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Key :: Key (n.) An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of a particular lock and operated by turning in its place..

Harmonize :: Harmonize (v. i.) To agree in action, adaptation, or effect on the mind; to agree in sense or purport; as, the parts of a mechanism harmonize..

Gimmor :: Gimmor (n.) A piece of mechanism; mechanical device or contrivance; a gimcrack.

Stench :: Stem-winding (a.) Wound by mechanism connected with the stem; as, a stem-winding watch..

Self-acting :: Self-acting (a.) Acting of or by one's self or by itself; -- said especially of a machine or mechanism which is made to perform of or for itself what is usually done by human agency; automatic; as, a self-acting feed apparatus; a self-acting mule; a self-acting press..

Movement :: Movement (n.) A system of mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming motion; as, the wheelwork of a watch..

Lamp :: Lamp (n.) A device or mechanism for producing light by electricity. See Incandescent lamp, under Incandescent..

Ratchet :: Ratchet (n.) A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch, and pawl. See Ratchet wheel, below, and 2d Ratch..

Rackwork :: Rackwork (n.) Any mechanism having a rack, as a rack and pinion..

Phakoscope :: Phakoscope (n.) An instrument for studying the mechanism of accommodation.

Mainspring :: Mainspring (n.) The principal or most important spring in a piece of mechanism, especially the moving spring of a watch or clock or the spring in a gunlock which impels the hammer. Hence: The chief or most powerful motive; the efficient cause of action..

Vaccine :: Vaccine (n.) any preparation used to render an organism immune to some disease, by inducing or increasing the natural immunity mechanisms. Prior to 1995, such preparations usually contained killed organisms of the type for which immunity was desired, and sometimes used live organisms having attenuated virulence. since that date, preparations containing only specific antigenic portions of the pathogenic organism are also used, some of which are prepared by genetic engineering techniques..

Feed :: Feed (n.) The mechanism by which the action of feeding is produced; a feed motion.

Mechanism :: Mechanism (n.) The arrangement or relation of the parts of a machine; the parts of a machine, taken collectively; the arrangement or relation of the parts of anything as adapted to produce an effect; as, the mechanism of a watch; the mechanism of a sewing machine; the mechanism of a seed pod..

Chime :: Chime (n.) A set of bells musically tuned to each other; specif., in the pl., the music performed on such a set of bells by hand, or produced by mechanism to accompany the striking of the hours or their divisions..

Differential :: Differential (a.) Relating to differences of motion or leverage; producing effects by such differences; said of mechanism.

Linkwork :: Linkwork (n.) Mechanism in which links, or intermediate connecting pieces, are employed to transmit motion from one part to another..

Gimcrack :: Gimcrack (n.) A trivial mechanism; a device; a toy; a pretty thing.

Limb :: Limb (n.) An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.

Key :: Key (n.) That part of a mechanism which serves to lock up, make fast, or adjust to position..

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