Term: brass monkey: a metal stand that formerly held cannon balls on sailing ships
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: speculum: a medical instrument for dilating a bodily passage or cavity in order to examine the interior
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: illuminant: something that can serve as a source of light
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: coordination: the regulation of diverse elements into an integrated and harmonious operation
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: lady tulip: Eurasian tulip with small flowers blotched at the base
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: ethic: a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: wasp's nest: habitation for wasps or hornets
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: adaptation: a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: watermark: a distinguishing mark impressed on paper during manufacture; visible when paper is held up to the light
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: heaves: a chronic emphysema of the horse that causes difficult expiration and heaving of the flanks
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: clandestine operation: an intelligence operation so planned and executed as to insure concealment