Nouns denoting man-made objects
- playground
- yard consisting of an outdoor area for children's play
- Pandora's box
- (Greek mythology) a box that Zeus gave to Pandora with instructions that she not open it; she gave in to her curiosity and opened it; all the miseries and evils flew out to afflict mankind
- chafing dish
- a metal pan over a heater; used to cook or to keep things warm at the table
- topper
- a woman's short coat
- pannier
- either of a pair of bags or boxes hung over the rear wheel of a vehicle (as a bicycle)
- dogsled
- a sled pulled by dogs
- linen
- white goods or clothing made with linen cloth
- wineglass heel
- a heel on a woman's shoe in the shape of a wineglass
- lock
- a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
- fauteuil
- an upholstered armchair
- dosemeter
- a measuring instrument for measuring doses of ionizing radiation (X-rays or radioactivity)
- platform
- a raised horizontal surface
- wet fly
- fisherman's fly that floats under the surface of the water
- Quinidex
- cardiac drug (trade names Quinidex and Quinora) used to treat certain heart arrhythmias
- computer backup
- (computer science) a copy of a file or directory on a separate storage device
- lighting circuit
- wiring that provides power to electric lights
- ballot box
- a box where voters deposit their ballots
- pannikin
- a small pan or cup (usually of tin)
- buret
- measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube with a tap at the bottom; used for titration
- playback
- electronic equipment comprising the part of a tape recorder that reproduces the recorded material
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