[fam-uh-lee, fam-lee], noun, pl -lies,

1. a primary social group consisting of parents and their offspring, the principal function of which is provision for its members

Origin: c.1400, "servants of a household," from L. familia "household," The main modern sense of "those connected by blood" (whether living together or not) is first attested 1667.

[hohm-sted, -stid], noun

1. a house or estate and the adjoining land, buildings, etc, esp a farm

Origin: O.E. hamstede "home, town, village," from home + stead (q.v.). In U.S. usage, "a lot of land adequate for the maintenance of a family" (1693)

[gaj-it], noun

1. a mechanical contrivance or device; any ingenious article.

Origin: 1886, gadjet, sailors' slang word for any small mechanical thing or part of a ship for which they lacked, or forgot, a name; perhaps from Fr. gâchette "catchpiece of a mechanism,"

Synonyms: contraption; whatsis, doohickey, thingamajig.