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 |
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 | - |
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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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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jointworm | (noun) larva of chalcid flies injurious to the straw of wheat and other grains | Synonyms: strawworm |
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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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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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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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leadwort | (noun) a plant of the genus Plumbago with blue flowers | Synonyms: Plumbago europaea |
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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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liverwort | (noun) any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses | Synonyms: hepatic |
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loanword | (noun) a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English | Synonyms: loan |
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lobworm | (noun) marine worms having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back; often used for fishing bait | Synonyms: lug, lugworm |
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lugworm | (noun) marine worms having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back; often used for fishing bait | Synonyms: lobworm, lug |
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madderwort | (noun) any of numerous trees or shrubs or vines of the family Rubiaceae | Synonyms: rubiaceous plant |
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madwort | (noun) any garden plant of the genus Alyssum having clusters of small yellow or white flowers | Synonyms: alyssum |
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masterwort | (noun) any plant of the genus Astrantia | Synonyms: astrantia |
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mealworm | (noun) the larva of beetles of the family Tenebrionidae | - |
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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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milkwort | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Polygala | - |
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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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miterwort | (noun) any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's miter | Synonyms: bishop's cap, mitrewort |
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mitrewort | (noun) any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's miter | Synonyms: bishop's cap, miterwort |
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moneywort | (noun) a loosestrife vine | Synonyms: creeping Charlie, creeping Jenny, Lysimachia nummularia |
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moonwort | (noun) of America and Eurasia and Australia | Synonyms: Botrychium lunaria, common moonwort |
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moorwort | (noun) wiry evergreen shrub having pendent clusters of white or pink flowers; of wet acidic areas in Arctic and Canada to northeastern United States | Synonyms: Andromeda glaucophylla, bog rosemary |
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motherwort | (noun) bitter Old World herb of hedgerows and woodland margins having toothed leaves and white or pale pink flowers | Synonyms: Leonurus cardiaca |
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mugwort | (noun) any of several weedy composite plants of the genus Artemisia | - |
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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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netherworld | (noun) (religion) the world of the dead | Synonyms: Hades, Hell, infernal region, Scheol, underworld |
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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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newsworthiness | (noun) the quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported in news bulletins | Synonyms: news |
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newsworthy | (adjective) sufficiently interesting to be reported in a newspaper | - |
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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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noteworthy | (adjective) worthy of attention | Synonyms: notable, remarkable |
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openwork | (noun) ornamental work (such as embroidery or latticework) having a pattern of openings | - |
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otherworld | (noun) an abstract spiritual world beyond earthly reality | - |
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otherworldliness | (noun) concern with things of the spirit | Synonyms: spiritism, spiritualism, spirituality |
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otherworldly | (adjective) existing outside of or not in accordance with nature | Synonyms: nonnatural, preternatural, transcendental |
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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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password | (noun) a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group | Synonyms: countersign, parole, watchword, word |
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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 |
pearlwort | (noun) any of various low-growing plants of the genus Sagina having small spherical flowers resembling pearls | Synonyms: pearl-weed, pearlweed |
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pennyworth | (noun) the amount that can be bought for a penny | Synonyms: penn'orth |
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pepperwort | (noun) annual herb used as salad green and garnish | Synonyms: common garden cress, garden pepper cress, Lepidium sativum, pepper grass |
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(noun) any of several water ferns of the genus Marsilea having four leaflets | Synonyms: clover fern |
piecework | (noun) work paid for according to the quantity produced | - |
