(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
cowkeeper
cowkeeper
noun
(archaic) cowherd
coworker
coworker
noun
Somebody with whom one works.
coworkers
coworkers
noun
plural of coworker
cowsucker
crackleware
crackleware
noun
Articles made with a crackle glaze.
cracklewares
cracklewares
noun
plural of crackleware
craftworker
craftworker
noun
A maker of craftwork.
crewelwork
crewelwork
noun
embroidery made using a crewel
crewelworks
crewelworks
noun
plural of crewelwork
crewneck
crewneck
noun
Alternative form of crew neck
crockeryware
crockeryware
noun
crockery
crowkeeper
crowkeeper
noun
(obsolete) A person employed to scare off crows.
(obsolete) A scarecrow.
crowkeepers
crowkeepers
noun
plural of crowkeeper
crownlike
crownlike
adj
Resembling a crown.
crownmaker
crownmaker
noun
A manufacturer of crowns.
cuckooflower
cuckooflower
noun
lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis)
ragged robin (Silene flos-cuculi, syn. Lychnis flos-cuculi)
dawnstreak
dayworker
dayworker
noun
An employee paid on an irregular basis; a casual worker.
deadwork
deadwork
noun
Unprofitable work that is necessary as a preliminary, e.g. preparing a mine before ore can be extracted.
deadworks
deadworks
noun
(nautical) The parts of a laden ship that are above water.
deckswabber
dockworker
dockworker
noun
A person who works on the dock of a harbor or shipyard, usually employed to load or unload freight.
dockworkers
dockworkers
noun
plural of dockworker
donkeywork
donkeywork
noun
Alternative form of donkey work
donkeyworks
downlooker
downlooker
noun
(fishing) A kind of artificial fly used in fly fishing.
Any of various snipe flies of the genus Rhagio.
downstroke
downstroke
noun
A downward stroke, especially one that is part of a sequence of alternating upward and downward strokes.
downstrokes
downstrokes
noun
plural of downstroke
drawknife
drawknife
noun
A joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; a drawshave.
A tool used for the purpose of making an incision along the path a saw is to follow, to prevent it from tearing the surface of the wood.
verb
(transitive) To cut or shave with a drawknife.
drawknives
drawknives
noun
plural of drawknife
drinkwater
drinkwater
adj
(of a place) Small, rural, and insignificant.
noun
Potable water; water intended for drinking
dronkelew
drunkelew
drunkenwise
dryworker
duckwater
dwarflike
dwarflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dwarf; small, diminutive.
earthwork
earthwork
noun
Any structure made from earth; especially an embankment or rampart used as a fortification.
earthworks
earthworks
noun
plural of earthwork
electroweak
electroweak
adj
(physics) Describing the combination of the electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces.
enamelwork
enamelwork
noun
Objects decorated with enamel
eyewinker
eyewinker
noun
(childish) An eyelash.
facework
facework
noun
(mining) work done at the face, such as the coalface
(sociology, psychology) The communicative strategies involved in upholding face, or social prestige.
The material of the outside or front side, as of a wall or building.
falsework
falsework
noun
(engineering) A temporary framework used in the building of bridges and arched structures in order to hold items in place until the structure is able to support itself.
(engineering) Scaffolding, a temporary frame serving to support and brace a building under construction until it can stand alone.
farmworkers
farmworkers
noun
plural of farmworker
fawkener
featherwork
featherwork
noun
(countable) A cultural artifact made with feathers.
(uncountable) The working of feathers into a cultural artifact.
featherworker
feltwork
feltwork
noun
(medicine) A fibrous network
(medicine) A tight plexus of nerve fibrils
fieldwork
fieldwork
noun
(countable, rare) A temporary fortification built by troops in the field; a defensive earthwork in the field.
(in scientific research) The collection of raw data in the field, field research, field study, field studies.
(uncountable) Work done out in the real world rather than in controlled conditions
(uncountable, agriculture) Work done out in the fields as opposed to that done elsewhere on the farm (e.g., barn, house, outbuildings, office).
fieldworker
fieldworker
noun
A person who does fieldwork.
fingerwork
fingerwork
noun
Alternative spelling of finger work
firework
firework
noun
A device using gunpowder and other chemicals which, when lit, emits a combination of coloured flames, sparks, whistles or bangs, and sometimes made to rocket high into the sky before exploding, used for entertainment or celebration.
fireworkless
fireworkless
adj
Without fireworks.
fireworks
fireworks
noun
(plural only) An event or a display where fireworks are set off.
