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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czworniak | (noun) a Polish mead, made using three units of water for each unit of honey. | - |
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danewort | (noun) dwarf herbaceous elder of Europe having pink flowers and a nauseous odor | Synonyms: dwarf elder, Sambucus ebulus |
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deadwood | (noun) someone or something that is unwanted and unneeded | Synonyms: fifth wheel |
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(noun) a branch or a part of a tree that is dead | - |
devilwood | (noun) small tree of southern United States having panicles of dull white flowers followed by dark purple fruits | Synonyms: American olive, Osmanthus americanus |
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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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dogwood | (noun) a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers | Synonyms: cornel, dogwood tree |
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(noun) hard tough wood of any dogwood of the genus Cornus; resembles boxwood | - |
donkeywork | (noun) hard monotonous routine work | Synonyms: drudgery, grind, plodding |
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drawnwork | (noun) ornamental needlework done by drawing threads to form lacelike patterns | - |
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dreamworld | (noun) a pleasing country existing only in dreams or imagination | Synonyms: dreamland, never-never land |
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driftwood | (noun) wood that is floating or that has been washed ashore | - |
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dwojniak | (noun) a Polish mead, made using equal amounts of water and honey. | - |
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dyewood | (noun) any wood from which dye is obtained | - |
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earthwork | (noun) an earthen rampart | - |
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earthworm | (noun) terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers | Synonyms: angleworm, crawler, dew worm, fishing worm, fishworm, nightcrawler, nightwalker, red worm, wiggler |
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eelworm | (noun) any of various small free-living plant-parasitic roundworms | - |
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elkwood | (noun) small deciduous tree of eastern North America having creamy white flowers and large leaves in formations like umbrellas at the ends of branches | Synonyms: elk-wood, Magnolia tripetala, umbrella magnolia, umbrella tree |
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elmwood | (noun) hard tough wood of an elm tree; used for e.g. implements and furniture | Synonyms: elm |
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fancywork | (noun) decorative needlework | Synonyms: embroidery |
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fanwort | (noun) common aquatic plant of eastern North America having floating and submerged leaves and white yellow-spotted flowers | Synonyms: Cabomba caroliniana, water-shield |
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felwort | (noun) gentian of Europe and China having creamy white flowers with fringed corollas | Synonyms: gentianella amarella |
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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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figwort | (noun) any of numerous tall coarse woodland plants of the genus Scrophularia | - |
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firewood | (noun) wood used for fuel | - |
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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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fishworm | (noun) terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers | Synonyms: angleworm, crawler, dew worm, earthworm, fishing worm, nightcrawler, nightwalker, red worm, wiggler |
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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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fleawort | (noun) plantain of Mediterranean regions whose seeds swell and become gelatinous when moist and are used as a mild laxative | Synonyms: Plantago psyllium, psyllium, Spanish psyllium |
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footwork | (noun) the manner of using the feet | - |
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(noun) skillful maneuvering or dealing | - |
forewoman | (noun) a woman in charge of a group of workers | - |
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(noun) a woman who is foreperson of a jury | Synonyms: forelady |
foreword | (noun) a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book | Synonyms: preface, prolusion |
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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 |
freedwoman | (noun) a female person who has been freed from slavery | - |
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freewoman | (noun) a female person who is not a serf or a slave | - |
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fretwork | (noun) framework consisting of an ornamental design made of strips of wood or metal | Synonyms: lattice, latticework |
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frontierswoman | (noun) a woman who lives on the frontier | - |
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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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fumewort | (noun) delicate European herb with greyish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers; formerly used medicinally | Synonyms: Fumaria officinalis, fumeroot, fumitory |
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(noun) herb of northern Europe and Asia having erect racemes of red flowers | Synonyms: Corydalis solida, fumeroot |
gasworks | (noun) the workplace where coal gas is manufactured | - |
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gentlewoman | (noun) a woman of refinement | Synonyms: dame, lady, ma'am, madam |
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gipsywort | (noun) hairy Eurasian herb with two-lipped white flowers | Synonyms: gypsywort, Lycopus europaeus |
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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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glasswort | (noun) fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers; formerly used in making glass | Synonyms: Salicornia europaea, samphire |
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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, kali, kelpwort, Salsola kali, Salsola soda, saltwort |
glowworm | (noun) the luminous larva or wingless grub-like female of a firefly | - |
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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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golliwog | (noun) a grotesque black doll | Synonyms: golliwogg |
