Term: thumbscrew: screw designed to be turned with the thumb and fingers
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: one-sixteenth: one part in sixteen equal parts
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: tribe: a social division of (usually preliterate) people
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: asininity: the quality of being asinine; stupidity combined with stubbornness
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: attorney general: the person who holds the position of secretary of the Justice Department
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: indirection: deceitful action that is not straightforward
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: stock warrant: a written certificate that gives the holder the right to purchase shares of a stock for a specified price within a specified period of time
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: steel: an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: stubbornness: resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: bevel: two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: bladderwort: any of numerous aquatic carnivorous plants of the genus Utricularia some of whose leaves are modified as small urn-shaped bladders that trap minute aquatic animals