Term: tenterhook: one of a series of hooks used to hold cloth on a tenter
Broader: instrumentality: an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end | Unrelated: right whale: large Arctic whalebone whale; allegedly the `right' whale to hunt because of its valuable whalebone and oil
Broader: instrumentality: an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end | Unrelated: rider plate: a horizontal beam (or plate) connected to the top of a ship's vertical keel or to the keelson
Broader: instrumentality: an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end | Unrelated: weasel: a person who is regarded as treacherous or sneaky
Broader: instrumentality: an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end | Unrelated: monday: the second day of the week; the first working day
Broader: instrumentality: an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end | Unrelated: carotid artery: either of two major arteries of the neck and head; branches from the aorta
Broader: instrumentality: an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end | Unrelated: lysiloma: small genus of tropical American trees and shrubs with pinnate leaves and flat straight pods
Broader: instrumentality: an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end | Unrelated: tax cut: the act of reducing taxation
Broader: instrumentality: an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end | Unrelated: air shaft: a shaft for ventilation
Broader: instrumentality: an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end | Unrelated: auricular vein: one of two veins serving the ear region
Broader: instrumentality: an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end | Unrelated: canal: long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation