Word Meanings - WHITEWOOD - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The soft and easily-worked wood of the tulip tree (Liriodendron). It is much used in cabinetwork, carriage building, etc.

• Tulip-shell
  A large, handsomely colored, marine univalve shell (Fasciolaria tulipa) native of the Southern United States. The name is sometimes applied also to other species of Fasciolaria.
• Workhouses
  of Workhouse
• Workwomen
  of Workwoman
• Tulipwood
  The beautiful rose-colored striped wood of a Brazilian tree (Physocalymna floribunda), much used by cabinetmakers for inlaying.
• Workhouse
  A house where any manufacture is carried on; a workshop.
• Workwoman
  A woman who performs any work; especially, a woman skilled in needlework.
• Building
  of Build
• Working-day
  Pertaining to, or characteristic of, working days, or workdays; everyday; hence, plodding; hard-working.
• Workyday
  A week day or working day, as distinguished from Sunday or a holiday. Also used adjectively.
• Workingmen
  of Workingman
• TULIPEARED
  Having erect, pointed ears; prick-eared; -- said of certain dogs.
• Working
  of Work
• Workingman
  A laboring man; a man who earns his daily support by manual labor.
• TULIPSHELL
  A large, handsomely colored, marine univalve shell (Fasciolaria tulipa) native of the Southern United States. The name is sometimes applied also to other species of Fasciolaria.
• Workable
  Capable of being worked, or worth working; as, a workable mine; workable clay.

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