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work physical or mental effort directed toward achieving some result; labor. [22 definitions]
workable capable of being handled or worked. [2 definitions]
workaday pertaining to, characteristic of, or suitable for workdays or the workplace. [2 definitions]
workaholic a person who works all the time, usu. compulsively.
workbench a sturdy table or bench at which carpentry or mechanical work is done.
workbook a usu. paper-bound book for students, containing problems or exercises and spaces for written answers, solutions, calculations, or practice. [3 definitions]
workday a day on which work is done, esp. on a regular basis. [2 definitions]
worker one who engages in work or who is employed at a job. [3 definitions]
workers' compensation money that is paid for medical costs if a worker at a company has been injured while doing his or her job.
work ethic a belief in the moral virtue of hard work.
work force the total number of workers who are actively employed in a business, industry, or nation, or who are available for employment; labor force.
workhorse a horse used for heavy labor, such as plowing or hauling. [2 definitions]
workhouse an institution that houses and feeds the poor but requires them to do labor on site. [2 definitions]
working the act or activity of someone or something that works. [7 definitions]
working capital that portion of the capital of a business or corporation that is not invested in fixed assets but is instead kept liquid for day-to-day operating expenses. [2 definitions]
working class workers considered collectively as a social, economic, or political class, esp. manual and industrial laborers and low wage earners.
working day workday.
workingman a male worker, esp. a manual or industrial laborer.
working papers any official documents certifying that a person, esp. an alien or a minor, can legally be employed.
workingwoman a woman who works for pay, as distinguished from a housewife.
workless combined form of work.