contrive¹ /kən-trīvˈ/

1. To plan
2. To invent
3. To bring about or effect
4. To manage or arrange
5. To plot
6. To conceive, understand (archaic)

contrivˈable adjective

That may be contrived

contrivˈance noun

1. An invention
2. The act of contriving
3. A deceitful plan

contrivedˈ adjective

Laboured, artificially intricate

contriveˈment noun

1. An act of contriving
2. The thing contrived
3. Invention
4. Design
5. Artifice

• one-parent family
• one-person
• one-piece
• one-pieces
• oner
• onerous
• onerously
• onerousness
• onerousnesses
• oners
• ones
• one's best days
• one's better half
• one's cup of tea
• one self
• oneself
• one's fingers are all thumbs
• one's gorge rises
• one-shot
• one-shots
• one-sided
• one-sidedly
• one-sidedness
• onesie
• onesies