Term: contrivance: the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
Broader: invention: the creation of something in the mind | Unrelated: silverware: tableware made of silver or silver plate or pewter or stainless steel
Broader: invention: the creation of something in the mind | Unrelated: psittaciformes: an order of birds including parrots and amazons and cockatoos and lorikeets and lories and macaws and parakeets
Broader: invention: the creation of something in the mind | Unrelated: able seaman: a seaman in the merchant marine; trained in special skills
Broader: invention: the creation of something in the mind | Unrelated: hurry: a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
Broader: invention: the creation of something in the mind | Unrelated: trifle: a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate
Broader: invention: the creation of something in the mind | Unrelated: subsistence: minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting
Broader: invention: the creation of something in the mind | Unrelated: oil lamp: a lamp that burns oil (as kerosine) for light
Broader: invention: the creation of something in the mind | Unrelated: dint: interchangeable with `means' in the expression `by means of'
Broader: invention: the creation of something in the mind | Unrelated: lutist: a musician who plays the lute
Broader: invention: the creation of something in the mind | Unrelated: flying dutchman: a phantom ship that is said to appear in storms near the Cape of Good Hope