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golliwogg | (noun) a grotesque black doll | Synonyms: golliwog |
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gopherwood | (noun) small handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having showy white flowers in terminal clusters and heavy hardwood yielding yellow dye | Synonyms: Cladrastis kentukea, Cladrastis lutea, Kentucky yellowwood |
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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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greenwood | (noun) woodlands in full leaf | - |
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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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guideword | (noun) a word printed at the top of the page of a dictionary or other reference book to indicate the first or last item on that page | Synonyms: catchword, guide word |
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gumwood | (noun) wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum | Synonyms: gum |
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gypsywort | (noun) hairy Eurasian herb with two-lipped white flowers | Synonyms: gipsywort, Lycopus europaeus |
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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. | - |
halfpennyworth | (noun) the amount that can be bought for a halfpenny | Synonyms: ha'p'orth |
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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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handwoven | (adjective) made on a handloom | Synonyms: hand-loomed |
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hardwood | (noun) the wood of broad-leaved dicotyledonous trees (as distinguished from the wood of conifers) | - |
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hardworking | (adjective) characterized by hard work and perseverance | Synonyms: industrious, tireless, untiring |
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hazelwood | (noun) reddish-brown wood and lumber from heartwood of the sweet gum tree used to make furniture | Synonyms: red gum, satin walnut, sweet gum |
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headword | (noun) a word placed at the beginning of a line or paragraph (as in a dictionary entry) | - |
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(noun) a content word that can be qualified by a modifier | Synonyms: head word |
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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homework | (noun) work, such as schoolwork or piecework, that is done at home | Synonyms: school assignment, schoolwork |
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hookworm | (noun) parasitic bloodsucking roundworms having hooked mouth parts to fasten to the intestinal wall of human and other hosts | - |
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(noun) infestation of the intestines by hookworms which enter the body (usually) through the skin | Synonyms: hookworm disease |
hornswoggle | (verb) deprive of by deceit | Synonyms: bunco, con, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize |
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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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hornwort | (noun) liverworts with slender hornlike capsules | - |
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(noun) any aquatic plant of the genus Ceratophyllum; forms submerged masses in ponds and slow-flowing streams | - |
horsewoman | (noun) a woman horseman | - |
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housework | (noun) the work of cleaning and running a house | Synonyms: housekeeping |
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inchworm | (noun) small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae | Synonyms: looper, measuring worm |
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interwoven | (adjective) linked or locked closely together as by dovetailing | Synonyms: interlacing, interlinking, interlocking |
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ironwood | (noun) a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape | Synonyms: iron-tree, iron tree, ironwood tree |
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(noun) medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America | Synonyms: Eastern hop hornbeam, ironwood tree, Ostrya virginiana |
(noun) handsome East Indian evergreen tree often planted as an ornamental for its fragrant white flowers that yield a perfume; source of very heavy hardwood used for railroad ties | Synonyms: ironwood tree, Mesua ferrea, rose chestnut |
(noun) exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood trees | - |
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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jabberwocky | (noun) nonsensical language (according to Lewis Carroll) | - |
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joewood | (noun) West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood | Synonyms: barbasco, Jacquinia keyensis |
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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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jurywoman | (noun) a female who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jury | - |
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kelpwort | (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, Salsola kali, Salsola soda, saltwort |
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kingwood | (noun) Brazilian tree yielding a handsome cabinet wood | Synonyms: Dalbergia cearensis, kingwood tree |
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(noun) handsome violet-streaked wood of the kingwood tree; used especially in cabinetwork | - |
kinswoman | (noun) a female relative | - |
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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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lacewood | (noun) variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree | Synonyms: sycamore |
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lacework | (noun) work consisting of (or resembling) lace fabric | - |
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lancewood | (noun) source of most of the lancewood of commerce | Synonyms: lancewood tree, Oxandra lanceolata |
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(noun) durable straight-grained wood of the lacewood tree; used for building and cabinetwork and tools | - |
latticework | (noun) framework consisting of an ornamental design made of strips of wood or metal | Synonyms: fretwork, lattice |
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laundrywoman | (noun) a working woman who takes in washing | Synonyms: laundress, washerwoman, washwoman |
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laurelwood | (noun) tropical American tree; valued for its hard durable wood | Synonyms: Calophyllum candidissimum, lancewood tree |
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