| BACKWORD | • backword n. A contention, retort, or reply. • backword n. A contradiction or answer to put off an engagement; a countermand. • backword n. A section of commentary at the end of a book. |
| BACKWORK | • backwork n. Movement or exertion of the back. • BACKWORK n. work done underground but not at the coalface. |
| BOOKWORK | • bookwork n. Accounting work; book keeping. • bookwork n. The art and science of formatting books. • bookwork n. Work done with the aid of textbooks. |
| BOOKWORM | • bookworm n. Any of various insects that infest books. • bookworm n. (Figurative) An avid book reader. • book-worm n. Alternative form of bookworm. |
| HACKWORK | • hackwork n. Work, usually of a professional nature, either repetitive or done to a formula. • HACKWORK n. artistic work done according to formula. |
| HOOKWORM | • hookworm n. Any of various parasitic bloodsucking roundworms which cause disease, especially the species Ancylostoma… • HOOKWORM n. a parasitic worm. |
| LINKWORK | • linkwork n. A fabric made from linked pieces of metal. • linkwork n. A mechanism of linked components. • LINKWORK n. a fabric consisting of links made of metal or other material fastened together. |
| MILKWORT | • milkwort n. Any of more than 500 species of flowering plants of the genus Polygala that are used as a food source… • MILKWORT n. a plant of genus Polygala, supposed by some to promote the production of milk in women. |
| MUCKWORM | • muckworm n. A larva living in mud or manure. • muckworm n. Someone who gathers wealth through overwork of employees and sordid means; a miser. • MUCKWORM n. a worm found in manure. |
| RACKWORK | • rackwork n. Any mechanism with a rack, such as a rack and pinion. • RACKWORK n. any mechanism having a rack, as a rack and pinion. |
| ROCKWORK | • rockwork n. Ornamental work done with rocks, as for example around a pond. • rockwork n. (Climbing) The act of climbing a rock face, cliff, etc. • ROCKWORK n. stonework in which the surface is left broken and rough. |
| SILKWORM | • silkworm n. Any of various caterpillars of moths that produce silk cocoons, especially Bombyx mori, the source of… • SILKWORM n. the larva of the Chinese moth Bombyx mori, that feeds on the leaves of the mulberry tree, widely cultivated as a source of silk. |
| TASKWORK | • taskwork n. Work done as a task. • taskwork n. Work done by the job; piece work. • TASKWORK n. hard work. |