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Inventor

One who invents or finds out something new; a contriver; especially, one who invents mechanical devices.

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Patentee 76% connected

One to whom a grant is made, or a privilege secured, by patent.

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Artificer 92% connected

An artistic worker; a mechanic or manufacturer; one whose occupation requires skill or knowledge of a particular kind, as a silversmith.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Discoverer 92% connected

One who discovers; one who first comes to the knowledge of something; one who discovers an unknown country, or a new principle, truth, or fact.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Content noun · 78% connection

(usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something; "he emptied the contents of hi…

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Contents noun · 78% connection

(usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something; "he emptied the contents of hi…

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Creator noun · 78% connection

a person who grows or makes or invents things

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Digital adjective · 78% connection

of a circuit or device that represents magnitudes in digits; "digital computer"

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Internet site noun · 78% connection

a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web; a computer connected to the internet…

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Multimedia noun · 78% connection

transmission that combine media of communication (text and graphics and sound etc.)

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Multimedia system noun · 78% connection

transmission that combine media of communication (text and graphics and sound etc.)

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Online adverb · 78% connection

through a computer or a computer network; "People were encouraged to submit their designs online at www.flag.govt.nz and suggest what…

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Platform noun · 78% connection

a document stating the aims and principles of a political party; "their candidate simply ignored the party platform"; "they won the el…

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Podcast noun · 78% connection

a digital audio file made available on the Internet for downloading to a computer or portable media player; "Marbles does a weekly pod…

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a document stating the aims and principles of a political party; "their candidate simply ignored the party platform"; "they won the el…

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Architect noun · 78% connection

A contriver, designer, or maker.

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Batfowler noun · 78% connection

One who practices or finds sport in batfowling.

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Compensator noun · 78% connection

One who, or that which, compensates; -- a name applied to various mechanical devices.

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Complainer noun · 78% connection

One who complains or laments; one who finds fault; a murmurer.

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Contraception noun · 78% connection

birth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom) or drugs or surgery

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Contraceptive method noun · 78% connection

birth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom) or drugs or surgery

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Control board noun · 78% connection

electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical…

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Control panel noun · 78% connection

electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical…

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Crambo adjective · 78% connection

A game in which one person gives a word, to which another finds a rhyme.

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Critic noun · 78% connection

One who passes a rigorous or captious judgment; one who censures or finds fault; a harsh examiner or judge; a caviler; a carper.

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Cul-de-sac noun · 78% connection

a position in which an army finds itself with no way of exit but to the front.

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Designer noun · 78% connection

One who designs, marks out, or plans; a contriver.

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Detecter noun · 78% connection

One who, or that which, detects or brings to light; one who finds out what another attempts to conceal; a detector.

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Egoism noun · 78% connection

The doctrine of certain extreme adherents or disciples of Descartes and Johann Gottlieb Fichte, which finds all the elements of knowle…

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Electronic adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to electronics; concerned with or using devices that operate on principles governing the behavior of electrons; "electr…

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Enginer noun · 78% connection

A contriver; an inventor; a contriver of engines.

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Ether noun · 78% connection

A light, volatile, mobile, inflammable liquid, (C2H5)2O, of a characteristic aromatic odor, obtained by the distillation of alcohol wi…

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Fabulist noun · 78% connection

One who invents or writes fables.

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