Nouns denoting man-made objects

synchrocyclotron

cyclotron that achieves relativistic velocities by modulating the frequency of the accelerating electric field

 

Colt

a kind of revolver

 

subdivision

a section of a section; a part of a part; i.e., a part of something already divided

 

barb

the pointed part of barbed wire

 

wild card

a playing card whose value can be determined by the person who holds it

 

handcar

a small railroad car propelled by hand or by a small motor

 

rosemaling

a Scandinavian style of carved or painted decoration (as on furniture or walls or dinnerware) consisting of floral motifs

 

rocket base

a military base for rocket missiles

 

Winchester drive

computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it

 

millrace

a channel for the water current that turns a millwheel

 

auxiliary storage

a data storage device that is not the main memory of a computer

 

4WD

a motor vehicle with a four-wheel drive transmission system

 

document

anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks

 

espresso maker

a coffee maker that forces live steam under pressure through dark roasted coffee grounds

 

press stud

a fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound

 

kurta

a loose collarless shirt worn by many people on the Indian subcontinent (usually with a salwar or churidars or pyjama)

 

Tenoretic

trade name for an antihypertensive drug consisting of a fixed combination of atenolol and a diuretic

 

betting shop

a licensed bookmaker's shop that is not at the race track

 

end product

final product; the things produced

 

nosewheel

a wheel located under the nose of an airplane that is part of the plane's landing gear