Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
automaker | a manufacturer of automobiles. |
automan | an automobile maker. |
beamer | a workman or machine that puts yarn on the arm of a loom. |
beetler | one that operates a cloth-finishing machine. |
boilermaking | metal-working in heavy industry; plating or welding. |
boilerman | a man who looks after boilers. |
bookbinder | one who binds books. |
brewmaster | the supervisor of the brewing in a brewery. |
brickmaker | one whose occupation is to make bricks. |
calendarist | one who makes calendars. |
calendrer | a person who calenders cloth. |
calorise | to coat steel with aluminium. |
calorize | to coat steel with aluminium. |
canner | one who puts things in cans. |
capmaker | one who makes caps. |
carmaker | one who manufactures cars. |
chipmaker | one who manufactures microchips. |
clockmaker | one who makes clocks. |
clothier | a person who makes or sells cloth or clothes. |
coater | a worker, machine etc. that applies a coating. |
corsetier | a corset maker. |
corsetiere | (Fr.) a (female) corset maker. |
dialist | a maker of dials; one skilled in dialing. |
diallist | a maker of dials; one skilled in dialing. |
drugmaker | one who manufactures drugs. |
engineer | someone who designs or makes, or puts to practical use, engines or machinery of any type; (verb) to carry through or manage by contrivance. |
fettler | a person skilled at repairing tools or machinery. |
ginner | a person who gins cotton. |
glover | a maker or seller of gloves. |
greaser | one who, or that which, greases; specifically, a person employed to lubricate the working parts of machinery, engines, carriages, etc. |
hammerman | a man who operates a hammer. |
ingener | (Shakesp.) an engineer. |
ironmaster | a manufacturer of iron. |
jolleyer | one who uses a jolley, a guide for fixing a pottery mould for plates. |
jollyer | one who uses a jolley, a guide for fixing a pottery mould for plates. |
loftsman | a person who reproduces in actual size a draughtsman's design for a ship or an aircraft. |
machineman | a person who oversees the working of a machine. |
mashman | a worker in a brewery who helps to make the mash. |
microbrewer | a brewer who works in a microbrewery. |
millhand | a worker in a mill. |
munitioneer | a worker engaged in making munitions. |
nailer | a maker of nails. |
napper | one who naps cloth after it is fulled. |
needler | a needlemaker. |
oilman | one who works in the oil industry. |
papermaker | one that makes paper. |
papermaking | the business of making paper. |
piecener | one who supplies rolls of wool to the slubbing machine in woollen mills. |
platemaker | one who makes plates. |
pyrotechnist | a firework maker. |
slopwork | the making of slop-clothing; cheap inferior work. |
slopworker | one who does slopwork, the making of slop-clothing. |
steelmaking | the process of making steel. |
steelman | a worker in steel. |
steelworker | a person who works in steel and esp in the manufacturing of it. |
steelworking | the business or producing steel. |
stiller | a distiller. |
tentmaker | one who makes tents. |
throwster | one who throws or twists silk. |
toolman | a man who works with tools or in a toolroom. |
treadler | one who works a treadle. |
unworkmanlike | not workmanlike. |
wauk | to full (cloth). |
waulk | to full (cloth). |
welder | one who welds. |
weldor | one who welds. |
winemaker | a maker of wine. |
workingman | a labouring man; a man who earns his daily support by manual labour. |
workingwoman | a workwoman. |
workman | a male worker. |
workmanly | in the fashion of a workman. |
workwoman | a female workman. |