Term: strappado: a form of torture in which the hands are tied behind a person's back and they are lifted off the ground by a rope tied to their wrists, then allowed to drop until their fall is checked with a jerk by the rope
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: green adder's mouth: North American orchid having a solitary leaf and flowers with threadlike petals
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: acanthaceae: widely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: oyster crab: tiny soft-bodied crab living within the mantle cavity of oysters
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: idler: person who does no work
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: parade: an extended (often showy) succession of persons or things
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: choppiness: used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: region: a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: tonic epilepsy: epilepsy in which the body is rigid during the seizure
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: tetraodontidae: puffers
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: core: (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories