Term: potemkin: a Russian officer and politician who was a favorite of Catherine II and in 1762 helped her to seize power; when she visited the Crimea in 1787 he gave the order for sham villages to be built (1739-1791)
Broader: person: a human being | Unrelated: hydrogen atom: an atom of hydrogen
Broader: person: a human being | Unrelated: etodolac: a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Lodine)
Broader: person: a human being | Unrelated: hominidae: modern man and extinct immediate ancestors of man
Broader: person: a human being | Unrelated: speaking: the utterance of intelligible speech
Broader: person: a human being | Unrelated: dune buggy: a recreational vehicle with large tires used on beaches or sand dunes
Broader: person: a human being | Unrelated: fait accompli: an irreversible accomplishment
Broader: person: a human being | Unrelated: marupa: tree of the Amazon valley yielding a light brittle timber locally regarded as resistant to insect attack
Broader: person: a human being | Unrelated: plasminogen activator: protease produced in the kidney that converts plasminogen to plasmin and so initiates fibrinolysis
Broader: person: a human being | Unrelated: goldilocks: early-flowering perennial of southern and southeastern Europe with flower heads resembling those of goldenrod
Broader: person: a human being | Unrelated: tachograph: a tachometer that produces a graphical record of its readings; used to record the speed and duration of trips in a motor vehicle