underworked
underworked
adj
Ineffectively or inadequately utilized.
underworker
underworker
noun
An inferior or subordinate workman.
One who underworks.
underworking
underworking
noun
lower or underlying workings
verb
present participle of underwork
underworkman
underworkman
noun
An inferior or subordinate labourer.
underworkmen
underworkmen
noun
plural of underworkman
unforeknowable
unforeknowable
adj
Not foreknowable.
unforeknown
unforeknown
adj
Not known in advance.
unwork
unwork
noun
The lack or absence of work; worklessness.
verb
(transitive) To undo or destroy (work previously done).
unworkability
unworkability
noun
An unworkable aspect or element.
The quality or state of being unworkable, lack of workability.
unworkable
unworkable
adj
Not workable or operable; not practical; unmanageable.
noun
Something that is not workable, or cannot be made to work.
unworkableness
unworkableness
noun
The quality or state of being unworkable; lack of workableness.
unworkably
unworkably
adv
In an unworkable fashion; not workably.
unworked
unworked
adj
(archaeology) Describing an unaltered material found associated with human tool-making or other cultural activity.
Yet to be altered, carved, milled, worked, or otherwise changed from its natural or crude state.
unworkedness
unworkedness
noun
The quality of being unworked.
unworker
unworking
unworking
adj
(rare) Not working for a living; subsisting without employment.
noun
A process of undoing or destroying something previously made.
verb
present participle of unwork
unworkmanlike
unworkmanlike
adj
Not workmanlike.
unworkmanly
unworkmanly
adj
Not workmanly.
unwroken
unwroken
adj
(obsolete) Unavenged.
upperworks
upperworks
noun
(nautical) superstructure
(slang) head; brains
upwork
volkerwanderung
wonderstruck
wonderstruck
adj
Filled or overcome with wonder.
workful
workful
adj
(rare) Full of activity or work; laborious; industrious.
workhouse
workhouse
noun
(Britain, historical) An institution for the poor homeless, funded by the local parish, where the able-bodied were required to work.
(US) A prison in which the sentence includes manual labour.
(archaic) A factory; a place of manufacture.
verb
(Britain, transitive, historical) To place (a person) in the workhouse (institution for the poor).
workhoused
workhoused
verb
simple past tense and past participle of workhouse
workhouses
workhouses
noun
plural of workhouse
workout
workout
noun
(by extension) Any activity that requires much physical or mental effort, or produces strain.
A schedule or program of specific exercises, especially one intended to achieve a particular goal.
An exercise session; a period of physical exercise.
workouts
workouts
noun
plural of workout
workup
workup
noun
(chemistry) All the additional procedures and reactions carried out after the main chemical reaction to obtain the desired product.
(countable, medicine) A general medical examination to assess a person's health and fitness.
(military) A period of training or preparation, typically for a specific operation.