255 entries under noun topic. ×

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device(entity, support, person, make)
28
apparatus(entity, person, part, concern)
27
gadget(entity, person, part, concern)
26
mechanism(entity, person, part, concern)
23
appliance(object, instrument, device, machine)
23
instrument(entity, move, action, person)
22
contraption(entity, support, development, ability)
22
gizmo(development, slang, thing, design)
21
invention(make, work, plan, produce)
20
stratagem(craft, support, plan, ability)
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artifice(support, plan, property, cunning)
19
tool(entity, form, person, part)
17
dodge(plan, trick, twist, design)
17
implement(entity, person, part, concern)
17
machine(entity, person, part, concern)
16
gismo(object, instrument, device, apparatus)
16
utensil(thing, object, material, instrument)
15
expedient(support, move, action, plan)
15
trick(move, action, plan, twist)
15
widget(informal, object, instrument, device)
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