Term: silica gel: a porous form of silica that is highly absorbent
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: diaspora: the dispersion of the Jews outside Israel; from the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem in 587-86 BC when they were exiled to Babylonia up to the present time
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: secretary of commerce and labor: head of a former executive department created in 1903 and divided into two departments in 1913
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: estimate: an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: research director: a supervisor in a research center
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: gestation: the conception and development of an idea or plan
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: conjugate solution: a mixture of two partially miscible liquids A and B produces two conjugate solutions: one of A in B and another of B in A
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: dodge: a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: chrysophyceae: all the yellow-green algae having flagella of unequal length
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: ileocecal valve: valve between the ileum of the small intestine and the cecum of the large intestine; prevents material from flowing back from the large to the small intestine
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: tenderness: warm compassionate feelings