Nouns denoting man-made objects
- ampul
- a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle)
- quarterdeck
- the stern area of a ship's upper deck
- iconography
- the images and symbolic representations that are traditionally associated with a person or a subject
- hydrant
- a discharge pipe with a valve and spout at which water may be drawn from the mains of waterworks
- Sno-cat
- a kind of snowmobile
- Western axe
- an ax that has cutting edges on both sides of the head
- cannon
- a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels
- clinometer
- an instrument used by surveyors in order to measure an angle of inclination or elevation
- Mefoxin
- one of several broad spectrum antibiotic substances obtained from fungi and related to penicillin (trade names Mefoxin); addition of side chains has produced semisynthetic antibiotics with greater antibacterial activity
- gaming card
- one of a set of cards used in gambling games
- Purinethol
- a drug (trade name Purinethol) that interferes with the metabolism of purine and is used to treat acute lymphocytic leukemia
- bag
- a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)
- golem
- a mechanism that can move automatically
- flagship
- the ship that carries the commander of a fleet and flies his flag
- gas tank
- a tank for holding gasoline to supply a vehicle
- odd-leg caliper
- caliper having the points on its legs both curve in the same direction
- tribromoethanol
- an intravenous anesthetic
- arrester
- a restraint that slows airplanes as they land on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier
- reef
- one of several strips across a sail that can be taken in or rolled up to lessen the area of the sail that is exposed to the wind
- trimmer arch
- an arch built between trimmers in a floor (to support the weight of a hearth)
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