(US) Any rapid bluegrass dance tune, especially featuring a five-string banjo.
(US, dated) A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs in succession, common in traditional African American music from the Southern United States.
(US, dated) Any noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet, usually by one person at a time.
(chemistry) Breaking of chemical bonds within a compound to produce simpler compounds or elements.
(film, television) A detailed description of a forthcoming project, including the characters and roles required.
(music) The percussion break of songs chosen by a DJ for use in hip-hop music.
(physics) The sudden transition of an electrical insulator to a conductor when subjected to a sufficiently strong voltage, caused by the partial or complete ionization of the insulator.
(sports) A loss of organization (of the parts of a system).
A failure, particularly mechanical in nature.
A musical technique by which the music is stripped down, becoming simpler, varying in heaviness depending on the genre.
A physical collapse or lapse of mental stability.
Listing, division or categorization in great detail.
Something that has experienced a mechanical failure.
breakdowns
breakdowns
noun
plural of breakdown
breastwork
breastwork
noun
(nautical) A railing on the quarter-deck and forecastle.
(slang) Breast augmentation.
A fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark; a parapet.
A parapet.
breastworks
breastworks
noun
plural of breastwork
byeworkman
cabinetwork
cabinetwork
noun
cabinetmaking
furniture made by a cabinetmaker
cabinetworker
cabinetworker
noun
One who makes cabinets; a practitioner of cabinetwork.
cabinetworking
cabinetworks
cagework
cagework
noun
A cage or cage-like structure.
camerawork
camerawork
noun
Skill or technique involving the use of a camera, especially a video camera.
canework
canework
noun
Objects made from canes (slender, flexible plant stems).
cankerflower
cankerworm
cankerworm
noun
(figurative) A corrupting or destructive force.
Either of two caterpillars, the larvae of geometrid moths, that are destructive to fruit, buds and leaves.
cankerworms
cankerworms
noun
plural of cankerworm
cankerwort
cankerwort
noun
The plant Taraxacum officinale.
capework
capework
noun
The use of a cape, in bullfighting, to distract the bull
capeworks
carpetwork
carpetwork
noun
carpeting generally
casework
casework
noun
The work required to deal with cases in any profession where a "case" has a specific definition (e.g. legal, social work, planning, etc.).
caseworker
caseworker
noun
a social worker
caseworkers
caseworkers
noun
plural of caseworker
caseworks
chalkworker
clockwatcher
clockwatcher
noun
Alternative form of clock-watcher
contraclockwise
contraclockwise
adv
counterclockwise
cookware
cookware
noun
The assorted objects, such as pots, pans, baking sheets, etc., used for cooking
cookwares
cookwares
noun
plural of cookware
counterbreastwork
craftworker
craftworker
noun
A maker of craftwork.
crockeryware
crockeryware
noun
crockery
crownmaker
crownmaker
noun
A manufacturer of crowns.
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.
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
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
featherwork
featherwork
noun
(countable) A cultural artifact made with feathers.
(uncountable) The working of feathers into a cultural artifact.
featherworker
fliegerabwehrkanone
floorwalker
floorwalker
noun
Alternative form of floor-walker
floorwalkers
floorwalkers
noun
plural of floorwalker
forebackwardly
foreknowable
foreknowable
adj
That may be known in advance.
foreknowableness
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
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
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
glassworker
glassworker
noun
One who makes glasswork.
glassworkers
glassworkers
noun
plural of glassworker
glazework
glazework
noun
glazed decorative work
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
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.
intranetwork
intranetwork
adj
Within a network.
noun
(computing) An intranet.
jabberwock
jabberwock
Proper noun
A fantastical dreaded monster with flaming eyes.
jabberwockian
jabberwockies
jabberwockies
noun
plural of jabberwocky
jabberwocky
jabberwocky
adj
absurd, nonsense, nonsensical
meaningless, worthless
noun
invented or meaningless language; nonsense
joukerypawkery
kiloware
kiloware
noun
(philately) Postage stamps bought by weight, rather than numerical quantity, and commonly still on paper.
lacework
lacework
noun
A piece or example of lace.
laceworker
laceworker
noun
Synonym of lacemaker
laceworks
laceworks
noun
A factory that produces lace.
lacquerwork
lacquerwork
noun
Artistic or decorative work made with lacquer.
lacquerworks
lacquerworks
noun
plural of lacquerwork
lampworker
lampworker
noun
(glassblowing) Someone who works with lampwork
latticework
latticework
noun
A lattice or lattice-like structure; interlacing laths or strips.
latticeworks
latticeworks
noun
plural of latticework
leadwork
leadwork
noun
(lacemaking) small square-shaped decorations of closely-worked basket stitch.
fittings made from lead (the metal)
leadworks
leadworks
noun
A factory that processes lead (the metal).
plural of leadwork
leafwork
leafwork
noun
Any design or structure resembling leaves or the pattern of leaves; foliage
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.
makework
makework
noun
Alternative form of make-work
markswomen
markswomen
noun
plural of markswoman
marrowlike
marrowlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a marrow.
marrowskyer
maskflower
masterwork
masterwork
noun
(obsolete) A main drain or irrigation channel.
(obsolete) An act of primary importance.
A piece done to prove possession of skill sufficient to be ranked a master.
A piece of quality, indicative of having been made by a master; a masterpiece.
masterworks
masterworks
noun
plural of masterwork
meadowbrook
meadowlark
meadowlark
noun
Any of several songbirds of the genera Sturnella and Leistes, native to the Americas.
The meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis).
meadowlarks
meadowlarks
noun
plural of meadowlark
meatworks
meatworks
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A slaughterhouse or meat processing plant.
metalwork
metalwork
noun
Objects made of metal.
The act of shaping metal, metalworking.
metalworker
metalworker
noun
A person who shapes metal.
metalworkers
metalworkers
noun
plural of metalworker
metalworking
metalworking
noun
The art and craft of shaping metal.
metalworkings
metalworkings
noun
plural of metalworking
metalworks
metalworks
noun
A factory where metal is processed.
plural of metalwork
metanetwork
metanetwork
noun
(communication, management, sociology) A network of networks.
moonwalker
moonwalker
noun
One who moonwalks; an astronaut who has walked on the moon.
One who performs the moonwalk dance.
nonwrinkleable
overwake
overwalk
overwalk
verb
To walk over or upon.
overweak
overweak
adj
Excessively weak; too feeble.
overweakly
overweakness
panelwork
panelwork
noun
(architecture) wainscoting
paperwork
paperwork
noun
(US, prison slang) Court documents or pre-sentencing investigation reports detailing the prisoner's criminal history (usually in the context of discerning whether an inmate has been charged for sex-related offenses or is likely to be an informant).
(hyperbolic) excessive paperwork, busy work, red tape.
routine work involving written documents
written documents
passagework
passagework
noun
(music) An ornamental passage in a musical work, often resembling a scale; or the performance of such a passage
passageworks
passageworks
noun
plural of passagework
patchworked
patchworked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of patchwork
pawnbroker
pawnbroker
noun
A person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security – which may be sold if not redeemed.