Term: rappel: (mountaineering) a descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body
Broader: descent: the act of changing your location in a downward direction | Unrelated: exponent: someone who expounds and interprets or explains
Broader: descent: the act of changing your location in a downward direction | Unrelated: rope yarn: the strands out of which ropes are made
Broader: descent: the act of changing your location in a downward direction | Unrelated: contretemps: an awkward clash
Broader: descent: the act of changing your location in a downward direction | Unrelated: iron filing: a fragment of iron rubbed off by the use of a file
Broader: descent: the act of changing your location in a downward direction | Unrelated: frankincense: an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation
Broader: descent: the act of changing your location in a downward direction | Unrelated: classical mechanics: the branch of mechanics based on Newton's laws of motion
Broader: descent: the act of changing your location in a downward direction | Unrelated: bidding contest: a series of competing bids
Broader: descent: the act of changing your location in a downward direction | Unrelated: regression: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state
Broader: descent: the act of changing your location in a downward direction | Unrelated: alveolar consonant: a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge
Broader: descent: the act of changing your location in a downward direction | Unrelated: spanish bayonet: a stiff yucca with a short trunk; found in the southern United States and tropical America; has rigid spine-tipped leaves and clusters of white flowers