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Handiwork

Work done by the hands; hence, any work done personally.

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Work 76% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Handcraft 92% connected

Same as Handicraft.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Handicraft 92% connected

A trade requiring skill of hand; manual occupation; handcraft.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Aggregate noun · 78% connection

material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster

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aggregate demand noun · 78% connection

In macroeconomics, the total demand for final goods and services in the economy at a given time and price level.; "The decline in Japa…

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Business noun · 78% connection

the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business"

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Business cycle noun · 78% connection

recurring fluctuations in economic activity consisting of recession and recovery and growth and decline

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Crying adjective · 78% connection

conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a gl…

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Cycle noun · 78% connection

a periodically repeated sequence of events; "a cycle of reprisal and retaliation"

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Demand noun · 78% connection

the act of demanding; "the kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money"

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Depression noun · 78% connection

a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment

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Domestic adjective · 78% connection

of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation; "domestic issues such as tax rate and highway construction"

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Economic adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth; "economic growth"; "aspects of social, polit…

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Economic crisis noun · 78% connection

a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment

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Economic growth noun · 78% connection

steady growth in the productive capacity of the economy (and so a growth of national income)

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Fiscal policy noun · 78% connection

a government policy for dealing with the budget (especially with taxation and borrowing)

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GDP noun · 78% connection

the measure of an economy adopted by the United States in 1991; the total market values of goods and services produced by workers and…

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Global demand noun · 78% connection

In macroeconomics, the total demand for final goods and services in the economy at a given time and price level.; "The decline in Japa…

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Gross domestic product noun · 78% connection

the measure of an economy adopted by the United States in 1991; the total market values of goods and services produced by workers and…

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Growth noun · 78% connection

a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population"

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Increase noun · 78% connection

a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population"

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Acquainted adjective · 78% connection

Personally known; familiar. See To be acquainted with, under Acquaint, v. t.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: work, done, hands, hence, personally.
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Bookwork noun · 78% connection

Work done upon a book or books (as in a printing office), in distinction from newspaper or job work.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: work, done, hands, hence, personally.
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Botch noun · 78% connection

Work done in a bungling manner; a clumsy performance; a piece of work, or a place in work, marred in the doing, or not properly finish…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: work, done, hands, hence, personally.
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Compear verb · 78% connection

To appear in court personally or by attorney.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: work, done, hands, hence, personally.
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Custody noun · 78% connection

(with ‘in’) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child; "my fate is in your hand…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: work, done, hands, hence, personally.
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Deed verb · 78% connection

That which is done or effected by a responsible agent; an act; an action; a thing done; -- a word of extensive application, including,…

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Disown verb · 78% connection

To refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one's self; to disavow or deny, as connected with one's self personally; as, a parent…

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Erg noun · 78% connection

The unit of work or energy in the C. G. S. system, being the amount of work done by a dyne working through a distance of one centimete…

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Exrerience verb · 78% connection

To make practical acquaintance with; to try personally; to prove by use or trial; to have trial of; to have the lot or fortune of; to…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: work, done, hands, hence, personally.
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Fact noun · 78% connection

The assertion or statement of a thing done or existing; sometimes, even when false, improperly put, by a transfer of meaning, for the…

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Factorize verb · 78% connection

To give warning to; -- said of a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached, the warning being to the effect that he sh…

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Fiddle verb · 78% connection

To keep the hands and fingers actively moving as a fiddler does; to move the hands and fingers restlessy or in busy idleness; to trifl…

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