Term: bone of contention: the subject of a dispute
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: teuton: a member of the ancient Germanic people who migrated from Jutland to southern Gaul and were annihilated by the Romans
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: purdah: the traditional Hindu or Muslim system of keeping women secluded
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: potato scab bacteria: cause of a potato disease characterized by brownish corky tissue
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: back: (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: carrier wave: a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: humate: material that is high in humic acids
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: field artillery: movable artillery (other than antiaircraft) used by armies in the field (especially for direct support of front-line troops)
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: thwack: a hard blow with a flat object
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: acridity: the quality of being sharply disagreeable in language or tone
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: plinian eruption: a volcanic eruption in which a stream of gas and ash is violently ejected to a height of several miles