Nouns denoting man-made objects
- slasher
- a weapon (a sword or dagger) used for slashing
- union
- a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner)
- stob
- a short straight stick of wood
- eyebath
- a small vessel with a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye; use to apply medicated or cleansing solution to the eyeball
- sewage disposal plant
- a plant for disposing of sewage
- MAOI
- any of a group of antidepressant drugs that inhibit the action of monoamine oxidase in the brain and so allow monoamines to accumulate
- hardcover
- a book with cardboard or cloth or leather covers
- subway token
- a token that is used to pay for entry to the subway system
- speaking tube
- a tube for conveying the sound of a voice from one room to another
- cantonment
- temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
- holster
- a sheath (usually leather) for carrying a handgun
- sealing wax
- fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters
- hemstitching
- a stitch in which parallel threads are drawn and exposed threads are caught together in groups
- Maksutov telescope
- reflecting telescope in which the aberration of the concave mirror is reduced by a meniscus lens
- speed indicator
- a meter fixed to a vehicle that measures and displays its speed
- choke
- a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine
- side street
- a street intersecting a main street and terminating there
- filter-tipped cigarette
- a cigarette with a filter tip
- open-hearth furnace
- a furnace for making steel in which the steel is placed on a shallow hearth and flames of burning gas and hot air play over it
- rope yarn
- the strands out of which ropes are made
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