Term: solenoid: a coil of wire around an iron core; becomes a magnet when current passes through the coil
Broader: magnet: (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field | Unrelated: jackal: Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog; smaller than a wolf; sometimes hunts in a pack but usually singly or as a member of a pair
Broader: magnet: (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field | Unrelated: balboa: the basic unit of money in Panama; equal to 100 centesimos
Broader: magnet: (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field | Unrelated: pyrography: the act of producing drawings on wood or leather by using heated tools or a fine flame
Broader: magnet: (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field | Unrelated: dismissal: permission to go; the sending away of someone
Broader: magnet: (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field | Unrelated: syzygium: a tropical evergreen tree of the myrtle family native to the East Indies but cultivated elsewhere
Broader: magnet: (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field | Unrelated: still: an apparatus used for the distillation of liquids; consists of a vessel in which a substance is vaporized by heat and a condenser where the vapor is condensed
Broader: magnet: (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field | Unrelated: stuffed mushroom: mushrooms stuffed with any of numerous mixtures of e.g. meats or nuts or seafood or spinach
Broader: magnet: (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field | Unrelated: spring squill: European scilla with small blue or purple flowers
Broader: magnet: (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field | Unrelated: cavity wall: a wall formed of two thicknesses of masonry with a space between them
Broader: magnet: (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field | Unrelated: maximum and minimum thermometer: thermometer that records the highest and lowest temperatures reached during a period of time