CONTRAPTIONS Synonyms

• an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service

• equipment designed to serve a specific function

• (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function

• a device or control that is very useful for a particular job

• durable goods for home or office use

• a device or control that is very useful for a particular job

• a device that requires skill for proper use

• the means whereby some act is accomplished

• a person used by another to gain an end

• (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right

• the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process

• any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds

• equip with instruments for measuring, recording, or controlling

• write an instrumental score for

• address a legal document to

• the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction

• the technical aspects of doing something

• a natural object resembling a machine in structure or function

• (philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes

• device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function

• an implement used in the practice of a vocation

• the means whereby some act is accomplished

• a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else

• obscene terms for penis

• drive

• ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it

• furnish with tools

• work with a tool

• a device or control that is very useful for a particular job

• the faculty of contriving; inventive skill

• an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade

• an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.

• any improvised arrangement for temporary use

• the act of devising something

• a device or control that is very useful for a particular job

• a device or control that is very useful for a particular job

• durable goods for home or office use

• the act of constructing something

• a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit

• the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought

• a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts

• drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem

• an interpretation of a text or action

• the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones

• the state of being suitable or opportune

• the quality of being useful and convenient

• a toilet that is available to the public

• a device or control that is very useful for a particular job

• an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose

• something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect

• any clever maneuver

• any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery)

• an emblematic design (especially in heraldry)

• a provocative Spanish courtship dance in triple time; performed by a man and a woman playing castanets

• something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known

• a device or control that is very useful for a particular job

• something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known

• a device or control that is very useful for a particular job

• the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction

• the technical aspects of doing something

• a natural object resembling a machine in structure or function

• (philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes

• device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function

• something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known

• a device or control that is very useful for a particular job