Phrase Hound found 156 phrases and 219 compound words that contain works. The most common are listed below. Open works in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 156
- public worksTechnical projects, often construction or engineering, carried out by the government on behalf of the community.
- works in progressplural of work in progress: Attributive form of work in progress.
- works of artplural of work of art: A product of the fine arts; a painting, sculpture, etc.
- derivative worksplural of derivative work: In copyright law, a work that is a variation of an original work sufficiently similar to contain protected elements of the original work, but sufficiently different to qualify for copyright protection independent …
- works councilAn organization representing workers within a commercial corporation, known in several European jurisdictions.
- good worksplural of good work: A person's beneficent action or deed, especially one of a charitable nature that advances one's progress toward salvation.
- works agreementA contract between an employer and a works council specifying conditions of their industry binding the employer and all the workforce for whom the works council has been established.
- works outthird-person singular simple present indicative of work out: To calculate.
- water worksAlternative form of waterworks: The water supply system of a district, town, city, or other place, including reservoirs, pipes, and pumps.
- works the systemthird-person singular simple present indicative of work the system: To use the rules and procedures meant to protect a system in order to instead manipulate the system for a desired outcome.
- Literary works
- reference worksplural of reference work: A compendium of information which is not generally intended to be read from beginning to end but rather consulted on a spot basis, and is compiled for ease of reference; especially, a reference book, whether in …
- clerk of worksA person employed by an architect or a client on a construction site, representing the interests of the client by ensuring that the materials and workmanship meet specifications and quality standards.
- Art Works
- creative worksplural of creative work: A tangible manifestation of creative effort, such as literature, music, paintings, and software.
- gas worksAlternative form of gasworks: A factory where gas is generated or distributed (whether for industrial consumption or for residential distribution).
- works to rulethird-person singular simple present indicative of work to rule: To work slowly by strictly following all work rules, usually in a work-to-rule job action, as part of unionized labor protest.
- community worksplural of community work: A form of social work enabling people to articulate their needs and interests within the context of structural issues of groups or social spaces and thus improve their living conditions with empirically sound …
- road worksplural of road work: The construction or maintenance done to roads.
- try worksAlternative form of tryworks: A furnace on a ship used to heat try pots; the entire apparatus of furnace, blocks and tackles, and try pots.
- works teamA factory team.
- works in processplural of work in process: Attributive form of work in progress.
- glass-worksAlternative spelling of glassworks: A factory that produces glass or glassware.
- cement worksA factory where building cement (for concrete) is manufactured.
- iron worksAlternative spelling of ironworks: Anything made wholly or largely of iron, especially when used for decoration.
Compound words 219
- waterworksThe water supply system of a district, town, city, or other place, including reservoirs, pipes, and pumps.
- steelworksA place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped.
- glassworksA factory that produces glass or glassware.
- softworksA company that produces software.
- filmworksA place where films are made.
- saltworksA place where salt is refined and prepared commercially.
- brickworksA place where bricks are made.
- skunkworksA loosely organized research and development team or facility.
- headworksAny structure at the head or diversion point of a waterway. It is smaller than a barrage and is used to divert water from a river into a canal or from a large canal into a smaller canal.
- millworksThe machinery and mechanisms of a mill.