Synonym of lip service (“promising but empty talk; words absent of real action or intention”)
patchworking
patchworking
noun
The making of patchworks
verb
present participle of patchwork
pawnbrokering
pawnbrokering
noun
Synonym of pawnbroking
pawnbroking
pawnbroking
noun
The business of a pawnbroker; advancing loans against pledges of household goods or personal possessions, and selling those pledges that are not redeemed.
pawnbrokings
peacockwise
peacockwise
adv
In the manner of a peacock.
pedricktown
pickleworm
pickleworm
noun
Diaphania nitidalis, a crambid moth with wide triangular wings, a serious agricultural pest.
pickstown
pickwork
piecework
piecework
noun
Alternative spelling of piece work
pieceworker
pieceworker
noun
A worker who is paid according to the number of units of work produced.
pieceworkers
pieceworkers
noun
plural of pieceworker
pilework
pilework
noun
A structure built of piles; piling.
pillowlike
pillowlike
adj
Resembling a pillow.
pillowwork
pinkwood
pinkwort
pinwork
pinworks
pinworks
noun
A factory that makes pins.
pipework
pipework
noun
(music) The pipes and stops of an organ
Any system of pipes or tubes; piping
pitchwork
pitchwork
noun
The work of a coal miner who is paid in a share of the mined material.
pithwork
pitwork
plaitwork
plowmaking
porokaiwhiria
porokaiwhiria
noun
(New Zealand) pigeonwood
potwhisky
powderlike
powderlike
adj
Resembling powder.
powdike
powdike
noun
(UK, dialect) A dike; a marsh or fen.
preacknowledging
preacknowledging
verb
present participle of preacknowledge
preknowing
prickwood
prickwood
noun
A shrub (Euonymus europaeus), the spindle tree.
printworks
printworks
noun
Synonym of printing house, an institutional or commercial publisher or a building where printing takes place.
Synonym of printing press, the machinery involved in printing.
shipwork
shipwork
noun
The work of building and repairing ships.
sparrowlike
sparrowlike
adj
Resembling a sparrow in some way; vivacious, chirpy, frail, etc.
Similar to that of a sparrow.
spiderwork
spiderwork
noun
Lace worked by spider stitch.
spokeswomanship
spokeswomanship
noun
The position of being a spokeswoman.
spokewise
spokewise
adj
Radial, like the spokes of a wheel.
adv
In a spokewise fashion.
topworking
topworking
verb
present participle of topwork
twinkleproof
weaponmaking
weaponmaking
noun
The manufacture of weapons.
weltpolitik
weltpolitik
Proper noun
The aggressive foreign policy of Kaiser of Germany beginning in 1891.
whipsocket
whipstock
whipstock
noun
(by extension) The driver of a carriage.
The stock, or rigid handle, of a whip.
whooplike
whooplike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a whooping sound.
wipstock
workmanship
workmanship
noun
The quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman.
The skill of an artisan or craftsman.
workmanships
workmanships
noun
plural of workmanship
workpiece
workpiece
noun
(machining, woodworking, etc.) The raw material or partially finished piece that is shaped by performing various operations.