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Counterweights Crossword Clue

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noun

• an adjustment made for the weight of the packaging in order to determine the net weight of the goods

• any of several weedy vetches grown for forage

• weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous

• the weight of a motor vehicle, railroad car, or aircraft without its fuel or cargo

• (chemical analysis) a counterweight used in chemical analysis; consists of an empty container that counterbalances the weight of the container holding chemicals

90%8 Weights used to stabilize ships
noun

• any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship

• coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads

• an attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals; something that steadies the mind or feelings

• a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations)

• an electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps

verb

• make steady with a ballast

90%13 Financial rewards for a job
noun

• something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)

• (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors

• the act of compensating for service or loss or injury

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