Term: simile: a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')
Broader: trope: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | Unrelated: gagman: someone who writes comic material for public performers
Broader: trope: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | Unrelated: nephrolithiasis: the presence of kidney stones (calculi) in the kidney
Broader: trope: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | Unrelated: all-or-none law: (neurophysiology) a nerve impulse resulting from a weak stimulus is just as strong as a nerve impulse resulting from a strong stimulus
Broader: trope: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | Unrelated: historiography: a body of historical literature
Broader: trope: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | Unrelated: apparatus: equipment designed to serve a specific function
Broader: trope: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | Unrelated: window washer: someone who washes windows
Broader: trope: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | Unrelated: rose chafer: a common metallic green European beetle: larvae feed on plant roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. roses
Broader: trope: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | Unrelated: swaziland monetary unit: monetary unit in Swaziland
Broader: trope: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | Unrelated: roaster: flesh of a large young chicken over 3 1/2 lb suitable for roasting
Broader: trope: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | Unrelated: bantam: any of various small breeds of fowl