(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
clockwatcher
clockwatcher
noun
Alternative form of clock-watcher
clothworker
clothworker
noun
A textile worker.
hackettstown
hickorywithe
housewrecker
kawchodinne
kweichow
patchworked
patchworked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of patchwork
scythework
scythework
noun
The work of cutting with a scythe.
shockwave
shockwave
noun
Alternative spelling of shock wave
swashbucklerdom
trenchwork
trenchwork
noun
(military) A system of trenches.
weathercock
weathercock
noun
(chiefly Canada, US) A kind of wind pump whose top behaves like a weather vane, moving with the wind direction, but which also has a wheel attached to measure wind speed.
(figuratively) One who veers with every change of current opinion; a fickle, inconstant person.
A weather vane, sometimes in the form of a cockerel.
verb
(intransitive, of a boat) To turn upwind because of the difference in water pressure on two sides.
(intransitive, of an airplane or missile) To veer into the direction of the oncoming (relative) wind.
(transitive) To act as a weathercock for.
weathercockish
weathercockish
adj
Fickle or changeable in one's views.
weathercockism
weathercocks
weathercocks
noun
plural of weathercock
weathercocky
weathercocky
adj
Synonym of weathercockish
weighlock
weighlock
noun
A lock, as on a canal, in which boats are weighed and their tonnage is settled.
wheelock
whetrock
whipsocket
woehick
woodhacker
woodhacker
Noun
The yaffle
workbench
workbench
noun
A sturdy bench or table at which manual work is done by a carpenter, machinist, etc.
workbenches
workbenches
noun
plural of workbench
wretchock
wretchock
noun
A stunted or abortive cock; the smallest of a brood of domestic birds; any puny or imperfect creature.