Term: expletive: a word or phrase conveying no independent meaning but added to fill out a sentence or metrical line
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: yellow-dog contract: a labor contract (now illegal) whereby the employee agrees not to join a trade union
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: decoupage: art produced by decorating a surface with cutouts and then coating it with several layers of varnish or lacquer
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: syndrome: a complex of concurrent things
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: skirl: the sound of (the chanter of) a bagpipe
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: lambert: a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: scriptorium: a room in a monastery that is set aside for writing or copying manuscripts
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: valdecoxib: a Cox-2 inhibitor (trade name Bextra) that relieves pain and inflammation without harming the digestive tract
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: postlude: a voluntary played at the end of a religious service
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: aphrodisiac: a drug or other agent that stimulates sexual desire
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: madrigalist: a singer of madrigals