(plural only, figuratively) A boisterous or violent event or situation.
plural of firework.
fireworky
fireworky
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of a firework.
fishworker
fishworker
noun
A laborer in the fishing industry.
fliegerabwehrkanone
flintworker
flintworker
noun
A person who produces flintwork.
flockowner
flockowner
noun
Someone who owns a flock of animals.
floorwalker
floorwalker
noun
Alternative form of floor-walker
floorwalkers
floorwalkers
noun
plural of floorwalker
flowerlike
flowerlike
adj
Resembling a flower, especially in shape
flowerpecker
flowerpecker
noun
Any member of the family Dicaeidae of passerine birds, many of which feed on nectar.
flowerwork
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.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foreknow
forkwise
forkwise
adv
In the manner of a fork.
forwake
forwake
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To exhaust or tire out with excessive waking or watching.
forwaked
forwaked
adj
(obsolete) tired out with excessive waking or watching
forwelk
forwelk
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To wither; decay; fade.
framework
framework
noun
(figuratively) A basic conceptual structure.
(figuratively) The larger branches of a tree that determine its shape.
(literally) A support structure comprising joined parts or conglomerated particles and intervening open spaces of similar or larger size.
(literally) The arrangement of support beams that represent a building's general shape and size.
(software engineering) A reusable piece of code (and, sometimes, other utilities) providing a standard environment within which an application can be implemented.
These ‘three principles of connexion’ compose the framework of principles in Hume's account of the association of ideas.
frameworks
frameworks
noun
plural of framework
frankewing
fredericktown
fretwork
fretwork
noun
ornamental woodwork either carved in low relief or cut through
fretworked
fretworked
adj
Adorned with fretwork.
fretworks
fretworks
noun
plural of fretwork
furrowlike
furrowlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a furrow.
gaekwar
gallowsmaker
gallowsmaker
noun
A manufacturer of gallows.
garmentworker
garmentworker
noun
A person who works making clothes.
garnetwork
gasworker
gasworker
noun
Someone who works in a gasworks
gateworks
gawker
gawker
noun
Someone who gawks; someone who stares stupidly.
gawkers
gawkers
noun
plural of gawker
gawkhammer
gawkier
gawkier
adj
comparative form of gawky: more gawky
gedecktwork
gemwork
gemwork
noun
ornamentation with gems; jewellery
gingerwork
glassworker
glassworker
noun
One who makes glasswork.
glassworkers
glassworkers
noun
plural of glassworker
glazework
glazework
noun
glazed decorative work
goldworker
goldworker
noun
A metalworker who fashions gold into objects.
grauwacke
grauwacke
noun
(geology) Greywacke.
graywacke
graywacke
noun
Alternative form of greywacke
greywacke
greywacke
noun
(geology) A hard dark sandstone with poorly sorted angular grains of quartz, feldspar, and small rock fragments in a compact, clay-fine matrix.
grillework
grillework
noun
Alternative spelling of grillwork
guesswork
guesswork
noun
An estimate, judgment or opinion made by guessing, from limited information.
guessworker
guessworker
noun
A person who proceeds by guesswork.
hammerwork
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
hardwicke
hawker
hawker
noun
A peddler, a huckster, a person who sells easily transportable goods.
Any dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae; a darner.
Someone who breeds and trains hawks and other falcons; a falconer.
hawkers
hawkers
noun
plural of hawker
hawkery
hawkery
noun
A place where hawks used for hunting are kept.
Aggressive salesmanship.
Alternative form of Hawkery
The practice of hunting using hawks.
headwark
headwark
noun
A headache.
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.
herdwick
herdwick
Noun
A sheep of a Cumbrian breed prized for their robust health and durable wool.
herskowitz
herwick
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
hoodwinker
hoodwinker
noun
One who hoodwinks.
hoodwinkers
hoodwinkers
noun
plural of hoodwinker
hookwormer
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
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”).
hundredwork
icework
icework
noun
(geology) Glacier action.
Art or building work using ice as a material.
inkwriter
interknow
interknow
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To be mutually acquainted with.