Term: roughness: a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
Broader: property: a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class | Unrelated: nymph: a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly)
Broader: property: a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class | Unrelated: transurethral resection of the prostate: removal of significant amounts of prostate tissue (as in cases of benign prostatic hyperplasia)
Broader: property: a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class | Unrelated: ripcord: a cord that is pulled to open the gasbag of a balloon wide enough to release gas and so causes the balloon to descend
Broader: property: a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class | Unrelated: nautical linear unit: a linear unit of distance used in navigation
Broader: property: a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class | Unrelated: literature: the humanistic study of a body of literature
Broader: property: a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class | Unrelated: indian club: a bottle-shaped club used in exercises
Broader: property: a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class | Unrelated: stonecrop: any of various northern temperate plants of the genus Sedum having fleshy leaves and red or yellow or white flowers
Broader: property: a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class | Unrelated: bucksaw: a saw that is set in a frame in the shape of an H; used with both hands to cut wood that is held in a sawbuck
Broader: property: a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class | Unrelated: duodenal ulcer: a peptic ulcer of the duodenum
Broader: property: a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class | Unrelated: very low density lipoprotein: large lipoproteins rich in triglycerides; VLDLs circulate through the blood giving up their triglycerides to fat and muscle tissue until the VLDL remnants are modified and converted into LDL