Term: jacob: (Old Testament) son of Isaac; brother of Esau; father of the twelve patriarchs of Israel; Jacob wrestled with God and forced God to bless him, so God gave Jacob the new name of Israel (meaning `one who has been strong against God')
Broader: causal agent: any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results | Unrelated: dacryon: the craniometric point at the junction of the anterior border of the lacrimal bone with the frontal bone
Broader: causal agent: any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results | Unrelated: carrick bitt: either of a pair of strong posts that support a windlass on a ship's deck
Broader: causal agent: any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results | Unrelated: straight-arm: (American football) the act of warding off a tackler by holding the arm fully extended with the hand against the opponent
Broader: causal agent: any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results | Unrelated: sequoiadendron: giant sequoias; sometimes included in the genus Sequoia; until recently placed in the Taxodiaceae
Broader: causal agent: any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results | Unrelated: celioma: an abdominal tumor
Broader: causal agent: any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results | Unrelated: stringer: a worker who strings
Broader: causal agent: any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results | Unrelated: oatmeal: porridge made of rolled oats
Broader: causal agent: any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results | Unrelated: call: an instruction that interrupts the program being executed
Broader: causal agent: any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results | Unrelated: brittany spaniel: tall active short-tailed French breed of bird dog having a usually smooth orange- or liver-and-white coat
Broader: causal agent: any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results | Unrelated: covered wagon: a large wagon with broad wheels and an arched canvas top; used by the United States pioneers to cross the prairies in the 19th century