| artwork | (noun) photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication | Synonyms: art, graphics, nontextual matter |
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| beadwork | (noun) a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture | Synonyms: astragal, bead, beading |
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| (noun) ornamentation with beads | Synonyms: beading |
| bodywork | (noun) the work of making or repairing vehicle bodies | - |
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| (noun) the exterior body of a motor vehicle | - |
| brainworker | (noun) someone whose profession involves using his head to solve problems | Synonyms: brain-worker |
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| breastwork | (noun) fortification consisting of a low wall | Synonyms: parapet |
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| brickwork | (noun) masonry done with bricks and mortar | - |
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| bridgework | (noun) a denture anchored to teeth on either side of missing teeth | Synonyms: bridge |
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| brushwork | (noun) an artist's distinctive technique of applying paint with a brush | - |
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| busywork | (noun) active work of little value | Synonyms: make-work |
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| cabinetwork | (noun) the craft of making furniture (especially furniture of high quality) | Synonyms: cabinetry |
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| (noun) woodwork finished by hand by a cabinetmaker | - |
| 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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| classwork | (noun) the part of a student's work that is done in the classroom | - |
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| clockwork | (noun) any mechanism of geared wheels that is driven by a coiled spring; resembles the works of a mechanical clock | - |
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| coldwork | (verb) shape (metal) without heat | Synonyms: cold work |
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| cork | (noun) the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle) | Synonyms: bottle cork |
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| (noun) a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line | Synonyms: bob, bobber, bobfloat |
| (noun) outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc. | - |
| (noun) (botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells | Synonyms: phellem |
| (verb) stuff with cork | - |
| (verb) close a bottle with a cork | Synonyms: cork up |
| corkage | (noun) a charge added at a restaurant for every bottle of wine served that was not bought on the premises | - |
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| corkboard | (noun) a heat-insulating building material consisting of cork granules that are made into sheets by compressing and baking | - |
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| corked | (adjective) (of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin | Synonyms: corky |
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| corker | (noun) a machine that is used to put corks in bottles | - |
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| (noun) (dated slang) a remarkable or excellent thing or person | - |
| corking | (adjective) excellent | Synonyms: bang-up, bully, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, old, peachy, slap-up, smashing, swell |
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| corkscrew | (noun) a bottle opener that pulls corks | Synonyms: bottle screw |
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| (verb) move in a spiral or zigzag course | Synonyms: spiral |
| corkwood | (noun) very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in southeastern United States having extremely light wood | Synonyms: corkwood tree, Leitneria floridana |
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| corky | (adjective) (of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin | Synonyms: corked |
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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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| crewelwork | (noun) embroidery done with loosely twisted worsted yarn | - |
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| crownwork | (noun) (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth | Synonyms: cap, crown, jacket, jacket crown |
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| (noun) a type of fortification, like a hornwork, but consisting of a full bastion with the walls on either side ending in half-bastions from which longer flank walls run back towards the main fortress. | - |
| cutwork | (noun) embroidery in which the design is outlined in a buttonhole stitch and the intervening material is cut away | - |
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| dockworker | (noun) a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port | Synonyms: dock-walloper, dock worker, docker, dockhand, loader, longshoreman, lumper, stevedore |
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| donkeywork | (noun) hard monotonous routine work | Synonyms: drudgery, grind, plodding |
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| doorkeeper | (noun) someone who guards an entrance | Synonyms: door guard, doorman, gatekeeper, hall porter, ostiary, porter |
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| (noun) an official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber | Synonyms: usher |
| (noun) the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church | Synonyms: ostiarius, ostiary |
| doorknob | (noun) a knob used to release the catch when opening a door (often called `doorhandle' in Great Britain) | Synonyms: doorhandle |
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| doorknocker | (noun) a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door | Synonyms: knocker, rapper |
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| dork | (noun) a dull stupid fatuous person | Synonyms: jerk |
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| drawnwork | (noun) ornamental needlework done by drawing threads to form lacelike patterns | - |
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| earthwork | (noun) an earthen rampart | - |
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| fancywork | (noun) decorative needlework | Synonyms: embroidery |
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| fieldwork | (noun) a temporary fortification built by troops in the field | - |
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| fieldworker | (noun) a researcher who works in the field | - |
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| firework | (noun) (usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc. | Synonyms: pyrotechnic |
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| flatwork | (noun) ironing that can be done mechanically | Synonyms: flat wash |
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| footwork | (noun) the manner of using the feet | - |
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| (noun) skillful maneuvering or dealing | - |
| fork | (noun) the act of branching out or dividing into branches | Synonyms: branching, forking, ramification |
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| (noun) a utensil with two or more prongs, used for serving or eating food | - |
| (noun) an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs | - |
| (noun) the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk | Synonyms: crotch |
| (noun) the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches | Synonyms: crotch |
| (verb) divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork | Synonyms: branch, furcate, ramify, separate |
| (verb) shape like a fork | - |
| (verb) place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces | - |
| (verb) lift with a pitchfork | Synonyms: pitchfork |
| forked | (adjective) resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches | Synonyms: bifurcate, biramous, branched, forficate, fork-like, pronged, prongy |
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| (adjective) having two meanings with intent to deceive | Synonyms: double |
| forking | (noun) the act of branching out or dividing into branches | Synonyms: branching, fork, ramification |
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| (noun) the place where something divides into branches | Synonyms: furcation |
| forklift | (noun) a small industrial vehicle with a power operated forked platform in front that can be inserted under loads to lift and move them | - |
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| framework | (noun) a structure supporting or containing something | Synonyms: frame |
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| (noun) the underlying structure | Synonyms: fabric |
| (noun) a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process | Synonyms: model, theoretical account |
