Nouns denoting man-made objects
- Sabin vaccine
- an oral vaccine (containing live but weakened poliovirus) that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis
- Luminal
- a long-acting barbiturate used as a sedative
- bedchamber
- a room used primarily for sleeping
- mahlstick
- a long stick that a painter uses to support the hand holding the brush
- rarity
- something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
- espresso shop
- a cafe where espresso is served
- cataplasm
- a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc.
- chair lift
- a ski lift on which riders (skiers or sightseers) are seated and carried up or down a mountainside; seats are hung from an endless overhead cable
- shoebox
- a structure resembling a shoebox (as a rectangular building or a cramped room or compartment)
- sax
- a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore
- flexible sigmoidoscope
- an endoscope (a flexible fiberoptic probe) for examining the sigmoid colon
- microphone boom
- a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set
- sound camera
- a movie camera that records sounds in synchrony with the visual images
- delayed action
- a mechanism that automatically delays the release of a camera shutter for a fixed period of time so that the photographer can appear in the picture
- water heater
- a heater and storage tank to supply heated water
- voltmeter
- meter that measures the potential difference between two points
- dumbbell
- an exercising weight; two spheres connected by a short bar that serves as a handle
- tabis
- a sock with a separation for the big toe; worn with thong sandals by the Japanese
- steam engine
- external-combustion engine in which heat is used to raise steam which either turns a turbine or forces a piston to move up and down in a cylinder
- brougham
- a sedan that has no roof over the driver's seat
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