casework | (noun) close sociological study of a maladjusted person or family for diagnosis and treatment | - |
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caseworker | (noun) someone employed to provide social services (especially to the disadvantaged) | Synonyms: social worker, welfare worker |
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caseworm | (noun) insect larva that constructs a protective case around its body | - |
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causeway | (noun) a road that is raised above water or marshland or sand | - |
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coursework | (noun) work assigned to and done by a student during a course of study; usually it is evaluated as part of the student's grade in the course | - |
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greasewood | (noun) low hardy much-branched spiny shrub common in alkaline soils of western America | Synonyms: black greasewood, Sarcobatus vermiculatus |
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horseweed | (noun) common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus Erigeron | Synonyms: Canadian fleabane, Conyza canadensis, Erigeron canadensis, fleabane |
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(noun) erect perennial strong-scented with serrate pointed leaves and a loose panicle of yellowish flowers; the eastern United States | Synonyms: Collinsonia canadensis, horse balm, richweed, stone-root, stone root, stoneroot |
horsewhip | (noun) a whip for controlling horses | - |
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horsewhipping | (noun) the act of whipping with a horsewhip | - |
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horsewoman | (noun) a woman horseman | - |
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housewarming | (noun) a party of people assembled to celebrate moving into a new home | - |
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housewife | (noun) a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income | Synonyms: homemaker, lady of the house, woman of the house |
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housewifery | (noun) the work of a housewife | - |
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housework | (noun) the work of cleaning and running a house | Synonyms: housekeeping |
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housewrecker | (noun) a wrecker of houses | Synonyms: housebreaker |
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moosewood | (noun) deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers | Synonyms: Dirca palustris, leatherwood, moose-wood, ropebark, wicopy |
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(noun) maple of eastern North America with striped bark and large two-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumn | Synonyms: Acer pennsylvanicum, goosefoot maple, moose-wood, striped dogwood, striped maple |
nosewheel | (noun) a wheel located under the nose of an airplane that is part of the plane's landing gear | - |
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pesewa | (noun) 100 pesewas equal 1 cedi in Ghana | - |
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pipsissewa | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Chimaphila | Synonyms: prince's pine |
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praiseworthiness | (noun) the quality of being worthy of praise | Synonyms: laudability, laudableness |
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rosewood | (noun) any of those hardwood trees of the genus Dalbergia that yield rosewood--valuable cabinet woods of a dark red or purplish color streaked and variegated with black | Synonyms: rosewood tree |
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(noun) hard dark reddish wood of a rosewood tree having a strongly marked grain; used in cabinetwork | - |
sewage | (noun) waste matter carried away in sewers or drains | Synonyms: sewerage |
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sewellel | (noun) bulky nocturnal burrowing rodent of uplands of the Pacific coast of North America; the most primitive living rodent | Synonyms: Aplodontia rufa, mountain beaver |
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sewer | (noun) a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water | Synonyms: cloaca, sewerage |
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(noun) misfortune resulting in lost effort or money | Synonyms: gutter, toilet |
(noun) someone who sews | - |
sewerage | (noun) a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water | Synonyms: cloaca, sewer |
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(noun) waste matter carried away in sewers or drains | Synonyms: sewage |
sewing | (noun) joining or attaching by stitches | Synonyms: stitching |
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(noun) needlework on which you are working with needle and thread | Synonyms: stitchery |