artifice

artifice has 5 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• n.. A handicraft; a trade; art of making.
• n.. Workmanship; a skillfully contrived work.
• n.. Artful or skillful contrivance.
• n.. Crafty device; an artful, ingenious, or elaborate trick. [Now the usual meaning.]
• n.. a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)