contrivances

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.
  • "the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable"
• any improvised arrangement for temporary use
• the act of devising something
• plural of contrivance

Synonyms

appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, devisal, dodge, gadget, gismo, gizmo, lash-up, stratagem, widget