(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
cabinetwork
cabinetwork
noun
cabinetmaking
furniture made by a cabinetmaker
cabinetworker
cabinetworker
noun
One who makes cabinets; a practitioner of cabinetwork.
cabinetworking
cabinetworks
cankerwort
cankerwort
noun
The plant Taraxacum officinale.
carpetwork
carpetwork
noun
carpeting generally
clockwatcher
clockwatcher
noun
Alternative form of clock-watcher
contraclockwise
contraclockwise
adv
counterclockwise
counterbreastwork
craftworker
craftworker
noun
A maker of craftwork.
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.
featherwork
featherwork
noun
(countable) A cultural artifact made with feathers.
(uncountable) The working of feathers into a cultural artifact.
featherworker
garmentworker
garmentworker
noun
A person who works making clothes.
garnetwork
gateworks
intranetwork
intranetwork
adj
Within a network.
noun
(computing) An intranet.
latticework
latticework
noun
A lattice or lattice-like structure; interlacing laths or strips.
latticeworks
latticeworks
noun
plural of latticework
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.
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
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.
patchworked
patchworked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of patchwork
plasterwork
plasterwork
noun
Architectural work executed in plaster.
plasterworks
plasterworks
noun
plural of plasterwork
platework
plateworker
preacknowledgement
preacknowledgement
noun
Alternative form of preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
preacknowledgment
noun
acknowledgment in advance
quakertown
reacknowledgment
reacknowledgment
noun
Alternative form of reacknowledgement
saltworker
saltworker
noun
A worker in a saltworks.
seatwork
seatwork
noun
(US) The schoolwork done by students sitting at their desks during schooltime.
seatworks
slateworks
snakewort
spatterwork
spatterwork
noun
Art produced by spattering ink or paint against a surface.
splatterwork
splatterwork
noun
(art) The creation of a design on a surface by spattering colouring matter upon it.
superacknowledgment
tallowmaker
tallowmaker
noun
A manufacturer of tallow.
tapework
teamwork
teamwork
noun
The cooperative effort of a team of people to achieve a common goal.
teamworks
terracework
thankworthiness
thankworthiness
noun
The quality or state of being thankworthy.
tomahawker
tomahawker
noun
One who uses a tomahawk as a weapon.
traversework
trianglework
trowelbeak
walkerton
walkertown
wantroke
waterbok
waterbok
noun
Alternative form of waterbuck
waterlocked
watersoaked
watersoaked
adj
Soaked with water.
waterwork
waterwork
noun
(countable) A machine or mechanism for raising or carrying water.
(countable, art) A textile fabric used like tapestry.
(countable, uncountable) Some action or activity done on, in, or using water.
(historical) A hydraulic apparatus by which a supply of water is furnished for ornamental purposes; also, an ornamental fountain or waterfall.
(uncountable, art) A style of painting executed in distemper or size, on canvas or a wall, intended to resemble a tapestry; (countable) such a painting.
waterworker
waterworker
noun
A person employed in the field of waterworks (engineering works relating to the conveyance and flow of fluids).
waterworks
waterworks
noun
(Britain, euphemistic) The genitourinary system.
(construction, archaic) Engineering works relating to the conveyance and flow of fluids (principally water), such as the collection and distribution of water, drainage, irrigation, etc.
(historical, treated as singular) A hydraulic apparatus by which a supply of water is furnished for ornamental purposes; also, an ornamental fountain or waterfall.
(informal) Often in the form turn on the waterworks: crying or tears, especially in a way that is considered manipulative or over-emotional.
(informal) Rain.
(treated as singular) Any single facility, such as a filtration plant or pumping station, within such a system.
The water supply system of a district, town, city, or other place, including reservoirs, pipes, and pumps.
plural of waterwork
wattlework
wattlework
noun
Constructions made from woven branches and twigs.
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
wikstroemia
workbasket
workbasket
noun
A basket used to hold materials for needlework, etc.
workbaskets
workbaskets
noun
plural of workbasket
workmaster
workmaster
noun
(archaic) Master workman; overseer; employer of workmen.
A skilled craftsman who owns a workshop.
workmate
workmate
noun
Somebody with whom one works; a coworker.
worktable
worktable
noun
(historical) A small table used by ladies for doing needlework.