Nouns denoting man-made objects
- hunting knife
- a large sharp knife with a handle shaped to fit the grip
- deathbed
- the bed on which a person dies
- Eton jacket
- a jacket hanging to the waist and cut square at the bottom
- USS Cole
- a United States destroyer
- abrading stone
- a primitive stone artifact (usually made of sandstone) used as an abrader
- bradawl
- an awl for making small holes for brads or small screws
- barrier
- a structure or object that impedes free movement
- thong
- leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip
- sun visor
- a shade (sometimes of green mica) affixed above the windshield of an automobile
- mountain tent
- a lightweight tent with a floor; flaps close with a zipper
- chain wrench
- another name for chain tongs
- standpipe
- a vertical pipe
- mock-up
- full-scale working model of something built for study or testing or display
- crenelation
- a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns
- tail rotor
- rotor consisting of a rotating airfoil on the tail of a single-rotor helicopter; keeps the helicopter from spinning in the direction opposite to the rotation of the main rotor
- counterirritant
- a medicine applied locally to produce superficial inflammation in order to reduce deeper inflammation
- bolo
- a cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie
- conventicle
- a building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists, e.g., Quakers)
- butcher knife
- a large sharp knife for cutting or trimming meat
- cistern
- a tank that holds the water used to flush a toilet
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