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piston | aristocracy |

As a proper noun piston

is .

As a noun aristocracy is

the nobility, or the hereditary ruling class.

piston

English

(wikipedia piston)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder, and moves under pressure (as in an engine) or displaces fluid (as in a pump)
  • (music) A valve device in some brass instruments for changing the pitch

    • Derived terms

    * piston rod * piston ring * pistoning

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To move up and down like a piston.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    aristocracy

    English

    (wikipedia aristocracy)

    Noun

    (aristocracies)
  • The nobility, or the hereditary ruling class
  • Government by such a class, or a state with such a government
  • A class of people considered (not normally universally) superior to others

    • Derived terms

    * bunyip aristocracy

    Related terms

    () * aristocrat * aristocratic

    External links

    * * English words suffixed with -cracy