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creation(noun, craft, creativity, action, work)
21
contrivance(noun, make, work, plan, produce)
17
imagination(noun, literature, creativity, power, desire)
14
innovation(noun, creativeness, spirit, creation, daring)
14
contraption(noun, thing, object, material)
14
device(noun, make, work, plan, produce)
12
fabrication(noun, literature, creativity, work, plan)
12
gadget(noun, thing, object, material)
11
conception(noun, creativity, start, plan, desire)
11
design(noun, craft, action, plan)
11
discovery(noun, advance, gain, idea)
9
originality(noun, creativity, make, desire, fancy)
9
concoction(noun, literature, work, produce)
9
creativity(noun, make, desire, fancy, spirit)
7
gizmo(noun, thing, design, object)
7
inventiveness(noun, creativity, make, fancy, spirit)
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apparatus(noun, thing, object, material)
6
origination(noun, plan, design, system)
5
ingenuity(noun, creativity, make, fancy, spirit)
5
brainchild(noun, make, design, idea)
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