mechanical+contrivances
31gimcrack — 1610s, showy person; sense of trifle first recorded 1839; of uncertain origin, perhaps alteration of gibecrake, a kind of ornament on wooden furniture (mid 14c.), perhaps from O.Fr. giber to rattle, shake + M.E. crak sharp noise, crack. In 18c.… …
32pedal — 1610s, lever (on an organ) worked by foot, from Fr. pédale, from It. pedale treadle, pedal, from L.L. pedale (thing) of the foot, neut. of L. pedalis of the foot, from pes (gen. pedis) foot (see FOOT (Cf. foot)). Extended to various mechanical… …
33gadgetry — gadg·et·ry || gædʒɪtrɪ n. mechanical contrivances, gadgets; use of gadgets …
34resist — resist, withstand, contest, oppose, fight, combat, conflict, antagonize are comparable when they mean to set one person or thing against another in a hostile or competing way, and they may be roughly distinguished according to the degree to which …
35crab — I. /kræb / (say krab) noun 1. any of the stalk eyed decapod crustaceans constituting the suborder Brachyura (true crabs) having a short, broad, more or less flattened body, the abdomen or so called tail being small and folded under the thorax. 2 …
36doctor — /ˈdɒktə / (say doktuh) noun 1. a person licensed to practise medicine, or some branch of medicine; a physician or medical practitioner other than a surgeon. 2. a person who has received a doctorate. 3. (upper case) (a conventional title of… …
37jack — I. /dʒæk / (say jak) noun 1. a man or fellow. 2. (also upper case) a sailor. 3. any of various mechanical contrivances or devices, as a contrivance for raising heavy weights short distances, most commonly comprising a rack and pinion wheel or… …
38creaser — ˈkrēsə(r) noun ( s) : one that creases: as a. : a tool or a sewing machine attachment for making lines or creases on leather or cloth as guides to sew by b. : a tool for making creases or beads (as in sheet iron) c …
39kin|e|mat|ics — «KIHN uh MAT ihks», noun. 1. the branch of physics that deals with the characteristics of different kinds of pure motion, that is, without reference to mass or to the causes of the motion. 2. this science applied to mechanical contrivances.… …
40Crank (mechanism) — A crank is an arm attached at right angles to a rotating shaft by which reciprocating motion is imparted to or received from the shaft. It is used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion. The arm may be …
