apparatuses
Machines for tasks
Apparatuses is the standard English plural of apparatus—equipment, machinery, or systems designed for particular purposes.
A chemistry lab has apparatuses for experiments; a government has apparatuses for surveillance.
The Latin plural *apparatus* (unchanged) or *apparati* occasionally appear but sound pretentious in most contexts: The breathing apparatuses were inspected before the dive.
Tools or mechanisms
- instrumentsTools for precise tasks
- machinesDevices that perform tasks
- toolsDevices for doing work
- mechanismsMeans by which things function
gear · equipment · contraptions · gadgets · appliances · implements · rigs · setups
Rigid administrative system
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- machineryCollective mechanical equipment
- stateCondition or mode
- governmentAuthority over a state
party · system · regime · institution · hierarchy · structure · organization · officialdom
Functional body parts
- systemsOrganized sets of elements
- respiratoryRelated to breathing organs
- digestiveRelating to food breakdown
- circulatoryOf blood movement
reproductive · skeletal · muscular · nervous · urinary · endocrine · lymphatic · sensory
Twin gymnastic rails
- uneven barsStaggered horizontal rails apparatus
- vaultSecure storage chamber
- pommel horseHandled gymnastics apparatus
- balance beamElevated narrow plank for routines
rings · high bar · floor exercise · springboard · landing mat · chalk · grips · leotard
Facility for scientific investigation
- beakersOpen-mouthed laboratory vessels
- flasksNarrow-necked containers
- centrifugeSpinning density-separation device
- spectrometerMeasures electromagnetic radiation properties
microscope · pipettes · distillation · test tubes · reagents · titration · chromatography · electrodes
devices
Tools or mechanisms
- instrumentsTools for precise tasks
- machinesDevices that perform tasks
- toolsDevices for doing work
mechanisms · gear · equipment · contraptions · gadgets · appliances · implements · rigs · setups · systems
bureaucracy
Rigid administrative system
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- machineryCollective mechanical equipment
- stateCondition or mode
government · party · system · regime · institution · hierarchy · structure · organization · officialdom · establishment
organs
Functional body parts
- systemsOrganized sets of elements
- respiratoryRelated to breathing organs
- digestiveRelating to food breakdown
circulatory · reproductive · skeletal · muscular · nervous · urinary · endocrine · lymphatic · sensory · tissue
parallel bars
Twin gymnastic rails
- uneven barsStaggered horizontal rails apparatus
- vaultSecure storage chamber
- pommel horseHandled gymnastics apparatus
balance beam · rings · high bar · floor exercise · springboard · landing mat · chalk · grips · leotard · dismount
laboratory
Facility for scientific investigation
- beakersOpen-mouthed laboratory vessels
- flasksNarrow-necked containers
- centrifugeSpinning density-separation device
spectrometer · microscope · pipettes · distillation · test tubes · reagents · titration · chromatography · electrodes · measurement
apparatuseshand tools
Unpowered grip-operated devices
bare essentials · raw materials · primitive tools · primitives · rudiments
apparatuseschaos
Complete disorder and confusion
disarray · disorder · jumbles · disorganization · hodgepodges
- breathing apparatusDevice supplying air
- security apparatusProtective institutions of state
- Golgi apparatusProtein processing organelle
- scholarly apparatusTools supporting academic texts
- critical apparatusScholarly notes on textual variants
- apparatus criticusScholarly notes on textual variants