Nouns denoting man-made objects
- autocue
- a device that displays words for people to read
- cupboard
- a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space
- tea chest
- chest for storing or transporting tea
- astringent
- a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals
- kickstand
- a swiveling metal rod attached to a bicycle or motorcycle or other two-wheeled vehicle; the rod lies horizontally when not in use but can be kicked into a vertical position as a support to hold the vehicle upright when it is not being ridden
- Boston rocker
- a rocking chair that has a high spindle back and a decorative top panel
- paving
- the paved surface of a thoroughfare
- pneumatic tire
- a tire made of reinforced rubber and filled with compressed air; used on motor vehicles and bicycles etc
- liner train
- a long-distance express freight train between industrial centers and seaports with facilities for rapid loading and unloading of goods
- grid
- a cooking utensil of parallel metal bars; used to grill fish or meat
- Mutamycin
- a complex of antibiotic substances obtained from a streptomyces bacterium; one form (trade name Mutamycin) shows promise as an anticancer drug
- frail
- a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs)
- Winchester drive
- computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it
- peach orchard
- a grove of peach trees
- booster
- the first stage of a multistage rocket
- jet plane
- an airplane powered by one or more jet engines
- fire control system
- naval weaponry consisting of a system for controlling the delivery of fire on a military target
- first gear
- the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
- volume
- physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together
- swimming pool
- pool that provides a facility for swimming
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