Term: pointillism: a genre of painting characterized by the application of paint in dots and small strokes; developed by Georges Seurat and his followers in late 19th century France
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: menstrual phase: the phase of the menstrual cycle during which the lining of the uterus is shed (the first day of menstrual flow is considered day 1 of the menstrual cycle)
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: saber rattling: the ostentatious display of military power (with the implied threat that it might be used)
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: dentist: a person qualified to practice dentistry
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: lister: assessor who makes out the tax lists
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: licensed practical nurse: a nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: shot: an attempt to score in a game
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: fermi-dirac statistics: (physics) law obeyed by a systems of particles whose wave function changes when two particles are interchanged (the Pauli exclusion principle applies)
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: aeciospore: spore of a rust fungus formed in an aecium
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: shih-tzu: a Chinese breed of small dog similar to a Pekingese
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: stratified language: a language that cannot be used as its own metalanguage