Term: mcguffin: (film) a plot element that catches the viewers' attention or drives the plot
Broader: plot element: a component or element of the plot of a story | Unrelated: wineskin: an animal skin (usually a goatskin) that forms a bag and is used to hold and dispense wine
Broader: plot element: a component or element of the plot of a story | Unrelated: equipment: an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service
Broader: plot element: a component or element of the plot of a story | Unrelated: occupational safety and health administration: a government agency in the Department of Labor to maintain a safe and healthy work environment
Broader: plot element: a component or element of the plot of a story | Unrelated: simple pendulum: a hypothetical pendulum suspended by a weightless frictionless thread of constant length
Broader: plot element: a component or element of the plot of a story | Unrelated: boom: any of various more-or-less horizontal spars or poles used to extend the foot of a sail or for handling cargo or in mooring
Broader: plot element: a component or element of the plot of a story | Unrelated: radiolarian: protozoa with amoeba-like bodies and radiating filamentous pseudopods
Broader: plot element: a component or element of the plot of a story | Unrelated: moon: any object resembling a moon
Broader: plot element: a component or element of the plot of a story | Unrelated: native pear: tree bearing pear-shaped fruit with a thick woody epicarp
Broader: plot element: a component or element of the plot of a story | Unrelated: prejudgment: a judgment reached before the evidence is available
Broader: plot element: a component or element of the plot of a story | Unrelated: extortion: unjust exaction (as by the misuse of authority)