Nouns denoting man-made objects
- hangar queen
- an airplane with a bad maintenance record
- cocktail dress
- a dress suitable for formal occasions
- squad car
- a car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters
- beret
- a cap with no brim or bill; made of soft cloth
- undercharge
- an insufficient charge
- floorboard
- the floor of an automobile
- scarf joint
- a joint made by notching the ends of two pieces of timber or metal so that they will lock together end-to-end
- toy soldier
- a doll that resembles a soldier
- manufactured home
- a large house trailer that can be connected to utilities and can be parked in one place and used as permanent housing
- analytical balance
- a beam balance of great precision used in quantitative chemical analysis
- wide wale
- corduroy with wide ribs
- digger
- a machine for excavating
- glass
- glassware collectively
- flute glass
- a tall narrow wineglass
- shuttle helicopter
- a helicopter that shuttles back and forth
- miter
- the surface of a beveled end of a piece where a miter joint is made
- ear hole
- a hole (as in a helmet) for sound to reach the ears
- ultracentrifuge
- a high speed centrifuge used to determine the relative molecular masses of large molecules in high polymers and proteins
- tarp
- waterproofed canvas
- dry-bulb thermometer
- an ordinary thermometer with a dry bulb; used to measure the air temperature
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