| 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 |
| noun | the act of devising something |
| convenient | adjective | suited to your comfort or purpose or needs |
| gadgeteer | noun | a person who delights in designing or building or using gadgets |
| dodgy | adjective | marked by skill in deception |
| devise | verb | come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort |
| contrive | verb | come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort |