contrivances
Definitions
Noun
- A device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- The faculty of contriving; inventive skill
- An elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
- An artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
- Any improvised arrangement for temporary use
- The act of devising something
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "contrivances".
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| 1 | coincidences | 5 | 2 |
| 2 | conveniences | 4 | 2 |
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "contrivances".
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| 1 | countries | 2 | 151 |
| 2 | continues | 3 | 41 |
| 3 | contracts | 2 | 24 |
| 4 | continuance | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | contrived | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | ordinances | 4 | 3 |
| 7 | grievances | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | connivance | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | contrive | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | constance | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | contrivance | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | continuances | 5 | 0 |
| 13 | contrarians | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | entrances | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | convinces | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | countenances | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | contrariness | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | counterbalances | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | contras | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | contran | 2 | 0 |
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Words that contain the same consonants as the term "contrivances".
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Term
Definitions: 6
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 2
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
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