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contrivance
/kəntˈɹaɪvəns/ · 11 letters · 9 distinct letters
- noun
a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- noun
the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem
- noun
an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track
- noun
an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable
- noun
any improvised arrangement for temporary use