Word Meanings - NAILER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. One whose occupation is to make nails; a nail maker. 2. One who fastens with, or drives, nails.

Related words: (words related to NAILER)

• WHOSESOEVER
  The possessive of whosoever. See Whosoever.
• OCCUPATION
  1. The act or process of occupying or taking possession; actual possession and control; the state of being occupied; a holding or keeping; tenure; use; as, the occupation of lands by a tenant. 2. That which occupies or engages the time
• WHOSE
  The possessive case of who or which. See Who, and Which. Whose daughter art thou tell me, I pray thee. Gen. xxiv. 23. The question whose solution I require. Dryden.
• MAKER
  The person who makes a promissory note. 3. One who writes verses; a poet. Note: "The Greeks named the poet poihth`s, which name, as the most excellent, hath gone through other languages. It cometh of this word poiei^n, make; wherein, I know not
• MANTUAMAKER
  One who makes dresses, cloaks, etc., for women; a dressmaker.
• BOOTMAKER
  One who makes boots. -- Boot"mak`ing, n.
• BRICKMAKER
  One whose occupation is to make bricks. -- Brick"mak*ing, n.
• SAILMAKER
  One whose occupation is to make or repair sails. -- Sail"mak`ing, n.
• WIDOW-MAKER
  One who makes widows by destroying husbands. Shak.
• MATCHMAKER
  1. One who makes matches for burning or kinding. 2. One who tries to bring about marriages.
• GLASS MAKER; GLASSMAKER
  One who makes, or manufactures, glass. -- Glass" mak`ing, or Glass"mak`ing, n.
• ROADMAKER
  One who makes roads.
• HAYMAKER
  1. One who cuts and cures hay. 2. A machine for curing hay in rainy weather.
• WATCHMAKER
  One whose occupation is to make and repair watches.
• PEACEMAKER
  One who makes peace by reconciling parties that are at variance. Matt. v. 9. --Peace"mak`ing, n.
• WAYMAKER
  One who makes a way; a precursor. Bacon.
• STAYMAKER
  One whose occupation is to make stays.
• MERRYMAKER
  One who makes merriment or indulges in conviviality; a jovial comrade.
• TENTMAKER
  One whose occupation it is to make tents. Acts xviii. 3.
• INOCCUPATION
  Want of occupation.
• SHOEMAKER
  1. One whose occupation it is to make shoes and boots. The threadfish. The runner, 12.