artwork | (noun) photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication | Synonyms: art, graphics, nontextual matter |
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bentwood | (noun) wood that is steamed until it becomes pliable and then is shaped for use in making furniture | - |
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breastwork | (noun) fortification consisting of a low wall | Synonyms: parapet |
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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 | - |
creditworthiness | (noun) trustworthiness with money as based on a person's credit history; a general qualification for borrowing | - |
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creditworthy | (adjective) having an acceptable credit rating | Synonyms: responsible |
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cutwork | (noun) embroidery in which the design is outlined in a buttonhole stitch and the intervening material is cut away | - |
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cutworm | (noun) North American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the ground | - |
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driftwood | (noun) wood that is floating or that has been washed ashore | - |
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flatwork | (noun) ironing that can be done mechanically | Synonyms: flat wash |
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flatworm | (noun) parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body | Synonyms: platyhelminth |
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footwork | (noun) the manner of using the feet | - |
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(noun) skillful maneuvering or dealing | - |
fretwork | (noun) framework consisting of an ornamental design made of strips of wood or metal | Synonyms: lattice, latticework |
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frostwort | (noun) perennial of the eastern United States having early solitary yellow flowers followed by late petalless flowers; so-called because ice crystals form on it during first frosts | Synonyms: Crocanthemum canadense, frost-weed, frostweed, Helianthemum canadense |
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fruitwood | (noun) wood of various fruit trees (as apple or cherry or pear) used especially in cabinetwork | - |
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guestworker | (noun) a person with temporary permission to work in another country | Synonyms: guest worker |
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heartwood | (noun) the older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant; usually darker and denser than the surrounding sapwood | Synonyms: duramen |
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jointworm | (noun) larva of chalcid flies injurious to the straw of wheat and other grains | Synonyms: strawworm |
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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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lightwood | (noun) tall Australian acacia yielding highly valued black timber | Synonyms: Acacia melanoxylon |
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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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outwork | (noun) subsidiary defensive structure lying outside the main fortified area | - |
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rabbitwood | (noun) shrub of southeastern United States parasitic on roots of hemlocks having sparse spikes of greenish flowers and pulpy drupes | Synonyms: buffalo nut, Pyrularia pubera |
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saltworks | (noun) a plant where salt is produced commercially | - |
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saltwort | (noun) low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leaves | Synonyms: Batis maritima |
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(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash | Synonyms: barilla, glasswort, kali, kelpwort, Salsola kali, Salsola soda |
selectwoman | (noun) a female elected member of a board of officials who run New England towns | - |
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shitwork | (noun) trivial, unrewarding, tedious, dirty, and disagreeable chores | Synonyms: scut work |
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softwood | (noun) wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir) | Synonyms: deal |
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splitworm | (noun) greyish-brown moth whose larva is the potato tuberworm | Synonyms: Phthorimaea operculella, potato moth, potato tuber moth |
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throatwort | (noun) European bellflower with blue-purple to lilac flowers formerly used to treat sore throat | Synonyms: Campanula trachelium, nettle-leaved bellflower |
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trumpetwood | (noun) tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow stems | Synonyms: Cecropia peltata, imbauba, snake wood, trumpet-wood, trumpet tree |
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trustworthiness | (noun) the trait of deserving trust and confidence | Synonyms: trustiness |
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trustworthy | (adjective) worthy of trust or belief | Synonyms: trusty |
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(adjective) taking responsibility for one's conduct and obligations | - |
twistwood | (noun) vigorous deciduous European treelike shrub common along waysides; red berries turn black | Synonyms: twist wood, Viburnum lantana, wayfaring tree |
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two | (adjective) being one more than one | Synonyms: 2, ii |
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(noun) one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots | Synonyms: deuce |
(noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number | Synonyms: 2, deuce, II |
twofer | (noun) an offer of two for the price of one | - |
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(noun) a coupon that allows the holder to purchase two items (as two tickets to a play) for the price of one | - |
twofold | (adjective) twice as great or many | Synonyms: double, doubled, two-fold |
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(adjective) having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities | Synonyms: double, dual, three-fold, threefold, treble, two-fold |
(adverb) by a factor of two | Synonyms: two times |
twopence | (noun) a former United Kingdom silver coin; United Kingdom bronze decimal coin worth two pennies | Synonyms: tuppence |
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twopenny | (adjective) of trifling worth | Synonyms: sixpenny, threepenny, tuppeny, two-a-penny, twopenny-halfpenny |
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twoscore | (adjective) being ten more than thirty | Synonyms: 40, forty, xl |
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twosome | (noun) a pair who associate with one another | Synonyms: couple, duet, duo |
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(noun) two items of the same kind | Synonyms: brace, couple, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, yoke |
untrustworthiness | (noun) the trait of not deserving trust or confidence | Synonyms: untrustiness |
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untrustworthy | (adjective) not worthy of trust or belief | Synonyms: untrusty |
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wartwort | (noun) not unattractive European weed whose flowers turn toward the sun | Synonyms: devil's milk, Euphorbia helioscopia, sun spurge, wartweed |
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wheatworm | (noun) small roundworm parasitic on wheat | Synonyms: Tylenchus tritici, wheat eel, wheat eelworm |
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