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Anchor
noun · 78% connection
Any instrument or contrivance serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a contri…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contrivance, effecting, ventilation, machine, drawing.
Antechamber
noun · 78% connection
A chamber or apartment before the chief apartment and leading into it, in which persons wait for audience; an outer chamber. See Lobby.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contrivance, effecting, ventilation, machine, drawing.
Attachment
noun · 78% connection
Something attached; some adjunct attached to an instrument, machine, or other object; as, a sewing machine attachment (i. e., a device…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contrivance, effecting, ventilation, machine, drawing.
Brattice
noun · 78% connection
A wall of separation in a shaft or gallery used for ventilation.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contrivance, effecting, ventilation, machine, drawing.
Close
verb · 78% connection
Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude; -- said of the air, weather, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contrivance, effecting, ventilation, machine, drawing.
Conferva
noun · 78% connection
any of various algae of the genus Tribonema; algae with branching filaments that form scum in still or stagnant fresh water
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contrivance, effecting, ventilation, machine, drawing.
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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contrivance, effecting, ventilation, machine, drawing.
Dirt
noun · 78% connection
Any foul of filthy substance, as excrement, mud, dust, etc.; whatever, adhering to anything, renders it foul or unclean; earth; as, a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contrivance, effecting, ventilation, machine, drawing.
Duckweed
noun · 78% connection
A genus (Lemna) of small plants, seen floating in great quantity on the surface of stagnant pools fresh water, and supposed to furnish…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contrivance, effecting, ventilation, machine, drawing.
Fan
noun · 78% connection
Any revolving vane or vanes used for producing currents of air, in winnowing grain, blowing a fire, ventilation, etc., or for checking…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contrivance, effecting, ventilation, machine, drawing.
Femerell
noun · 78% connection
A lantern, or louver covering, placed on a roof, for ventilation or escape of smoke.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contrivance, effecting, ventilation, machine, drawing.
Flue
noun · 78% connection
A passage way for conducting a current of fresh, foul, or heated air from one place to another.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contrivance, effecting, ventilation, machine, drawing.
Foul
superl. · 78% connection
Covered with, or containing, extraneous matter which is injurious, noxious, offensive, or obstructive; filthy; dirty; not clean; pollu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contrivance, effecting, ventilation, machine, drawing.
Fresh
superl · 78% connection
Lately produced, gathered, or prepared for market; not stale; not dried or preserved; not wilted, faded, or tainted; in good condition…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contrivance, effecting, ventilation, machine, drawing.
Fresh-water
adjective · 78% connection
Of, pertaining to, or living in, water not salt; as, fresh-water geological deposits; a fresh-water fish; fresh-water mussels.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contrivance, effecting, ventilation, machine, drawing.
Jack
noun · 78% connection
A mechanical contrivance, an auxiliary machine, or a subordinate part of a machine, rendering convenient service, and often supplying…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contrivance, effecting, ventilation, machine, drawing.
Laving
verb · 78% connection
Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as, a living spring; -- opposed to stagnant.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contrivance, effecting, ventilation, machine, drawing.
Mechanism
noun · 78% connection
The arrangement or relation of the parts of a machine; the parts of a machine, taken collectively; the arrangement or relation of the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contrivance, effecting, ventilation, machine, drawing.
