Sentence:  British <WSD>inventions</WSD> have done more to influence the shape of the modern world than those of any other country. Many—football, the steam engine and Worcestershire sauce, to take a random selection—have spread pleasure, goodwill and prosperity. Others—the Maxim gun, the Shrapnel shell and jellied eels—have not. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Something invented.