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contrivance: the faculty of contriving; inventive skill; "his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem"; an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.; "the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable"; an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track"

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contraption collapse

midwife collapse: a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies

maneuvering collapse

local color collapse

subplot collapse

devising collapse: the act that results in something coming to be; "the devising of plans"; "the fashioning of pots and pans"; "the making of measurements"; "it was already in the making"

covin collapse

countermove collapse

course of action collapse

gizmo collapse

utensil collapse: an implement for practical use (especially in a household)

last resort collapse

red herring collapse: any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue; a dried and smoked herring having a reddish color

gadget collapse

plotting collapse

authorship collapse: the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing; "the authorship of the theory is disputed"

concoction collapse: the invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose; "his testimony was a concoction"; "she has no peer in the concoction of mystery stories"; an occurrence of an unusual mixture; "it suddenly spewed out a thick green concoction"; any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients; "he volunteered to taste her latest concoction"; "he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade"

machination collapse

wire pulling collapse

mediator collapse: a negotiator who acts as a link between parties

means to an end collapse

knavery collapse

handmaid collapse: a personal maid or female attendant; in a subordinate position; "theology should be the handmaiden of ethics"; "the state cannot be a servant of the church"

lever collapse: a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum; a flat metal tumbler in a lever lock; a simple machine that gives a mechanical advantage when given a fulcrum

incident collapse: a single distinct event; a public disturbance; "the police investigated an incident at the bus station"; falling or striking of light rays on something; "incident light"

frame up collapse

ruse collapse: a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)

connivance collapse: (law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing; agreement on a secret plot

generation collapse: the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production; the production of heat or electricity; "dams were built for the generation of electricity"; group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent; the normal time between successive generations; "they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade"; a stage of technological development or innovation; "the third generation of computers"

topic collapse: some situation or event that is thought about; "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police"

tactic collapse: a plan for attaining a particular goal

apparatus collapse: equipment designed to serve a specific function; (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function; "the breathing apparatus"

deceit collapse

mintage collapse: act or process of minting coins; fee paid to a mint by the government for minting a coin

mythos collapse

sleight collapse

prearrangement collapse: something arranged in advance

fable collapse: a short moral story (often with animal characters)

atmosphere collapse: the mass of air surrounding the Earth; "there was great heat as the comet entered the atmosphere"; "it was exposed to the air"; the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body; the weather or climate at some place; "the atmosphere was thick with fog"; a particular environment or surrounding influence; "there was an atmosphere of excitement"

improvisation collapse: an unplanned expedient; a creation spoken or written or composed extemporaneously (without prior preparation)

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