| fretwork | (noun) framework consisting of an ornamental design made of strips of wood or metal | Synonyms: lattice, latticework |
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| gasworks | (noun) the workplace where coal gas is manufactured | - |
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| glasswork | (noun) an article of tableware made of glass | Synonyms: glassware |
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| glassworker | (noun) someone who cuts flat glass to size | Synonyms: glass-cutter, glass cutter, glazer, glazier |
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| glassworks | (noun) a workplace where glass is made | - |
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| goldworker | (noun) an artisan who makes jewelry and other objects out of gold | Synonyms: gold-worker, goldsmith |
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| grillwork | (noun) mesh netting made of wires | Synonyms: wirework |
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| (noun) a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate | Synonyms: grill, grille |
| groundwork | (noun) preliminary preparation as a basis or foundation | - |
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| (noun) lowest support of a structure | Synonyms: base, foot, foundation, fundament, substructure, understructure |
| (noun) the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained | Synonyms: base, basis, cornerstone, foundation, fundament |
| guesswork | (noun) an estimate based on little or no information | Synonyms: dead reckoning, guess, guessing, shot |
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| guestworker | (noun) a person with temporary permission to work in another country | Synonyms: guest worker |
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| hackwork | (noun) professional work done according to formula | - |
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| (noun) (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) undistinguished literary work produced to order. | - |
| handiwork | (noun) a work produced by hand labor | Synonyms: handcraft, handicraft, handwork |
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| handwork | (noun) a work produced by hand labor | Synonyms: handcraft, handicraft, handiwork |
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| hardworking | (adjective) characterized by hard work and perseverance | Synonyms: industrious, tireless, untiring |
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| hayfork | (noun) a long-handled fork for turning or lifting hay | - |
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| homework | (noun) work, such as schoolwork or piecework, that is done at home | Synonyms: school assignment, schoolwork |
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| hornwork | (noun) an element of the trace italienne system of fortification that consists of a pair of demi-bastions. | - |
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| housework | (noun) the work of cleaning and running a house | Synonyms: housekeeping |
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| ironwork | (noun) work made of iron (gratings or rails or railings etc) | - |
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| ironworker | (noun) a person who makes articles of iron | - |
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| ironworks | (noun) the workplace where iron is smelted or where iron goods are made | - |
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| knitwork | (noun) needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine | Synonyms: knit, knitting |
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| kwashiorkor | (noun) severe malnutrition in children resulting from a diet excessively high in carbohydrates and low in protein | - |
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| lacework | (noun) work consisting of (or resembling) lace fabric | - |
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| latticework | (noun) framework consisting of an ornamental design made of strips of wood or metal | Synonyms: fretwork, lattice |
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| leatherwork | (noun) work made of leather | - |
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| lifework | (noun) the principal work of your career | - |
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| meshwork | (noun) an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals | Synonyms: mesh, meshing, net, network |
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| metalwork | (noun) the activity of making things out of metal in a skillful manner | Synonyms: metalworking |
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| (noun) the metal parts of something | - |
| metalworker | (noun) someone who works metal (especially by hammering it when it is hot and malleable) | Synonyms: smith |
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| metalworking | (noun) the activity of making things out of metal in a skillful manner | Synonyms: metalwork |
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| metalworks | (noun) factory where metal castings are produced | Synonyms: foundry |
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| millwork | (noun) woodwork that has been machined at a mill | - |
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| mineworker | (noun) laborer who works in a mine | Synonyms: miner |
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| needlework | (noun) work (such as sewing or embroidery) that is done with a needle | Synonyms: needlecraft |
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| (noun) a creation created or assembled by needle and thread | Synonyms: needlecraft |
| needleworker | (noun) someone who does work (as sewing or embroidery) with a needle | - |
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| network | (noun) an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals | Synonyms: mesh, meshing, meshwork, net |
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| (noun) (broadcasting) a communication system consisting of a group of broadcasting stations that all transmit the same programs | - |
| (noun) (electronics) a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits | Synonyms: electronic network |
| (noun) a system of intersecting lines or channels | - |
| (noun) an interconnected system of things or people | Synonyms: web |
| (verb) communicate with and within a group | - |
| networklike | (adjective) having a network of veins or ribs | - |
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| nightwork | (noun) work to be done at night | - |
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| nonworker | (noun) a person who does nothing | - |
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| openwork | (noun) ornamental work (such as embroidery or latticework) having a pattern of openings | - |
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| outwork | (noun) subsidiary defensive structure lying outside the main fortified area | - |
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| overwork | (noun) the act of working too much or too long | Synonyms: overworking |
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| (verb) use too much | - |
| (verb) work excessively hard | Synonyms: exploit |
| overworking | (noun) the act of working too much or too long | Synonyms: overwork |
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| paperwork | (noun) work that involves handling papers: forms or letters or reports etc. | - |
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| patchwork | (noun) sewing consisting of pieces of different materials sewn together in a pattern | - |
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| (noun) a quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together | Synonyms: patchwork quilt |
| (noun) a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas | Synonyms: hodgepodge, jumble |
| piecework | (noun) work paid for according to the quantity produced | - |
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| pipework | (noun) the flues and stops on a pipe organ | Synonyms: organ pipe, pipe |
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| pitchfork | (noun) a long-handled hand tool with sharp widely spaced prongs for lifting and pitching hay | - |
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| (verb) lift with a pitchfork | Synonyms: fork |
| plasterwork | (noun) a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling) | Synonyms: plaster |
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| pork | (noun) meat from a domestic hog or pig | Synonyms: porc |
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| (noun) a legislative appropriation designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents | Synonyms: pork barrel |
| porkchop | (noun) chop cut from a hog | - |
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| porker | (noun) a pig fattened to provide meat | - |
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