Nouns denoting man-made objects
- tile
- a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces
- fleapit
- an old shabby movie theater
- lintel
- horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window
- polarimeter
- an optical device used to measure the rotation of the plane of vibration of polarized light
- wet suit
- a close-fitting garment made of a permeable material; worn in cold water (as by skin divers) to retain body heat
- Motrin
- a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic medicine (trade names Advil and Motrin and Nuprin) used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an antipyretic
- lemon grove
- a grove of lemon trees
- ER
- a room in a hospital or clinic staffed and equipped to provide emergency care to persons requiring immediate medical treatment
- adrenergic drug
- drug that has the effects of epinephrine
- brougham
- a sedan that has no roof over the driver's seat
- espalier
- a trellis on which ornamental shrub or fruit tree is trained to grow flat
- extension ladder
- a ladder whose length can be extended
- fashion
- consumer goods (especially clothing) in the current mode
- toecap
- a protective leather or steel cover for the toe of a boot or shoe, reinforcing or decorating it
- spectrogram
- a photographic record of a spectrum
- school crossing
- a pedestrian crossing where school children cross a street on the way to school
- gold plate
- tableware that is plated with gold
- finder
- optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest
- phonograph needle
- a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record
- flag of truce
- flag consisting of a piece of white cloth that is hoisted to signal surrender or to ask for a truce
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