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Machine

In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmitted and modified, as a screw and its nut, or a lever arranged to turn about a fulcrum or a pulley about its pivot, etc.; especially, a construction, more or less complex, consisting of a combination of moving parts, or simple mechanical elements, as wheels, levers, cams, etc., with their supports and connecting framework, calcu

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Ambulance 76% connected

A field hospital, so organized as to follow an army in its movements, and intended to succor the wounded as soon as possible. Often used adjectively;…

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Assembly 76% connected

A company of persons collected together in one place, and usually for some common purpose, esp. for deliberation and legislation, for worship, or for…

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Block 76% connected

A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on…

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Bus 76% connected

An omnibus.

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Cab 76% connected

A kind of close carriage with two or four wheels, usually a public vehicle.

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Calculator 76% connected

One who computes or reckons: one who estimates or considers the force and effect of causes, with a view to form a correct estimate of the effects.

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Calender 76% connected

A machine, used for the purpose of giving cloth, paper, etc., a smooth, even, and glossy or glazed surface, by cold or hot pressure, or for watering…

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Comber 76% connected

One who combs; one whose occupation it is to comb wool, flax, etc. Also, a machine for combing wool, flax, etc.

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Compact 76% connected

Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.

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Computer 76% connected

One who computes.

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Convertible 76% connected

Capable of being converted; susceptible of change; transmutable; transformable.

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Coupe 76% connected

The front compartment of a French diligence; also, the front compartment (usually for three persons) of a car or carriage on British railways.

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Cruiser 76% connected

One who, or a vessel that, cruises; -- usually an armed vessel.

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Digger 76% connected

One who, or that which, digs.

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Electric 76% connected

Alt. of Electrical

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Excavator 76% connected

One who, or that which, excavates or hollows out; a machine, as a dredging machine, or a tool, for excavating.

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Feeder 76% connected

One who, or that which, gives food or supplies nourishment; steward.

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Gin 76% connected

Against; near by; towards; as, gin night.

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Hack 76% connected

A frame or grating of various kinds; as, a frame for drying bricks, fish, or cheese; a rack for feeding cattle; a grating in a mill race, etc.

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Heap 76% connected

A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of persons.

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Hopper 76% connected

One who, or that which, hops.

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Hybrid 76% connected

The offspring of the union of two distinct species; an animal or plant produced from the mixture of two species. See Mongrel.

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Lever 76% connected

More agreeable; more pleasing.

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Machinery 76% connected

Machines, in general, or collectively.

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Motor 76% connected

One who, or that which, imparts motion; a source of mechanical power.

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Pavior 76% connected

One who paves; a paver.

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Pestle 76% connected

An implement for pounding and breaking or braying substances in a mortar.

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Phaeton 76% connected

A four-wheeled carriage (with or without a top), open, or having no side pieces, in front of the seat. It is drawn by one or two horses.

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Phonograph 76% connected

A character or symbol used to represent a sound, esp. one used in phonography.

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Press 76% connected

An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to mar…

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Printer 76% connected

One who prints; especially, one who prints books, newspapers, engravings, etc., a compositor; a typesetter; a pressman.

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Pulley 76% connected

A wheel with a broad rim, or grooved rim, for transmitting power from, or imparting power to, the different parts of machinery, or for changing the d…

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Racer 76% connected

One who, or that which, races, or contends in a race; esp., a race horse.

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Riveter 76% connected

One who rivets.

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Roadster 76% connected

A clumsy vessel that works its way from one anchorage to another by means of the tides.

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Saloon 76% connected

A spacious and elegant apartment for the reception of company or for works of art; a hall of reception, esp. a hall for public entertainments or amus…

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Sedan 76% connected

A portable chair or covered vehicle for carrying a single person, -- usually borne on poles by two men. Called also sedan chair.

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Shovel 76% connected

An implement consisting of a broad scoop, or more or less hollow blade, with a handle, used for lifting and throwing earth, coal, grain, or other loo…

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Simulator 76% connected

One who simulates, or feigns.

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Slicer 76% connected

One who, or that which, slices; specifically, the circular saw of the lapidary.

