adust | (adjective) burned brown by the sun | - |
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(adjective) dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight | Synonyms: baked, parched, scorched, sunbaked |
dust | (noun) fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air | - |
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(noun) the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up | Synonyms: debris, detritus, junk, rubble |
(noun) free microscopic particles of solid material | - |
(verb) remove the dust from | - |
(verb) distribute loosely | Synonyms: disperse, dot, scatter, sprinkle |
(verb) rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape | - |
(verb) cover with a light dusting of a substance | - |
dustbin | (noun) a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected | Synonyms: ash-bin, ash bin, ashbin, ashcan, garbage can, trash barrel, trash bin, trash can, wastebin |
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dustcart | (noun) a truck for collecting domestic refuse | Synonyms: garbage truck |
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dustcloth | (noun) a piece of cloth used for dusting | Synonyms: duster, dustrag |
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duster | (noun) a pitch thrown deliberately close to the batter | - |
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(noun) a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles | Synonyms: dust coat, gabardine, gaberdine, smock |
(noun) a piece of cloth used for dusting | Synonyms: dustcloth, dustrag |
(noun) a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand | Synonyms: dust storm, sandstorm, sirocco |
dustiness | (noun) the state of being covered with dust | - |
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dustlike | (adjective) as fine and powdery as dust | - |
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dustman | (noun) someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse | Synonyms: garbage carter, garbage collector, garbage hauler, garbage man, garbageman, refuse collector |
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dustmop | (noun) a dry swab for dusting floors | Synonyms: dry mop, dust mop |
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dustpan | (noun) a short-handled receptacle into which dust can be swept | - |
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(noun) the quantity that a dustpan will hold | Synonyms: dustpanful |
dustpanful | (noun) the quantity that a dustpan will hold | Synonyms: dustpan |
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dustrag | (noun) a piece of cloth used for dusting | Synonyms: dustcloth, duster |
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dustup | (noun) an angry dispute | Synonyms: quarrel, row, run-in, words, wrangle |
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dusty | (adjective) covered with a layer of dust | Synonyms: dust-covered |
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(adjective) lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new | Synonyms: cold, moth-eaten, stale |
industrial | (adjective) having highly developed industries | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to or resulting from industry | - |
(adjective) employed in industry | - |
(adjective) suitable to stand up to hard wear | - |
industrialisation | (noun) the development of industry on an extensive scale | Synonyms: industrial enterprise, industrialization |
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industrialise | (verb) develop industry; become industrial | Synonyms: industrialize |
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(verb) organize (the production of something) into an industry | Synonyms: industrialize |
industrialised | (adjective) made industrial; converted to industrialism | Synonyms: industrialized |
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industrialism | (noun) an economic system built on large industries rather than on agriculture or craftsmanship | - |
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industrialist | (noun) someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise | - |
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industrialization | (noun) the development of industry on an extensive scale | Synonyms: industrial enterprise, industrialisation |
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industrialize | (verb) develop industry; become industrial | Synonyms: industrialise |
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(verb) organize (the production of something) into an industry | Synonyms: industrialise |
industrialized | (adjective) made industrial; converted to industrialism | Synonyms: industrialised |
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industrially | (adverb) by industrial means | - |
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industrious | (adjective) characterized by hard work and perseverance | Synonyms: hardworking, tireless, untiring |
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(adjective) working hard to promote an enterprise | Synonyms: energetic, gumptious, up-and-coming |
industriously | (adverb) in an industrious manner | - |
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industriousness | (noun) persevering determination to perform a task | Synonyms: diligence, industry |
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industry | (noun) the organized action of making of goods and services for sale | Synonyms: manufacture |
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(noun) persevering determination to perform a task | Synonyms: diligence, industriousness |
(noun) the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise | - |
nonindustrial | (adjective) not having highly developed manufacturing enterprises | - |
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postindustrial | (adjective) of or relating to a society or economy marked by a lessened importance of manufacturing and an increase of services, information, and research | - |
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sawdust | (noun) fine particles of wood made by sawing wood | - |
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stardust | (noun) a dreamy romantic or sentimental quality | - |
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unindustrialised | (adjective) not converted to industrialism | Synonyms: unindustrialized |
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unindustrialized | (adjective) not converted to industrialism | Synonyms: unindustrialised |
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