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Typewriter

An instrument for writing by means of type, a typewheel, or the like, in which the operator makes use of a sort of keyboard, in order to obtain printed impressions of the characters upon paper.

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Portable 76% connected

Capable of being borne or carried; easily transported; conveyed without difficulty; as, a portable bed, desk, engine.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stenograph 76% connected

To write or report in stenographic characters.

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Typewrite 74% connected

To write with a typewriter.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Typewrite 74% connected

To write with a typewriter.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Carriage 70% connected

That which is carried; burden; baggage.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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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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Ribbon 70% connected

A fillet or narrow woven fabric, commonly of silk, used for trimming some part of a woman's attire, for badges, and other decorative purposes.

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study of the mechanics of fluids

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study of the mechanics of fluids

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Butteris noun · 78% connection

A steel cutting instrument, with a long bent shank set in a handle which rests against the shoulder of the operator. It is operated by…

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Capital noun · 78% connection

one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "print…

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Capital letter noun · 78% connection

one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "print…

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Collationer noun · 78% connection

One who examines the sheets of a book that has just been printed, to ascertain whether they are correctly printed, paged, etc.

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Command key noun · 78% connection

(computer science) the key on a computer keyboard that is used (in combination with some other key) to type control characters

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Control key noun · 78% connection

(computer science) the key on a computer keyboard that is used (in combination with some other key) to type control characters

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Countersign verb · 78% connection

To sign on the opposite side of (an instrument or writing); hence, to sign in addition to the signature of a principal or superior, in…

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Cunabula n. pl. · 78% connection

The extant copies of the first or earliest printed books, or of such as were printed in the 15th century.

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Cyclostyle noun · 78% connection

A contrivance for producing manifold copies of writing or drawing. The writing or drawing is done with a style carrying a small wheel…

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Footnote noun · 78% connection

a printed note placed below the text on a printed page

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Geographic information system noun · 78% connection

information system for geographical information; "This operator was applied to a mobile technology GIS application." - UD_English-GUM…

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Get verb · 78% connection

To procure; to obtain; to gain possession of; to acquire; to earn; to obtain as a price or reward; to come by; to win, by almost any m…

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GIS noun · 78% connection

information system for geographical information; "This operator was applied to a mobile technology GIS application." - UD_English-GUM…

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Graphical user interface noun · 78% connection

a user interface based on graphics (icons and pictures and menus) instead of text; uses a mouse as well as a keyboard as an input devi…

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GUI noun · 78% connection

a user interface based on graphics (icons and pictures and menus) instead of text; uses a mouse as well as a keyboard as an input devi…

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Guide verb · 78% connection

Any contrivance, especially one having a directing edge, surface, or channel, for giving direction to the motion of anything, as water…

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Harmoniphon noun · 78% connection

An obsolete wind instrument with a keyboard, in which the sound, which resembled the oboe, was produced by the vibration of thin metal…

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Identity noun · 78% connection

an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates; "the identity under numerical multiplication is 1"

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