Term: ripcord: a cord that is pulled to open the gasbag of a balloon wide enough to release gas and so causes the balloon to descend
Broader: cord: a line made of twisted fibers or threads | Unrelated: sensitive fern: beautiful spreading fern of eastern North America and eastern Asia naturalized in western Europe; pinnately divided fronds show a slight tendency to fold when touched; pinnules enclose groups of sori in beadlike lobes
Broader: cord: a line made of twisted fibers or threads | Unrelated: inessentiality: not of basic importance
Broader: cord: a line made of twisted fibers or threads | Unrelated: nanogram: one billionth (1/1,000,000,000) gram
Broader: cord: a line made of twisted fibers or threads | Unrelated: comb-out: the act of carefully weeding out unwanted things or people
Broader: cord: a line made of twisted fibers or threads | Unrelated: saltiness: the property of containing salt (as a compound or in solution)
Broader: cord: a line made of twisted fibers or threads | Unrelated: carpodacus: house finches and purple finches
Broader: cord: a line made of twisted fibers or threads | Unrelated: one-twelfth: one part in twelve equal parts
Broader: cord: a line made of twisted fibers or threads | Unrelated: albatrellus: a genus of fungi belonging to the family Polyporaceae
Broader: cord: a line made of twisted fibers or threads | Unrelated: caryocaraceae: small genus of tropical South American trees
Broader: cord: a line made of twisted fibers or threads | Unrelated: periapsis: (astronomy) the point in an orbit closest to the body being orbited