contrivance

1. n. The act or faculty of contriving, inventing, devising, or planning. Source: opted

2. n. The thing contrived, invented, or planned; disposition of parts or causes by design; a scheme; plan; atrifice; arrangement. Source: opted

3. n. a device or control that is very useful for a particular job Source: wordnet

4. n. the faculty of contriving; inventive skill Source: wordnet

5. n. an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade Source: wordnet

6. n. an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc. Source: wordnet

7. n. any improvised arrangement for temporary use Source: wordnet

8. n. the act of devising something Source: wordnet

9. 1. The act or faculty of contriving, inventing, devising, or planning. The machine which we are inspecting demonstrates, by its construction, contrivance and design. Contrivance must have had a contriver. Paley. 2. The thing contrived, invented, or planned; disposition of parts or causes by design; a scheme; plan; atrifice; arrangement. Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. Burke. Syn. -- Device; plan; scheme; invention; machine; project; design; artifice; shift. See Device. Source: webster

10. n:100 n. the faculty of contriving; inventive skill n. an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade n. an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc. Source: ecdict

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