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Automatic

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Involuntary 84% connected

Not having will or the power of choice.

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Involuntary 84% connected

Not having will or the power of choice.

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Mechanical 84% connected

Pertaining to, governed by, or in accordance with, mechanics, or the laws of motion; pertaining to the quantitative relations of force and matter, as…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Mechanical 84% connected

Pertaining to, governed by, or in accordance with, mechanics, or the laws of motion; pertaining to the quantitative relations of force and matter, as…

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Self-acting 84% connected

Acting of or by one's self or by itself; -- said especially of a machine or mechanism which is made to perform of or for itself what is usually done…

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Self-acting 84% connected

Acting of or by one's self or by itself; -- said especially of a machine or mechanism which is made to perform of or for itself what is usually done…

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Self-moving 84% connected

Moving by inherent power, without the aid of external impulse.

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Self-moving 84% connected

Moving by inherent power, without the aid of external impulse.

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Smart 84% connected

To feel a lively, pungent local pain; -- said of some part of the body as the seat of irritation; as, my finger smarts; these wounds smart.

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Smart 84% connected

To feel a lively, pungent local pain; -- said of some part of the body as the seat of irritation; as, my finger smarts; these wounds smart.

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Narrower term 1

Bar 76% connected

A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especi…

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Broader term 2

Pistol 76% connected

The smallest firearm used, intended to be fired from one hand, -- now of many patterns, and bearing a great variety of names. See Illust. of Revolver.

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Rifle 76% connected

To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off.

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Automaton 74% connected

Any thing or being regarded as having the power of spontaneous motion or action.

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Automaton 74% connected

Any thing or being regarded as having the power of spontaneous motion or action.

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See also 2

Mechanical 66% connected

Pertaining to, governed by, or in accordance with, mechanics, or the laws of motion; pertaining to the quantitative relations of force and matter, as…

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Mechanical 66% connected

Pertaining to, governed by, or in accordance with, mechanics, or the laws of motion; pertaining to the quantitative relations of force and matter, as…

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Synonym 2

Reflex 92% connected

Directed back; attended by reflection; retroactive; introspective.

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Reflexive 92% connected

Bending or turned backward; reflective; having respect to something past.

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Manual 94% connected

Of or pertaining to the hand; done or made by the hand; as, manual labor; the king's sign manual.

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Manual 94% connected

Of or pertaining to the hand; done or made by the hand; as, manual labor; the king's sign manual.

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