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Instrumentality

The quality or condition of being instrumental; that which is instrumental; anything used as a means; medium; agency.

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Narrower term 19

Arms 76% connected

Instruments or weapons of offense or defense.

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Ceramic 76% connected

Of or pertaining to pottery; relating to the art of making earthenware; as, ceramic products; ceramic ornaments for ceilings.

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Connection 76% connected

The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; junction; union; alliance; relationship.

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Connective 76% connected

Connecting, or adapted to connect; involving connection.

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Connector 76% connected

One who, or that which, connects

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Connexion 76% connected

Connection. See Connection.

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Container 76% connected

One who, or that which, contains.

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Conveyance 76% connected

The act of conveying, carrying, or transporting; carriage.

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Device 76% connected

That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.

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Equipment 76% connected

The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.

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Furnishing 76% connected

of Furnish

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Hardware 76% connected

Ware made of metal, as cutlery, kitchen utensils, and the like; ironmongery.

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Implement 76% connected

That which fulfills or supplies a want or use; esp., an instrument, toll, or utensil, as supplying a requisite to an end; as, the implements of trade…

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Ironware 76% connected

Articles made of iron, as household utensils, tools, and the like.

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Medium 76% connected

That which lies in the middle, or between other things; intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically: (a) Middle place or degree; mean.

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Munition 76% connected

Fortification; stronghold.

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System 76% connected

An assemblage of objects arranged in regular subordination, or after some distinct method, usually logical or scientific; a complete whole of objects…

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Transport 76% connected

To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey; as, to transport goods; to transport troops.

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Weaponry 76% connected

Weapons, collectively; as, an array of weaponry.

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Artefact 76% connected

a man-made object taken as a whole

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Artifact 76% connected

a man-made object taken as a whole

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Unit 76% connected

A single thing or person.

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Usefulness 76% connected

The quality or state of being useful; utility; serviceableness; advantage.

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Utility 76% connected

The quality or state of being useful; usefulness; production of good; profitableness to some valuable end; as, the utility of manure upon land; the u…

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Instrumental 74% connected

Acting as an instrument; serving as a means; contributing to promote; conductive; helpful; serviceable; as, he was instrumental in conducting the bus…

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Instrumental 74% connected

Acting as an instrument; serving as a means; contributing to promote; conductive; helpful; serviceable; as, he was instrumental in conducting the bus…

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Synonym 1

Instrumentation 92% connected

The act of using or adapting as an instrument; a series or combination of instruments; means; agency.

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