Term: circumlocution: an indirect way of expressing something
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: sociolinguist: a linguist who studies the social and cultural factors that influence linguistic communication
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: raft: a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: orange juice: bottled or freshly squeezed juice of oranges
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: fishing eagle: of southeast Europe and central Asia
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: thrashing: a sound defeat
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: poppet: a mushroom-shaped valve that rises perpendicularly from its seat; commonly used in internal-combustion engines
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: kitchen police: an enlisted person who is assigned to assist the cooks
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: folk poet: a folk writer who composes in verse
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: catholicos: the ecclesiastical title of the leaders of the Nestorian and Armenian churches
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: nim: game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them; in some versions the object is to take the last remaining matchstick on the table and in other versions the object is to avoid taking the last remaining matchstick on the table