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Puzzle :: Puzzle (v.) Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill in making..

Trangram :: Trangram (n.) Something intricately contrived; a contrived; a puzzle.

Concerted :: Concerted (a.) Mutually contrived or planned; agreed on; as, concerted schemes, signals..

Sackbut :: Sackbut (n.) A brass wind instrument, like a bass trumpet, so contrived that it can be lengthened or shortened according to the tone required; -- said to be the same as the trombone..

Enginous :: Enginous (a.) Contrived with care; ingenious.

Postliminiar :: Postliminiar (a.) Contrived, done, or existing subsequently..

Catchpenny :: Catchpenny (a.) Made or contrived for getting small sums of money from the ignorant or unwary; as, a catchpenny book; a catchpenny show..

Artless :: Artless (a.) Contrived without skill or art; inartistic.

Conceited :: Conceited (a.) Curiously contrived or designed; fanciful.

Artificial :: Artificial (a.) Made or contrived by art; produced or modified by human skill and labor, in opposition to natural; as, artificial heat or light, gems, salts, minerals, fountains, flowers..

Resonator :: Resonator (n.) Anything which resounds; specifically, a vessel in the form of a cylinder open at one end, or a hollow ball of brass with two apertures, so contrived as to greatly intensify a musical tone by its resonance. It is used for the study and analysis of complex sounds..

Hood :: Hood (n.) A chimney top, often contrived to secure a constant draught by turning with the wind..

Highmen :: Highmen (n. pl.) Loaded dice so contrived as to turn up high numbers.

Cipher :: Cipher (n.) A private alphabet, system of characters, or other mode of writing, contrived for the safe transmission of secrets; also, a writing in such characters..

Contrivance :: Contrivance (n.) The thing contrived, invented, or planned; disposition of parts or causes by design; a scheme; plan; atrifice; arrangement..

Artifice :: Artifice (n.) Workmanship; a skillfully contrived work.

Devisable :: Devisable (a.) Capable of being devised, invented, or contrived..

Staniel :: Stanhope (n.) A light two-wheeled, or sometimes four-wheeled, carriage, without a top; -- so called from Lord Stanhope, for whom it was contrived..

Claptrap :: Claptrap (a.) Contrived for the purpose of making a show, or gaining applause; deceptive; unreal..

Prepense :: Prepense (v. t.) Devised, contrived, or planned beforehand; preconceived; premeditated; aforethought; -- usually placed after the word it qualifies; as, malice prepense..

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