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pilewort | (noun) perennial herb native to Europe but naturalized elsewhere having heart-shaped leaves and yellow flowers resembling buttercups; its tuberous roots have been used as a poultice to relieve piles | Synonyms: lesser celandine, Ranunculus ficaria |
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pillwort | (noun) European water fern found around margins of bodies of water or in wet acid soil having small globose sporocarps | Synonyms: Pilularia globulifera |
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pinworm | (noun) small threadlike worm infesting human intestines and rectum especially in children | Synonyms: Enterobius vermicularis, threadworm |
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pipework | (noun) the flues and stops on a pipe organ | Synonyms: organ pipe, pipe |
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pipewort | (noun) aquatic perennial of North America and Ireland and Hebrides having translucent green leaves in a basal spiral and dense buttonlike racemes of minute white flowers | Synonyms: Eriocaulon aquaticum |
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plasterwork | (noun) a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling) | Synonyms: plaster |
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praiseworthily | (adverb) in an admirable manner | Synonyms: admirably, commendable, laudably |
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praiseworthiness | (noun) the quality of being worthy of praise | Synonyms: laudability, laudableness |
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praiseworthy | (adjective) worthy of high praise | Synonyms: applaudable, commendable, laudable |
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praisworthiness | (noun) the property of deserving praise | - |
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quillwort | (noun) any of several spore-bearing aquatic or marsh plants having short rhizomes and leaves resembling quills; worldwide except Polynesia | - |
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ragwort | (noun) widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity | Synonyms: benweed, ragweed, Senecio jacobaea, tansy ragwort |
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(noun) American ragwort with yellow flowers | Synonyms: butterweed, Senecio glabellus |
reword | (verb) express the same message in different words | Synonyms: paraphrase, rephrase |
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rewording | (noun) changing a particular word or phrase | Synonyms: recasting, rephrasing |
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rework | (verb) use again in altered form | Synonyms: make over, retread |
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ribwort | (noun) an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions | Synonyms: buckthorn, English plantain, narrow-leaved plantain, Plantago lanceolata, ribgrass, ripple-grass |
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ringworm | (noun) infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches | Synonyms: roundworm, tinea |
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roadworthiness | (noun) (of motor vehicles) the quality of being fit to drive on the open road | - |
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roundworm | (noun) unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic | Synonyms: nematode, nematode worm |
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(noun) infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches | Synonyms: ringworm, tinea |
rupturewort | (noun) common prostrate Old World herb often used as a ground cover; formerly reputed to cure ruptures | Synonyms: Hernaria glabra |
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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 |
sandwort | (noun) low-growing chiefly perennial plant usually with small white flowers suitable for e.g. rock gardens | - |
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(noun) low-growing herb having clusters of small white four-petaled flowers | Synonyms: Moehringia lateriflora |
(noun) loosely matted plant with moss-like foliage studded with tiny starry four-petaled white blossoms; mountains of central and southern Europe | Synonyms: Moehringia mucosa |
sawwort | (noun) European perennial whose serrate leaves yield a yellow dye | Synonyms: Serratula tinctoria |
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schoolwork | (noun) work, such as schoolwork or piecework, that is done at home | Synonyms: homework, school assignment |
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seaworthiness | (noun) fitness to traverse the seas | - |
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seaworthy | (adjective) fit for a sea voyage | - |
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setterwort | (noun) digitate-leaved hellebore with an offensive odor and irritant qualities when taken internally | Synonyms: bear's foot, Helleborus foetidus, stinking hellebore |
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shipworm | (noun) wormlike marine bivalve that bores into wooden piers and ships by means of drill-like shells | Synonyms: teredinid |
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shitwork | (noun) trivial, unrewarding, tedious, dirty, and disagreeable chores | Synonyms: scut work |
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shopworn | (adjective) repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse | Synonyms: banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn |
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(adjective) worn or faded from being on display in a store | Synonyms: shopsoiled |
silkworm | (noun) the commercially bred hairless white caterpillar of the domestic silkworm moth which spins a cocoon that can be processed to yield silk fiber; the principal source of commercial silk | - |
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(noun) larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon | Synonyms: giant silkworm, wild wilkworm |
silversword | (noun) low-growing plant found only in volcanic craters on Hawaii having rosettes of narrow pointed silver-green leaves and clusters of profuse red-purple flowers on a tall stem | Synonyms: Argyroxiphium sandwicense |
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silverwork | (noun) decorative work made of silver | - |
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silverworker | (noun) someone who makes or repairs articles of silver | Synonyms: silver-worker, silversmith |
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slipperwort | (noun) any garden plant of the genus Calceolaria having flowers with large inflated slipper-shaped lower lip | Synonyms: calceolaria |
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