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Organ

An instrument or medium by which some important action is performed, or an important end accomplished; as, legislatures, courts, armies, taxgatherers, etc., are organs of government.

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Agency 76% connected

The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality.

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Authority 76% connected

Legal or rightful power; a right to command or to act; power exercised buy a person in virtue of his office or trust; dominion; jurisdiction; authori…

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Bureau 76% connected

Originally, a desk or writing table with drawers for papers.

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Instrument 76% connected

That by means of which any work is performed, or result is effected; a tool; a utensil; an implement; as, the instruments of a mechanic; astronomical…

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Office 76% connected

That which a person does, either voluntarily or by appointment, for, or with reference to, others; customary duty, or a duty that arises from the rel…

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Periodical 76% connected

Of or pertaining to a period or periods, or to division by periods.

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Wind 76% connected

To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twin…

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Clapper 76% connected

A person who claps.

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Contractor 76% connected

One who contracts; one of the parties to a bargain; one who covenants to do anything for another; specifically, one who contracts to perform work on…

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Effector 76% connected

An effecter.

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Foot 76% connected

The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal; esp., the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an animal upon which it rests when standing,…

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Gland 76% connected

An organ for secreting something to be used in, or eliminated from, the body; as, the sebaceous glands of the skin; the salivary glands of the mouth.

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Glossa 76% connected

The tongue, or lingua, of an insect. See Hymenoptera.

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Lens 76% connected

A piece of glass, or other transparent substance, ground with two opposite regular surfaces, either both curved, or one curved and the other plane, a…

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Lingua 76% connected

A tongue.

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Ovipositor 76% connected

The organ with which many insects and some other animals deposit their eggs. Some ichneumon files have a long ovipositor fitted to pierce the eggs or…

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Siphon 76% connected

A device, consisting of a pipe or tube bent so as to form two branches or legs of unequal length, by which a liquid can be transferred to a lower lev…

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Stinger 76% connected

One who, or that which, stings.

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Sucker 76% connected

One who, or that which, sucks; esp., one of the organs by which certain animals, as the octopus and remora, adhere to other bodies.

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Syphon 76% connected

See Syphon.

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Tongue 76% connected

an organ situated in the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch.

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Viscus 76% connected

One of the organs, as the brain, heart, or stomach, in the great cavities of the body of an animal; -- especially used in the plural, and applied to…

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Vitals 76% connected

Organs that are necessary for life; more especially, the heart, lungs, and brain.

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Wing 76% 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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Organic 74% connected

Of or pertaining to an organ or its functions, or to objects composed of organs; consisting of organs, or containing them; as, the organic structure…

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Organic 74% connected

Of or pertaining to an organ or its functions, or to objects composed of organs; consisting of organs, or containing them; as, the organic structure…

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Organist 74% connected

One who plays on the organ.

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Organist 74% connected

One who plays on the organ.

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Clavier 70% connected

The keyboard of an organ, pianoforte, or harmonium.

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Keyboard 70% connected

The whole arrangement, or one range, of the keys of an organ, typewriter, etc.

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Lobe 70% connected

Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form

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Pedal 70% connected

Of or pertaining to the foot, or to feet, literally or figuratively; specifically (Zool.), pertaining to the foot of a mollusk; as, the pedal ganglio…

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Pipe 70% connected

A wind instrument of music, consisting of a tube or tubes of straw, reed, wood, or metal; any tube which produces musical sounds; as, a shepherd's pi…

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Stop 70% connected

To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

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Treadle 70% connected

The part of a foot lathe, or other machine, which is pressed or moved by the foot.

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Harmonium 92% connected

A musical instrument, resembling a small organ and especially designed for church music, in which the tones are produced by forcing air by means of a…

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