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Sorter 76% connected

One who, or that which, sorts.

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Stamp 76% connected

To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.

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Stapler 76% connected

A dealer in staple goods.

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Tacker 76% connected

One who tacks.

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Trimmer 76% connected

One who trims, arranges, fits, or ornaments.

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Wagon 76% connected

A wheeled carriage; a vehicle on four wheels, and usually drawn by horses; especially, one used for carrying freight or merchandise.

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Wheel 76% connected

A circular frame turning about an axis; a rotating disk, whether solid, or a frame composed of an outer rim, spokes or radii, and a central hub or na…

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Create 76% connected

Created; composed; begotten.

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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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Forge 76% connected

A place or establishment where iron or other metals are wrought by heating and hammering; especially, a furnace, or a shop with its furnace, etc., wh…

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form 76% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Individual 76% connected

Not divided, or not to be divided; existing as one entity, or distinct being or object; single; one; as, an individual man, animal, or city.

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Make 76% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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Mold 76% connected

A spot; a blemish; a mole.

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Mortal 76% connected

Subject to death; destined to die; as, man is mortal.

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Mould 76% connected

Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil.

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Organization 76% connected

The act of organizing; the act of arranging in a systematic way for use or action; as, the organization of an army, or of a deliberative body.

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Person 76% connected

A character or part, as in a play; a specific kind or manifestation of individual character, whether in real life, or in literary or dramatic represe…

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Produce 76% connected

To bring forward; to lead forth; to offer to view or notice; to exhibit; to show; as, to produce a witness or evidence in court.

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Shape 76% connected

To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

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Somebody 76% connected

A person unknown or uncertain; a person indeterminate; some person.

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Soul 76% connected

Sole.

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Work 76% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

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Machinery 74% connected

Machines, in general, or collectively.

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Machinery 74% connected

Machines, in general, or collectively.

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Machinist 74% connected

A constrictor of machines and engines; one versed in the principles of machines.

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Machinist 74% connected

A constrictor of machines and engines; one versed in the principles of machines.

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Accelerator 70% connected

One who, or that which, accelerates. Also as an adj.; as, accelerator nerves.

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Bonnet 70% connected

A headdress for men and boys; a cap.

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Boot 70% connected

Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief.

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Buffer 70% connected

An elastic apparatus or fender, for deadening the jar caused by the collision of bodies; as, a buffer at the end of a railroad car.

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Bumper 70% connected

A cup or glass filled to the brim, or till the liquor runs over, particularly in drinking a health or toast.

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Cowl 70% connected

A monk's hood; -- usually attached to the gown. The name was also applied to the hood and garment together.

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Fender 70% connected

One who or that which defends or protects by warding off harm

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Fin 70% connected

To carve or cut up, as a chub.

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First 70% connected

Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign.

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Gas 70% connected

An aeriform fluid; -- a term used at first by chemists as synonymous with air, but since restricted to fluids supposed to be permanently elastic, as…

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Grille 70% connected

A lattice or grating.

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Gun 70% connected

of Gin

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High 70% connected

To hie.

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Hood 70% connected

State; condition.

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Horn 70% connected

A hard, projecting, and usually pointed organ, growing upon the heads of certain animals, esp. of the ruminants, as cattle, goats, and the like. The…

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Low 70% connected

strong imp. of Laugh.

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Reverse 70% connected

Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method.

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Roof 70% connected

The cover of any building, including the roofing (see Roofing) and all the materials and construction necessary to carry and maintain the same upon t…

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Third 70% connected

Next after the second; coming after two others; -- the ordinal of three; as, the third hour in the day.

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Throttle 70% connected

The windpipe, or trachea; the weasand.

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Trunk 70% connected

The stem, or body, of a tree, apart from its limbs and roots; the main stem, without the branches; stock; stalk.

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Window 70% connected

An opening in the wall of a building for the admission of light and air, usually closed by casements or sashes containing some transparent material,…

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Wing 70% connected

One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the cas…

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Auto 92% connected

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Car 92% connected

A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart.

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