Luddite: alternatives and connections

Anything to prevent the effects of friction, esp. a compound lubricant for machinery, etc., often consisting of plumbago, with some gr…

Hot or burning; causing a sensation of burning; fiery; as, ardent spirits, that is, distilled liquors; an ardent fever.

(literary) the later years of one's life, especially after one has finished their career.; "He spent his autumn years surrounded by fa…

The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected pa…

To obstruct so as to prevent passage or progress; to prevent passage from, through, or into, by obstructing the way; -- used both of p…

A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct.

The act of breaking; a break; a breaking; also, articles broken.

Specifically: A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines; also, the building in which such a machine is placed.

The machinery of a clock, or machinery resembling that of a clock; machinery which produces regularity of movement.

A group or division of ten; esp., a period of ten years; a decennium; as, a decade of years or days; a decade of soldiers; the second…

Consisting of ten years; happening every ten years; as, a decennial period; decennial games.

To deprive of horns; to prevent the growth of the horns of (cattle) by burning their ends soon after they start. See Dishorn.

A cage or platform and the hoisting machinery in a hotel, warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods, etc., to or from differ…

Greek sculptures in the British Museum. They were obtained at Athens, about 1811, by Lord Elgin.

A leaf containing a certain number of words, hence, a certain number of words in a writing, as in England, in law proceedings 72, and…

Burning; esp., the act of burning a dead body; cremation.

Saving labor; adapted to supersede or diminish the labor of men; as, labor-saving machinery.

That saves life, or is suited to save life, esp. from drowning; as, the life-saving service; a life-saving station.