| Alice Marble |
U.S. tennis player who won the U.S. tennis championship singles titles four times (1936, 1938-40) prior to working as a spy for U.S. intelligence (b.1913--d.1990). |
| A-O.K. |
(informal) perfectly fine; in excellent working order. |
| apprenticeship |
the process of working for another to learn that person's skill or trade, or the act of becoming engaged in this way. |
| at leisure |
having free or spare time; not working or otherwise occupied. |
| bloc |
an alliance of people, nations, or organizations working together to achieve some legislative or political goal. |
| blue law |
any law prohibiting drinking, dancing, working, or doing business on Sunday. |
| bodybuilder |
a person who engages in bodybuilding, the process of working to develop large muscles through special diet and exercise. |
| bodybuilding |
the process of working to develop large muscles in one's body through the use of special diet and exercise, particularly weightlifting. |
| bug |
(informal) a flaw that prevents something from working properly. [1/8 definitions] |
| callback |
a request to a worker to return to work, esp. after a layoff or after normal working hours. [1/3 definitions] |
| collective bargaining |
the bargaining process that occurs between organized workers and their employer to reach an agreement on wages, benefits, hours, and working conditions. |
| commune2 |
a group of people living together as a community, working collectively on land owned in common or by a government. [1/3 definitions] |
| configure |
to set or arrange the constituent elements of (something) in a particular way so as to have a working combination. [1/2 definitions] |
| conspiracy |
the working together or concurrence, esp. of natural forces. [1/4 definitions] |
| coordinated |
having the parts of one's body working well together so that one's movements are fluid or graceful. |
| countertop |
a flat working surface, typically waist-high, esp. that which forms the top of a cabinet unit in a kitchen. |
| crèche |
(chiefly British) a child care center for infants and very young children that serves the needs of working parents. [1/3 definitions] |
| crew |
a group of people working together to perform a joint function. [2/3 definitions] |
| crew member |
a member of a group of people working on a ship, aircraft, spacecraft, or the like. [2 definitions] |
| day nursery |
a nursery school in which preschool children, usu. of working parents, receive care and supervision during the day. |
| desktop |
the flat, upper working surface of a desk. [2/4 definitions] |