Term: speech act: the use of language to perform some act
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: plumbaginales: coextensive with the family Plumbaginaceae; usually included in order Primulales
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: culture: the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: career man: a man who is a careerist
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: gloominess: the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: alpine bearberry: deciduous creeping shrub bright red in autumn having black or blue-black berries; alpine and circumpolar
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: cutleaved coneflower: tall leafy plant with erect branches ending in large yellow flower heads with downward-arching rays; grow in Rocky Mountains south to Arizona and east to the Atlantic coast
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: flyweight: weighs no more than 115 pounds
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: whiskey bottle: a bottle for holding whiskey
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: treasury stock: stock that has been bought back by the issuing corporation and is available for retirement or resale; it is issued but not outstanding; it cannot vote and pays no dividends
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: homo sapiens: the only surviving hominid; species to which modern man belongs; bipedal primate having language and ability to make and use complex tools; brain volume at least 1400 cc