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Afterburner Afterburnerafterburner -- (a device injects fuel into a hot exhaust for extra thrust)
Aircraft Carrier Aircraft Carrieraircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, attack aircraft carrier -- (a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings)
Alarm Alarmalarm, dismay, consternation -- (fear resulting from the awareness of danger)
Baseball bat Baseball batbaseball bat, lumber -- (an implement used in baseball by the batter)
Bubbler Bubblerdrinking fountain, water fountain, bubbler -- (a public fountain to provide a jet of drinking water)
Candlestick Candlestickcandlestick, candle holder -- (a holder with sockets for candles)
Explosive Device Explosive Deviceexplosive device -- (device that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy)
Fighter Aircraft Fighter Aircraftfighter, fighter aircraft, attack aircraft -- (a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air)
Flattop Flattopcrew cut, flattop -- (a closely cropped haircut; usually for men)
Heat Exchanger Heat Exchangerheat exchanger -- (device that transfers heat from one liquid to another without allowing them to mix)
Jig Jigjig, gigue -- (music in three-four time for dancing a jig)
Kansas City Kansas CityKansas City -- (a city in western Missouri situated at the confluence of the Kansas River and the Missouri River; adjacent to Kansas City, Kansas)
Kansas River Kansas RiverKansas, Kansas River, Kaw River -- (a river in northeastern Kansas; flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River)
Keyboard Keyboardkeyboard -- (device consisting of a set of keys on a piano or organ or typewriter or typesetting machine or computer or the like)
Machine Machinemachine -- (any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks)
Military Militarymilitary, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine -- (the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker")
Oarlock Oarlockpeg, pin, thole, tholepin, rowlock, oarlock -- (a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing)
Optical Device Optical Deviceoptical device -- (a device for producing or controlling light)
Quarterback Quarterbackquarterback, signal caller, field general -- ((football) the person who plays quarterback)
Running Runningrun, running, running play, running game -- ((American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team; "the defensive line braced to stop the run"; "the coach put great emphasis on running")
Sodium Sodiumsodium, Na, atomic number 11 -- (a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt))
Stencil Stencilstencil -- (device that has a sheet perforated with printing through which ink or paint can pass to create a printed pattern)
Water Cooler Water Coolerwater cooler -- (a device for cooling and dispensing drinking water)
Zarf Zarfzarf -- (an ornamental metal cup-shaped holder for a hot coffee cup)

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Coins


Overview of noun coin

      »   The noun coin has 1 meanings (first 1 from tagged texts)

  • coin -- (a Metal1.) Metallic element, metal -- (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)

    2.) Alloy, metal -- (a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten; "brass is an alloy of zinc and copper")

    metal piece (Usually1.) Normally, usually, unremarkably, commonly, ordinarily -- (under normal conditions; "usually she was late")

    usually a Disc1.) Phonograph record, phonograph recording, record, disk, disc, platter -- (sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove)

    2.) Disk, disc, saucer -- (something with a round shape like a flat circular plate)

    disc) used as money)

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Minimum


Overview of noun minimum

      »   The noun minimum has 2 meanings (first 1 from tagged texts)

  • minimum, Lower1.) Lower berth, lower -- (the lower of two berths)

    1.) Lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down -- (move something or somebody to a lower position; "take down the vase from the shelf")

    lower limit -- (the Smallest1.) Small, little -- (limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group")

    2.) Minor, modest, small, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized -- (limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country")

    smallest possible quantity)
  • minimum -- (the Point1.) Point -- (a geometric element that has position but no extension; "a point is defined by its coordinates")

    2.) Point -- (the precise location of something; a spatially limited location; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street")

    point on a Curve1.) Curve, curved shape -- (the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes)

    2.) Curve -- (a line on a graph representing data)

    curve where the Tangent1.) Tangent -- (a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point)

    2.) Tangent, tan -- (ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle)

    tangent changes from Negative1.) Negative -- (a reply of denial; "he answered in the negative")

    2.) Negative -- (a piece of photographic film showing an image with black and white tones reversed)

    negative on the Left1.) Left -- (location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east; "she stood on the left")

    2.) Left, left wing -- (those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare)

    left to Positive1.) Positive -- (a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject)

    1.) Positive -- (characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.; "a positive attitude"; "the reviews were all positive"; "a positive benefit"; "a positive demand")

    positive on the right)

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Explosive Device


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The noun explosive Device1.) Device -- (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water")

2.) Device -- (something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect)

device has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)

  • explosive Device1.) Device -- (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water")

    2.) Device -- (something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect)

    device -- (Device1.) Device -- (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water")

    2.) Device -- (something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect)

    device that Bursts1.) Explosion, burst -- (the act of exploding or bursting something; "the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children"; "the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft")

    2.) Fusillade, salvo, volley, burst -- (rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; "our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise")

    bursts with Sudden1.) Sudden -- (happening without warning or in a short space of time; "a sudden storm"; "a sudden decision"; "a sudden cure")

    sudden violence from Internal1.) Internal -- (happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface; "internal organs"; "internal mechanism of a toy"; "internal party maneuvering")

    2.) Internal, intragroup -- (occurring within an institution or community; "intragroup squabbling within the corporation")

    internal energy)

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